The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act
The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act was enacted, in part, as way to eradicate...
Trade Secret Theft in California
California’s Uniform Trade Secrets Act (UTSA) protects common pieces of valuable information. Accordingly, if a company...
Crossing the U.S. Border with Laptops, Cellphones and Hard Drives
Any individual attempting to enter, reenter, depart, pass through or reside in the U.S. runs...
Weights and Measures Fraud
The cost of fraud can be drastically reduced in the state of California by consumers who...
Terrorist Financing
Undoubtedly, the world as a whole has changed since the events of September 11, 2001. This...
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act
In reaction to a series of highly-publicized corporate accounting scandals, Congress enacted the Public Company Reform...
False or Deceptive Advertising
It is a criminal offense to disseminate false or deceptive advertisement even if no one is...
False Claims Act
The term “whistleblower” is defined as a citizen who reports illegal activity against the government, or...
Customs Restrictions on Bringing Items into the United States
While everyone who travels internationally has had experience filling out customs declaration forms when reentering the...
