Federal Crimes

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Our Firm Helps Client Get Federal Child Porn Charges Dismissed

February 18, 2022

Earlier this month, federal prosecutors in Virginia agreed to dismiss child pornography distribution and obstruction of justice charges against our client, a criminal defense lawyer, less than a month before the trial was scheduled to begin. The charges were brought against our client who was allegedly using sexually suggestive images of a minor to confront […]

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Our Firm Wins “Compassionate Release” Motion to Keep Client Out of Prison

January 10, 2022

This week, a federal judge in Chicago granted a motion for a sentence reduction, often referred to as “compassionate release,” that we filed for our client—a 72-year-old man who had been sentenced to 78 months in prison for possessing child pornography. The judge reduced our client’s sentence to time served and ordered him to serve […]

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Criminal Antitrust Prosecutions Expected in Bid Rigging Cases

November 12, 2021

If passed, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) will create enormous profit opportunities for government contractors. With this increased opportunity, however, comes an increased chance for companies to run afoul of antitrust regulations. The IIJA is a bipartisan piece of legislation that would invest $550 billion into the improvement and expansion of bridges, rail [&he…

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Google Search Algorithm Finding Child Pornography Challenged as Unconstitutional

October 19, 2021

On September 21, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that a warrantless search of email attachments that have been flagged by an automated system as child pornography violates the Fourth Amendment. In doing so, the court overturned the conviction of Luke Noel Wilson, finding that the evidence from his attachments should […]

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Justice Department Creates New Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team

October 19, 2021

On October 6, 2021, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that it would be creating a National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team to focus on the investigation and prosecution of criminal activity involving cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum. The taskforce will work on cases related to financial crimes like money laundering and crimes where the proceeds from […]

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