Taub, 82, testified against Silver earlier his week under an agreement to
avoid federal prosecution.
During the Obama administration, the Justice Department issued guidelines to help banks
avoid federal prosecution when dealing with pot businesses in states where the drug is legal.
Last year, the world's largest dietary supplement maker, GNC Holdings Inc, agreed to pay $ 2.25 million to
avoid federal prosecution over its alleged sale of illegal pills and powders.
Not exact matches
This could also be an effort by Trump and Cohen to
avoid prosecution for knowing and willful violation of
federal campaign finance law.
In addition to recording conversations with his colleagues in a
federal corruption investigation into members of the New York State Assembly, Nelson Castro had a key requirement to
avoid prosecution on a past perjury indictment: Tell the truth.
It takes years to get on the
federal Drug Enforcement Agency's Schedule A list of banned substances, and by then, dealers have tweaked the chemical compound enough to
avoid arrest and
prosecution.
The undercover work of the assemblyman, Nelson L. Castro, a Bronx Democrat who cooperated to
avoid prosecution for perjury, helped
federal prosecutors in Manhattan with an investigation that led to charges against another Bronx Democrat, Assemblyman Eric A. Stevenson, for accepting bribes.
Prosecuting them for the
federal crime of «flight to avoid prosecution» is rather tricky in this case, since «Violations of this section may be prosecuted only in the Federal judicial district in which the original crime was alleged to have been committed» - we still have to decide where t
federal crime of «flight to
avoid prosecution» is rather tricky in this case, since «Violations of this section may be prosecuted only in the
Federal judicial district in which the original crime was alleged to have been committed» - we still have to decide where t
Federal judicial district in which the original crime was alleged to have been committed» - we still have to decide where that is.
It is both critical for criminal suspects to assert their right to remain silent under the Constitution's Fifth Amendment, to have a
federal criminal lawyer advocating for them early on to work to
avoid a
prosecution in the first place, and to minimize being behind the eight - ball in defending against
federal felony charges.
Consistent with the
Federal Court of Appeal's reluctance to review procedural actions of the Patent Office during
prosecution once a patent has successfully issued, more recent decisions on fees further support the court's somewhat benevolent attitude in working to
avoid invalidating applications and issued patents for what may be considered «technical violations».