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Recently, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit confronted the question of whether the Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination applies when the Government subpoenas foreign bank records under 31 C.F.R. § 1010.420. In… Read More

Recently, the Third Circuit in United States v. Edwards, — F.3d –, 2015 WL 4069280 (3d Cir. 2015), ruled that the Government’s use of post-Miranda silence during a trial to imply guilt violates the Fifth Amendment and was not harmless e… Read More

In United States v. Lowe, — F.3d –, 2015 WL 4032921 (3d Cir. 2015), the third Circuit ruled that police did not have reasonable suspicion to conduct a Terry stop and suppressed the evidence found as a result. On September 19, 2010, at 4.0… Read More

Federal Criminal Defense Attorney Hope C. Lefeber Discusses Recent 11th Circuit En Banc Case Regarding Cell Phone Tracking Circuit Court of Appeals to rehear arguments regarding constitutionality of warrantless cell phone tracking. Philadelphia, Penn… Read More

Federal U.S. Sentencing Commission Proposes Changes to White Collar and Relevant Conduct Sentencing Guidelines. Ms. Lefeber discusses the proposals. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania February 27, 2015 To mark the ten year anniversary of U.S. v. Booker, 543… Read More

Federal Criminal Defense Attorney Hope Lefeber Discusses Recent Third Circuit Expansion of Exclusionary Rule The Third Circuit, in U.S. v. Wright, 2015 WL 507169 (3d Cir. Feb. 2015) that DEA Agents’ inadvertent failure to include list of items to b… Read More

Federal Criminal Defense Attorney Hope Lefeber Discusses Recent Third Circuit Case Affirming Abuse of Trust Sentencing Enhancement for Physician in Medicare Fraud In U.S. v. Babaria, 2014 WL 7399043, the Third Circuit held that a physician who paid k… Read More

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania December 30, 2014 Philadelphia and New York City Criminal Defense Attorney, Hope Lefeber, was recently ranked as one of the Top Ten Criminal Defense Attorneys in Pennsylvania by the National Academy of Criminal Defense Atto… Read More