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New York - December, 2017

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• Ex-Katten Attorney Convicted Of Aiding Shkreli Fraud
• Former Peru Soccer Boss Acquitted In FIFA Corruption Trial
• Keppel, US Unit To Pay $422M To Resolve Brazil Bribery Case
• Ex-Katten Atty's Trial Heads To Jury For The Holidays
• Turkish Banker's Jury Ponders 'Aiding And Abetting' Language
• The Tide Could Be Turning On The Bare Metal Defense
• DC Circ. Douses Challenge To FERC Hydro Payment Denial
• Two Soccer Bosses Convicted In FIFA Bribery Trial
• Trump Signs $1.5T Tax Cut Legislation
• Trump Emoluments Suit Tossed For Lack Of Standing
• Jury Gives Ex-UBS Analyst Nearly $1M In Whistleblower Row
• Ex-Katten Atty Cites 'Walls' Of Doubt As Trial Nears End
• Chipmaker Gets Nod On 3rd-Party Releases In Ch. 11 Prepack
• CORRECTION: Jury Says Novantas, Execs Owe No Damages In Trade Secrets Dispute
• Walter Investment's Automatic Stay Extended To Nondebtors
• Enviros Seek Stay Of Millennium NY Gas Pipeline Project
• Aerkomm Hopes $40M Public Offering Will Fly With Investors
• Mastercard Won't Turn Over Transaction Info In Alexsam Spat
• Second Judge Halts Trump's ACA Birth Control Waiver Rules
• Spoliation Scrutiny: Disparate Standards For Distinct Mediums
• Real Estate Rumors: CL Investment, Terra, Hudson
• The Biggest Sports Cases Of 2017
• Ex-Embraer Exec Says Bribe Plot Sweetened Aramco Jet Deal
• Cesari V. Peju May Have Reverberating Results
• Mass., NY Lawmakers Float State Net Neutrality Bills
• Diagnosing Juror Bias Against Foreign Witnesses
• Producer's $10M Suit Adds To Weinstein Assault Allegations
• Puerto Rico Pension Fund To Resume Bond Interest Payments
• News Advertising Co. Creditors Fight Ch. 11 Plan Releases
• IBM Loses Bid To Sponsor Immigrant Computer Analyst
• Tribunal Lacked Power To Nix $135M Claim, Softgel Co. Says
• Greebel 'Greased Wheels' For Shkreli, Feds Say At Closing
• Goldman Adds Ex-Sullivan & Cromwell Partner As Co-GC
• Jury In Case Against Turkish Banker Eyes Zarrab Flowcharts
• Pre-Ch. 11 GM Ignition Claims From Eight States Can Proceed
• Honeywell Strikes $26M NY Lake Pollution Deal
• Ex-Journalist Gets 5 Years For Cyberstalking, Bomb Threats
• Judge OKs $700K Settlement Over Montel-Endorsed Clothes
• Tax Nonfilers Face Potential Liability Under New York FCA
• JV Wins Bid To Build New $1B Islanders Arena Complex
• Boehringer To Pay $13.5M To End Off-Label Marketing Claims
• 2nd Circ. Affirms 6½-Year Sentence For Ex-Atty
• TM Dilution Claims Over Trojan Condoms' 'XOXO' Tossed
• The 10 Most Significant Insurance Coverage Decisions Of 2017
• Tilton Asks To Send Del. Suit To NY, But Funds Seek Remand
• Royal Caribbean, Air Charter Drop Delayed Flights Row
• Real Estate Rumors: Trump Organization, IMG, Olive Hill
• House Sends $1.5T Tax Cut Bill To Trump's Desk
• Hearing The Need For More Women's Voices In The Courtroom
• Telehealth In 2017: What Changed And What's Ahead
• GOP Tax Cut Bill Nears Finish Line After Senate Passage
• With Another Flap, Greebel Fraud Trial Heads To Closings
• Bankruptcy Court Wrestles With Enforcing Unsigned GM Deal
• Health Center Can't Duck Harassment Verdict At 2nd Circ.
• Latham Snags 2 Kirkland Commercial Litigation Attys
• Cybersecurity Co. Brings Defamation Suit Against Condé Nast
• Jury To Begin Weighing Fate Of Turkish Banker
• Pass-Through Deduction Affects Few States, Analysis Finds
• 16 AGs Blast DOT Move To Nix Baggage Fee Disclosure Rule
• Bolivia Can Intervene In Discovery Ahead Of Mining Claim
• 2nd Circ. Says No Jurisdiction In 140-Year Peru Bonds Suit
• Fed. Circ. Upholds Gov't Win In Pilot Urine Bag Patent Case
• Top State & Local Tax Legislation Of 2017: Year-In-Review
• Real Estate Rumors: Park Ave. Apartments, TA Realty, Duke
• Jury Win For NYC Graffiti Artists 'Erroneous,' Court Told
• NY SEC Boss Joins Finn Dixon, To Be Replaced By Ropes Atty
• 2nd Circ. Strikes Down DOJ Ban On 'Fractional' Licensing
• My Strangest Day In Court
• Alliant Can't Ax $26M Sandy Damage Verdict At 2nd Circ.
• House Must Vote Again On Final GOP Tax Bill
• NY Times Sues DOI Over Utah Monument Doc Request
• 2nd Circ. Revives 'Flash Boys'-Inspired Suits
• GM Fights To Kill $1B Ignition Switch Claims Settlement
• 'Crash' Writer Accused Of Rape Calls Suit An Extortion Bid
• Semiconductor Co. Files Ch. 11 Prepack To Rework $1.1B Debt
• Turkish Banker Denies Being At Meeting Described By Zarrab
• Urban Outfitters Must Face Harassment Claims, Judge Says
• Greek Shipping Co. Hit With Suit Over Reverse Stock Split
• 2nd Circ. Affirms Dismissal Of FCA Suit Against Amgen
• Cuomo Calls Congress' Tax Bill 'Economic Civil War'
• DACA Recipients Seek Injunction To Stop Rollback
• SunEdison Yieldco Settles Investor MDL For $57M
• Pomerantz, Rosen To Lead Blue Apron Stock-Drop Suit
• Real Estate Rumors: HNA Group, Pulte Homes, Daryl Katz
• Top State & Local Tax Regulations Of 2017: Year-In-Review
• Citing Offenses In Jail, Judge Again Denies Ex-Diplomat Bail
• Orrick Bolsters White Collar Group With Morvillo Team
• How 2 Devices And 1 Domain Changed My Practice In 2017
• What To Know About NY's Proposed 'Call-In Pay' Regs
• Clyde & Co Nabs Big Piece Of Sedgwick Insurance Practice
• Tilton Says Zohar Funds Tried To Preempt Her Claims
• 2nd Circ. Gets Kozinski Sex Probe Amid New Reports
• Top Product Liability Cases Of 2017
• Trustees Seek Help In Splitting $4.5B JPMorgan RMBS Deal
• Mobile Content Exec Convicted In $100M Scheme
• Aeropostale Files Ch. 11 Plan, Says Lenders Are On Board
• Russian Award's OK Is Nigh For No-Show Pharma Biz
• Avaya Shortens Contract For Soccer Stadium Naming Rights
• Atty Charged With Fraud, Extorting Payment At Gunpoint
• Utica Snags $64M Win Against Reinsurer Over Asbestos
• Ex-IRS Atty Cops To 'Breaking Bad,' Shipping Meth In Mail
• FIFA Suspends Brazil Soccer Prez Named In Corruption Case
• Turkish Banker Denies Guilt As Judge Rips Cross Of Ex-Cop
• Calif. Investment Adviser Gets 3½ Years For Bilking Clients
