If administrative and local enforcement efforts are insufficient in aiding the collection of child support, the Deadbeat Parents Punishment Act of 1998, or DPPA, provides for
federal criminal prosecution of the most severely delinquent child support violators.
Students from both schools have teamed up to blog and tweet
the federal criminal prosecution of W.R. Grace & Company and five of its executives and managers in U.S. District Court in Missoula.
And yet Gov. Cuomo has sought to shut it down at the urging of — you guessed it — the Sierra Club, NRDC, EDF, and a natural gas company implicated in
the federal criminal prosecution of a Cuomo aide.
Laufer reassures us, «The Obama administration and the DOJ have issued the Cole Memo, which deprioritizes
federal criminal prosecutions of marijuana crimes, when commercial operators are operating in accordance with state laws.»
Not exact matches
It's full
of quotes from advisers to President Donald Trump — some anonymous, but several on the record — discussing two possibilities: that Michael Cohen will remain «loyal» to Trump, or that the threat
of criminal prosecution will cause Cohen to «flip» and cooperate with
federal prosecutors against Trump.
Specifically, the Sessions memorandum directs U.S. Attorneys to «weigh all relevant considerations, including
federal law enforcement priorities set by the Attorney General, the seriousness
of the crime, the deterrent effect
of criminal prosecution, and the cumulative impact
of particular crimes on the community.»
Among her greatest hits were the
prosecution of a pair
of rogue
federal agents who were stealing bitcoin while investigating the illicit marketplace Silk Road in 2015, and settling a
criminal investigation into Ripple later that same year.
Oregon's Supreme Court, which had already concluded that this question was irrelevant, dutifully answered that in its judgment
criminal prosecution of Smith and Black would violate the
federal Constitution.
The Rev. Al Sharpton today called for «
federal intervention» to «centralize»
criminal investigations and
prosecutions of police officers.
Judge Pamela K. Chen
of the
Federal District Court in Brooklyn ordered a postponement
of the Republican congress member's
criminal trial until Feb. 2 to give his defense team time to examine evidence gathered by the
prosecution, including tape recorded conversations with potential witnesses.
The
criminal prosecutions spawned by the CityTime case reached a quiet denouement when a
federal judge in Manhattan sentenced Carl Bell, a computer specialist at the center
of the scheme, to three years» probation, showing leniency because he had given crucial help to investigators.
In May 2007,
federal prosecutors brought a
criminal prosecution of Purdue Pharma, the Stamford, Connecticut - based maker
of OxyContin.
Federal investigators subpoenaed the Suffolk DA's office, seeking all records related to its 2008
prosecution of criminal defense attorney Robert Macedonio, whose drug possession case remains shrouded in secrecy and involved unusual legal maneuvering.
Prosecutions and convictions for corruption have come from the
federal government, like U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, who oversaw the conviction
of the former legislative leaders and who has issued
criminal complaints against nine people involved in Cuomo's economic development projects.
In a statement, Bharara's office said there was «insufficient evidence to meet the high burden
of proof required for a
federal criminal civil rights
prosecution.»
The anti-graft agency insisted that the said statement would have been vital to its
prosecution of the
criminal case pending against the defendant before the
Federal High Court.
Prosecutions and convictions for corruption have come from the
federal government, like US Attorney Preet Bharara, who oversaw the conviction
of the former legislative leaders and who has issued
criminal complaints against nine people involved in Governor Cuomo's economic development projects.
Bharara says the evidence did not establish the standard
of criminal intent required for a
federal criminal civil rights
prosecution.
NY Times reports that a
federal judge reduced the prison sentence
of former Assemblyman Brian McLaughlin for his help in the
criminal prosecutions of former state Sen. Carl Kruger and former Assemblyman Anthony Seminerio: http://goo.gl/7jT9mS
NY Times reports that a
federal judge reduced the prison sentence
of former Assemblyman Brian McLaughlin for his help in the
criminal prosecutions of former state Sen. Carl... Continue reading →
We rely upon our full - time staff
of attorneys, forensic accountants, research analysts, field investigators and computer forensics experts to staff these assignments, and we work collaboratively with our business clients to develop an investigative plan that is appropriate to the suspected misconduct... Since most
of our investigative professionals have had experience in
federal, state and local law enforcement — as prosecutors, auditors and agents — our investigative strategies are developed with an understanding
of the evidence that may be needed to support an eventual
criminal prosecution.»
