Published by
Contact Sara or Dan
ABA LawBlawg 100 Winner (2015)
-
Recent Posts
- Did the Fourth Circuit Just Outlaw Taint Teams? Nope, But It Threw Up Some Roadblocks
- Another Insider Trading Court Decision: Making Life Easier for the Government
- Year End Review: Big Firm News and the 5 Most Popular Posts in 2019 (Yours and Ours)
- Congress Tackles Insider Trading
- Michael Cohen’s Sentencing Reduction Request Reveals the Minuscule Bargaining Power of a Cooperating Defendant
Categories
- Acquittal After Jury Trial
- Antitrust
- Appeal
- Attorney client privilege
- Bail
- Bank fraud
- Blackmail/extortion
- Brady violations
- Bribery
- CFTC case
- Change Venue
- civil case
- Civil forfeiture
- Civil Litigation Strategy
- Classifiied information
- Commercial Bribery
- Compliance
- Computer fraud
- Congressional investigation
- Conspiracy
- Continuing education
- Conviction After Jury Trial
- Criminal Forfeiture
- Criminal Investigation
- Deferred Prosecution Agreement
- Dentention issues
- Detention issues
- Discovery/Brady
- Dismissal of charges in indictment
- DOJ policy and practice
- DOJ Statements
- Due Diligence
- Environmental Crimes
- Ethics
- False Claims Act
- False statements
- FBI policy and practice
- FCPA
- Federal program fraud
- Fifth Amendment
- First Amendment
- Fourth Amendment
- Fraud on the court
- Gag order
- Government contracting fraud
- Grand jury
- Grand Jury Subpoena
- Health care fraud
- Honest Services
- Identity Theft
- Immunity
- Indictment
- Insider Trading
- internal investigation
- International Trade Violations
- Investor fraud
- Joint Defense Agreements
- Jury issues
- Kickbacks
- Lacey Act
- Legal profession
- Mail Fraud
- Marketing
- Money Laundering
- Non-Prosecution Agreement
- Obstruction
- OIG investigations
- Perjury
- Plea Agreement
- Policy issues
- Pre-Trial Motions Practice
- Proffers
- Prosecutorial misconduct
- Public Corruption
- Research misconduct
- Resource Guide
- Restitution
- Reversal
- RICO
- Search warrant
- SEC Investigation
- SEC policy and practice
- SEC Settlement
- Securities fraud
- Sentencing
- Speedy Trial Act
- Statute of Limitations
- Taint teams
- Tax fraud
- Trade Secrets
- Travel Act
- Trial preparation
- Trials
- Uncategorized
- Venue
- Wire Fraud
- Wiretaps
- Witness tampering
Monthly Archives: October 2018
Should Jurors Be Allowed to Ask Questions During a Criminal Trial?
The judge in one of my recent criminal trials allowed the jurors to ask questions. It was mostly fascinating, though there were a few scary moments too. On the one hand, it gave us valuable insight into what the jury … Continue reading
Posted in Jury issues
Leave a comment
Latest Developments in the SEC’s Cryptocurrency Enforcement
By Daniel Portnov It’s been a busy 2018 for cryptocurrency enforcement by the SEC. Following statements by Chair Jay Clayton and Co-Director of Enforcement Stephanie Avakian announcing various cryptocurrency concerns, sweeps and initiatives,[1] several recent Commission enforcement actions have … Continue reading
How to Pick a Fair Jury
I don’t care what jury consultants say, picking a jury is an art and not a science. For most trial lawyers, it’s based on gut feelings and sizing people up quickly and peeks at what a juror’s t-shirt says or … Continue reading
Posted in Appeal, Jury issues
1 Comment
A (Small) Victory in a Battle With OIG
By Dan Portnov As readers of Grand Jury Target know, we have a healthy respect for the various Offices of Inspector General (see here, here and here). OIG investigations can lead to serious consequences and, to add further anxiety, much … Continue reading
