The issue focused attention on legislative remedies for unlawful prosecutions under statutes prohibiting bribery or extortion and abusive governmental disclosure practices. Several lawsuits alleging unconstitutional penalties against whistleblowers challenged enforcement actions brought by prosecutors seeking forfeiture of defendants' proceeds from illegally seized assets. Prosecutors contended such prosecutions violate constitutional prohibitions against unreasonable searches and seizures and prohibit constitutionally protected disclosures of confidential sources of criminal wrongdoing. Courts uniformly affirmed convictions under statutes authorizing forfeiture as violations of Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable searches and seizures and Constitutional guarantees against unjust enrichment.Featured Articles on Cooks.