The Second Circuit has narrowed the wire fraud statute (18 U.S.C. § 1343), ruling that a fraudulent scheme must target property with actual commercial value to the victim; mere confidential business information...more
8/18/2025
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Criminal Prosecution ,
Defense Strategies ,
Digital Assets ,
Fraud ,
Litigation Strategies ,
Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) ,
Technology Sector ,
Trade Secrets ,
White Collar Crimes ,
Wire Fraud
On June 9, 2025, Todd Blanche, Deputy Attorney General for the United States Department of Justice, published guidelines for investigations and prosecutions under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). These guidelines...more
6/13/2025
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Bribery ,
Cartels ,
Compliance ,
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Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Priorities ,
Executive Orders ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Government Investigations ,
New Guidance ,
Significant Transnational Criminal Organization ,
Trump Administration
On May 12, 2025, the United States Department of Justice’s Criminal Division published a series of memoranda outlining updated white-collar enforcement priorities. ...more
Federal Rule of Evidence 704(b) provides that experts in criminal cases cannot state an opinion about the defendant’s mens rea. That is, the expert must not state an opinion about “whether the defendant did or did not have a...more
In 2022, the United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced its decision to shut down the “China Initiative”—the controversial program used to investigate and prosecute academics, health care workers, and...more
5/23/2024
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Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Educational Institutions ,
Failure To Disclose ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Grants ,
Indictments ,
Medical Research ,
National Institute of Health (NIH) ,
Physicians ,
Scientific Research ,
Settlement ,
Trump Administration
We are thrilled to introduce the inaugural issue of our quarterly White Collar newsletter, a dedicated resource from Benesch’s White Collar, Government Investigations & Regulatory Compliance Practice Group.
Each issue...more
4/3/2024
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Biden Administration ,
Bribery ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Misconduct ,
Corporate Transparency Act ,
Corruption ,
Criminal Convictions ,
Criminal Penalties ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
False Imprisonment ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Fraud ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Securities Fraud ,
Sentencing ,
Title IX ,
Voluntary Disclosure ,
Wall Street ,
Whistleblower Awards ,
White Collar Crimes