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Quinn Emanuel

The White Collar Appeal: Second Circuit Holds That Judges Can’t Increase Sentences to Offset Reductions from the First Step Act or...

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In a case of first impression in the federal Courts of Appeals, the Second Circuit held that district courts may not consider a defendant’s potential eligibility for a sentence reduction under the First Step Act or programs...more

Hendershot Cowart P.C.

EKRA Gets Its Second Major Court Test: What the Schena Decision Means for Lab Marketing and Sales Compensation

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On July, 11, 2025, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed laboratory operator Mark Schena’s conviction under Eliminating Kickbacks in Recovery Act (EKRA). This is the first time a higher court has addressed the lab...more

Perkins Coie

US Supreme Court’s Esteras Ruling on Factoring “Retribution” Into Supervised Release Decisions Will Likely Have Limited Practical...

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The Supreme Court of the United States’ decision last week in Esteras v. United States restricted the factors lower courts may consider in imposing prison sentences following supervised release revocations. Those awaiting the...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Second Circuit Rejects Double Jeopardy and Sufficiency of the Evidence Arguments After Remand in Ciminelli Case

In United States v. Aiello, the Second Circuit (Raggi, Chin, Sullivan) remanded the cases of Steven Aiello, Joseph Gerardi, Louis Ciminelli, and Alain Kaloyeros (collectively, the “defendant-appellants”) for retrial on their...more

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