Pauline Toboulidis | March 8, 2018 | Sentencing
The New York Times examines the federal compassionate release program, a program designed to permit the release of sick, dying and elderly prisoners who are the least likely to re-offend and the most expensive to house. An excerpt: Congress created compassionate...
Pauline Toboulidis | February 16, 2018 | Compliance and Enforcement for Organizations
Kitty Holt, ethics and compliance officer at Plan International USA, and Ray Justice, senior director of compliance operations and awards at Plan International USA, talk to The Wall Street Journal about how nonprofit organizations operate without all the resources...
Pauline Toboulidis | February 6, 2018 | U.S. Foreign Relations Law
In Leidos Inc. v. Hellenic Republic, a security company (Leidos) hired during the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Greece filed a petition in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to confirm and enforce a 2013 arbitral award it had obtained against the...
Pauline Toboulidis | January 19, 2018 | Sentencing
Citing the Proposed Final Draft (PFD) of Model Penal Code: Sentencing, the U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of New York dismissed restitution claims due to lack of merit. The case involved a defendant who was required to pay restitution under three counts,...
Pauline Toboulidis | December 8, 2017 | Student Sexual Misconduct
In “The Takedown of Title IX: Inside the fight over federal rules on campus sexual assault,” The New York Times highlights the tension between addressing sexual assault allegations and ensuring the due process rights of the accused during campus proceedings. The...