Drug Traffickers Increasingly Taking to High Seas to Avoid Driving Across U.S. Border

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Drug smugglers are a stubborn bunch. When security is tight, smugglers find another way into the country. The Associated Press reports that drug traffickers are increasingly using boats to reach the U.S. They take the Pacific Ocean from Mexico and South America to California. Smugglers likely are finding the task easier too…

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Advice: “Gradual Withdrawals” from Fraud & Other Wrongdoing: Guidance for Corporate Officers and In-House Counsel in the Whistleblower Era

Steven Pelak and Jason Prince are attorneys with the law firm Holland & Hart.  Pelak, a former federal prosecutor,  focuses his practice on civil and criminal enforcement proceedings and internal investigations. Prince  helps companies to navigate the business disputes and compliance risks that arise from the domestic and international sale of goods and services By…

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Influential Justice Department Official Steps Down Quietly After Less Than 3 Years on Job

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com  Virginia Seitz, the leader of an influential Justice Department office that handles surveillance and security, quietly resigned from her job after less than three years on the job, NPR reports. Seitz received Senate confirmation in 2011, taking over the unit responsible for the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel. Sources told NPR…

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