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Chances are you’ve never heard of the federal Travel Act

03/09/2018
Hilder & Associates, P.C
White Collar Crimes

Talk about a black hole. The federal Travel Act might sound innocuous on its face, but the statutory enactment passed back in 1961 carries real bite for prosecutors invoking it in criminal law cases. Its catch-all language can be…

Supreme Court: Here’s your clarification on whistleblower reporting.

02/28/2018
Hilder & Associates, P.C
Fraud

The 2010 Dodd-Frank legislation that materially revamped securities law — especially whistleblowers’ role in reporting it and sharing in recoveries — has always been a lightning rod for contention and debate. As we noted in our February 26 blog…

What did Dodd-Frank legislation add in whistleblower realm?

02/26/2018
Hilder & Associates, P.C
Financial Crimes

More offenses addressed, more protections extended, a greater potential for enhanced recoveries, and more. Those above descriptors only partially spotlight the matters that are front-and-central in updated securities law passed by the U.S. Congress back in 2010. At the…

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