Federal Crimes

While the majority of recent news coverage has understandably been focused on the planned appointments of President-elect Donald Trump, it could be argued that this extensive reporting has perhaps come at the expense of other important events.By way of example,...

Thanks to television and film, most of us have certain images that automatically come to mind when we hear terms like federal crime, federal prosecution and, of course federal investigation. These images could be everything from courtroom sketches of dour defendants...

While much of the discussion in the wake of Election Day has been understandably focused on the results of the races for state and, of course, federal office, it's important not to overlook some of the more interesting ballot initiatives from across the 50...

Thanks to enduring concerns about homeland security, there are certain areas to which the federal government has -- and will continue to -- devote significant investigative resources and considerable enforcement capabilities.For example, federal officials are...

Back in August, our blog reported how President Obama commuted the sentences of 214 federal inmates serving lengthy prison terms for nonviolent drug offenses, meaning he reduced the length of their sentences while leaving other conditions in place.While there were...

Much of Wall Street will be closely monitoring the United States Supreme Court in the coming hours. That’s because the nation's high court, which officially opened its 2016-17 term on Monday, will be hearing oral arguments in an insider trading case, marking the...

In a little over a month, voters here in Florida will be asked to decide whether the state should join the ranks of 25 other states in legalizing marijuana for medicinal purposes. While attitudes toward legalizing the drug for medicinal -- and even recreational --...

Those men and women currently serving lengthy federal prison sentences were provided with much-needed hope back in 2014 when the Department of Justice announced that it was launching a new clemency initiative.Specifically, the DOJ indicated that it would prioritize...

In the not-too-distant past, those charged with credit card fraud were typically accused of taking another person's card from their wallet, stealing a card right out of the mail or other decidedly straightforward actions.Fast forward to the present, however, and the...

In our last post, we started discussing how federal law enforcement officials remain committed to cracking down on Ponzi schemes, and how this is problematic given that law enforcement mandates of this sort frequently result in otherwise innocent people being swept up...