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Extortion
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Sentencing Law and Policy
At SCOTUS, “age-old principes of conspiracy law” produces brand new division of Justices
Main May 2, 2016At SCOTUS, "age-old principes of conspiracy law" produces brand new division of JusticesMore than six months after oral argument, the Supreme Court this morning finally released its…
Legal Profession Blog
Conspiring Against Client
The Ohio Supreme Court has suspended an attorney as a result of a criminal conviction.The ABA Journal had reportedA former county bar association president and his law partner in a…
Password Protected
What’s on the Cybersecurity Horizon for 2016?
The last twelve months saw many high-profile and innovative cyber-threats, costly and embarrassing breaches, and several cybersecurity trends. Many executives and boards have been reactive rather than proactive, catalyzing many…
Consumer Financial Services Law Monitor
Banks Warned of Growing Threat of Cyber Attacks Involving Extortion
By Julie D. Hoffmeister, Ronald I. Raether, Jr.
On November 3, the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (“FFIEC”), the federal agency that regulates the U.S. financial services industry, issued a warning to U.S. banks of a growing threat…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
A Reply to Steven H. Levin’s Responsive Blog on Hassert
Last Friday attorney Steven H. Levin posted a guest blog disagreeing with my view in a blog earlier that day that Dennis Hastert should not have been prosecuted. Hastert…
Drug & Device Law
Is This The End of RICO?
The short answer is “no.” We are just borrowing a line from one of the original gangster movies, “Little Caesar,” which readers other than McConnell would most likely know from references in “The…
Legal Profession Blog
God’s Plan
The Leaf-Chronicle has this recent story on the conviction of two Clarksville Tennessee attorneysAfter nearly 15 hours of deliberation Monday and Tuesday, jurors in the Carrie Gasaway/Fletcher Long extortion trial…
Supplemental Conditions
Ironworkers union leader Edward Sweeney gets eight years for extortion, racketeering, arson – Philadelphia Business Journal
Local 401 business agent Edward Sweeney admitted to participating in 10 incidents of extortion or attempted extortion, including a December 2012 arson at a Chestnut Hill Quaker meetinghouse. He is…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“‘Revenge Porn’ Defendant Sentenced to 18 Years”
Main April 4, 2015"'Revenge Porn' Defendant Sentenced to 18 Years"The title of this post is the headline of this local California article reporting on a first-of-its-kind sentencing that was completed…
Civil Rights Law & Policy Blog
Twisted OK halfway house allegedly formed “fight clubs” for inmates
The Tulsa World reports former inmates claim this violated some of their civil rights: A lawsuit filed in federal court Monday alleges that former employees of the Avalon Tulsa halfway house violated…