Wiretaps are arguably the greatest invasion of privacy that the government can do. They’re listening in on private conversations, not intended to be overheard by anyone else. So to get a wiretapping warrant, the government has to do more than for a normal search warrant. There has to be...
This’ll be quick, because we’re pretty busy working on a wiretap case, which is always time-consuming if done right. But as our mind’s on that topic anyway, we thought we’d quickly point out that the latest round of insider-trading cases is again largely derived from wiretaps. Here’s a roundup over...
The feds are really ramping up their insider-trading enforcement. But instead of going after real insiders, they’re going after consultants and investors who use them. This is a big risk for the feds, and they could lose big. It started a year ago, when the feds indicted a bunch...
From where we sit, this case is anything but a slam dunk. Despite being based on wiretaps, we think the feds could easily lose this case, if the defense attorneys do their job well…
There’s probably some really juicy legal stories out there today, but we haven’t bothered to look yet. Instead, we’re spending our free time preparing for our upcoming CLE webcast at 11 a.m. Eastern this Friday at West LegalEd Center. This will be the second in our “Hope for Hopeless Cases”...
Over the summer, New York City’s police force demanded that the FBI and the Justice Department make it easier to get wiretaps on suspected terrorists. The feds refused, and the dispute has escalated ever since. The New York Times reports that correspondence has flown between the U.S. Attorney General and...
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