by Marissel Descalzo | Nov 20, 2020 | AKS
This week brought two new Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) fraud indictments. The first indictment is out of the Southern District of Texas. The case is United States v. Amir Aqeel, et al., Case No, 4:20-cr-583 (S.D. Texas). In Aqeel, seven individuals were...
by Marissel Descalzo | Sep 28, 2020 | AKS
Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 5546, the Effective Assistance of Counsel in the Digital Era Act. The Legislation extends the attorney-client confidentiality to emails sent to and from federal prisons. The bill requires the Bureau of Prisons...
by Marissel Descalzo | Sep 24, 2020 | AKS
On August 31, 2020, the White House quietly released a memorandum that could significantly change the way civil and administrative enforcement actions proceed. The memorandum can be found here. The memorandum is directed to Deputy Secretaries of Executive Departments...
by Marissel Descalzo | Sep 24, 2020 | AKS
On September 16, 2020, a Manhattan federal judge – Judge Alison J. Nathan – issued a scathing order critiquing prosecutors of misleading the court about the disclosure of potentially exculpatory evidence. The court further ordered two Southern District of New York...
by Marissel Descalzo | Aug 12, 2020 | AKS
The First Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the conviction of Dr. Rita Luthra, a gynecologist in Springfiled, Massachusetts, for violating the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”) and for obstruction of a criminal health care...