Blog Category: Federal Crimes & White Collar Crimes

• Silverman Thompson Secures Dismissal of Federal Cyberstalking Charges

   Posted on January 27, 2025

• Understanding the News: Federal Sentencing Guidelines

   Posted on April 18, 2024

• Sam Bankman-Fried Unlikely to Serve 25-Year Sentence

   Posted on April 01, 2024

• Apple v. DOJ/FBI – Is Justice Scalia Rolling Over in His Grave?

   Posted on February 25, 2016

• Managing Parallel Criminal and Civil Proceedings: Beware of Waiving Privilege

   Posted on March 22, 2014

• Dewey & LeBoeuf Partners Indicted

   Posted on March 15, 2014

• The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act of 2013 (CISPA) — Problematic Privacy Legislation?

   Posted on April 08, 2013

• It’s a Dirty Job: Protect Yourself Against the Clean Water Act

   Posted on January 16, 2013

• Insider Trading in the Commodities and Futures Markets

   Posted on September 13, 2012

• FAMILY MATTERS!!! FEDERAL WHITE COLLAR FRAUD SENTENCES CAN BE DRAMATICALLY REDUCED BY FOCUSING ON THE IMPACT ON A CLIENT’S FAMILY

   Posted on March 25, 2011

• Does a Routine Bounced Check Constitute Federal Bank Fraud?

   Posted on March 01, 2011

• What type of "insider trading" is prohibited by the CFTC within the commodities and futures markets?

   Posted on February 28, 2011

• Double Counting and the Federal Sentencing Guidlines

   Posted on August 30, 2010

• Federal Drug Case Motion to Suppress

   Posted on June 24, 2010

• Federal Wiretap Criminal Defense-Suppression of the Evidence

   Posted on May 05, 2010

• ATTACK THE CAREER OFFENDER LABEL !!!

   Posted on October 16, 2009

• DOJ Eliminates Crack Cocaine Disparity

   Posted on August 11, 2009

• Federal Crack & Powder Cocaine Guidelines Disparity is Gone!!

   Posted on June 25, 2009

• Franks Hearing is Key to Attacking Search Warrant

   Posted on May 27, 2009

• Federal Criminal Sentences in the Fourth Circuit

   Posted on May 26, 2009

• Federal Criminal Defense-Sentencing Factors

   Posted on May 26, 2009

• Do NOT be Afraid of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines!!!

   Posted on March 01, 2009

• Be Aggressive in Booker Re-sentencings!!!

   Posted on November 25, 2008

• BEWARE THE FEDERAL SAFETY VALVE

   Posted on October 19, 2008

• Discussion of the Use of Extrinsic Evidence to Impeach a Confidential Informant in a Federal Criminal Case

   Posted on October 17, 2008

• Judges’ Hands No Longer Tied in Federal Sentencing

   Posted on September 24, 2008

• Downward Departure Framework in Federal Criminal Cases

   Posted on September 19, 2008

• Overview of Franks Hearings in Federal Criminal Cases

   Posted on September 19, 2008

• Wiretaps: Minimization of Wire Communications Required

   Posted on September 19, 2008

• Federal Criminal Defense-United State v. Booker

   Posted on June 23, 2008

• Court Imposes Probation in Federal Child pornography Case

   Posted on April 24, 2008