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The publication of the Independent Review of the Criminal Courts in June 2025 marks a significant attempt to reshape the structure, governance and workload of England and Wales' criminal justice system. The Review has clear...more
On 9 July 2025, part 1 of the Independent Review of the Criminal Courts, chaired by Sir Brian Leveson was published (the Report). Leveson was tasked by the UK Ministry of Justice with conducting a wide-ranging review of the...more
The owner of Sublime Medical Transportation in Schenectady County, New York was recently sentenced to three to nine years in state prison for orchestrating a large Medicaid fraud scheme. Muhammed Adnan Saeed netted over...more
U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals - Lamonaco v. Experian - arbitration - Labriola v. Miami-Dade - employment, First Amendment - Wood v. Fla DOE - school, transgender, § 1000.071, First Amendment - USA v....more
As we continue our series summarizing recent Fifth Circuit criminal opinions, the latter half of March proved to be particularly noteworthy. The Fifth Circuit addressed a range of cases, including those involving the False...more
This is the first of a continuing series of summaries written by Jackson Walker partner, Joe Magliolo, and his colleagues, of new, published Fifth Circuit criminal opinions, with occasional forays into other subjects of...more
In a legal saga that drew the attention of Wall Street and Silicon Valley, a jury in Manhattan rendered a verdict convicting Charlie Javice and Olivier Amar on all charges of fraud and conspiracy in the $175 million...more
U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals - USA v. Charles - sentencing - Miller v. Ramirez - qualified immunity, deferring ruling - Chapman v. Dunn - prison conditions, Eighth Amendment - USA v. Horn - securities...more
In United States v. Lewis, the Second Circuit (per curiam) affirmed the judgment of conviction of Chanette Lewis, who had pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371. The...more
Seventh Circuit Considers When Legal Marketing Transforms Into Illegal Kickbacks - On December 4, the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit heard oral arguments regarding whether the January 2023 jury conviction of...more
Owner, Operator of Texas Lab Charged for $79 Million Medical Testing Fraud Scheme - On November 20, Osman Syed, the owner and operator of a laboratory in Texas, was charged with three counts of health care fraud,...more
New York City Mayor Eric Adams Charged for Accepting Foreign Bribes - On September 26, New York City Mayor Eric Adams was charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, bribery, and two counts of soliciting donations from...more
Dental Office and Its Founders and Owners Agree to Pay Over $6 Million to Resolve FCA Allegations - West Coast Dental Administrative Services LLC and its founders and former owners agreed to pay $6.3 million to resolve...more
Texas Pharmaceutical Marketer Sentenced for $59 Million Medications Fraud Conspiracy - On July 12, Quintan Cockerell, a Texas pharmaceutical marketer, was sentenced to over two years in prison and ordered to pay more than...more
Teva and DOJ May Reach Settlement in Closely Watched AKS Lawsuit - On June 16, Teva Pharmaceuticals filed a request with the First Circuit Court of Appeals seeking to hold in abeyance its interlocutory appeal concerning...more
Trio Sentenced to Eight to 15 Years in Prison for Laundering Proceeds of Telephone Scam - Following a jury trial, three individuals were convicted of a money laundering conspiracy and sentenced to eight, 10, and 15 years...more
In the House, lawmakers continue to make progress on the Clarity for Stablecoins Act (H.R. 4766). On March 19, at a press event hosted by Punchbowl News on the policy landscape for digital payments, outgoing House Financial...more
Commonwealth Financial Network Must Pay $72 Million in SEC Enforcement Action - Late last week, a Massachusetts federal judge ordered Commonwealth Financial Network to pay over $72 million due to its “egregious” failure to...more
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
Department of Justice (DOJ) Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco’s March 7, 2024, speech addressed the agency’s current enforcement stance towards AI. In the speech, Monaco reiterated that there are no AI exemptions to the...more
Georgia Laboratory Owner Pleads Guilty to Felony Anti-Kickback Statute Violations - On February 28, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the guilty plea of Andrew Maloney, who, along with his clinical laboratory...more
Former Healthcare Executives Convicted for Health Insurance Policy Fraud Scheme - Steven Dorfman, the former chief executive officer and owner of the Florida-based healthcare company Simple Health, and John Sand, a former...more
Home Health Care Owner Sentenced to Nine Years in Prison for Medicare Fraud Scheme - This week, the owner of a home health company was sentenced to nine years in prison for orchestrating a nearly $2.8 million scheme...more
Co-Founder of Fraudulent Cryptocurrency Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison - Karl Sebastian Greenwood, a citizen of Sweden and the United Kingdom and co-founder of the cryptocurrency OneCoin, was sentenced to 20 years in...more
The aggravated identity theft statute, 18 U.S.C. §1028A, imposes a mandatory two-year sentencing enhancement upon a defendant who “uses” without lawful authority another’s means of identification “during and in relation to”...more