• AGs Oppose EPA, Corps Proposal To Delay Clean Water Rule
• Ex-Frequent Flyer Program Exec Charged With $2M Fraud
• Midland Insurance Claims Sale Can't Be Secret, Judge Says
• Ann Taylor To Pay $6M To End False Discount Class Action
• Former NY Mortgage Bank VP Duped Funders, Feds Say
• Unilever Inks $8B Sale Of Margarine Biz To KKR
• US Soccer Tells 2nd. Circ. League's Woes 'Self-Inflicted'
• Funds' Swaps Suit Against Vereit, Schorsch Largely Survives
• Final GOP Tax Bill Settles On 21% Corporate Rate
• Real Estate Rumors: Fox Lot, Akelius, Robert Danial
• A Chat With Orrick COO Laura Saklad
• Alternative Fees: My Experience At Bartlit Beck
• Taxation With Representation: Skadden, Cravath, Shearman
• House-Senate Negotiators Approve GOP Tax Bill
• Jurors Should Have An Active Role In Trials
• FIFA Trial Wraps In Blitz Of Denials And Recriminations
• AGs Want High Court To OK Microsoft Overseas Data Access
• $6.5M Investor Deal Preceded Leidos High Court Cancellation
• Conspirator In Fake-Business-Invoice Scam Gets 41 Months
• NY High Court Says No Set Rule On Reinsurer's Liability Cap
• Gov't Misconduct Claims Blocked From Ex-Katten Atty Trial
• NY High Court Says 'Wrongful Birth' Claims Start At Birth
• Ex-Cuomo Aide Pleads Not Guilty In Bribery Case
• State AGs Sue Over Corinthian Debt Relief Delays
• SEC Gets Extension Of Asset Freeze For Digital Coin Offerer
• NY, NJ Pledge $5.55B Toward 'Urgent' Commuter Tunnel Rehab
• NY, Mass., Wash. To Sue Over Net Neutrality Rollback
• Broker, Cable Vendor Downsize IPOs Just Before Pricing
• Observation Wheel Builder Reaches Deal On Interim DIP Cash
• Real Estate Rumors: UniVista, PebblePost, Steph Curry
• Turkish Banker Gets To Sleep On Decision To Take Stand
• Ex-Deutsche Traders' Libor Trial Delayed By Taint Inquiry
• Russia-Linked Cos. Accuse Feds, Dutch Of Undermining Deal
• FERC Won't Reconsider Atlantic Bridge Pipeline Project OK
• Why Information Governance Is More Important Than Ever
• Disney Buys 21st Century Fox Assets In $52.4B Blockbuster
• FIFA Trial Catalogs Broken Loyalties And Shifting Alliances
• BigLaw Is Behind The Automation Curve
• Quinn Emanuel Hires Boies Schiller Litigator In NYC
• Judge Won't Take Tilton's Taxes Off Table In $45M Bank Fight
• Westinghouse Gets 3-Month Extension To File Ch. 11 Plan
• SEC Seeks To Freeze Digital Coin Offerer's Assets
• New York Wheel Design Firm Files Ch. 11 Amid Contract Fight
• Deals Rumor Mill: Disney, AmBank, Saudi Aramco
• 2nd Circ. Axes Pharma Exec's Fraud Convictions
• A&P Creditors Hit Snapple Maker, Distributor With Clawbacks
• State Can't Block Millennium Pipeline Project, NY Judge Says
• Ex-Katten Atty Trial Halted Over 'Career-Ending' Claims
• Ex-Deutsche Bank Trader's Libor Case Tainted, Judge Told
• Cancer Treatment Chain Looks To Wipe FCA Claims In Ch. 11
