On December 17, 2021, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts (SJC) held that an employee has a cause of action against an employer for wrongful discharge where the employer terminates the employee for exercising the...more
On January 11, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the 2019 decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in United States v. Blaszczak, which substantially broadened the scope of criminal insider trading...more
1/25/2021
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Bridgegate ,
Carpenter v US ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Dirks v SEC ,
Employees ,
Hedge Funds ,
Insider Trading ,
Investigations ,
Kelly v United States ,
Personal Benefit ,
Remand ,
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Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Fraud ,
Tippees ,
White Collar Crimes
On July 17, 2020, the Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, in an issue of first impression, ruled that an Amazon delivery driver who brought a class action misclassification claim against the company was a transportation...more
On May 7, 2020, the Supreme Court threw out federal program and wire fraud convictions for two former public officials who conspired to induce traffic jams in Fort Lee, New Jersey as political retaliation in 2013. Bridget...more
5/11/2020
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Criminal Convictions ,
Federal-Program Fraud ,
Governor Christie ,
Intent to Obtain Money or Property ,
Kelly v United States ,
Political Scandals ,
Public Officials ,
Reversal ,
SCOTUS ,
Wire Fraud