The attorney-client privilege is defined as “[a] client’s right to refuse to disclose and to prevent any other person from disclosing confidential communications between the client and the attorney” and is invoked when the client is seeking legal advice. Essentially, the attorney-client
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Destroying evidence during an investigation may seem like an obvious example of obstruction of justice. Title 18 U.S. Code §1519 is the law that refers to destroying, altering or falsifying records. It is relevant when a company or individual is under federal
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In what Justice Department officials — along with South Florida’s U.S. attorney, the FBI, and Health and Human Services agents — have described as the nation’s biggest Medicare fraud case, federal prosecutors have lost a major battle as a judge threw out
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Michael R. Casey, 71, a fugitive for over four years, wanted on federal charges related to an alleged $20 million investment fraud scheme, had his initial appearance yesterday before United States Magistrate Judge Lauren F. Louis in the Southern District of Florida,
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Last week the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the sentence of Geovanys Guevara, remanding the case to the Southern District of Florida (Miami Division) for resentencing. Guevara, of Hialeah, was convicted by a federal jury in 2015 of three counts of
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UPDATE: Paul Manafort will remain in jail pending trial after the federal judge revoked his bond on June 15, 2018. President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort is heading to court on June 15 for a hearing on the issue of
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