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CARES Act Fraud: The Next Wave of White Collar Investigations and Prosecutions?
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Grand Jury Subpoenas Part 2 – Assessing A Client’s Level of Exposure
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Practical Challenges in Asserting an Advice-of-Counsel Defense in a Federal Criminal Case: Proving Disclosure of “All Material Facts”
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The Grateful Dead, the Fourth Amendment, and Good Lawyering
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Federal Grand Jury Subpoenas – Part 1: What you can learn from the subpoena itself
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The Promise and Pitfalls of the Advice-of-Counsel Defense
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Supreme Court May Revisit the Law on the Use of Acquitted Conduct in Federal Sentencing Hearings
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Discovery in White-Collar Cases – Key Control Documents
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SCOTUS Case Preview: Kelly v. United States (“Bridgegate”)
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White Collar Crime Seminar in Early 2020
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Update on DOJ’s Decision to Reverse Course on Appellate Waivers
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Department of Justice Expected to End Insistence on Waiver of Appellate Rights
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Supreme Court Issues Opinion in Federal Bank Fraud Case
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Federal Criminal Lawyers in Atlanta Celebrate Saint Crispin’s Day!
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Federal Court of Appeals Overturns Conviction and Rejuvenates (Maybe) the Indictment Clause of the Fifth Amendment — Hallelujah!
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Hiring a Federal Criminal Defense Lawyer: What Every Potential Client Should Know (and Ask)
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Federal Appellate Court Restricts Federal Mail Fraud Statute
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BP Settles Federal Criminal Case and Attorney for Rig Worker Accuses Government of Indicting a Scapegoat
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D.E.A’s Position on Controlled Substances is Inconsistent (and Unfair)
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Judge Beverly Martin to Speak at Criminal Law Luncheon Here in Atlanta
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Government Recycles Risk of Danger Argument To Convince Congress To Reject Enactment of Fairness in Disclosure of Evidence Act; Congress Should not be Misled (Again)!
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Justin Anand Sworn in as Federal Magistrate Judge; Federal Defender Program Celebrates Nearly 40 Years of Great Lawyering
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Federal Antitrust Investigations and Prosecutions of Real Estate Foreclosure Auctions
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Eleventh Circuit Reverses Physician’s Conviction in Federal Health Care Fraud and Overprescribing Case
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Court of Appeals Affirms Life Sentences for Pain Management Physician (and Creates Circuit Split)
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Federal Sentencing Law in the Eleventh Circuit: United States Sentencing Commission Issues Summary of Decisions To Assist Federal Practitioners
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Eleventh Circuit Affirms Former Birmingham Mayor’s Federal Conviction But Doubts About the Constitutionality of the Honest Services Statute Remain
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Chronic Pain, Federal Criminal Law, and the Prosecution of Pain Management Doctors in Federal Court
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Eleventh Circuit Reverses Federal Conviction of Pain Management Doctor
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Supreme Court Expands (Again) Good Faith Exception to the Exclusionary Rule
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Federal Criminal Sentencing Seminar and Transparency in Federal Sentencing
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Federal Criminal Rules Should Require Prosecutors To Turn Over Witness Lists
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Eleventh Circuit Holds That Even Though Federal Sentencing Guidelines Are Advisory, Applying A Harsher Guideline That Was Not in Effect At the Time Of The Crime Can Create Ex Post Facto Concerns
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Diaz: Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals Holds Government May Medicate Federal Criminal Defendant Involuntarily to Render Him Competent to Stand Trial
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Gowdy: Eleventh Circuit Affirms Conviction for Escape Where Defendant Was Released From Custody and Failed to Turn Himself Back In
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Kottwitz Revisited: Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals Vacates Criminal Conviction upon Rehearing, Holding That Jury Should Have Heard Instruction on Reliance on the Advice of an Accountant
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FEDERAL JUDGE IN ALABAMA GRANTS LAWYER’S REQUEST TO DELAY TRIAL IN LIGHT OF AUBURN’S PARTICIPATION IN BCS TITLE GAME
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Forey-Quintero: Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals Holds Defendant Could Be Prosecuted for Being in the US Because His Mother’s Status Did Not Make Him a Derivative Citizen
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Pepper: United States Supreme Court Will Hear Arguments Next Week Regarding Consideration of Rehabilitation upon Resentencing
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Federal Sentencing Guidelines Amendments Part IV: Recency
