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Originally Posted by JohnnyV13
I don't have anything like your experience in criminal law. I have a degree, passed the bar and briefly practiced patent law.
A number of years ago, I did brush up on criminal law b/c a health care IT firm I was with was trying to win a government contract in the Philippines, which involved local partners.
This situation made me intently study a very obscure part of federal criminal law: the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. This is an odd area of law enforced by a special FBI unit, and I've never seen more than 22 reported legal cases in a year. [P.S. I've read EVERY reported case under this act going back to when it was passed in 1977.]
I'm also familiar with health care fraud and abuse (from the POV of a health care IT provider), which can have criminal implications in certain situations.
It was the discussions about how to structure that foreign partnership deal that made me watch James Duane's material on talking to police and some of the more recent 4th and 5th amendment cases.
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Patent law is way beyond my bailiwick. Most of my work these days is in federal court so I've dealt with medicare fraud (quite boring) and I had a client who was tangentially involved with FCPA. Odd is a good way to describe it but it certainly isn't my main area of practice. If I have a case involved with that, I will DM you. And if you are ever coming to Alaska, drop me a line. I'll be happy to give you some boots on the ground advice.