DOJ Announces AI-focused Initiatives In a recent speech, Department of Justice Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco announced an artificial intelligence (“AI”) initiative that will see the government seek stricter sentences for crimes perpetuated by individuals using...
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Department of Justice Announces New Program to Incentivize Whistleblowers
Tipsters Could Receive Payment for Reporting Criminal Misconduct on Corporations The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a pilot program to launch later this year that would see non-culpable whistleblowers receive monetary payments in exchange for information of...
Charges Dropped Mid-Trial in Eagles Memorabilia Case
Prosecutors Dismisses Charges Against Three Men Accused of Stealing Hand Written Notes Containing Hotel California Lyrics Earlier this week, prosecutors abruptly dismissed a case, in the middle of trial, against three men accused of stealing the hand written notes of...
Classified Information Exchanged on Dating Site
Retired Veteran Accused of Leaking Sensitive Information to Ukrainian Woman A retired Army Lieutenant Colonel, David Franklin Slater, 63, was recently arrested and is accused of leaking highly sensitive information to a purportedly Ukrainian woman he had met online...
Biden Administration Asks Court to Allow Extension of Controversial Surveillance Program Before April Expiration
Federal Government Seeks to Extend Authorization of Warrantless Surveillance The Biden Administration announced that it would seek will ask a court to renew the certification necessary to conduct surveillance authorized by a controversial surveillance program, set to...
Supreme Court to Weigh Scope of Federal Bribery Statute
US Supreme Court to Review Potential Limits of Statute A case pending before the Supreme Court, Snyder v. United States, is set for oral arguments on April 14, 2024, with a ruling expected in the following months which could impact how and when the federal government...
83-Year-Old Arrested for Bank Robbery Spree
Convicted Bank Robber Arrested for Valentine’s Day Robbery Donald "Doc" Bennett, an 83-year-old convicted felon who served more than thirty years in prison for a string of robberies in the 1980s, was arrested by the F.B.I. in connection with a recent series of...
New Rule Proposed by the Government to Further Monitor Possible Money Laundering
Proposed Rule to Curb Money Laundering Through Real Estate As we have previously discussed, the United States Treasury Department has recently implemented or proposed new rules to crack down on money laundering through corporate ownership interest and is now seeking...
Parents Increasingly Held Responsible for Conduct of Their Children in Shootings
Michigan Mother Convicted of Manslaughter A Michigan mother was convicted of manslaughter due to her son, Ethan Crumbley, shooting and killing four classmates in a 2021 school shooting when he was 15 years old. Jennifer Crumbley and her husband James, who has a...
Judge Rules Rap Lyrics Inadmissible at Trial
Rapper Accused of Killing Run-DMC Member Jam Master Jay Will Not Have Rap Lyrics Read at Trial A federal judge in New York City ruled earlier this week that rap lyrics performed by Karl Jordan Jr, aka “Yadi” or “Young Yadi,” will not be admissible at his trial because...