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Birdsall Services Group executives indicted in large-scale pay-to-play scandal in New Jersey

  • Wiley Rein LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 16 2013

On March 26, Howard Birdsall, the former CEO of Birdsall Services Group, and six other Birdsall Services Group executives were indicted on conspiracy

Tolling of FCA’s statute of limitations during wartime

  • Covington & Burling LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 16 2013

The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has held that an obscure World War II-era statutethe Wartime Suspension of Limitations Act

Lobbying and campaign contributions as honest-services fraud: two appellate courts weigh in

  • Wiley Rein LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 1 2013

In the span of three weeks, two courts of appeals have passed on the quid pro quo element for a bribery conviction under 18 U.S.C. Section 1346, the

Failure to protect emails after adoption of computer use policy waived privilege

  • Jenner & Block
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 13 2013

In United States v. Hamilton, 701 F.3d 404 (4th Cir. 2012) (No. 11-4847), the Fourth Circuit held that it was not an abuse of discretion by the

Justice throwing its weight behind fraud case against Lance Armstrong

  • Constantine Cannon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 25 2013

The Department of Justice announced in a press release late last Friday that it has elected to join a fraud lawsuit filed against the beleaguered

What did you intend by paying for dinner?

  • Venable LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 25 2013

The D.C. Circuit issued its decision in United States v. Ring today, a case stemming from the Abramoff scandals. Kevin Ring, one of Jack Abramoff's

Airport shuttle company, real estate firms penalized for straw donor schemes in California

  • Wiley Rein LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 24 2013

This past November, Go Lorrie, an airport shuttle company in San Francisco, and two of its executives pleaded guilty to money laundering charges in

International Trade and Technology Transfer Reporter IT3: 2012 Issue 2

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • European Union, USA
  • -
  • November 29 2012

“Breakneck speed” might be an overstatement, but it cannot be denied that achieving broad export control reform as envisioned by the Obama Administration requires a massive undertaking involving many complex issues that it will take considerable time to work through and finally resolve

Campaign contributions from convicted Ponzi schemer must be returned

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 29 2012

On October 23rd, the Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's order finding that $1.6 million in campaign contributions made by convicted Ponzi schemer R. Allen Stanford to various Democratic and Republican campaign committees must be returned to the SEC-appointed receiver for Stanford's companies as fraudulent transfers

Township supervisor sentenced for bribes in connection with asbestos abatement

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 10 2012

A former Royal Oak Township, Michigan, supervisor has been sentenced to three years in prison for taking bribes in connection with the award of contracts involving federal funds intended to be used to improve blighted areas