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December 19, 2019
The Biggest White Collar Cases Of 2019
From men on the periphery of a presidential scandal to rich parents bribing their kids' way into college, 2019 was rife with headline-grabbing white collar cases, even while prosecutors suffered defeat in some of their most complicated fraud trials. Here, Law360 looks back at a few of the biggest white collar rulings of 2019.
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December 19, 2019
The Biggest Legal Ethics Cases Of 2019
Everywhere you looked this year, it seemed lawyers were making headlines. But the news for many wasn't good, as high-profile attorneys from firms like MoFo, Skadden and Willkie Farr faced serious criminal and ethical accusations. Here are six of the biggest legal ethics developments of 2019.
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September 04, 2019
Case Against Ex-Skadden Partner Got Lost In The Weeds
The government's failure to convict ex-Skadden partner Gregory Craig reflected both the challenge the Justice Department faced making its technical case resonate with the jury and the effectiveness of the former White House counsel when he took the stand to defend himself against allegations he lied about his work for the Ukrainian government.
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September 04, 2019
Jury Clears Ex-Skadden Partner Of Lying To Gov't
A D.C. federal jury needed little more than four hours Wednesday to clear ex-Skadden partner Gregory Craig of a criminal charge of lying to justice officials to cover up his role in a media "seeding" plan designed to aid Ukrainian officials.
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September 03, 2019
Ex-Skadden Atty Wasn't In On Report's PR Spin, Jury Told
A D.C. federal jury should "salvage" a stellar legal reputation built over five decades at the top of BigLaw and through two stints as an adviser to U.S. presidents, a lawyer for ex-Skadden partner Gregory Craig said Tuesday.
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August 29, 2019
Gov't Makes Last Push On Ex-Skadden Atty At Ukraine Trial
A federal prosecutor came out swinging Thursday in the trial of ex-Skadden partner Gregory Craig, pressing the onetime White House counsel on the stand about advance copies of a controversial Ukraine report Craig put in the hands of the media, a lobbyist and others.
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August 28, 2019
Craig Says PR 'Lies' Spurred Media Calls On Ukraine Report
Former Skadden partner Gregory Craig embraced his role as witness and self-defender at his criminal trial on Wednesday, displaying to a D.C. federal jury a confident command of the complex circumstances around a project he led in the Ukraine seven years ago.
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August 27, 2019
With Gov't Case Done, Ex-Skadden Atty Craig Set To Testify
Federal prosecutors in Washington, D.C., closed their case Tuesday against ex-Skadden partner Gregory Craig, setting the stage for Craig to take the stand Wednesday to try to convince a jury he didn't lie to U.S. Justice Department officials about work he did for Ukraine and Paul Manafort.
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August 26, 2019
Skadden GC: Craig Defied Calls To Register As Foreign Agent
Skadden general counsel Lawrence Spiegel told a Washington, D.C., federal jury Monday that his former colleague Gregory Craig had repeatedly defied calls to register his work for the Ukrainian government because it would cause him and others at the law firm to lose out on future potential job opportunities with the U.S. government.
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August 23, 2019
Op-Ed On Ukraine Report Rattled Skadden, Craig Jury Hears
In August 2012, a headline half a world away about "stink" from Skadden got the attention of the elite partnership, jurors heard Friday at the criminal trial of former partner Gregory Craig.