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Childers: Eleventh Circuit Will Decide En Banc Whether Exclusion of Evidence on Cross-Examination Denied Defendant Sixth Amendment Rights
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Federal Judge Admonishes Prosecutors for Inviting “Public Ridicule and Scorn” on the Justice System with “Mean-Spirited” Sentencing Memorandum
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Grober and Irey: New Developments in the Child Pornography Sentencing Guidelines Battle
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Mateos: An Eleventh Circuit Reminder to Criminal Defense Lawyers to Brush Up on the Rules of Evidence
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Ranier: Eleventh Circuit Departs From Recent ACCA Cases and Holds That Prior Conviction for Third Degree Felony Burglary in Alabama Qualifies as ACCA Predicate Violent Felony if Conviction was Based on Generic Elements
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Di Pietro: Federal Court of Appeals in Eleventh Circuit Upholds Criminal Conviction for Arranging Marriages Between Illegal Immigrants and U.S. Citizens
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Kottwitz: Eleventh Circuit Holds Trial Court Should Have Given Good Faith Defense Jury Instruction
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Garcia-Cordero: Eleventh Circuit Holds “Bring and Present” Requirement of Federal Immigration Law Does Not Violate Criminal Defendant’s Privilege Against Self-Incrimination
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Skilling: Supreme Court Limits Federal Criminal Honest Services Fraud Law to Bribery and Kickbacks
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DOJ Implements New Federal Mortgage Fraud Initiative; Prosecutors Here in Atlanta Announce Commitment to be “Key Participants” in Program
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Breaking News: Supreme Court Limits Honest Services Fraud to Bribery and Kickback Schemes; Holds Skilling Was Not Denied Fair Trial
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New Holder Memo: Emphasizing “Individualized Assessment” in Federal Criminal Prosecutions
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Berghuis v. Thompkins: U.S. Supreme Court Holds That One Must Speak to Invoke the Right to Remain Silent
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Carr: Federal Supreme Court Holds That Liability under 18 U.S.C. § 2250 Cannot Be Predicated on Pre-SORNA Travel
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Frazier: Eleventh Circuit Rejects Polk Argument, Holding that Falsifying Identity of Firearms Purchaser is a Violation of § 922(a)(6) Even If Actual Buyer May Lawfully Purchase Firearms
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Lee: Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals Upholds Conviction for Attempt to Entice a Minor Even Though All Communications Were With “Parent” of Fictitious Minors and Defendant Never Made Arrangements to Meet Minors
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USSC Issues Press Release Regarding Amendments to Federal Sentencing Guidelines
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Recency Criminal History Points to be Deleted from Federal Sentencing Guidelines
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Fowler: Miniscule Evidence Needed to Show Federal Nexus when Murder Prosecuted under Statute Intended to Punish Federal Witness Tampering
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Upcoming Federal Eleventh Circuit Criminal Decision: Is Sholam Weiss Entitled to Resentencing Following His Extradition from Austria?
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11th Circuit Rules That Fraud Victims Cannot Climb To The Top Of The Pile And Get More Back Than Other Victims
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Eleventh Circuit Holds No Expectation of Privacy in Delivered Email Messages
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Harrington v. Richter: Cert Granted in AEDPA Ineffective Counsel Case
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Bloate: Supreme Court Holds Time Granted to Criminal Defendants to Prepare Pretrial Motions is Not Automatically Excludable under Speedy Trial Act
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Supreme Court Criminal Case: Police May Reinterrogate a Suspect Two Weeks After He Requests a Lawyer, Even if He Remains in Prison, Lawyerless
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Briscoe v. Virginia: Federal Supreme Court Upholds Recent Opinion Regarding Testimony By Forensic Analysts in Criminal Trials
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Supreme Court Grants Certiorari in § 924(c) Cases Regarding Mandatory Minimums in Federal Criminal Firearms Cases
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Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals Avoids Rule of Specialty in Federal Criminal Extradition Case… Again
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DOJ Appoints National Coordinator of Criminal Discovery Initiatives
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Georgia Innocence Project Exonerates Another Wrongfully Convicted Man
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Georgia Criminal Defense Lawyer Acquitted of Money Laundering, Drug Conspiracy, and Attempted Bribery
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Eleventh Circuit Remands Livesay for Resentencing… Again
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Federal Sentencing Guidelines Amendments Part III: Alternative Sanctions to Prison
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Eleventh Circuit Holds Crime of Eluding a Police Officer at High Speed or with Wanton Disregard for Safety is a Crime of Violence in the Same Category as Burglary and Arson
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Federal Sentencing Guidelines Amendments Part II: Economic Crimes
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Federal Sentencing Guidelines Amendments Part I: Sex Crimes
