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NY Medical Transport Owner Sentenced for Medicaid Fraud

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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

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Fifth Circuit Criminal Opinions: Insights and Analyses Part IIII

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Hello all. Below is the May 2025 edition of the Fifth Circuit criminal and civil case summaries, with a special focus on cases of interest to white-collar practitioners. This past month, the Fifth Circuit issued published...more

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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

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Fifth Circuit Criminal Opinions: Insights and Analyses Part III

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Hello again. Below are summaries from a variety of published Fifth Circuit cases from April 2025, along with a late addition from March. One benefit of releasing the April summaries in early June is that you get the Federal...more

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Recent Developments in the “Change in the Law” Reason for Compassionate Release

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Over the last several years, thousands of incarcerated individuals have filed motions for compassionate release. As part of the submission process, individuals must outline the “extraordinary and compelling” reasons that...more

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Fifth Circuit Criminal Opinions: Insights and Analyses Part II

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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

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Fifth Circuit Criminal Opinions: Insights and Analyses

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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

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Charlie Javice Convicted in Fraud Case with JPMorgan Chase

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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

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Axinn at the 2025 ABA White Collar Crime Conference

The 40th American Bar Association White Collar Crime Conference took place on March 5-7, 2025 in Miami, and was once again loaded with timely discussion on a range of U.S. criminal enforcement topics. Axinn partners Dan Oakes...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Judge Rakoff Takes Aim at ‘Trial Penalty’

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On March 10, 2025, U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff of the Southern District of New York issued a decision in the case of United States v. Tavberidze, finding Section 3E1.1(b) of the United States Sentencing Guidelines in...more

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New Memoranda Issued by Attorney General Bondi: Department of Justice Corporate Enforcement Topics

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Pam Bondi was sworn into office as the United States Attorney General on February 5, 2025, and immediately issued a bevy of memoranda advancing the Trump Administration’s priorities. The memorandum entitled General Policy...more

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Second Circuit Reiterates, in a Published Decision, That Defendant is Bound by Decision to Decline Oral Pronouncement of...

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

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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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DOJ Antitrust Division Issues Updated Guidance on Evaluating Corporate Compliance Programs

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In recently released updated guidance, the Antitrust Division (“Antitrust Division”) of the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) outlined how its prosecutors will assess corporate compliance programs when conducting criminal...more

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Sentencing Commission Rejects Actual Versus Intended Loss Distinction

The U.S. Sentencing Guidelines play an enormous role in federal sentencing. While courts are not required to follow the guidelines, the guidelines remain the starting point for determining a defendant’s ultimate sentence. For...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

The Power of the Sentencing Disparity Argument and Using the Judicial Sentencing Information Platform to Make One

At last week’s sentencing of Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao, the government recommended a 36-month prison sentence. Despite the serious nature of Zhao’s crimes – failing to maintain an effective anti-money laundering program,...more

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“Not Guilty Means Not Guilty”: U.S. Sentencing Commission Unanimously Votes to Prohibit the Consideration of Acquitted Conduct in...

On April 17, 2024, the seven-member panel of the U.S. Sentencing Commission voted to adopt an amendment prohibiting judges from using acquitted conduct in applying the federal sentencing guidelines. Previously, and consistent...more

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White Collar Quarterly Report | Q1 2024

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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

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DOJ Deputy Chief Announces “Stiffer Sentences” for AI-Related White-Collar Crime — AI: The Washington Report

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

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

The Zero-Point Offender Adjustment: U.S. Sentencing Commission’s Proposed Amendment Gives Some First-Time Offenders a Break

The United States Sentencing Commission recently adopted amendments to its Guidelines Manual, and they include some noteworthy changes. The proposed amendments were submitted to Congress on April 27, 2023. Absent...more

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Garland Memo May Provide White Collar Defendants Increased Opportunity for Negotiation While Updated Corporate Enforcement Policy...

In recent weeks, the Department of Justice has released key guidance in the form of a memorandum from Attorney General Garland regarding charging, pleas, and sentencing, in addition to an updated Corporate Enforcement Policy...more

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DOJ to Prosecutors: Think Twice and Ask Permission Before Charging

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Last week, Attorney General Merrick Garland issued a new DOJ charging and sentencing policy memorandum, replacing existing guidance to federal prosecutors in their exercise of prosecutorial discretion. The thrust of the...more

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Elizabeth Holmes’ Sentence Brings Into Focus The Troubles Plaguing Our Culture Of Incarceration

There has been tremendous buzz surrounding the recent sentencing of Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes to 11.25 years in prison. Some have argued that, in light of the life sentence suggested by the Federal sentencing...more

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Sentencing Commission Data Tool Is Deeply Flawed

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This past month, federal sentencing statistics became even more important for defense lawyers. The U.S. Sentencing Commission released the Judiciary Sentencing INformation platform, or JSIN — a new data tool that provides...more

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Predicting A Renewed Focus On White-Collar Crime Under President Biden’s DOJ

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During the 2020 campaign, former President Trump frequently called himself the “law and order president.” However, based upon a review of statistics from his time in office, his attention appears to have been focused on...more

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