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USA v. John Burnette, Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals Rejects McDonnell Challenges to Bribery Convictions - Also, What Happens in Vegas Doesn’t Stay in Vegas

USA v. John Burnette, Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals Rejects McDonnell Challenges to Bribery Convictions – Also, What Happens in Vegas Doesn’t Stay in Vegas

Real Estate Developer John Burnette was convicted on multiple counts of bribery following an...

US v. Dr. James Heaton, Case No. 20-12568, Losing a §841(a) Challenge in a Post-Ruan World, 11th Circuit Court of Appeals (filed 2/14/23).

After the Supreme Court’s opinion in Ruan v. United States, 597 U.S.__, 142 S. Ct. 2370 (2022),...

The Government Prosecutes Tricare Fraud and Court Not Pleased White-Collar Defendant Treated Leniently, Remanded for Resentencing (Yikes!); United States v. Howard, 28 F.4th 180 (11th Cir. 2022)

So here’s a case that I think illustrates how aggressively the Government prosecutes...