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July 02, 2025
Combs Cleared Of Most Serious Charges
A Manhattan federal jury on Wednesday convicted Sean "Diddy" Combs of transporting two former girlfriends for prostitution, but cleared the hip-hop mogul on prosecutors' top racketeering and sex-trafficking charges that could have sent him to prison for decades.
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July 01, 2025
5 Healthcare Enforcement Actions You Don't Want To Miss
A healthcare fraud operation announced by the Justice Department targeting $14.6 billion in potential false claims wasn't the only enforcement action making waves in the industry this past week.
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July 01, 2025
Apple Backers Raise Price, Privilege Concerns At 9th Circ.
Trade groups and advocacy organizations have raised a series of concerns with the Ninth Circuit about a federal district court mandate blocking Apple from charging commissions on iPhone app purchases made outside its systems, arguing an Epic Games Inc. injunction redux improperly compels speech, imperils price-setting autonomy and threatens legal privilege.
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July 01, 2025
The Sharpest Dissents From The Supreme Court Term
The term's sharpest dissents often looked beyond perceived flaws in majority reasoning to raise existential concerns about the role and future of the court, with the justices accusing one another of rewarding executive branch lawlessness, harming faith in the judiciary and threatening democracy, sometimes on an emergency basis with little briefing or explanation.
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July 01, 2025
Defamation Litigation Roundup: Newsom, Lively, MyPillow
In this month's defamation litigation roundup, Law360 looks back on a decision in the high-profile fight between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni, as well as at a jury verdict in a voting machine company executive's case against MyPillow's CEO.
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July 01, 2025
Crypto Developer Fights To Keep Money Transmitter Suit Alive
A crypto crowdfunding software developer has said in federal court that the U.S. Department of Justice should face a lawsuit that seeks to protect software firms from enforcement action, arguing that previous actions taken by the department jeopardize the future of his forthcoming crypto venture.
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July 01, 2025
Justices Face Busy Summer After Nixing Universal Injunctions
The U.S. Supreme Court's decision to limit nationwide injunctions was one of its biggest rulings of the term — a finding the court is likely going to be dealing with all summer. Here, Law360 takes a look at the decision, how it and other cases on the emergency docket overshadowed much of the court's other work, and what it all means for the months to come.
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July 01, 2025
Compounding Restitution Is Unconstitutional, High Court Told
Nonprofits, think tanks and legal scholars filed briefs this week urging the U.S. Supreme Court to rule that a federal law requiring criminals to continue paying restitution with compounding interest for decades after conviction is unconstitutional because it can exponentially increase punishment for a crime.
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July 01, 2025
DOJ Accuses Family Of $8.5M Tax Refund Scheme
A father and his twin sons filed false tax returns that sought more than $8.5 million in fraudulent refunds and they used the proceeds to buy cryptocurrency and real estate, according to the U.S. Department of Justice in a Texas federal court.
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July 01, 2025
Virtu, SEC Move To Settle Information Security Suit
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Virtu Financial Inc. told a New York federal judge on Tuesday that they have struck a tentative deal to end a lawsuit accusing the broker-dealer of failing to adequately protect customer data.
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July 01, 2025
Texas Rep. Must Tell Feds If He'll Blame Attys In Bribery Case
A Houston judge said Monday that U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar and his wife must disclose to federal prosecutors whether they plan to use an advice-of-counsel defense in their trial on bribery charges.
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July 01, 2025
FTX Bahamas, Celsius Settle Clawback Claims
Crypto exchange FTX's Bahamas unit and crypto lender Celsius Network have reached a deal to end Celsius' attempt to claw back $516.6 million transferred out of Celsius accounts just prior to its Chapter 11 filing.
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July 01, 2025
Oppenheimer Drops Suit Over Ex-Adviser's Ponzi Scheme
Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. has dropped its suit against three North Carolina residents challenging whether they are entitled to arbitrate their case against the financial services giant over a Ponzi scheme orchestrated by a former employee, court records show.
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July 01, 2025
Abrego Garcia Can Stay In US Marshals' Custody, For Now
A Tennessee magistrate judge ruled that Kilmar Abrego Garcia can temporarily stay in U.S. Marshal custody in the government's criminal case against him, in light of conflicting statements about whether he will be immediately deported to a third country.
