By Sara Kropf and Margaret Cassidy This is Part 2 of an article that I wrote with my colleague Margaret Cassidy for the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers publication, The Champion. Here is a link to Part I. If you would like to read the entire article,...
Defending a Client in a Mandatory Self-Disclosure World: Representing Federal Government Contractors in Parallel Criminal, Civil, and Administrative Investigations (Part 1)
This is Part 1 of an article that I wrote with my colleague Margaret Cassidy for the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers publication, The Champion. In this part, we provide an overview of the mandatory self-reporting obligations in the Federal...
Are you too late? Recent guidance on leniency from DOJ-Antitrust
By Andrea L. Moseley On April 4, 2022, the Department of Justice's Anti-Trust Division (the "Division") provided some welcome guidance on its Leniency Program. The Division announced updates to its Leniency Policy and issued a revised set of nearly 50 frequently asked...
White-Collar Trends in 2021
By: Jaime Rosenberg A lot happened in the white-collar realm in 2021 and the Biden administration. The Department of Justice outlined a plan to increase its enforcement of white-collar crimes. It’s no surprise, then, that the number of white-collar criminal...
Permission to Violate the Law? Public Authority Defenses in the Limelight
Photo by Ricardo Esquivel on Pexels.com By Andrea L. Moseley On Friday January 28, 2022, Gabriel Garcia filed his notice of intent to assert a public authority defense in response to the six count indictment pending against him for conduct relating to January 6, 2021....
Legal Ethics-Newly Minted Leniency for Negotiated Discipline
compass with needle pointing the word ethics. Conceptual 3d illustration of business integrity and moral By Andrea L. Moseley Institutionalized leniency, in any form, is music to my ears. When it comes to sanctions, hard line rules and policies rarely benefit my...
Cryptocurrency and Pandemic Relief Fraud–More Investigative Obstacles
By Andrea L. Moseley The Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery (“SIGPR”), Brian D. Miller, recently put out a plea for crypto companies to lend a hand in SIGPR's efforts to combat Pandemic Relief Fraud. At the end of September, SIGPR Miller and his former...
Investigations and the Art of Persuasion
By Andrea L. Moseley Author and instructor at Harvard University, Carmine Gallo, aptly observed that the art of persuasion has not changed in 2,000 years. Understanding these principles and how to apply them is critical in our practice of defending individuals and...
Recent Report of Record-Setting Complaints Re: Pandemic Loan Fraud
By Andrea L. Moseley Inspector General Hannibal "Mike" Ware sent a Spring message that we can hear loud and clear. The Small Business Association's (SBA's) tremendous role in the nation's pandemic response was "without precedent" according to the SBA's Semiannual...
Who Are the Grand Jurors in the Trump Investigation?
By Sara Kropf According to media reports this week, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office “has convened the grand jury that is expected to decide whether to indict former president Donald Trump, other executives at his company or the business itself, should...