by Sapone & Petrillo, LLP | Jan 31, 2019 | Ed Sapone’s Decisions of the Week
The Circuit released two precedential opinions this week, vacating a standard “risk” condition of supervised release in United States v. Boles, and quickly following up on the Supreme Court’s decision in Stokeling v. United States. In United States v. Thrower, the...
On Behalf of Sapone & Petrillo, LLP | Jan 30, 2019 | Firm News, White Collar Crimes
If you have heard people in New York talk about white collar crime, you have likely heard references to things like embezzlement, money laundering or fraud. Another type of alleged white collar crime is insider trading. This particular offense can sometimes be hard to...
by Sapone & Petrillo, LLP | Jan 25, 2019 | Ed Sapone’s Decisions of the Week
Second Circuit On Friday, in United States v. Knight, in a summary order, the Circuit affirmed the 80- month sentence imposed by EDNY Judge Roslynn Mauskopf, following the defendant’s conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm. The Circuit rejected...
On Behalf of Sapone & Petrillo, LLP | Jan 19, 2019 | Firm News, White Collar Crimes
When many people in New York think about forgery, they might automatically think about one person illegally signing another person’s name. That is one type of forgery indeed but it is not the only thing that can lead a person to be charged with forgery as a...
by Sapone & Petrillo, LLP | Jan 18, 2019 | Ed Sapone’s Decisions of the Week
This week’s decisions from the Second Circuit and SCOTUS reflect those courts’ focus on two areas of continuing interest: overly broad supervised-release conditions (Eaglin), and the definition of what constitutes a violent crime (Stokeling). Second Circuit On Friday...
On Behalf of Sapone & Petrillo, LLP | Jan 16, 2019 | Firm News, White Collar Crimes
The United States is a capitalist society in which individuals and businesses alike eagerly pursue making money for themselves and their companies. This is the nature of the system yet there are some situations in which these efforts may lead people to be faced with...
On Behalf of Sapone & Petrillo, LLP | Jan 13, 2019 | Firm News
You’ve probably heard of money laundering. You know it has to do with moving money around to try to hide illegal activity. You know that the act of laundering it is also illegal in its own right. But have you ever wondered why they call it that to begin with?...
by Sapone & Petrillo, LLP | Jan 11, 2019 | Ed Sapone’s Decisions of the Week
Second Circuit On Thursday, in United States v. Schulman, the Circuit affirmed defendant’s securities fraud convictions. The Circuit rejected his claim that EDNY Judge Joan Azrack erroneously denied his Rule 29 motion to vacate his convictions on the ground that the...
On Behalf of Sapone & Petrillo, LLP | Jan 11, 2019 | Firm News, White Collar Crimes
The word “bribe” is often applied so broadly in everyday conversation in New York that you might reasonably forget that it actually refers to criminal activity. The line between being incentivized and actually being bribed is often so razor thin that many...
by Sapone & Petrillo, LLP | Jan 4, 2019 | Ed Sapone’s Decisions of the Week
Second Circuit The Circuit did not release any precedential decisions this week, or any summary orders in NYC area cases, but did release a summary order in a District of Connecticut case reinforcing its focus on review of the legality of special conditions of...