• Istanbul Ex-Cop Never Saw Turkish Banker During Stakeouts
• Eaton Investor Beefs Up Claims In Suit Over Merger Tax Info
• Real Estate Rumors: CubeSmart, Visual Arts School, US Bank
• Game Maker To Pay $4M To End Investor Claims Over IPO
• Soccer Exec Gets Reduced Sentence For FIFA Scandal Role
• SEC Target's Filings Too 'Inept' To Be Atty's, Court Told
• Lithuanian Named In Facebook, Google Scam Working On Plea
• The Science And Controversy Of Offshore Wind
• On Appeal In NY, Libel Suit Over Trump Tweets Fails Again
• Defense, Gov't Clash Over Money Trail In FIFA Case
• Subway Bombing Suspect Incites Family Migration Backlash
• SEC Knocks Trader's DQ Bid Over Alleged Privilege Breach
• State AGs Fight To Block Trump's Birth Control Rules
• Odebrecht Oil & Gas Secures US Bankruptcy Protections
• FXCM Owner Files Ch. 11 Prepack To Restructure Notes
• NJ Man Charged With Armed Cryptocurrency Robbery
• NY Appeals Court Won't Revive Dental Malpractice Suit
• Amgen Whistleblower Was Original Source, 2nd Circ. Told
• Turkish Banker Disputes That Iran Warning Made Him Nervous
• Big Apple Circus Gets OK For Ch. 11 Plan
• Exxon Agrees To Disclose Climate Change Risks To Investors
• Judge Won't Help Out Convicted Analyst's Firm On Legal Fees
• 2nd Circ. Won't Rethink Denying Nomura, RBS Jury Trial
• NY's OCC Fintech Charter Suit Dismissed As 'Speculative'
• In Wine Trademark Battle, Judge Says TTAB Ruling Is Binding
• NY Catering Hall Hit With Forced Labor, Visa Fraud Charges
• Gawker, Deadspin Libel Suit Set For Feb. 14 Trial
• Real Estate Rumors: Kirkland, Jim Crane, Monday Properties
• Unibail Pays $15.7B For Shopping Center Giant Westfield
• Apparel Co. Loses Bid To Revive $50M Adidas Contract Row
• DOJ Seeks Dismissal Of HSBC Money Laundering Case
• Judging A Book: Cooke Reviews 'Constance Baker Motley'
• Keeping Your Law Library Relevant In The Age Of Google
• FIFA Judge Keeps Soccer Bosses' Disparate Fates From Jury
• 6 Things You Need To Know About Millennial Jurors
• Why Investors Are Taking The Leap To 3rd-Party Funding
• Has Litigation Finance Shed Its Stigma?
• What Your Colleagues Think Of Litigation Finance
• Ex-Katten Atty's Expert Defends No-Work Consulting Deals
• Feds' Plea Leverage At Stake In High Court Tax Dodger Case
• Blind Man Hits Korean Grocery Chain With ADA Suit
• FDIC Says Judge Should Overlook Citibank Refusal To OK Suit
• HSBC To Be Released From Drug Money Laundering DPA
• Noted Medical Malpractice Defense Atty Joins Dorf & Nelson
• Ex-Gawker Workers Launch Crowdfunding Drive To Buy Site
• Turkish Ex-Cop's Testimony Sparks Mistrial Bid By Banker
• Real Estate Rumors: Jubao Xie, Marc Realty, Lennar Homes
• DOJ Says Forex Traders' Rate-Rigging Was Felt In The US
• Litvak's Appeal Argument Met With Skepticism In 2nd Circ.
• The Case Of New York's 5Pointz: Who Owns Graffiti Art?
