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White Collar - September, 2010

212 articles

• Judge Issues Gag Order In Stanford Criminal Case
• Hedge Fund Manager Gets 6 Years In Petters Ponzi
• ABB To Pay $58.3M For Bribing Mexican Officials
• BAX Global, Others To Pay $50M For Cargo Price-Fixing
• 2nd Circ. Throws Out DHB Shareholder Settlement
• Head Of Texas Firm Pleads Guilty To Securities Fraud
• Subcontractor Exec Pleads Not Guilty In DOD Fraud
• US Will Remain World's International Bribe Policeman
• UK's New Bribery Law Raises Stakes for US Firms
• Panasonic, Whirlpool Unit Pay $141M In DOJ Probe
• Namvar Partner Pleads Not Guilty In $23M Fraud Case
• La. Mayor Charged With Extortion, Taking Bribes
• Q&A With Armstrong Teasdale's Jim Martin
• Broker Convicted Of Fraud Denied New Trial Bid
• Scammers Get Jail Terms For $20M Cisco Fraud
• Manatt Snatches White Collar Star From Covington
• Ex-Jefferies Fund Manager Denies Using Inside Tips
• Rite Aid Exec Sent Back To Jail With Shorter Sentence
• SEC Case Against Integral Systems Execs Survives
• Wiretap Rules Could Complicate White Collar Defense
• DOJ Deputy Chief Of Staff Returns To Covington
• Q&A With Gibbons' Lawrence Lustberg
• Honest Services Law 'Tainted' Black's Jury, Atty Says
• Alleged $228M Real Estate Schemer Arrested In France
• ABB Charged With Bribing Mexican, Iraqi Officials
• The Proactive Approach To The Post-Dodd-Frank World
• 2nd Circ. Bars SEC Access To Galleon Wiretaps
• Fry's Exec Loses Bid To Toss $65M Kickback Charge
• Westar Energy Exec Wants Records Expunged
• Skilling Ruling Doesn't Alter Ex-Mayor's Sentence
• Ex-Prosecutors Bring DOJ Tactics With Them To SEC
• DOJ Wants Quick Action On New Honest Services Law
• General Star Off Hook In Pa. Judge Kickback Scandal
• Claims Pared In Bryan Cave Tax Shelter Class Action
• Ex-Accesskey CEO Pleads Not Guilty To Stock Inflation
• Q&A With Dykema's James Brady
• Fraudster Brothers Can't Shake $78M Indictment
• Nadel Wants 5-Year Sentence For His $162M Fraud
• Bringing FCPA Enforcement To Tobacco Merchants
• 5th Circ. Orders Stanford Detained For 3rd Time
• Ex-Partners At NJ Firms Hit With Bribery Charges
• Ex-Lawyer Gets 93-Month Prison Sentence
• Cozen Snares DOJ's Stephen Miller
• Lead Atty In Stevens Corruption Case Commits Suicide
• US Scraps Ex-Credit Suisse Broker Sentence Appeal
• Post-Booker Sentencing Still Frustrates Defense Bar
• Alleged Ponzi Schemer Released On $1M Bail
• IRS Loosens Corporate Tax Disclosure Requirements
• Ex-Taylor Bean Chair's $2B Fraud Case Stays In Va.