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July 01, 2025
US Attorney Picks Include Alina Habba And Senator's Son
The president sent 14 U.S. attorney nominations to the Senate on Tuesday, including Alina Habba, the president's former counselor and personal attorney, for the District of New Jersey and Arch Moore Capito, the son of Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W. Va., for the Southern District of West Virginia.
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July 01, 2025
'ComEd Four' Lobbyist Deserves 4 Years In Prison, Feds Say
Federal prosecutors argued on Monday that a lobbyist convicted alongside Commonwealth Edison CEO Anne Pramaggiore and two others for bribing former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan should serve more than four years behind bars for falsifying books and records to hide the funneling of payments to Madigan's allies for do-nothing jobs.
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July 01, 2025
Proxy Firms Don't 'Solicit' Investor Votes, DC Circ. Rules
A D.C. Circuit panel Tuesday ruled that proxy advisory firms do not "solicit" proxy votes, thus denying a manufacturing industry group's attempt to revive a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission rule regulating those firms.
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June 30, 2025
9th Circ. Nixes Suit Against Allianz Over $6B Fraud Sentence
A man can't bring securities fraud claims against Allianz SE after one of the German financial services giant's former businesses pled guilty to investment fund fraud and was ordered to pay roughly $6 billion, the Ninth Circuit ruled, finding he failed to sufficiently allege Allianz SE itself acted fraudulently.
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June 30, 2025
Philly-Area Law Firm's Bookkeeper Jailed For Embezzlement
The former bookkeeper at a Bucks County, Pennsylvania, law firm has been sentenced to one to two years of incarceration for embezzling more than $820,000 from the firm, state prosecutors announced Friday.
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June 30, 2025
DOJ Allowed To Protect Antitrust Probe Of Fragrance Market
A New Jersey federal court on Monday granted the U.S. Department of Justice permission to intervene in a case against several fragrance companies after enforcers said they need to protect an ongoing criminal probe of the industry over a conspiracy to reduce competition.
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June 30, 2025
Yoga To The People Founder Gets 4 Years For Tax Evasion
A Manhattan federal judge Monday sentenced the founder of Yoga to the People to four years in prison for dodging more than $1 million in taxes over an eight-year period, during which the once-popular fitness chain did not file a single corporate tax return.
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June 30, 2025
FCC To Screen Regulatory Offenses For Criminal Liability
The Federal Communications Commission has outlined criteria to decide when regulatory offenses should lead to criminal liability, responding to a White House executive order issued to federal agencies in May.
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June 30, 2025
Beasley Is Latest Player Scrutinized In NBA Gambling Probe
The National Basketball Association's Malik Beasley is at least the third player in the league to be investigated by federal prosecutors for his role in gambling on performances in games, sources confirmed Monday to Law360.
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June 30, 2025
9 Charged With Cyberfraud In Aid Of North Korea
Eight Chinese and Taiwanese nationals and a New Jersey resident have been charged in a cyberfraud scheme on behalf of North Korea, in which they allegedly posed as American information technology workers to get remote jobs with U.S. Fortune 500 companies and one defense contractor, federal prosecutors in Massachusetts announced Monday.
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June 30, 2025
DOJ Says Over 300 Charged In $14.6B Healthcare Fraud Sting
A healthcare fraud operation conducted by federal and state law enforcement groups netted more than 300 defendants in a slew of schemes amounting to $14.6 billion in potential false claims, the Justice Department announced Monday.
Expert Analysis
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Foreign Sovereign Entities Should Heed 9th Circ. IP Ruling
After the Ninth Circuit recently held that four Chinese state-controlled companies were not immune from criminal indictment for alleged economic espionage, foreign sovereign-controlled entities should assess whether their operations and affiliation with their parent states qualify for sovereign immunity under the common law, say attorneys at Cleary.
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How Attorneys Can Become Change Agents For Racial Equity
As the administration targets diversity, equity and inclusion efforts and law firms consider pulling back from their programs, lawyers who care about racial equity and justice can employ four strategies to create microspaces of justice, which can then be parlayed into drivers of transformational change, says Susan Sturm at Columbia Law School.
