In the Second Circuit, National-Security-Based Offenses May Be Considered Especially Heinous—And Why That Matters for Those Doing Business Abroad

In a new year that’s bringing a presidential election and a Senate impeachment trial, expect a lot of conversations about national security in Washington in 2020.  In the meantime, I’m also following two national-security criminal cases out of New York that the Second Circuit recently remanded for resentencing: United States v. Mumuni and United States […]

January 3, 2020

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Kickbacks Come Back to Bite: NY Doctor’s Prison Sentence Intended to Deter Future Corruption

Last year, five New York doctors were indicted for taking money and other kickbacks in exchange for prescribing Subsys, the powerful fentanyl spray sold by Insys Therapeutics.  Four of them have now plead guilty, and last month osteopathic doctor Todd Schlifstein was the first to be sentenced.  A federal judge in Manhattan gave Dr. Schlifstein […]

November 27, 2019

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Taking the Fifth to Avoid Perjury: Ambassador Gordon Sondland

During last week’s impeachment hearings, Ambassador Taylor asserted that an aide overheard a discussion with President Trump regarding his alleged request urging the Ukrainian government to open investigations into the Biden family and any involvement Ukraine may have had in the 2016 Presidential election. The revelation raised new concerns that Ambassador Sondland had potentially exposed […]

November 18, 2019

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