• Judge Bars Consolidated Claims In GM Ignition Switch MDL
• 21st Century To Pay $28M Over Gov't FCA Claims, Data Breach
• The Law Firms Of The 2017 MVPs
• Law360 MVP Awards Go To Top Attorneys From 78 Firms
• Execs' Offshore Funds Flowed To Soccer Boss, Gov't Says
• Medicaid Scheme Lands NY Businessman 6-Year Sentence
• Hustler Club Loses $2M Bid To Escape NY Sales Tax
• Katten Atty Says He Never Saw Greebel Break The Law
• Court OKs $35M Atty Fees In Deutsche, JPMorgan Libor Deal
• Patheon Says Rival Can't Recover $135M Over Softgel Pact
• US Says It Needn't Show Deutsche Traders Duped Libor Body
• Ringleader Of Auto Insurance Scheme Convicted Of Fraud
• Turkish Banker Knew Of US Concern Over Iran Ties, Jury Told
• Real Estate Rumors: LeBron James, Fla. Lots, Hubb NYC
• Hearst Interns Not Employees, 2nd Circ. Rules
• Mayors Urge FCC To Keep Net Neutrality Rules
• Real Estate Brokerage Leads 3 IPOs Set To Raise $762M
• The Most Noteworthy Class Action Developments Of 2017
• Insurer Sues For $11.7M After NY Country Club Fire
• Some State, Local Cellphone Taxes Could Top 40%: Report
• 2nd Circ. Grapples With Ex-NY Sen. Sampson's Convictions
• K&L Gates Rips Claim It Aided Alleged Weinstein Cover-Up
• Fed. Court Has Jurisdiction In NYT Severance Row With Union
• Ex-Katten Atty Was Corporate Ace At Firm, Jury Hears
• Doc Can't Escape Suit Over Child's Ruptured Appendix
• Zarrab Denies Iranian 'Jihad' Motive At Turkish Banker's Trial
• Feds Tell High Court Microsoft Must Turn Over Overseas Info
• Investors Blast BNY Mellon Bid To Sever Claims In RMBS Suit
• Lab CEO Can't Be Named In FCA Retaliation Suit, Court Says
• 2nd Circ. Won't Rethink Men's Wearhouse Short-Swing Ruling
• Rusoro Wants $1.2B Venezuelan Award Enforced In NY
• Israel Chemicals Snags Roughly $1B In Sale To PE Firm
• Fed. Reform Means Scores Of Tax Decisions Await States
• My Strangest Day In Court: The Shkreli Trial
• Cartoon Network Ducks $50M 'Black Jesus' Copyright Suit
• 2nd Circ. Won't Block Pipeline Amid NY, FERC Permit Fight
• Miami Could Attract Hedge Funds If SALT Deductions Axed
• Soccer Boss' Computer Hidden After Arrest, Worker Testifies
• Prosecution In Greebel Case Rests After Hearing Last Witness
• 2nd Circ. Asks NY Justices To Weigh In On Card Fee Law
• SEC Closes The Book On Sam Wyly Case With $198M Paid
• Real Estate Rumors: Morton Williams, CIM, Cornell Realty
• SEC Says Excessive Trading By 2 NY Brokers Hurt Clients
• High Court Debate On Tax Obstruction Focuses On Intent
• ChinaCast Settles With Creditors, Ch. 11 Plan OK'd
• EU Bank Tells 2nd Circ. Bomb Victims Can't Get Iran Bonds
• The Johnson Conviction And Fallout For Forex Market
• Zarrab Concedes He Lied About Iran Sanctions Scheme
• How DOE's 'Grid Resiliency' Policy May Impact Gas Markets
• Credit Union Sues Trump For Naming Mulvaney CFPB Director
• Calif. Statute Of Limitations Sinks Deutsche Bank RBMS Suits
• Westinghouse, Creditors Spar Over Extension For Ch. 11 Plan
• Trump Can't Cite Duties To Slip Defamation Suit: Accuser
• Investors Say AmTrust's Reported Metrics Weren't Opinions
• AGs Lob Latest Suit Accusing EPA Of Missing Smog Deadline
• Performance Food's $188M Offering Sees PE Firm Exit
• Ex-Brazil Soccer Boss Asked About Bribe Money, Jury Hears
• Broadway Producers Accuse Casting Cos. Of Cartel
• Chubb Unit Tells 2nd Circ. $4.8M Wire Fraud Not Covered
• 2nd Circ. Revives Alibaba Securities Class Action Over IPO
• Zarrab Tells Jury Of Bribing Guard While In US Custody
• Mass. AG Lacks Authority To Probe Exxon, State Justices Told
• 2nd Circ. Poised To Rule Quickly On NY-FERC Pipeline Spat
• Costco, Target, Others Hit With Flushable Wipes Class Action
• Real Estate Rumors: SL Green, Randy Rissman, Florida Power
• SEC Approves NYSE Plan To Delay End-Of-Day Material News
• BNY Mellon Says Royal Park's Proposed Class Still Lacking
• Bringing Cayman Derivative Claims In NY Just Got Easier
• Why Stock Prices Of Insolvent Firms Can Still Be Positive
• Keurig Green Mountain Can't Stop K-Cup Monopoly Suits
• Real Estate Rumors: Feil, Denihan Hospitality, Omnicom
• Level Global Exec Fights Insider-Trading Raid At 2nd Circ.
