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Shredded Fish,, Robert Sanger
Shredded Fish,, Robert Sanger
Robert M. Sanger
There are just too many criminal laws and their proliferation has expanded exponentially over the last few decades. This is overcriminalization. In addition, the jurisdiction of federal authorities under general or vague laws has vastly expanded federal criminal prosecution of people and organizations for what otherwise would not be a crime. This is overfederalization and overcriminalization. In this article we will look at the current litigation before the United States Supreme Court that had directly taken on this controversy. The case of Yates v. United States involves briefing by the parties and by amici curae directly invoking and defending the …
The Fda And The Ftc Join Forces,, Robert Sanger
The Fda And The Ftc Join Forces,, Robert Sanger
Robert M. Sanger
To those of us in the trenches dealing with civil and criminal enforcement of government regulation, it is not surprising that more than one federal agency will join in an investigation. Sometimes this takes the form of a “tag along” where, for instance, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) may follow up on a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) white collar fraud case to assert the claim that taxes were not paid on the ill-gotten proceeds of the transaction. There are other cases where two federal agencies both attempt to take the lead in an investigation and clash in a “turf” …