Recent Posts in the Public Corruption Category

• Pension rights in public corruption cases involving lawmakers: looking state and federal law

  Jan 19, 2017
  Previously, we’ve looked at criminal cases dealing with the pension rights of public officials convicted on charges of corruption. The issue we’re ...
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• Public official's corruption case appears not to threaten pension rights

  Jan 12, 2017
  We previously wrote on this blog about the public corruption case of former New Mexico Secretary of State Dianna K. Duran, who was accused of ...
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• MD public corruption charges, and how an experienced attorney can help, P.2

  Nov 18, 2016
  Last time, we began looking at what exactly constitutes public corruption under the Maryland Criminal Code. As we noted, public corruption can ...
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• MD public corruption charges, and how an experienced attorney can help, P.1

  Nov 17, 2016
  Previously, we wrote about the termination of several high-level officials from the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services. As ...
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• MD prison system terminates, suspends employees in wake of investigation

  Nov 16, 2016
  The Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services—which is responsible for managing the state’s prison system—made headlines last ...
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• Who is facing criminal prosecution for the Flint water scandal?

  Nov 4, 2016
  When the much-maligned emergency manager and other officials in Flint, Michigan, switched the municipal water supply from Detroit Water & Sewerage to ...
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• Supreme Court limits scope of official action in public corruption cases

  Jun 27, 2016
  In our last couple posts, we’ve been looking at two federal appellate cases involving parallel issues. In the insider trading case, the issue is ...
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• Spate of public corruption cases a reminder of importance of strong defense

  May 12, 2016
  A recent article discussing the recent cluster of high profile public corruption cases is a good reminder of several things. First of all, as the ...
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