Holly Barker

Washington, D.C., United States

Senior Legal Reporter at Bloomberg Law

Texan, lawyer, live music enthusiast, and senior legal reporter @BLaw | she/badass/her | formerly @arnoldporter @morganlewislaw (https://t.co/rJ3mBHIzBP)

Articles

Goldstein Gets Court Permission to Attend Kid’s Graduation in UK

3 days ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Holly Barker

Tom Goldstein, the well-known high court advocate accused of cheating on his taxes and lying to mortgage lenders, has been granted permission to travel to Oxford, England, to attend his child’s high school graduation there. Pretrial services had already given Goldstein the green light, and prosecutors didn’t object. While abroad, he will check in daily, via FaceTime, with Pretrial Services.
Sprint Sales Promotion Fraudsters Win New Sentences on Appeal

1 week ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Holly Barker

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Four-Star Admiral’s Trial on Bribery Charges Kicks Off in D.C.

1 week ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Holly Barker

Retired four-star Navy Admiral Robert Burke’s trial on federal bribery charges—a stunning case, just given his rank—will begin with opening statements Tuesday afternoon in Washington, D.C., following jury selection that wrapped up earlier that day. There are somewhere between 2,000 and 3,000 officers commissioned in the US Navy every year.
Former IT Head Convicted of Wire Fraud Loses Forfeiture Appeal

1 week ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Holly Barker

A former law firm IT manager convicted of stealing almost $900,000 from his ex-employer didn’t have a right to counsel at a post-judgment, substitute-asset forfeiture proceeding, the Second Circuit said Monday. A substitute asset hearing is just that: a hearing to substitute an asset needed to satisfy a forfeiture judgment that has already been imposed.
Former IT Head Convicted of Wire Fraud Loses Forfeiture Appeal

1 week ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Holly Barker

A former law firm IT manager convicted of stealing almost $900,000 from his ex-employer didn’t have a right to counsel at a post-judgment, substitute-asset forfeiture proceeding, the Second Circuit said Monday. A substitute asset hearing is just that: a hearing to substitute an asset needed to satisfy a forfeiture judgment that has already been imposed.
DOJ Request to Amend Opinion on Early Release Denied by 6th Cir.

1 week ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Holly Barker

The Sixth Circuit said it won’t modify an April 22 opinion rejecting part of the US Sentencing Commission’s policy on compassionate release, despite the Justice Department’s concern that the decision may be misconstrued.
Chinese Semiconductor Maker Fails to Knock Out Civil RICO Suit

1 week ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Holly Barker

Khan Funds Management Inc. and its CEO can proceed with their civil racketeering claims against Chinese semiconductor company Nations Technologies Inc. and its California subsidiary, a federal judge in Manhattan said. The Nations companies moved to dismiss the lawsuit for lack of personal jurisdiction and failure to state a claim. But Judge Edgardo Ramos rejected their arguments.
DOJ Review of Foreign Bribery Cases Leaves Defendants Baffled

2 weeks ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Holly Barker

LitigationEmailMay 1, 2025, 9:00 AM UTCDefense lawyers can’t make sense of the US Justice Department’s decision to proceed in cases they expected to be dropped following President Donald Trump‘s Feb. 10 executive order pausing Foreign Corrupt Practices Act enforcement. For those representing defendants in active cases under the FCPA, which generally prohibits bribing foreign officials, it’s now unclear what—if anything—the executive order means.
Nursing Diploma Factory Fraudster’s Convictions Upheld on Appeal

2 weeks ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Holly Barker

A woman found guilty of schemes to sell fake nursing diplomas used to fraudulently obtain state nursing licenses lost on Wednesday her Eleventh Circuit appeal to undo the convictions. The government didn’t rely on an impermissible fraud theory, and the objects of the scheme—wages and benefits—count as property for purposes of the wire fraud statute, the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit said.
DOJ Declines to Prosecute Software Company for Export Violations

2 weeks ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Holly Barker

The Justice Department has declined to pursue criminal charges against Universities Space Research Association, notwithstanding criminal wrongdoing by one its employees, according to a press release issued Wednesday. Former USRA program administrator Jonathan Soong pleaded guilty in 2023 violating export controls after he exported flight control software to Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics.