Hi all. Below is the June edition of the Fifth Circuit criminal and civil case summaries, with a special focus on cases of interest to white-collar practitioners. In June, the Fifth Circuit considered a number of Bruen-based...more
7/25/2025
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Appellate Courts ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Criminal Convictions ,
Federal Sentencing Guidelines ,
Felonies ,
Firearms ,
Gun Laws ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Judicial Authority ,
Money Laundering ,
Second Amendment ,
Sentencing ,
White Collar Crimes
Hello all. Below is the May 2025 edition of the Fifth Circuit criminal and civil case summaries, with a special focus on cases of interest to white-collar practitioners. This past month, the Fifth Circuit issued published...more
7/7/2025
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Criminal Prosecution ,
Fifth Amendment ,
Forfeiture ,
Fourth Amendment ,
Judicial Authority ,
Popular ,
Restitution ,
Sentencing ,
Statutory Interpretation ,
White Collar Crimes
Hello again. Below are summaries from a variety of published Fifth Circuit cases from April 2025, along with a late addition from March. One benefit of releasing the April summaries in early June is that you get the Federal...more
As we continue our series summarizing recent Fifth Circuit criminal opinions, the latter half of March proved to be particularly noteworthy. The Fifth Circuit addressed a range of cases, including those involving the False...more
4/30/2025
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Criminal Prosecution ,
Death Penalty ,
Double Jeopardy ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Fifth Amendment ,
Fraud ,
Hobbs Act ,
Medicare ,
Second Amendment ,
Sentencing ,
White Collar Crimes
This is the first of a continuing series of summaries written by Jackson Walker partner, Joe Magliolo, and his colleagues, of new, published Fifth Circuit criminal opinions, with occasional forays into other subjects of...more