Federal Crimes

In a previous post, we began discussing the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act or FCPA, a landmark law passed by Congress back in 1977 to combat international corruption via anti-bribery provisions. Specifically, we discussed not only what it is, but what it prohibits...

Last time, our blog discussed how the busy pace of life more than likely prevented many people from giving their tax returns the sort of in-depth review they would have preferred, meaning there could be mistakes.We also discussed how even though this isn’t the...

It may seem hard to believe, but Tax Day 2017 is finally here. This means that at this very moment, there are thousands of people across the U.S. scrambling to finish their returns or patiently waiting in line at the post office to mail the Internal Revenue Service...

In our previous post, we discussed how newly appointed U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has made it clear that one of his primary objectives in his role as the nation's top cop will be to crack down on violent crime -- especially as it relates to firearms - and...

When Jeff Sessions was sworn in as the new U.S. Attorney General following a particularly contentious series of confirmation hearings, legal experts were somewhat uncertain as to exact course the former Alabama senator would plot for the Justice Department.While a...

When most people hear the term carjacking, they invariably imagine the unfortunate scenario in which a person's vehicle is stolen after they are either forcibly removed, or coerced to exit it due to the threat of bodily harm. They may also envision it as being a...

Back in December, our blog began discussing how terms like federal crime, federal investigation and federal prosecution automatically bring certain images to mind -- courtroom sketches, federal agents carrying boxes of evidences away, "perp walks" -- thanks to popular...

Nearly 40 years ago, Congress passed a historic measure that changed the way in which a significant volume of international business was conducted virtually overnight. Indeed, the reverberations of this groundbreaking measure, otherwise known as the U.S. Foreign...

It may be that, at times, people dream of coming into a great deal of money and wonder about how they will spend it all. However, the majority of people would not consider doing anything that could eventually end with them being arrested and charged with federal...

Back in October, our blog discussed how the Supreme Court of the United States was hearing oral arguments in Salman v. U.S., marking the first time in roughly two decades that it tackled the highly controversial and not always unambiguous topic of insider trading.In...