D.C. Circuit Reins In District Court for Second-Guessing Government’s Deferred Prosecution Agreement
This guest post was authored by our colleague Jeremy A. Gunn, an associate in the firm’s Litigation Department. In an unusual win for both the U.S. Department of Justice and corporate defendants, the D.C. Circuit last week reversed a district court’s refusal to pause the… Read More
Former Speaker Hastert Pleads Guilty in Hush-Money Case
This morning, former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert appeared in district court in Chicago and pled guilty to one count of violating bank reporting laws. Hastert’s defense counsel had “indicated two weeks ago that he was planning to plead guilty, though the details of the… Read More
Former Speaker Hastert Indicted: Structuring a Costly Cover-Up
Yesterday, the Department of Justice charged former House Speaker Dennis Hastert in an indictment stemming from his alleged agreement to pay an unknown individual $3.5 million “to compensate for and conceal his prior misconduct” against that unknown person. According to the indictment, Mr. Hastert, a… Read More
DOJ Hopes to Prosecute More Criminal Cases Arising Out of False Claims Acts
On Wednesday, Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division Leslie R. Caldwell spoke at the Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund annual conference in Washington D.C., and announced that the DOJ is closely examining civil False Claims Act lawsuits in order to find possible criminal cases.… Read More