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Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

SCOTUS Holds Intent to Cause Economic Harm is Not Required for Wire Fraud, Expanding Liability

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The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Kousisis et al. v. United States clarifies that criminal federal wire fraud does not require that the defendant intended to cause the victim economic harm....more

McDermott Will & Schulte

No Loss, No Problem: SCOTUS Expands Wire Fraud Reach in Kousisis Ruling

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On May 22, 2025, the Supreme Court of the United States (the Court) issued its opinion in Kousisis v. United States, holding that a defendant may be convicted of wire fraud for inducing a victim to enter a contract under...more

Wiley Rein LLP

Supreme Court Decision Could Galvanize Prosecutions of Government Contractors

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The U.S. Supreme Court’s May 22 decision in Kousisis v. United States could have wide-ranging implications for criminal and civil fraud cases against government contractors going forward. The Court ruled that a government...more

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Supreme Court Rejects Economic-Loss Requirement for Wire Fraud but Underscores Materiality as a Limiting Element of Federal Fraud...

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On May 22, 2025, the Supreme Court unanimously declined to limit federal wire fraud to cases involving economic loss to the victim, upholding convictions of two government contractors who obtained contracts from a state...more

Baker Donelson

Supreme Court Endorses "Fraudulent Inducement Theory": How the Kousisis v. United States Ruling Widens the Road for Fraud...

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If a defendant uses material misrepresentations to induce a party to enter a contract, but does not economically harm the induced party, has the defendant committed fraud? The Supreme Court has decided: Yes. On May 22, 2025,...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Supreme Court Broadly Interprets Wire Fraud Liability

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On May 22, 2025, the Supreme Court held that a defendant could be convicted of federal wire fraud pursuant to 18 USC § 1343 even when the fraud did not result in any economic loss for the victim. This holding expands the...more

Paul Hastings LLP

Supreme Court Poised to Narrow Materiality

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The materiality standard in fraud cases may soon shift dramatically if the comments of Supreme Court justices during a recent oral argument are any indication. A rollback of the materiality standard would be the latest in a...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Court Dispenses With Fraud Defense Based on Gumball Victims’ Disclaimers

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The Chicklets and Runts vending machine at your local car repair shop last decade may have been one piece of a fraudulent enterprise that ensnarled roughly 7,000 victims. As CEO of Vendstar, Defendant Edward (“Ned”) Weaver...more

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