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Eleventh Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Money Laundering Charges Against Attorney
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Eleventh Circuit Holds “Walkaway” Escape is Not a Violent Felony under Federal Armed Career Criminal Act
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Eleventh Circuit Takes Government’s Side in Federal Criminal Circuit Split Regarding Section 924(c)
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Federal Appeal Regarding Funds Needed to Hire Criminal Defense Lawyers
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Double Jeopardy: Eleventh Circuit Decides Second Federal Criminal Indictment for Same Offenses Must Be Dismissed
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Federal Circuit Court in Atlanta Vacates Criminal Identity Theft Conviction
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Federal Supreme Court Will Hear Argument on Federal Criminal Constitutional Law, Affecting Law Here in Atlanta, Georgia
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The Effect of the Pressure to Cooperate by Federal Prosecutors on White-Collar Criminal Defendants
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New Federal Criminal Law Targets Internet Drug Sales
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Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Argument on Federal Criminal Honest Services Fraud
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Supreme Court Establishes New Federal Rule Regarding Criminal Forensic Lab Reports
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Supreme Court Finds No Federal Constitutional Due Process Right to Access to DNA Evidence in Criminal Cases After Conviction
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Federal Supreme Court Decides Criminal Collateral Estoppel Issue
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Criminal Defendants Lose Another Protection of Federal Constitutional Rights
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Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta Issues Heads-Government-Wins, Tails-Defendant-Loses Decision in Federal Criminal Case
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Supreme Court Decision in Federal Identity Theft Case Overrules Eleventh Circuit Precedent, Changing Criminal Law Here in Atlanta
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Supreme Court Ends Its Streak Protecting Rights With Georgia Federal Criminal Case
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Supreme Court Agrees to Resolve Circuit Split Regarding Speedy Trial Act in Federal Criminal Cases
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Federal Criminal Mortgage Fraud Cases on the Rise
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Scientific Report Should Impact Federal Criminal Cases
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Federal Bureau of Investigation Raids Georgia Peanut Plant
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Farias-Gonzalez: Another Atlanta Federal Criminal Case We Hope Gets Reversed by the Supreme Court
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Federal Court of Appeals in Atlanta, Georgia Overrules 1996 Brown Decision Regarding Criminal Fraud Statute
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Federal Criminal Sentences May Be Enhanced by Acquitted Conduct
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Court of Appeals Hears Arguments In Federal Case Involving Alabama’s Former Governor
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Supreme Court Agrees To Hear Federal Criminal Case Involving Identity Theft Statute
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Government Urges Supreme Court To Resolve Circuit Split Over Federal Identity Fraud Statute
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Federal Judge in Atlanta Declares Mandatory Minimum Portion of Federal Statute Unconstitutional
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Federal Criminal Attorneys Submit Briefs In Important Federal Criminal Appeal
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Court of Appeals Issues Interesting Ruling In Federal Criminal Case
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Court of Appeals Identifies The Issues In Federal Criminal Appeal
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Recent Developments in the Federal Criminal Case of Alabama’s Former Governor and Richard Scrushy
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Has a Federal Criminal Prosecutor Prosecuted Innocent People?
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Eleventh Circuit Vacates Opinion in Federal Criminal Fraud Case
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United States Supreme Court Rules that Federal Court of Appeals Cannot Increase Sentence on its own Initiative
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Federal Court of Appeals Affirms Sentences in Theft of Trade Secret Case
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Federal Appellate Court in Atlanta Issues Ruling Concerning an Individual’s Right to an Attorney
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Winning Strategies Seminar Held for Federal Criminal Lawyers
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Federal Judge’s Ruling Provides Some Hope For Individuals Detained On Internet-Based Sex Charges
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Federal Court of Appeals Affirms Sentence Reductions in Federal Criminal Case
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Eleventh Circuit Affirms 360 Month Sentence in a Federal Mortgage Fraud Case
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Federal Prosecutor’s Apparent Suicide Highlights the Stress Associated with the Defense of Internet-Based Federal Charges
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Search and Seizure in Atlanta, Georgia argued in the Federal Court of Appeals
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