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Chloé Fleurant; McCarthy Tétrault LLP;
Legal Alert/Article December 6, 2012, previously published on December 3, 2012 The Supreme Court has found that employees may have a reasonable expectation of privacy in the information contained on their work computers, at least where personal use is permitted or reasonably expected by the employer. The issue in R. v. Cole arose when a laptop used by a high school teacher,...
| | RICO Claims Dismissed for Failure to Establish a Racketeering Enterprise: Daskal v Tyrnauer
Adam M. Rafsky; Farrell Fritz, P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article November 29, 2012, previously published on November 27, 2012 In an October 22nd decision by Justice Demarest, the court granted the defendants’ motions to dismiss the complaint. Daskal brought the action individually and on behalf of three corporate entities, including Greene LLC, alleging that he was defrauded by the defendants in the diversion of...
|  | Clock is Ticking for Offshore Account Voluntary Disclosures
David F. Axelrod; Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP;
Legal Alert/Article November 20, 2012, previously published on November 14, 2012 For many years, the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") has had a "voluntary disclosure" policy in its Criminal Manual. Under the policy, a disclosure preliminarily accepted by the Criminal Investigation Division (CI) is referred for civil resolution. (The voluntary disclosure...
| | Violating Federal Regs Can Have Criminal Consequences
David F. Axelrod; Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP;
Legal Alert/Article November 20, 2012, previously published on November 14, 2012 Business law is rapidly becoming enmeshed with criminal law. This creates new hazards for corporations and corporative officials, stemming in large part form the government’s reliance on criminal sanctions to enforce federal regulations.
| | MoneyGram International Inc. Settlement of Criminal Charges May Have Far-Reaching Compliance Implications for Anti-Money Laundering Violations
Amal Bouhabib, Kelly T. Currie, Cari N. Stinebower; Crowell & Moring LLP;
Legal Alert/Article November 16, 2012, previously published on November 13, 2012 On November 9, 2012, the Department of Justice ("DOJ") announced that MoneyGram International Inc., a global money services business headquartered in Dallas, had agreed to forfeit $100 million and enter a deferred prosecution agreement ("DPA") in which the company admitted to...
| | Please Tell Me How This Ends: Determining a Client’s Status in a Grand Jury Investigation
Justin R. Cochran, Craig S. Denney; Snell & Wilmer L.L.P.;
Legal Alert/Article November 14, 2012, previously published on November 2012 Whenever a client in Northern Nevada has the misfortune of getting visited by federal agents and served with a grand jury subpoena, the client wants to know the answer to a basic question: What is going to happen to me? Businesses and individuals receive these subpoenas for documents and testimony.
| | Recent Decisions in § 419 and § 412(i) Litigation
Enrique D. Arana, Todd M. Fuller; Jorden Burt LLP;
Legal Alert/Article November 8, 2012, previously published on Fall 2012 The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals recently reviewed the first case on appeal from MDL No. 1983, a multidistrict litigation proceeding designed to address claims related to employee benefit plans created under §§ 412(i) and 419 of the Internal Revenue Code. At issue was a putative...
| | I’m from the Government and I’m here to Help
Charles E. "Chuck" James; Williams Mullen;
Legal Alert/Article November 7, 2012, previously published on November 6, 2012 On October 24, 2012, Neil H. MacBride, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, participated in a U.S. Chamber of Commerce panel to discuss federal regulatory overreach and its potential impact on the business community.
| | Can You Still Consider An Applicant's Criminal Record?
John E. Donovan; Fisher & Phillips LLP;
Legal Alert/Article November 2, 2012, previously published on November 2012 Some of our dealership clients are confused about whether or not it is still permissible to check an applicant's criminal record. The confusion is due in part to the publicity concerning recently passed state and municipal laws which restrict the right of some employers to check an applicant's...
| | North Carolina Criminal Law | What Does an Under Age Consumption of Alcohol Charge Mean?
Matheson Law Office PLLC;
Legal Alert/Article November 2, 2012 Wake County Criminal Defense Lawyer and Apex Criminal Defense Lawyer M. Moseley Matheson discusses the issues which come with an Underage Consumption/Possession of Alcohol Charge in North Carolina
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