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A recent article by asset forfeiture defense lawyer Elliot Abrams was featured in The Champion, a magazine published by the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Read More

A victory by Raleigh white collar criminal defense lawyer Elliot Abrams in asset forfeiture case the subject of NC Lawyers Weekly article. Read More

Election season has just ended, so investigations into campaign donations are likely to begin. Politically-active people and companies should be aware that these investigations often result in serious federal criminal charges. Elections laws are comp… Read More

The New York Times has published a fascinating op-ed on the irrationality of life sentences. (Link) The author, Jennifer Lackey, argues that such sentences prohibit future consideration of the most important information bearing upon the appropriatene… Read More

Eleven years after informing a reporter at the New York Times about possibly illegal spying by the NSA on American citizens–reporting that ultimately won the NY Times a Pulitzer–the whistleblower has been accused of ethical violations by… Read More

A N.C. State Professor has launched a site, http://kingsfirstdream.com/, that contains a newly discovered audio recording of a speech by King in Rocky Mount, NC, in which he used the refrain “I have a dream.” Here is the UNC School of Gov… Read More

We are honored that Raleigh NC Criminal Defense Attorneys Joe Cheshire and Brad Bannon have again been named Super Lawyers by SuperLawyers.com. We are also proud to announce that, for the third year in a row, Joe Cheshire has been named Top Lawyer in… Read More

As a follow up to this post, the Supreme Court has granted review of the question of the scope of the term “official act” in federal bribery law. This is an important question for white collar defense lawyers, particularly those who deal… Read More