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Bankruptcy costs properly considered “actual losses” because “foreseeable” for purposes of federal sentencing guidelines in wire fraud case; Petitioner loses §2255 motion. United States v. Lagos, 25 F.4th 329 (5th Cir. 2022)

Sergio Fernando Lagos (“Lagos”) pled guilty in 2015 to one count of conspiracy to commit wire...

Heavy, heavy sentences in a white-collar RICO case; Dentists Behaving Badly; United States v. Hills, Nos. 19-3372, 2022 WL 619928 (6th Cir. Mar. 3. 2022)

This case is a good example of what might be called Piling It On. This appears to me to...

United States v. Duldulao, Case No. 20-13973 (11th Circuit Court of Appeals, filed December 21, 2021) Court allows expert witness with reliability and “candor” issues to testify to ultimate issue in dispute; sufficiency of the evidence challenges denied.

Reading this case, it’s not too difficult to see how the government obtained its conviction since...