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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

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SCOTUS Seems Torn in Tangling With Fraudulent Inducement Theory of Federal Fraud Statutes

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On December 9, 2024, the Supreme Court of the United States heard oral argument in Kousisis v. United States. The case squarely assesses the validity of the “fraudulent inducement” theory of mail and wire fraud under federal...more

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Federal Fraud Charges Under Scrutiny in Kousisis v. United States

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On December 9, 2024, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Kousisis v. United States, a case that has the potential to limit the scope of federal criminal fraud charges. Kousisis involves allegations that a defendant...more

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“No Harm, No Foul”: Who Will Referee Future White-Collar Prosecutions?

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On December 9, the US Supreme Court heard oral argument in Kousisis v. United States, a case that has significant potential ramifications for white-collar prosecutions on the federal level....more

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Schemes that Deprive a Person of “Potentially Valuable Economic Information” – Punishable Under the Federal Wire Fraud Statute?

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On Monday November 28, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Ciminelli v. United States. The Court will decide whether the “right-to-control” theory of fraud used by the Second Circuit is a valid basis for...more

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