By: Sara Kropf We've written before (see here, here and here) about the dangers of committing research misconduct, particularly for research that uses federal funds. Now there's a new danger. The federal government has recently started cracking down on institutions'...
By Andrea L. Moseley The time to raise our hands and cast a vote in the general election is just a few short months away. I am watching eagerly to see how DoJ proceeds with campaign election crime investigations and prosecutions arising from this election cycle. I...
By: Sara Kropf One of the biggest questions on everyone’s mind right now is when a vaccine for COVID-19 will be ready. A related question is whether anyone will develop an effective treatment for it. In the United States, vaccines and new drug treatments are approved...
Blog Post by Andrea L. Moseley This week the Grand Jury Target authors want to make sure you read an article about the law of conspiracy that is hot off the press. You do not want to miss this timely article that lays out valuable defense strategies against the...
By Sara Kropf On May 15, 2020, President Trump fired the State Department Inspector General and replaced him with a new Inspector General who has close ties to Vice President Mike Pence. Steven Linick had been the head of the State Department’s Office of Inspector...
By Sara Kropf A few weeks ago, I suggested that there were four options for Judge Emmet Sullivan related to the government's motion to dismiss the charges against Michael Flynn. At the end of the post, a little tongue in cheek, I noted that “[m]aybe, in his wisdom,...
by Andrea Moseley One of the most difficult things to do as a white-collar criminal defense attorney is defend a client against allegations in an area of the law that is vague. This is especially true when the prosecution of certain types of crime have little history...
By Sara Kropf On May 7, 2020, the Department of Justice moved to dismiss the false statement charge against former Trump national security advisor Michael Flynn. This is a remarkable request for a couple of reasons. First, Flynn had already pleaded guilty to the...
By Andrea Moseley Two weeks ago, I published the first installment in this blog series. This series focuses on parallels and differences between issues surrounding political fraud and COVID-19 fundraising fraud. In this series, I will continue to explore DoJ policies...
By Sara Kropf In Part 1 of this series, we outlined the standard that the Department of Justice follows to seek forfeiture of a criminal defense attorney’s fees. If DOJ seeks forfeiture of your fees, you could find out in the forfeiture count of an indictment against...