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Letter to the Securities Exchange Commission regarding proposed whistleblower provisions to the Securities Exchange Act.
Comments to the U.S. Sentencing Commission regarding proposed amendments to the sentencing guidelines.
President Gerry Morris's letter to the House Financial Services Committee regarding procedural changes to administrative proceedings with the Securities Exchange Commission as proposed in the Due Process Restoration Act of 2015 (H.R. 3798).
The government’s almost 100 percent success rate in insider trading prosecutions has come crashing up against the Second Circuit’s focus on remote tippee liability in United States v. Newman. If the U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear Newman, the government’s cause may be helped by United States v. Salman, a Ninth Circuit decision that appears to disagree with Newman.
While it still uses its “no admit, no deny” policy in most cases, now in certain circumstances the Securities and Exchange Commission will require defendants to admit wrongdoing in order to settle their cases. Has the new policy made a significant impact? What may be the real danger in this new policy?
Order granting ineffective assistance of counsel claim for securities fraud.
Board Member Tim O'Toole's testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, regarding combating corruption post-Skilling.
NACDL Board member Barry Pollack's written statement to the House Judiciary Committee regarding federal criminal fraud laws.
US District Court Southern District of New York: Walsh v. USA; Memorandum and Order
Amicus curiae brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
NACDL amicus curiae brief in support of petition for rehearing or rehearing en banc.
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. JESSE C. LITVAK No. 3:13CR19 (JCH) June 27, 2014 SENTENCING MEMORANDUM OF DEFENDANT JESSE C. LITVAK Case 3:13-cr-00019-JCH Document 262 Filed 06/27/14 Page 1 of 70TABLE OF CONTENTS Page -i-I. PRELIMINARY STATEMENT ..................
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. JESSE C. LITVAK No. 3:13CR19 (JCH) July 8, 2014 REPLY SENTENCING MEMORANDUM OF DEFENDANT JESSE C. LITVAK Case 3:13-cr-00019-JCH Document 267 Filed 07/08/14 Page 1 of 15Table of Contents Page i I. PRELIMINARY STATEMENT ..............
CD Office o/the Assistant Attorney General The Honorable Patrick J. Leahy Chairman Committee on the Judiciary United States Senate Washington, D.C. 20510 Dear Mr. Chairman: u.s. Department of Justice Office of Legislative Affairs Washington, D.C. 20530 lIAR11. RECEIVED MAR 122013 We are pleased to submit this letter in
