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3rd Circuit Upholds Conviction for Securities Fraud For Trading On Information Learned At Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting
August 16th, 2014
A financial adviser who made more than $250,000 trading on insider information he got from a fellow Alcoholics Anonymous member failed in his bid to overturn his conviction by challenging the validity of the rule he violated. Timothy McGee, who was c…
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Federal Defense Attorney Hope Lefeber Discusses Recent Third Circuit Opinions
July 28th, 2014
Third Circuit Spring Recap U.S. v. Velazquez, 749 F.3d 161 (3d Cir. 2014) In U.S. v. Velazquez, the Third Circuit ruled that the government’s minimal efforts to apprehend Velazquez violated his Sixth Amendment right to a speedy trial. In 2005, the…
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Federal Criminal Defense Attorney Hope Lefeber Discusses Recent Supreme Court Case Regarding Federal Bank Fraud And Specific Intent
July 8th, 2014
The U.S. Supreme Court, in Loughrin v. U.S., 573 U.S. __ (2014) held that specific intent to defraud a financial institution is not a prerequisite to a conviction under 18 U.S.C. Section 1344. Ms. Lefeber explains the case.
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Federal Criminal Defense Attorney Hope C. Lefeber Discusses Supreme Court’s Decision To Decide Whether A Facebook Post Can Be a Criminal Threat
July 1st, 2014
Last week, the United States Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal from the Third Circuit about … Facebook! Surprisingly enough, this case is not about the company’s privacy policies or about its seemingly arbitrary removal of “offensive…
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Federal Criminal Defense Attorney Hope C. Lefeber Discusses Recent 3rd Circuit Case Ruling That A Person Has No Fourth Amendment Protection When Using Shared Wi-Fi
June 24th, 2014
Last week was a busy week for the Fourth Amendment in the Courts of Appeal. On the same day that the Eleventh Circuit ruled that the Fourth Amendment covers data obtained from cell towers, the Third Circuit in U.S. v. Stanley ruled that the Fourth Am…
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Federal Criminal Lawyer, Hope Lefeber, Discusses 11th Circuit Ruling Holding Cell Phone Tracking Unconstitutional
June 19th, 2014
On June 11, 2014, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit ruled that obtaining data from a cell phone tower without “probable cause” violated the Fourth Amendment. In U.S. v. Quartavious Davis, the Court of Appeals ruled that individuals h…
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U.S Supreme Court To Feds: "Stay Out Of The States' Business"
June 10th, 2014
The U.S. Supreme Court finally ruled that Carol Anne Bond’s assault on Myrlinda Hayes did not violate the Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act of 1998. Federal Criminal Defense Attorney Hope C. Lefeber explains how the Supreme Court’s d…
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Federal Criminal Defense Attorney Hope C. Lefeber Discusses Recent Supreme Court Case Upholding the Police’s Use of Deadly Force to Stop a Car Chase
June 2nd, 2014
In Plumhoff v. Rickard, the United States Supreme Court held that police were justified in firing gunshots at a car that had stopped, following a car chase.
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Federal Criminal Defense Lawyer Hope C. Lefeber Discusses U.S. Supreme Court Decision Granting Police the Right to Stop Vehicles or Persons Upon Anonymous Tip
May 15th, 2014
The U.S. Supreme Court has held that an anonymous 911 tip provides the necessary reasonable suspicion to justify a stop under the Fourth Amendment.
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Categories: Drug Crimes
Federal Criminal Attorney Hope Lefeber Discusses Amendments to Federal Sentencing Guidelines
May 7th, 2014
U. S. Sentencing Commission votes to reduce drug quantity table by two levels for most federal drug trafficking offenses.
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