Sunday, November 27, 2022

"Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit’s “right to control” theory of fraud — which treats the deprivation of complete and accurate information bearing on a person’s economic decision as a species of property fraud — states a valid basis for liability under the federal wire fraud statute."

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That's the question presented in Ciminelli v. United States , which SCOTUS will hear tomorrow morning. The government's use fraud st...
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Monday, November 21, 2022

Sorry for the slow blogging

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 Gonna take this week off. I hope all of you have the best Thanksgiving. I'm thankful for all of you and the great comments, tips, and r...
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Thursday, November 17, 2022

Crypto Lawsuit Names High Profile Defendants

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  By  John R. Byrne If you've been following the news, you know about the cryptocurrency collapse. Here comes the litigation. A plaintif...
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Wednesday, November 16, 2022

Mar-a-lago special master/search case set for oral argument in 11th Circuit on November 22

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JUST IN: Appeals court scheules oral arguments in DOJ appeal of Judge Cannon's special master order from Nov. 22 -- in case anyone was n...
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Monday, November 14, 2022

"DEA’s most corrupt agent: Parties, sex amid ‘unwinnable war’"

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  That's the title of the AP's explosive report on DEA agents and federal prosecutors .  The article, by Jim Mustian and Joshua Good...
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Sunday, November 13, 2022

Chief Judge William Pryor addresses the Federalist Society

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He starts at the 24 minute mark here . Judge Pryor’s speech is getting a lot of press.   Here’s an example from Reuters : A prominent federa...
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Thursday, November 10, 2022

Sorry, Not Sorry, Sorry

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By Michael Caruso In the great Larry David movie “ Clear History ,” he plays a disgraced marketing executive who,  unsurprisingly, at variou...
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Judges still handing out jail sentences in Varsity Blues case even though they may very well get reversed

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Yesterday, a former Yale women's soccer coach got 5 months : Prosecutors said Meredith from 2015 and 2018 accepted $860,000 from Singer ...
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