Topic
Public corruption
573 published works
The Right Coast
The Devil and Alvin Bragg – WSJ
Democrats and their media allies are whistling frantically past the graveyard. The remarkable Philip Bump in the Washington Post recently argued that new revelations of federally flagged suspicious payments from…
Inside Political Law
Recent Arkansas Sentencing Highlights How Easily Federal Prosecutors Can Target State Campaign Finance Issues
By Peter Koski, Robert Lenhard
What happens in Arkansas does not stay in Arkansas. Or at least not when federal prosecutors from the Department of Justice’s Public Integrity Section get involved. A recent sentencing from…
White Collar Law & Investigations
Southern District of New York Holds that an Explicit Quid Pro Quo Is an Essential Element of Bribery and Fraud in Campaign Fundraising-Related Public Corruption Prosecutions
Earlier this week, the Southern District of New York dismissed bribery and honest services wire fraud charges brought against New York’s former lieutenant governor, Brian Benjamin, based upon the Indictment’s…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Previewing SCOTUS arguments on reach of federal public-corruption laws
The Supreme Court starts a new round of oral arguments this Monday, beginning with a pair of political corruption cases, Ciminelli v. United States and Percoco v. United States. SCOTUSblog…
Criminal
Previewing SCOTUS arguments on reach of federal public-corruption laws
The Supreme Court starts a new round of oral arguments this Monday, beginning with a pair of political corruption cases, Ciminelli v. United States and Percoco v. United States. SCOTUSblog…
Tax Controversy Report
Fox Rothschild Defense Team Wins Full Acquittal in High-Profile Political Corruption Trial
After a monthlong criminal trial in U.S. District Court, Fox Rothschild Partner Patrick Egan secured a verdict that fully exonerated three-term Philadelphia City Councilmember Kenyatta Johnson and his wife, Dawn…
FCPA Professor
A Blast From The Past
By Mike Koehler
In 2009, the DOJ unsealed a criminal indictment against Robert Allen Stanford, Leroy King (pictured) and others charging each with one count of conspiracy to commit mail, wire and securities fraud;…
The Right Coast
Ex-Hunter business partner Tony Bobulinski takes on the Biden machine
As Bobulinski says, The facts are just daunting. Share this article: via nypost.comRTWTIYNSOTS.
The Right Coast
The Great American Military Rebrand
Earmarks, those handy appropriations tools congressfolk used to slip million-dollar favors into the budget, had been ballooning in number for over a decade and looked so bad upon reveal, corruption…
Legal Profession Blog
The World Was His Oyster (Bay)
The New York Appellate Division for the Second Judicial Department has disbarred a former public officialFrom in or about 1992 through 2017, the respondent held various positions in the Town…