• Justices Won't Hear Banks' Appeal In FDIC's $140M MBS Suit
• NY Solar Co. Hits Bankruptcy After Abrupt Layoffs
• NY Officials Announce Construction Wage Theft Crackdown
• SEC Accuses Accounting Firm Of Fraud Over Microcap Audits
• Walter Investment Gets OK To Tap $1.9B DIP Loan
• O'Reilly, Fox Sued For Improperly Disparaging Accuser
• Judge Vetoes Virtus Mutual Fund Investors' 2nd Jab At Cert
• FBI Pressured Witness With Surprise Visit, Greebel Atty Says
• Burberry Escapes Class Action Over Pricing At Outlets
• Shareholder Attys Liable For Firm's $1.3M Unremitted Tax
• Real Estate Broker Leads 2 IPO Launches Totaling $749M
• Dannon 'Natural' Yogurt Labeling Suit Axed
• Sidley, Stroock Steer $217M Loan For Brooklyn Property
• Private Eye Not Defamed By Retracted Story, Fox Says
• SEC Settles With Convicted 'Fund Manager,' Associate
• Federal Tax Bills 'Fraud,' May Be Illegal: Dem Governors
• Turkish Banker Says US Didn't Disclose Zarrab Jail Call
• Justices Won't Review Widow's Fraud Suit Against GM
• The Intersection Of Arbitration And Choice-Of-Law Clauses
• Accused Film Scammer Says No Atty Conflict Over Trump Ally
• Top 10 Whistleblowing And Retaliation Events Of 2017
• No Basis For Fuel-Efficiency Penalty Delay, 2nd Circ. Told
• Senate Passes $1.4 Trillion Tax Cut Legislation
• Citibank Reaches Deal To Exit Lehman's $1B Clawback Fight
• Quebecois Duo Hit With SEC Fraud Suit Over $15M ICO
• NY District Atty Charged With Perjury, Won't Resign
• Walter Investment To Cut Debt By $800M With Ch. 11 Prepack
• Moosejaw, Casper Use Firm To Wiretap E-Visitors, NYer Says
• Wells Fargo Fires Back At Fund Advisers In RMBS Suit
• Ex-Fashion Co. Employee Gets Win On Contract Breach Claim
• Bail Denied For Chinese NGO Boss Facing FCPA Charges
• Bankrupt Construction Co. Fights To Preserve $26M Contract
• Aman Resorts' Ch. 11 Case Tossed In 'Déjà Vu' Moment
• Pfizer Tells 2nd Circ. Feds Lack Immunity In $8.3M Tax Row
• Real Estate Rumors: Ladder Capital, Knotel, Miami Site
• Zarrab Considered Decision To Admit Guilt For 'Many Months'
• NYC Eases Commercial Rent Tax For Small Businesses
• EDMC Seeks End To Marblegate's New Suit Over $15M Debt
• Feds Want Shkreli To Forfeit $7.3M, Wu-Tang Clan Album
• Taxation With Representation: Debevoise, Clifford, Sullivan
• Senate GOP Reaches SALT, Pass-Through Tax Rate Deals
• MDL Hearing Signals A New Phase For Opioid Suits