Although the
federal government has not pursued
criminal prosecutions of bankers at the heart
of the mortgage operations that collapsed in 2007, it has stepped up civil lawsuits against the largest originators and securitizers
of home loans during the boom.
Allie has been a
federal and state animal protection lobbyist and as the director
of the National Center for
Prosecution of Animal Abuse at the National District Attorneys Association, she teaches criminal justice professionals on animal protection and prosecut
Prosecution of Animal Abuse at the National District Attorneys Association, she teaches
criminal justice professionals on animal protection and
prosecutionprosecution issues.
It lists
federal laws they may have violated and names 17 climate scientists — some
of the most eminent in the world — who Inhofe's staff claim should be investigated for possible
criminal prosecution.
HARRISBURG, Pa. â $ «Former Penn State president Graham Spanier is asking a
federal judge to halt his
prosecution for an alleged
criminal cover - up
of complaints about Jerry Sandusky.
There is considerable doubt that the Sixth Amendment itself, as originally drafted by the Framers
of the Bill
of Rights, contemplated any guarantee other than the right
of an accused in a
criminal prosecution in a
federal court to employ a lawyer to assist in his defense.
He appears frequently in state and
federal courts across Maryland and neighboring jurisdictions in cases involving every facet
of criminal investigations and
prosecutions.
She has experience in handling investigations and
prosecutions brought under a wide variety
of federal criminal statutes, including banking fraud, health care fraud, bitcoin schemes, computer crimes, securities fraud, mail and wire fraud schemes, Ponzi schemes, insider trading, government contracting fraud, commercial bribery, Anti-Money-Laundering violations, and conspiracy offenses.
In recent decades — in a malevolent trend we call «the federalization
of criminal law» — the
federal government has continuously expanded its power, including the exercise
of its ultimate domestic power —
criminal prosecution and the taking
of life and liberty under color
of law.
This applies directly in the case
of federal criminal prosecutions in the
federal courts, and applies in state courts because it is incorporated to apply in state court cases through the due process clause
of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution
of the United States under 20th century case law applying the «Selective Incorporation doctrine.»
Represented corporate officer during all stages
of criminal investigation and
federal prosecution by United States Attorney's Office.
Over the years, the
federal government has been able to expand its national power, including the exercise
of its ultimate domestic power — the
criminal prosecution and taking
of life and liberty
of those it deems to be «
criminal.»
Dennis has expertise in advising and representing commercial institutions and individuals being investigated by the Australian
Federal Police, the Austral - ian Securities Investment Commission, the Australian Trans - actions Reports and Analysis Centre Financial Reporting Centre, the Australian Tax Office, the Australian
Criminal Intelligence Commission, the Commonwealth and State Director
of Public
Prosecutions, as well some
of the larg - est law enforcement and financial regulators world - wide, including the US Department
of Justice, the Securities Ex - change Commission, the
Federal Bureau
of Investigation and the UK Serious Economic Fraud Unit.
Defense
of various State and
Federal criminal, civil, administrative and regulatory matters including R.I.C.O, federal bank fraud and corruption prosec
Federal criminal, civil, administrative and regulatory matters including R.I.C.O,
federal bank fraud and corruption prosec
federal bank fraud and corruption
prosecutions.
When «Mandatory» Does Not Mean Mandatory: Failure to Obtain
Criminal Restitution in
Federal Prosecution of Human Trafficking in the United States, Wilmer Hale and The Human Trafficking Pro Bono Legal Center (September 2014)
The Firm handles a wide variety
of criminal defense matters, with an emphasis in representing business - people and professionals in
federal white - collar investigations,
prosecutions and appeals around the country.
Following completion
of the investigation, we represented the organization in a voluntary self - disclosure to
federal and state law enforcement authorities arising from the investigation, which resulted in a favorable financial resolution and no
prosecution of criminal or civil claim against individuals associated with the organization.
Business Development: Brokering various business dealings that further the diversification
of Indian economies Developing and accessing commercial financial programs and services for tribal governments, including tax - exempt offerings and federally - guaranteed housing loans Serving as issuer or underwriter's counsel in tribal bond issuances Ensuring tribal compliance with Bank Secrecy Act and other
federal financial regulatory requirements Handling federal and state income, excise, B&O, property and other tax matters for tribes and tribal businesses Chartering tribal business enterprises under tribal, state and federal law Registering and protecting tribal trademarks and copyrights Negotiating franchise agreements for restaurants and retail stores on Indian reservations Custom - tailoring construction contracts for tribes and general contractors Helping secure federal SBA 8 (a) and other contracting preferences for Indian - owned businesses Facilitating contractual relations between tribes and tribal casinos, and gaming vendors Building tribal workers» compensation and self - insurance programs Government Relations: Handling state and federal regulatory matters in the areas of tribal gaming, environmental and cultural resources, workers» compensation, taxation, health care and education Negotiating tribal - state gaming compacts and fuel and cigarette compacts, and inter-local land use and law enforcement agreements Advocacy before the Washington State Gambling Commission, Washington Indian Gaming Association and National Indian Gaming Commission Preparing tribal codes and regulations, including tribal court, commercial, gaming, taxation, energy development, environmental and cultural resources protection, labor & employment, and workers» compensation laws Developing employee handbooks, manuals and personnel policies Advocacy in areas of treaty rights, gaming, jurisdiction, taxation, environmental and cultural resource protection Brokering fee - to - trust and related real estate and jurisdictional transactions Litigation & Appellate Services: Handling complex Indian law litigation, including commercial, labor & employment, tax, land use, treaty rights, natural and cultural resource matters Litigating tribal trust mismanagement claims against the United States, and evaluating tribal and individual property claims under the Indian Claims Limitation Act Defending tribes and tribal insureds from tort claims brought against them in tribal, state and federal courts, including defense tenders pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act Assisting tribal insureds in insurance coverage negotiations, and litigation Representing individual tribal members in tribal and state civil and criminal proceedings, including BIA prosecutions and Indian probate proceedings Assisting tribal governments with tribal, state and federal court appeals, including the preparation of amicus curiae briefs Our Indian law & gaming attorneys collaborate to publish the quarterly «Indian Legal Advisor ``, designed to provide Indian Country valuable information about legal and political developments affecting tribal
federal financial regulatory requirements Handling
federal and state income, excise, B&O, property and other tax matters for tribes and tribal businesses Chartering tribal business enterprises under tribal, state and federal law Registering and protecting tribal trademarks and copyrights Negotiating franchise agreements for restaurants and retail stores on Indian reservations Custom - tailoring construction contracts for tribes and general contractors Helping secure federal SBA 8 (a) and other contracting preferences for Indian - owned businesses Facilitating contractual relations between tribes and tribal casinos, and gaming vendors Building tribal workers» compensation and self - insurance programs Government Relations: Handling state and federal regulatory matters in the areas of tribal gaming, environmental and cultural resources, workers» compensation, taxation, health care and education Negotiating tribal - state gaming compacts and fuel and cigarette compacts, and inter-local land use and law enforcement agreements Advocacy before the Washington State Gambling Commission, Washington Indian Gaming Association and National Indian Gaming Commission Preparing tribal codes and regulations, including tribal court, commercial, gaming, taxation, energy development, environmental and cultural resources protection, labor & employment, and workers» compensation laws Developing employee handbooks, manuals and personnel policies Advocacy in areas of treaty rights, gaming, jurisdiction, taxation, environmental and cultural resource protection Brokering fee - to - trust and related real estate and jurisdictional transactions Litigation & Appellate Services: Handling complex Indian law litigation, including commercial, labor & employment, tax, land use, treaty rights, natural and cultural resource matters Litigating tribal trust mismanagement claims against the United States, and evaluating tribal and individual property claims under the Indian Claims Limitation Act Defending tribes and tribal insureds from tort claims brought against them in tribal, state and federal courts, including defense tenders pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act Assisting tribal insureds in insurance coverage negotiations, and litigation Representing individual tribal members in tribal and state civil and criminal proceedings, including BIA prosecutions and Indian probate proceedings Assisting tribal governments with tribal, state and federal court appeals, including the preparation of amicus curiae briefs Our Indian law & gaming attorneys collaborate to publish the quarterly «Indian Legal Advisor ``, designed to provide Indian Country valuable information about legal and political developments affecting tribal
federal and state income, excise, B&O, property and other tax matters for tribes and tribal businesses Chartering tribal business enterprises under tribal, state and
federal law Registering and protecting tribal trademarks and copyrights Negotiating franchise agreements for restaurants and retail stores on Indian reservations Custom - tailoring construction contracts for tribes and general contractors Helping secure federal SBA 8 (a) and other contracting preferences for Indian - owned businesses Facilitating contractual relations between tribes and tribal casinos, and gaming vendors Building tribal workers» compensation and self - insurance programs Government Relations: Handling state and federal regulatory matters in the areas of tribal gaming, environmental and cultural resources, workers» compensation, taxation, health care and education Negotiating tribal - state gaming compacts and fuel and cigarette compacts, and inter-local land use and law enforcement agreements Advocacy before the Washington State Gambling Commission, Washington Indian Gaming Association and National Indian Gaming Commission Preparing tribal codes and regulations, including tribal court, commercial, gaming, taxation, energy development, environmental and cultural resources protection, labor & employment, and workers» compensation laws Developing employee handbooks, manuals and personnel policies Advocacy in areas of treaty rights, gaming, jurisdiction, taxation, environmental and cultural resource protection Brokering fee - to - trust and related real estate and jurisdictional transactions Litigation & Appellate Services: Handling complex Indian law litigation, including commercial, labor & employment, tax, land use, treaty rights, natural and cultural resource matters Litigating tribal trust mismanagement claims against the United States, and evaluating tribal and individual property claims under the Indian Claims Limitation Act Defending tribes and tribal insureds from tort claims brought against them in tribal, state and federal courts, including defense tenders pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act Assisting tribal insureds in insurance coverage negotiations, and litigation Representing individual tribal members in tribal and state civil and criminal proceedings, including BIA prosecutions and Indian probate proceedings Assisting tribal governments with tribal, state and federal court appeals, including the preparation of amicus curiae briefs Our Indian law & gaming attorneys collaborate to publish the quarterly «Indian Legal Advisor ``, designed to provide Indian Country valuable information about legal and political developments affecting tribal
federal law Registering and protecting tribal trademarks and copyrights Negotiating franchise agreements for restaurants and retail stores on Indian reservations Custom - tailoring construction contracts for tribes and general contractors Helping secure
federal SBA 8 (a) and other contracting preferences for Indian - owned businesses Facilitating contractual relations between tribes and tribal casinos, and gaming vendors Building tribal workers» compensation and self - insurance programs Government Relations: Handling state and federal regulatory matters in the areas of tribal gaming, environmental and cultural resources, workers» compensation, taxation, health care and education Negotiating tribal - state gaming compacts and fuel and cigarette compacts, and inter-local land use and law enforcement agreements Advocacy before the Washington State Gambling Commission, Washington Indian Gaming Association and National Indian Gaming Commission Preparing tribal codes and regulations, including tribal court, commercial, gaming, taxation, energy development, environmental and cultural resources protection, labor & employment, and workers» compensation laws Developing employee handbooks, manuals and personnel policies Advocacy in areas of treaty rights, gaming, jurisdiction, taxation, environmental and cultural resource protection Brokering fee - to - trust and related real estate and jurisdictional transactions Litigation & Appellate Services: Handling complex Indian law litigation, including commercial, labor & employment, tax, land use, treaty rights, natural and cultural resource matters Litigating tribal trust mismanagement claims against the United States, and evaluating tribal and individual property claims under the Indian Claims Limitation Act Defending tribes and tribal insureds from tort claims brought against them in tribal, state and federal courts, including defense tenders pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act Assisting tribal insureds in insurance coverage negotiations, and litigation Representing individual tribal members in tribal and state civil and criminal proceedings, including BIA prosecutions and Indian probate proceedings Assisting tribal governments with tribal, state and federal court appeals, including the preparation of amicus curiae briefs Our Indian law & gaming attorneys collaborate to publish the quarterly «Indian Legal Advisor ``, designed to provide Indian Country valuable information about legal and political developments affecting tribal
federal SBA 8 (a) and other contracting preferences for Indian - owned businesses Facilitating contractual relations between tribes and tribal casinos, and gaming vendors Building tribal workers» compensation and self - insurance programs Government Relations: Handling state and
federal regulatory matters in the areas of tribal gaming, environmental and cultural resources, workers» compensation, taxation, health care and education Negotiating tribal - state gaming compacts and fuel and cigarette compacts, and inter-local land use and law enforcement agreements Advocacy before the Washington State Gambling Commission, Washington Indian Gaming Association and National Indian Gaming Commission Preparing tribal codes and regulations, including tribal court, commercial, gaming, taxation, energy development, environmental and cultural resources protection, labor & employment, and workers» compensation laws Developing employee handbooks, manuals and personnel policies Advocacy in areas of treaty rights, gaming, jurisdiction, taxation, environmental and cultural resource protection Brokering fee - to - trust and related real estate and jurisdictional transactions Litigation & Appellate Services: Handling complex Indian law litigation, including commercial, labor & employment, tax, land use, treaty rights, natural and cultural resource matters Litigating tribal trust mismanagement claims against the United States, and evaluating tribal and individual property claims under the Indian Claims Limitation Act Defending tribes and tribal insureds from tort claims brought against them in tribal, state and federal courts, including defense tenders pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act Assisting tribal insureds in insurance coverage negotiations, and litigation Representing individual tribal members in tribal and state civil and criminal proceedings, including BIA prosecutions and Indian probate proceedings Assisting tribal governments with tribal, state and federal court appeals, including the preparation of amicus curiae briefs Our Indian law & gaming attorneys collaborate to publish the quarterly «Indian Legal Advisor ``, designed to provide Indian Country valuable information about legal and political developments affecting tribal
federal regulatory matters in the areas
of tribal gaming, environmental and cultural resources, workers» compensation, taxation, health care and education Negotiating tribal - state gaming compacts and fuel and cigarette compacts, and inter-local land use and law enforcement agreements Advocacy before the Washington State Gambling Commission, Washington Indian Gaming Association and National Indian Gaming Commission Preparing tribal codes and regulations, including tribal court, commercial, gaming, taxation, energy development, environmental and cultural resources protection, labor & employment, and workers» compensation laws Developing employee handbooks, manuals and personnel policies Advocacy in areas
of treaty rights, gaming, jurisdiction, taxation, environmental and cultural resource protection Brokering fee - to - trust and related real estate and jurisdictional transactions Litigation & Appellate Services: Handling complex Indian law litigation, including commercial, labor & employment, tax, land use, treaty rights, natural and cultural resource matters Litigating tribal trust mismanagement claims against the United States, and evaluating tribal and individual property claims under the Indian Claims Limitation Act Defending tribes and tribal insureds from tort claims brought against them in tribal, state and
federal courts, including defense tenders pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act Assisting tribal insureds in insurance coverage negotiations, and litigation Representing individual tribal members in tribal and state civil and criminal proceedings, including BIA prosecutions and Indian probate proceedings Assisting tribal governments with tribal, state and federal court appeals, including the preparation of amicus curiae briefs Our Indian law & gaming attorneys collaborate to publish the quarterly «Indian Legal Advisor ``, designed to provide Indian Country valuable information about legal and political developments affecting tribal