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5 Takeaways From DOJ's Media Compulsory Process Rules
The U.S. Department of Justice’s new rules, making it easier for law enforcement investigating leaks to compel members of the media and third parties to disclose information, could have wide-ranging impacts, from reduced protections for journalists and organizations, to an expanded focus on nonclassified material, say attorneys at WilmerHale.
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Public Cos. Must Heed Disclosure Risks Amid Trade Chaos
Ongoing uncertainties caused by President Donald Trump's shifting stances on tariffs and trade restrictions have exponentially escalated financial reporting pressures on public companies, so businesses must ensure that their operations and accounting practices align with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's standards, say Jennifer Lee at Jenner & Block and Edward Westerman at Secretariat Advisors.
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Running Marathons Makes Me A Better Lawyer
After almost five years of running marathons, I’ve learned that both the race itself and the training process sharpen skills that directly translate to the practice of law, including discipline, dedication, endurance, problem-solving and mental toughness, says Lauren Meadows at Swift Currie.
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High Court Ruling Bucks Trend Of Narrowing Fraud Theories
The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent Kousisis v. U.S. decision, holding that economic loss is not required to establish prosecutors’ fraudulent inducement theory of fraud, is at odds with its decadeslong narrowing of federal fraud statutes’ reach, and may lead to convictions for a wide variety of contractual misrepresentations, say attorneys at Keker Van Nest.
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DOJ Policy Shifts May Resurrect De Facto 'China Initiative'
The U.S. Department of Justice's recently unveiled white collar enforcement strategy seemingly marks a return to a now-defunct 2018 policy aimed at combating national security concerns with China, and likely foretells aggressive scrutiny of trade and customs fraud, sanctions evasion, and money laundering, say attorneys at BakerHostetler.
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Law School's Missed Lessons: Supporting A Trial Team
While students often practice as lead trial attorneys in law school, such an opportunity likely won’t arise until a few years into practice, so junior associates should focus on honing skills that are essential to supporting a trial team, including organization, adaptability and humility, says Lucy Zelina at Tucker Ellis.
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7 D&O Coverage Areas To Assess As DOJ Targets DEI
Companies that receive federal funds or have the remnants of a diversity, equity and inclusion program should review their directors and officers liability insurance policies ahead of a major shift in how the U.S. Department of Justice enforces the False Claims Act, says Bill Wagner at Taft.
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sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Industry Impact Uncertain Amid Priority Shift, Staff Cuts
A recent enforcement memo outlines how the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's regulatory agenda diverges from that of the previous administration, but, given the bureau's planned reduction in force, it is uncertain whether the agency will be able to enforce these new priorities, say attorneys at Troutman Pepper.
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Compliance Essentials To Mitigate AI Crime Enforcement Risk
As artificial intelligence systems move closer to accurately mimicking human decision-making, companies must understand how the U.S. Department of Justice might prosecute them for crimes committed by AI tools — and how to mitigate enforcement risks, say attorneys at Paul Hastings.
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Adapting To Private Practice: From US Attorney To BigLaw
When I transitioned to private practice after government service — most recently as the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia — I learned there are more similarities between the two jobs than many realize, with both disciplines requiring resourcefulness, zealous advocacy and foresight, says Zach Terwilliger at V&E.
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How The DOJ Is Redesigning Its Approach To Digital Assets
Two key digital asset enforcement policy pronouncements narrow the Justice Department's focus on threats like fraud, terrorism, trafficking and sanctions evasion and dial back so-called regulation by prosecution, but institutions prioritizing compliance must remember that the underlying statutory framework hasn't changed, say attorneys at Blank Rome.
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At 'SEC Speaks,' Leaders Frame New Views
At the Practising Law Institute's recent SEC Speaks conference, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission leadership highlighted the agency's significant priority changes, including in enforcement, crypto and artificial intelligence, say attorneys at Perkins Coie.
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Measuring The Impact Of Attorney Gender On Trial Outcomes
Preliminary findings from our recent study on how attorney gender might affect case outcomes support the conclusion that there is little in the way of a clear, universal bias against attorneys of a given gender, say Jill Leibold, Olivia Goodman and Alexa Hiley at IMS Legal Strategies.