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Dietrich Snell

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Dietrich L. Snell is a partner in the Litigation Department and co-head of the White Collar Defense & Investigations Group. As businesses globally are impacted by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Dieter is a member of the firm’s Coronavirus Response Team helping clients respond and solve issues across myriad fronts. Dieter has extensive experience in law enforcement-related matters spanning a wide range of disciplines. He has both federal and state level prosecutorial and investigative experience, having served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney; New York Deputy Attorney General; and Senior Counsel to the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (the 9/11 Commission).

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Supreme Court To Resolve Circuit Split Over Bank Fraud Statute

By Dietrich Snell and Jonathan Siegelaub on Posted in White Collar
On Monday April 25, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari in United States v. Shaw, a closely watched case out of the Ninth Circuit addressing the bank fraud statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1344.  That statute has two subsections, the first of which criminalizes schemes “to defraud a financial institution.”  The question presented in Shaw is … Continue Reading

Third Circuit Decision Could Have Broad Implications For Sentencing In Federal Fraud Cases

By Dietrich Snell and Jonathan Siegelaub on Posted in White Collar
Last week, the Third Circuit issued a decision that could have major ramifications for sentencing in federal fraud cases. United States v. Nagle dealt with a fraud perpetrated against the Department of Transportation’s Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (“DBE”) program. The DBE program requires states that receive federal transportation funds to set goals for the awarding of … Continue Reading
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