By: Sara Kropf I was surprised to read the headline of a recent DOJ press release: "Former Acclarent, Inc. Executives Convicted of Crimes Related to the Sale of Medical Devices." I was surprised because I thought I'd read that the case had been a big win for the...
By: Sara Kropf A few weeks ago, I wrote a blog post about my disappointment that white-collar criminal defense attorneys too often treat cooperation with the government as a default position. Well, the government just sweetened the cooperation pot a little bit more....
By: Sara Kropf I just spent $1200 to listen to the Department of Justice’s sales pitch that I should bring in my clients to confess their crimes. Let me explain. Last week was the annual ABA White Collar Crime conference in San Diego. It’s a three-day conference,...
By: Sara Kropf Shell Oil and Shell International (collectively “Shell”) have been named in a defamation action by a former employee which relates to a criminal investigation. The employee claimed that Shell made defamatory statements in its report to the Department of...
By: Sara Kropf At the recent ABA White Collar Crime Institute in sunny Miami, I was lucky enough to be on an excellent panel about search warrants. The panel was notable because it had a solid cast of speakers and was in a room the size of my entire house. About 150...