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...

Among other life-changing benefits, securing a pardon can have lasting impacts on an individual’s employment prospects and reduce criminal-history calculations upon future convictions. Indeed, a pardon results in the nullification of punishment or...