Firm Insights
When higher-ups in the Department of Justice intervened in the sentencing phase of the criminal case against Trump campaign worker Roger Stone, the reactions of most Americans depended, at least in part, upon their personal political views. As a white-collar criminal defense lawyer, I viewed the case through a different lens. Based upon my knowledge…
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In one of our prior blogs, we predicted the first round of COVID-19 business interruption coverage litigation would battle over the issue of whether closure orders result in “physical loss or damage” sufficient to trigger coverage. Indeed, one of the first courts to have considered COVID-19 business interruption claims in Missouri focused on this very…
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On Monday, September 1, members of the House of Representatives’ Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis (the “Subcommittee”), tasked with overseeing the implementation and effectiveness of the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”), issued a memo reporting a lack of oversight, leading to “billions of dollars being diverted to fraud, waste, and abuse . . .” in…
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