32 Cited authorities

  1. Sossamon v. Texas

    563 U.S. 277 (2011)   Cited 1,628 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding RLUIPA's authorization of "appropriate relief" did not "clearly and unambiguously waive sovereign immunity to private suits for damages"
  2. Skilling v. U.S.

    561 U.S. 358 (2010)   Cited 1,651 times   57 Legal Analyses
    Holding that Hedgpeth's harmless-error approach applies on direct appeal
  3. Burrage v. United States

    571 U.S. 204 (2014)   Cited 950 times   18 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "results from" imposes but-for causation
  4. United States v. Santos

    553 U.S. 507 (2008)   Cited 951 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Holding that when the government alleges that the defendant laundered the "proceeds" of an illegal gambling business, the government must prove that the laundering transactions involved the profits of the business, rather than its gross receipts
  5. Tracy v. Freshwater

    623 F.3d 90 (2d Cir. 2010)   Cited 2,273 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "a lawyer representing himself ordinarily receives no [special] solicitude at all."
  6. McNally v. United States

    483 U.S. 350 (1987)   Cited 1,100 times   30 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the mail fraud statute is "limited in scope to the protection of property rights"
  7. Liberman v. Gelstein

    80 N.Y.2d 429 (N.Y. 1992)   Cited 1,000 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Holding an interloper's statements to the party (potentially slanderous per se because "tend[ing] to injure [the counter-party] in his or her trade, business or profession") could subject the interloper to liability for tortious interference if the party declined to proceed with the transaction on that basis
  8. United States v. Nosal

    676 F.3d 854 (9th Cir. 2012)   Cited 207 times   68 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "the CFAA does not extend to violations of [employee] use restrictions," where employee used information from employer's computer to set up competing company
  9. People v. Shack

    86 N.Y.2d 529 (N.Y. 1995)   Cited 213 times
    Upholding aggravated harassment statute that criminalizes only those telephone calls made "with no purpose of legitimate communication"
  10. Matter of Jacob

    86 N.Y.2d 651 (N.Y. 1995)   Cited 138 times
    Holding that “the unmarried partner of a child's biological [parent], whether heterosexual or homosexual, who is raising the child together with the biological parent, can become the child's second parent by means of adoption.”
  11. Section 1341 - Frauds and swindles

    18 U.S.C. § 1341   Cited 13,400 times   104 Legal Analyses
    Relating to mail fraud
  12. Section 1030 - Fraud and related activity in connection with computers

    18 U.S.C. § 1030   Cited 3,226 times   408 Legal Analyses
    Holding cellular phones are protected
  13. Section 1346 - Definition of "scheme or artifice to defraud"

    18 U.S.C. § 1346   Cited 1,290 times   55 Legal Analyses
    Stating that term "scheme or artifice to defraud," as used inter alia in wire fraud statute, see id. § 1343, "includes a scheme or artifice to deprive another of the intangible right of honest services"
  14. Section 1831 - Economic espionage

    18 U.S.C. § 1831   Cited 320 times   85 Legal Analyses
    Holding liable for economic espionage "[w]hoever, intending or knowing that the offense will benefit any foreign government ... knowingly ... without authorization appropriates, takes, carries away, or conceals" trade secrets
  15. Section 506 - Criminal offenses

    17 U.S.C. § 506   Cited 273 times   13 Legal Analyses
    Criminalizing fraudulent use of copyright notice
  16. Section 2319 - Criminal infringement of a copyright

    18 U.S.C. § 2319   Cited 163 times   7 Legal Analyses

    (a) Any person who violates section 506(a) (relating to criminal offenses) of title 17 shall be punished as provided in subsections (b), (c), and (d) and such penalties shall be in addition to any other provisions of title 17 or any other law. (b) Any person who commits an offense under section 506(a)(1)(A) of title 17- (1) shall be imprisoned not more than 5 years, or fined in the amount set forth in this title, or both, if the offense consists of the reproduction or distribution, including by electronic