Criminal Law and Procedure

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The FIFA Prosecution & the Strategy Behind the Federal Criminal Indictment
Posted on 14 Jul 2015 by Williams Mullen

By Robert J. Higdon Jr. On May 27, 2015 the United States Department of Justice unsealed several charging documents involving the Federation Internationale de Football Association (“FIFA”). These documents included four Bills of Information... Read More

Tags: RICO , soccer , indictment , racketeering

N.J. Court Upholds Criminal Indictment against Former Employee Who Took Confidential Documents
Posted on 10 Feb 2014 by Ballard Spahr LLP

By Louis L. Chodoff and Amy L. Bashore Recently, the Appellate Division of the New Jersey Superior Court upheld a criminal indictment against a former employee of the North Bergen Board of Education (the Board), which stemmed from the alleged... Read More

Tags: public records , confidential documents , indictment , theft , public employee