White Collar Crimes, Ciminelli v US, SCOTUS

Second Circuit Reverses Wire Fraud Conviction After Supreme Court’s Ciminelli Ruling: Key Takeaways on the Right-to-Control and...

Perkins Coie on 8/8/2025

This month marked a significant development in the wake of the Supreme Court’s 2023 rejection of the “right-to-control” theory of fraud in Ciminelli v. United States. In Johnson v. United States, the Second Circuit...more

Is the Supreme Court Likely to Narrow Scope of Federal Fraud in Kousisis v. United States?

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 12/12/2024

On December 9, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in Kousisis v. United States, a case that asks the Supreme Court to significantly narrow the scope of what behavior constitutes a federal criminal fraud....more

Ciminelli One Year Later: The Evolving Reach of the Wire Fraud Statute

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 6/12/2024

The federal wire fraud statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1343, is one of the commonly used statutes in federal white-collar criminal cases. In our digital age, nearly any significant fraud or scheme could probably be charged as a wire...more

Client Alert: The US Supreme Court Leads the Way in Eroding the Reach of Federal Fraud Statutes

Jenner & Block on 6/5/2023

On May 11, 2023, the US Supreme Court issued decisions in two significant cases that will further define the future of mail and wire prosecutions, particularly in the context of public corruption: United States v. Ciminelli...more

Supreme Court Tosses NY Corruption Convictions, Signaling Skepticism with Government’s Theories of Liability – Part 2

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 5/30/2023

Recently, the Supreme Court of the United States tossed the convictions of two defendants found guilty of public corruption charges during former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s term. The opinions, Ciminelli v. United States and...more

Supreme Court Tosses NY Corruption Convictions, Signaling Skepticism with Government’s Theories of Liability – Part 1

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 5/26/2023