'Menendez' Decision Clarifies Issues in Public Corruption Cases

March 21, 2018

Attention has shifted in recent years from prosecutions of insider trading to high-profile charges of public corruption. In this article, we discuss Senior District Judge William H. Walls’s dismissal of campaign finance related counts in United States v. Menendez, followed by dismissal of the remaining counts at the government’s request. Judge Walls’s thoughtful analysis provides useful guidance to prosecutors and defense counsel in future public corruption cases.