Criminal Prosecution, Constitutional Challenges, Criminal Procedure

Update: Fourth Circuit Dodges Constitutionality of Geofence Warrants

Venable LLP on 5/13/2025

Earlier this year, we wrote on the Fourth Circuit's en banc rehearing in United States v. Chatrie, a criminal appeal addressing whether a geofence warrant used to locate the defendant in a bank robbery trial was a...more

The Supreme Court Update - April 7, 2025

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 4/8/2025

Today, the Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari in two cases: Ellingburg v. United States, No. 23-3129: This case addresses the Ex Post Facto Clause of the U.S. Constitution, which the government...more

Judge Rakoff Challenges Sentencing Guidelines: Upholding the Sixth Amendment

ArentFox Schiff on 3/20/2025

On March 10, US District Judge Jed S. Rakoff of the Southern District of New York issued a decision in United States v. Tavberidze, holding that section 3E1.1(b) of the US Sentencing Guidelines, which provides a one-point...more

Judge Rakoff Takes Aim at ‘Trial Penalty’

Lowenstein Sandler LLP on 3/12/2025

On March 10, 2025, U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff of the Southern District of New York issued a decision in the case of United States v. Tavberidze, finding Section 3E1.1(b) of the United States Sentencing Guidelines in...more

The Supreme Court Update - April 19, 2023

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 4/21/2023

Today, the Supreme Court of the United States issued three decisions: MOAC Mall Holdings LLC v. Transform Holdco LLC, No. 21-1270: This bankruptcy case involved the interpretation of Bankruptcy Code § 363(m) and its...more

Cryptocurrency Litigation Update: Court Allows Government’s Criminal Case Against REcoin Founder to Proceed

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 9/21/2018

On September 11, 2018, Judge Raymond J. Dearie of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York issued a new decision in U.S. v. Zaslavskiy, No. 1:17-cr-00647-RJD-RER, Dkt. No. 37 (E.D.N.Y. Sept. 11, 2018),...more