Matt Kaiser
Matt Kaiser is a white-collar defense attorney at KaiserDillon. He's represented stockbrokers, tax preparers, doctors, drug dealers, and political appointees in federal investigations and indicted cases. His twitter handle is @mattkaiser. His email is mkaiser@kaiserdillon.com He'd love to hear from you if you're inclined to say something nice.
Posts by Matt Kaiser
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Politics, White-Collar Crime
Monica Lewinsky and What's Wrong With How the FBI Talks to People
Report finds that Monica Lewinsky was mistreated by the federal government -- and not just by the head of the Executive Branch. -
7th Circuit, Drugs, Richard Posner, White-Collar Crime
Judge Posner and Fake Stash House Robbery Cases; Why Prosecuting Fake Crime Is Bad Policy
Another way the "War on Drugs" makes drug dealers more powerful. - Sponsored
Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
How to best leverage generative AI as an early adopter with ethical use. -
Antonin Scalia, Sentencing Law, Supreme Court, White-Collar Crime
The Supreme Court Lets You Go To Prison (Longer) For What You Weren't Convicted Of
This week, the Supreme Court had a chance to fix it. It didn't.
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Conferences / Symposia, White-Collar Crime
The NACDL White-Collar Conference Is Coming (And Why You Should Be Excited About That)
There are differences between the NACDL and ABA conferences, and they illuminate a good deal about the differences in the white-collar bar.... -
11th Circuit, White-Collar Crime
A Limit On the Criminalization of Business
If the law can be interpreted either way, criminal prosecution should be off the table. Let's see if the courts agree. -
9th Circuit, Barry Bonds, Baseball, Department of Justice, White-Collar Crime
Barry Bonds And The Lengths DOJ Will Go To Protect AUSAs
It's apparently really important to protect AUSAs from having to do the same basic work that the rest of the legal community does routinely. -
Crime, Department of Justice, Intellectual Property, Tobacco / Smoking
Criminal Intellectual Property Prosecutions and Corporate Police Work
Hiring a former FBI agent to work up an investigation has got to be cheaper than hiring a law firm to litigate. -
Federal Government, Insurance, Politics, White-Collar Crime
Federal Employees, Legal Fees, and Insurance
Federal employees caught up in Congressional or inspector general investigations are another sad example; they can be hit with massive fees for something they have no control over. - Sponsored
The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
ChatGPT ushers in the age of generative AI – even for law firms. -
Politics, Trials, White-Collar Crime
The McDonnell Trial Shows What's Wrong With Severance Law In Federal Criminal Cases
One thing that hasn’t been talked about during the trial much is the defense severance motion that was denied at the very start. -
Crime, U.S. Attorneys Offices, White-Collar Crime
An AUSA Has His 82 Year-Old Neighbor Arrested Over A Dispute About A Fence
For a federal prosecutor, every legal problem becomes, at some point, a criminal case. -
Crime, Police, White-Collar Crime
Why Blue-Collar Criminal Problems Are White-Collar Criminal Problems
There’s a cultural shift happening in our law enforcement communities, and that shift matters to folks doing white-collar criminal work as much as blue-collar criminal work. -
Tax Law, White-Collar Crime
Tax Fraud, Tax Protestors, and the Most Awesome Willfulness Doctrine in Federal Criminal Law Today
The full tapestry of wacko tax fraud theories is a lovely thing to behold.... -
Legal Ethics, U.S. Attorneys Offices, White-Collar Crime
Did An AUSA Knowingly Produce a Forged Document Just to Get a Forfeiture Judgment?
A "reproduction" is the same as "just making up stuff on a home computer," right?
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Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
How to best leverage generative AI as an early adopter with ethical use.
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Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
If 2023 introduced legal professionals to generative AI, then 2024 will be when law firms start adapting to utilize it. Things are moving fast, so…
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Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
The rise of remote work has dramatically reshaped the relationship between Lawyers and Law Firms, see how Scale LLP has taken the steps to get…
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Navigating Financial Success by Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Maximizing Firm Performance
In this CLE-eligible webinar, we’ll explore the most common accounting pitfalls and how to avoid them for your firm.
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The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
ChatGPT ushers in the age of generative AI – even for law firms.
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Department of Justice, White-Collar Crime
DOJ Says They Can No Longer Afford To Respect The Attorney-Client Privilege
The DOJ really knows how to make the Sixth Amendment come alive! -
Biglaw, Crime, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Jury Duty, White-Collar Crime
New York Is A Great Place To Be Indicted
What protections do criminal defendants enjoy in New York state court that they don't get on the federal side? -
2nd Circuit, Insider Trading, S.D.N.Y., Securities and Exchange Commission, U.S. Attorneys Offices, Wall Street, White-Collar Crime
The Trouble With Insider Trading Prosecutions
It turns out the law in this area is something of a mess. -
4th Circuit, Crime, S.D.N.Y., White-Collar Crime
Attempted Cannibalism and Furthering Jihad: Two Views of Intent in a Criminal Conspiracy
A jury is most likely to find people guilty the more they’re doing something that the jurors themselves think of as not funny and, in fact, really quite repugnant. -
Cellphones, Privacy, Supreme Court, Technology, White-Collar Crime
Search Warrants To ISPs, The Supreme Court, And Electronic Privacy
The Supreme Court's latest privacy decision could have important implications beyond cellphone data. -
Barack Obama, Federal Government, Politics, Privacy, Technology, White-Collar Crime
Nietzsche, American Power, And Edward Snowden
What does the handling of the Edward Snowden affair say about the U.S. government? -
Litigators, White-Collar Crime
The Downside To A Professional Identity; Or The Demise Of The Litigation Generalist
As lawyers specialize, clients may withdraw valuable business based on vague "optics."