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Case Summary In Kousisis v. United States , the Supreme Court addressed whether a defendant can be convicted under the federal wire fraud statute without causing the victim a net pecuniary loss. The case involved Stamatios Kousisis (“Kousisis”) and the industrial painting company he helped manage...
The JustPod is a podcast of the American Bar Association's Criminal Justice Section, hosted by Justin Danilewitz and Geonard Butler. This episode features a discussion with Leonard Ambrose about his representation of the notorious defendant Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong. Ambrose obtained an acquittal of...
A Significant Shift in White Collar Criminal Enforcement The Department of Justice (“DOJ”) has unveiled a comprehensive plan for its white-collar crime enforcement strategy, laying out the “high-impact” areas where enforcement will be focused, changes and clarification of how the DOJ will view...
On May 19, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) issued a memorandum and accompanying press release announcing its “Civil Rights Fraud Initiative,” designed to vigorously enforce the federal False Claims Act (“FCA”) “against those who defraud the United States by taking its money while...
The Expanding Definition of National Security: Navigating a Top DOJ Enforcement Priority The Boston Bar Association's White-Collar Crime Conference brings together law firm defense counsels, government prosecutors, in-house counsel, judges, and corporate professionals for the signature professional...
The JustPod is a podcast of the American Bar Association's Criminal Justice Section, hosted by Justin Danilewitz and Geonard Butler. This episode features a discussion with defense counsel Rocco Cipparone and Angie Levy. What was it like to defend clients in prosecutions arising out of events at the...
In a striking move at the end of March, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced a $4.6 million settlement with MORSE Corp Inc. (“MORSE”), a defense contractor based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, for falsely certifying that the company complied with cybersecurity requirements. The...
Enforcement of Environmental Crimes from the Prosecution and Defense Perspective With a new presidential administration with explicitly different environmental priorities, and a new Pennsylvania Attorney General whose enforcement action in the environmental context has yet to unfold, the regulated...
Day One, Wednesday, April 9 11:30am – 12:30pm: All of the Above Energy Options -Pipelines, Power Plants, and Solar Arrays – Development and Permitting in Pennsylvania Pamela S. Goodwin, Esq. 4:00pm – 5:00pm: Enforcement of Environmental Crimes from the Prosecution and Defense Perspective Justin C...
Pamela Goodwin will be a panelist at the ABA's 54th Spring Conference on Environmental Law on March 28, 2025, in Philadelphia. The topic that Pamela and her co-panelists will be discussing is " Cooperative Federalism or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bureaucracy —Water Regulation...
The Trump administration has declared March 12, 2025, as “the greatest and most consequential day of deregulation in the history of the United States.” United States Environmental Protection Agency Administrator, Lee Zeldin, issued various press releases (linked on our Environmental Executive...
On February 25, 2025, the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) issued an interim final rule [1] rescinding its regulations under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The CEQ’s action, in response to President Trump’s Unleashing American Energy Executive Order, [2] comes fifty-six years...
On behalf of Saul Ewing, partner Aloke Chakravarty submitted a comment on the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking entitled “Amending and Clarifying Foreign Agents Registration Act Regulations" on March 3, 2025. This comment is in response to public solicitation from the U.S. Department of Justice on...