In a 7-2 decision, the United States Supreme Court has limited the factors a district court can consider when sentencing a defendant for a revocation of supervised release. The Supreme Court held that district courts cannot...more
7/2/2025
/ Appeals ,
Criminal Defense ,
Criminal Penalties ,
Criminal Procedure ,
Criminal Rehabilitation ,
Esteras v United States ,
Judicial Authority ,
New Guidance ,
Revocation ,
SCOTUS ,
Sentencing ,
Statutory Interpretation ,
Supervised Release ,
Vacated
House v. NCAA Update-
As previously reported, the April 7 House v. NCAA hearing ended with Judge Wilken giving the settlement parties an opportunity to address certain concerns regarding the implementation of roster limits...more
5/30/2025
/ Antitrust Litigation ,
Antitrust Violations ,
College Athletes ,
Name and Likeness ,
NCAA ,
New Legislation ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Recruitment Policies ,
Settlement Agreements ,
Sherman Act ,
Student Athletes
Earlier this week, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) released a new white collar enforcement plan (Enforcement Plan) outlining changes to the Criminal Division’s white collar enforcement priorities to align more closely with...more
Nearly 25,000 international student-athletes from countries around the globe compete in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) sports. Almost all NCAA international student-athletes are on F-1 student visas, which...more
On February 10, 2025, President Trump signed an Executive Order (EO) directing Attorney General Pam Bondi to halt ongoing enforcement by the Department of Justice (DOJ) in all active prosecutions brought pursuant to the...more
2/17/2025
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Compliance ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Executive Orders ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Money Laundering ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Trump Administration ,
White Collar Crimes
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) recently issued a three-page memorandum from acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove to the entire DOJ workforce directing federal prosecutors to return to previous DOJ charging guidelines,...more
2/7/2025
/ Biden Administration ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Sentencing Guidelines ,
Government Agencies ,
Immigration Enforcement ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Sanctuary Cities ,
Sentencing ,
Trump Administration
On October 7, 2024, a federal judge granted preliminary approval to the $2.78 billion settlement that will cap the amount of money National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) schools can spend in compensation for the use...more
In a much anticipated antitrust class action settlement, a federal judge granted preliminary approval of a $2.7 billion proposed settlement that will cap the amount of money National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)...more
When, if ever, are college athletes “employees” who are entitled to compensation rather than simply students playing games? The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit recently shed a little more light on the...more
The principle of amateurism—an amorphous concept that the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) historically relied upon to prevent NCAA athletes from profiting from the commercial use of their identity, otherwise...more
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced a pilot program to encourage potential whistleblowers to report criminal activity and cooperate with government investigations in exchange for substantial monetary payouts in the...more
5/22/2024
/ CEOs ,
CFOs ,
Compliance ,
COOs ,
Corporate Crimes ,
Corporate Misconduct ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Federal Pilot Programs ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Non-Prosecution Agreements ,
Voluntary Disclosure ,
Whistleblower Awards ,
Whistleblowers ,
White Collar Crimes
University administrators, coaches, athletes and sports management agencies should all be aware of the emerging debate in the halls of Congress concerning the status of the name, image, likeness rule (NIL) and how this...more
11/10/2023
/ Alston v NCAA ,
Colleges ,
Employees ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Name and Likeness ,
NCAA ,
Oversight Committee ,
Pay-To-Play ,
Preemption ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Senate Judiciary Committee ,
Student Athletes ,
Title IX ,
Universities
On October 4, 2023, Deputy U.S. Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco announced that the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) is implementing a new nationwide Mergers & Acquisitions Safe Harbor Policy (the “M&A Policy”)....more
10/30/2023
/ Aggravating Factors ,
Antitrust Division ,
Arms Length Transactions ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Mergers ,
National Security ,
Pre-Merger Filing Requirements ,
Reasonableness Factors ,
Recidivism ,
Remediation ,
Self-Disclosure Requirements ,
White Collar Crimes
Both prime contractors and small business subcontractors should pay attention to new rules designed to encourage small business subcontracting and influence the administration and content of those contracts. The first, which...more