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On December 16, 2022, the Attorney General of the United States issued a memorandum that provided guidance for federal prosecutors in drug cases. While the memorandum has been well received for the Department of Justice’s effort towards...
The False Claims Act (the "FCA" or "Act") prohibits the knowing presentation of a “false or fraudulent claim for payment or approval” to the federal government. 31 U.S.C. 3729(a)(1)(A). To assist the government in recovering losses from false...
In October 2014, Sarah Koenig debuted her popular podcast, “Serial.” The podcast discussed the prosecution of Adnan Syed, who was accused of murdering Hae Min Lee, a high-school senior that vanished after school in 1999. For years, the Maryland...
On September 28, 2022, in United States v. Baskerville, the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania held that Pennsylvania’s definition of cocaine is broader than the federal counterpart. As a result, the court found...
As part of its regulatory authority over derivatives markets, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) investigates and prosecutes violations of the Commodity Exchange Act and governing regulations. Parties caught in the Commission’s...
In response to “a series of sensational congressional investigations into the sale of provisions and munitions to the War Department” where “the United States had been billed for nonexistent or worthless goods, charged exorbitant prices for goods...