federal courts, including defense tenders pursuant to the
Federal Tort Claims Act Assisting tribal insureds in insurance coverage negotiations, and litigation Representing individual tribal members in tribal and state civil and criminal proceedings, including BIA prosecutions and Indian probate proceedings Assisting tribal governments with tribal, state and federal court appeals, including the preparation of amicus curiae briefs Our Indian law & gaming attorneys collaborate to publish the quarterly «Indian Legal Advisor ``, designed to provide Indian Country valuable information about legal and political developments affecting tribal
Federal Tort Claims Act Assisting tribal insureds in insurance coverage negotiations, and litigation Representing individual tribal members in tribal and state civil and
criminal proceedings, including BIA
prosecutions and Indian probate proceedings Assisting tribal governments with tribal, state and
federal court appeals, including the preparation of amicus curiae briefs Our Indian law & gaming attorneys collaborate to publish the quarterly «Indian Legal Advisor ``, designed to provide Indian Country valuable information about legal and political developments affecting tribal
federal court appeals, including the preparation
of amicus curiae briefs Our Indian law & gaming attorneys collaborate to publish the quarterly «Indian Legal Advisor ``, designed to provide Indian Country valuable information about legal and political developments affecting tribal rights.
Failure to Obtain
Criminal Restitution in
Federal Prosecution of Human Trafficking Cases in the United States
As lead counsel in over 200
federal and state jury trials and numerous administrative proceedings, Peter Anderson helps public companies, their officers and directors, along with financial service companies, accounting and law firms and their principals, as they respond to U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) enforcement actions, Department
of Justice (DOJ) investigations and
criminal prosecutions and complex civil litigation.
I have concluded that the exercise
of the discretion to stay proceedings by front line prosecutors as agents for the Attorney General
of Alberta and the
federal Director
of Public
Prosecutions under s. 579
of the
Criminal Code has become systemically unethical.
In
criminal matters, Mr. Cooper handles white collar
criminal cases, including the defense
of organizations and individuals targeted for
prosecution in
federal and state court in false claim, environmental, tax or public corruption investigations.
I agree that the «
Federal criminal justice system has become bloated in recent decades,» but that is not the result
of too many capital
prosecutions, but two many low - level drug
prosecutions.
April 13: Jay Goldberg — one
of Trump's longtime legal advisers — warns Trump that Cohen will «flip» and cooperate with
federal prosecutors, rather than face
criminal prosecution and the risk
of a lengthy prison term.
The article notes that the Gall case «could affect
criminal sentences in every
federal courtroom in America,» and the editorial calls for «Congress [to] eliminate the garden - variety drug
prosecutions and return the
federal courts to their original purpose
of hearing major
criminal cases that cut across state lines and exceed local authority and resources.»
Criminal offences arising from possession, trafficking and production
of drugs such as marihuana, cocaine, heroin, ketamine, methamphetamine, oxycodone and oxycontin are handed by the
federal prosecution service, and are prosecuted very aggressively.
Dennis has expertise in advising and representing commercial institutions and individuals being investigated by the Australian
Federal Police, the Australian Securities Investment Commission, the Australian Transactions Reports and Analysis Centre Financial Reporting Centre, the Australian Tax Office, the Australian
Criminal Intelligence Commission, the Commonwealth and State Director
of Public
Prosecutions, as well some
of the largest law enforcement and financial regulators world - wide, including the US Department
of Justice, the Securities Exchange Commission, the
Federal Bureau
of Investigation and the UK Serious Economic Fraud Unit.
But,
federal criminal prosecutions were extremely rare in the first 90 - 150 or so years
of the existence
of the
federal government because the scope
of federal government activity relative to state government activity was much smaller, and because the combined scope
of all government was smaller in a less complex economy.
general litigation,
criminal defence, family / divorce and state /
federal prosecution were the practice areas with the highest percentage
of threats and violence.
Defended Dr. Henry T. Nicholas, the founder and former CEO
of Broadcom Corporation, in a
federal criminal prosecution.