Ifrah Achieves Speedy Removal from OFAC List for International Payment Processor
Last year, without warning, filed charges, or arrests, prominent payment processor and Ifrah Law client PacNet was targeted by the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), which placed the company on the same list it uses to designate terrorist or organized crime entities like MS-13. An article in The American Lawyer, The Feds…
Read MoreDavid Yellin Calls Out Professional Leagues’ Legal Argument regarding PASPA and Sports Betting in Gambling Compliance
Sports Leagues Chided Over Supreme Court Brief Whether the federal sports-betting ban is overturned or upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court comes down to the simple question of whether Congress has the right to compel a state to ban wagering, according to gaming industry lawyers. In their 71-page brief filed Monday with the U.S. Supreme…
Read MoreIfrah Law Announces PacNet Officers Removed from OFAC List
WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Today the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control removed PacNet’s CEO Rosanne Day, General Counsel Paul Davis, and Gerard A. Humphreys from its list of specially designated foreign nationals. OFAC has now acted to remove from its list of specially designated nationals all 12 employees and officers of PacNet who previously had been included…
Read MoreJames Trusty Speaks with Law360 on DHS’ New Immigrant Data Rule
Privacy Advocates Decry DHS’ New Immigrant Data Rule Law360, New York (September 27, 2017, 9:18 PM EDT) — A new U.S. Department of Homeland Security rule outlining the types of information that can be stored in immigration files has drawn fire from privacy advocates who argue the information is overly broad and may be used for discriminatory…
Read MoreIfrah Law Submits Amicus Brief to U.S. Supreme Court in New Jersey Sports Betting Case, Christie vs. NCAA
In early September, Ifrah Law submitted an amicus brief to the United States Supreme Court in the case of Christie vs. NCAA, the New Jersey sports betting case whose outcome is expected to have a significant impact on the gaming industry in this country and upon the issues of states’ rights generally. Ifrah Law, along…
Read MoreGambling Compliance Interviews Jeff Ifrah on The Likely Outcome of the SCOTUS NJ Sports Gambling Case
New Jersey Cites States’ Rights In U.S. Supreme Court New Jersey on Tuesday filed an initial brief asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the federal ban on sports betting, arguing that the law exceeds Congress’ authority by compelling states to prohibit wagering on sports. The Supreme Court is expected to hear New Jersey’s argument…
Read MoreJames Trusty Interviewed About Recent Trump-Russia Grand Jury Revelations
Trump-Russia grand jury: What you need to know 2nd phase in special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation uses powerful tool to issue subpoenas In a federal courthouse in Washington, D.C., between 16 and 23 citizens have reportedly been meeting in secret for weeks, tasked with deciding whether to bring charges in a probe of alleged collusion…
Read MoreGambling Compliance Quotes Jeff Ifrah on Outcome of Calvin Ayre’s US Criminal Case
Bodog, ‘Black Friday’ Cases Winding Down With A Whimper The conclusion of Bodog founder Calvin Ayre’s U.S. criminal case may strengthen the hand of PokerStars founder Isai Scheinberg in New York, but is not necessarily indicative of a more relaxed stance on offshore gambling at the U.S. Department of Justice, according to legal experts. The…
Read MoreJames Trusty Quoted by the WSJ about Impact of the Current Political Climate on the Justice Department
Justice Department Morale Is Unaffected After Trump Rebukes, Deputy AG Says Rod Rosenstein defends priorities of increased immigration enforcement and targeting of violent crime and drug offenses U.S. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said morale at the Justice Department remains “pretty good,” despite concerns by current and former prosecutors that President Donald Trump’s rebukes of…
Read MoreBuzzFeed News Interviews James Trusty about DOJ Morale after Latest Backlash from President
Morale Is Low At The Justice Department As Trump Again Attacks Jeff Sessions President Trump once again lashed out at Attorney General Jeff Sessions and his number two, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. The mood at DOJ right now is “sober resignation,” one current attorney told BuzzFeed News. Amid all of the uncertainty — and…
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