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In the United States, prosecutors have broad discretion in deciding whether to investigate and charge an individual with a crime.

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to pose many unprecedented challenges for the judicial system. We previously wrote about one particularly vexing issue: How should courts deal with a nonparty...

On October 13, 2018, the Massachusetts legislature amended the state's Criminal Offender Record Information (CORI) law.

In September 2019, the Ninth Circuit held that hiQ Labs, Inc.'s ("hiQ") collection and use of information that LinkedIn users shared on their public profiles did not violate the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act ("CFAA") because the data was publicly available.

Sometimes, cases arrive when you least expect them. For litigation attorney Dan Small, one such moment involved stepping into an already high‑profile federal matter.

On Feb. 10, President Donald Trump issued an executive order pausing enforcement under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA or the Act) for a period of at least 180 days and up to 360 days.

Picture it: the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, circa 2005: I, a newly minted Special Agent with the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI),...

On April 20, the Supreme Court agreed to review the Eleventh Circuit's decision in United States v. Van Buren,[1] which broadly interpreted the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), the main federal....

For nearly a decade, Chicago has maintained a "ban-the-box" ordinance restricting employer's use of criminal records in employment screening. This ordinance largely mirrored...

The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, applying Ohio law, has held that it cannot conclude as a matter of law whether a criminal indictment brought by the state...

The New York City Fair Chance Act (FCA) places significant obligations and restrictions on employers that consider criminal histories in the hiring process.

The Citation of Immediate Jeopardy Deficiencies Against Nursing Facilities: Unforeseen Consequences; DOL Signals That It Will Not Support Obama Era Salary Basis Test...

In its most recent legislative session, Texas lawmakers took a number of steps designed to protect students from potential harm due to sexual misconduct.

Companies should understand the significance of a June 21, 2021 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA" or "Agency") memorandum entitled "Strengthening Environmental Justice Through...

In the last few week, the Denver-based United States Court of Appeals has issued two decisions important to Colorado's burgeoning cannabis industry.

For years, the United States has treated the high-value art trade as a regulatory outlier: enormous single-transaction prices...

On 23 October, the Treasury Committee launched a further inquiry to review what progress has been made in combatting economic crime.1