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LSW partner Dan Gitner and associate Patrick C. Toomey consider the interplay of the Mandatory Victims Restitution Act and the Crime Victims’ Rights Act. A victim of a crime is often entitled to restitution, but pursuing it can create unwelcome publicity. Dan and Patrick offer practical tips for seeking restitution without sacrificing privacy. 

Traditionally, companies conducting internal investigations have been borne the associated costs, including attorney’s fees. LSW partner Dan Gitner and associate Brian Jacobs argue that a recent Second Circuit decision applying the Mandatory Victims Restitution Act may allow companies to recover those expenses from the person whose conduct prompted the investigation. 

LSW partner Dan Gitner and associates Gabi Friedman and Kan Nawaday argue that developments in narcotics sentencing law give white collar criminal  defendants an additional way to challenge the Sentencing Guidelines’ unjust loss tables. 

LSW partner Dan Gitner and associate Gabi Friedman consider the complex legal and practical issues that arise when a firm discovers child pornography on a company server. It is illegal to be in possession of child pornography, but there is no safe harbor for a company that reports the contraband to law enforcement–even if the...