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Confronting the Company: Corporate Guilty Pleas as Evidence in Criminal Trials

William F. Johnson

This article reviews the history of the admission of individual co-conspirator plea allocutions in criminal cases and discuss why the admission of a corporate guilty plea, despite the opportunity to cross-examine a corporate employee who signed the plea agreement, does not provide the type of cross-examination guaranteed by the Confrontation Clause.

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Business Crimes Hotline

Colleen Snow

Changes to Yates Memo Announced

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In the Courts

Colleen Snow

Sentencing for Two Bankers in Zürcher Kantonalbank of Switzerland Case

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The Supreme Court's Criminal Law Decisions in 2018

Harry Sandick & Jacqueline Bonneau

<b><i>Part Two of a Two-Part Article</b></i><p>The U.S. Supreme Court last year continued to express concern about government overreach, and otherwise handed down decisions favorable to defendants. Although the Court rendered only one major criminal law decision in that term, many other cases it decided hold important lessons for defense counsel.

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Business Crimes Hotline

Colleen Snow

New Department of Justice Guidance for Compliance Monitorships

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Challenging Disproportionate Forfeitures

Harry Sandick, Daniel Ruzumna & Jacqueline Bonneau

<b><i>Part One of a Two-Part Article</b></i><p>In <i>Honeycutt v. United States</i>, the Supreme Court rejected the argument that a federal criminal forfeiture statute permits joint and several liability for criminal asset forfeiture judgments, thereby protecting defendants who were only marginally culpable for a larger offense.

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Recreational Marijuana in New Jersey

Richard G. Lyons

<b><i>Real Estate and Other Issues Will Need Consideration</b></i><p>Given NJ Governor Phil Murphy's campaign pledge to legalize marijuana for recreational use in his first 100 days, the state is on the cusp of a major new revenue stream-recreational marijuana.

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