• Con Edison Probes Alleged Bribery Scheme
• Apple, Others Settle DOJ Probe Over Hiring Deals
• Xcel Energy Can't Muzzle Expert In Fatal Fire Case
• Q&A With Steptoe & Johnson's Mark Hulkower
• China Airlines To Pay $40M In DOJ Cargo Probe
• Charity Fingers SEC For $20M Lost In Madoff Scheme
• SIGTARP — A New Enforcer On The Block
• Former Cain Exec Gets 30 Months For Embezzlement
• Apple Manager Indicted For Fraud Posts Bond
• 2 Nabbed For Insider Trading On Exxon-XTO Deal
• E&Y Sued Over Petters Feeder Fund Involvement
• Ex-Lobbyist Pleads Guilty In Straw Donor Scandal
• Judge To Hear Gryphon Fraudster's Bipolar Claim: Atty
• Convicted Tax Fraudster Denied Acquittal, New Trial
• Q&A With O'Melveny's Ken Wainstein
• White Collar Defense Boom Lures Public Servants Away
• Petters Co-Conspirator Fights 11-Year Sentence
• Convicted Ponzi Schemer Appeals 23-Year Sentence
• The Upswing In US And UK Anti-Bribery Enforcement
• Carlson Capital To Shell Out $2.7M Over Short-Selling
• Jeweler Admits To Securities Fraud, Conspiracy
• Ex-UBS Banker Cops To Possible Insider Trading
• House Lawmakers Call For Beefed-Up SIPC
• Guilty Plea Entered In Ex-Cowboy's $21M Fraud Case
• LA Real Estate Tycoon Indicted For Alleged $20M Fraud
• Western Titanium Tries To Oust US Attys In Fraud Trial
• 5th Circ. Kills Ex-Army Major's Iraq Contract Appeal
• Senate Panel Clears 2 US Attys, 7 Judges
• Q&A With Latham & Watkins' Jeff Hammel
• Prosecutors Seek 20 Years For Ex-Parmalat Chief
• Planned Sentencing Changes Reward Better Compliance
• Man Accused Of $16M Ponzi Plot Against Christians
• Mark Cuban Wins Access To SEC Documents
• Cobalt Capital CEO Gets 3-Year Sentence For Fraud
• House OKs Tougher Medicare Fraud Bill
• Andrews Kurth Atty May Be Charged In Stanford Case
• DOJ Targets $268M Hedgeloan Securities Plot
• SEC Targets Lawyer Over Mak 1 Ponzi Scheme
• Q&A With Dewey & LeBoeuf's Christopher Clark
• DOJ, SEC Defend Pace Of Financial Fraud Prosecution
• House Legislators Call For Medicare Fraud Crackdown
• Accesskey Exec Accused Of Stock Inflation Scheme
• Arms Dealer Gets 3 Years In Iran Export Case
• Lancer Chief Challenges Bond Package In Fraud Case
• Feds Bring New Charges In DOD Supply Fraud Case
• Nature's Sunshine Case Still Haunts Defense Bar
• Stryker Tries To Limit Bone Device Marketing Charges
• Corporate Intent In The Antitrust Context
• Court OKs Schwab's $5.7M Deal With Investor Group
• Octogenarian Ex-UBS Account Holder Gets Probation
• 2nd Martinair Exec Indicted In Price-Fixing Probe
• Disney Secretary Admits To Insider Trading Scheme
• Underwriter, Traders Beat $1.3M Insider Trading Rap
• Max Capital Co-Founder Gets Prison For $20M Theft
• SEC's Mark Cuban Win Could Be Short-Lived
• LA Suburb Officials Booked In $5.5M Corruption Probe
• Omnicare Ends Medicaid False Claims Suit For $21M
• DOJ Asks To Join Wyeth Rapamune Qui Tam Suit
• Skilling Ruling Doesn't Kill Dick's Fraud Suit, Feds Say
• Q&A With Barnes & Thornburg's Solomon Wisenberg
• Monster Exec's Appeal Could Affect Reporter Privilege
• Gryphon Head Says Bipolar Disorder Merits Trial Delay
• Ponzi Schemer Appeals 9-Year, $30M Sentence
• Sportingbet Settles Online Gambling Probe For $33M
• China Tops List Of FCPA Hot Spots
• Fueling FCPA Enforcement
• 9th Circ. Judges Slam 'Rubber-Stamp' Sentence Review
• Convicted Securities Fraudster Claims US Delayed Trial
• Convicted Securities Schemer Seeks New Trial
• Despite Bluster, New Bribery Bill Lacks Punch: Attys
• Calif. Hospital Settles Medicare Fraud Suit For $2M
• DOJ Drops Plan For New Case Management System
• 3 More Sentenced For Roles In Tax Scam
• Q&A With Skadden's David Zornow
• Jailed GM Fraudster Agrees To CFTC Trading Ban
• Winston & Strawn Nabs Ex-DOJ Atty, High Court Clerk
• Man Pleads Guilty To Bilking $1M From Wilson Sonsini
• Advice To Counsel On 'Advice-Of-Counsel'
• Nexus Owner Gets 16-Month Sentence In Bribery Case
• Defense Bar Gains Ground In Money Laundering Battle
• Lancer Fraudster Denied Bond For Financial Woes
• Ohio Auditor's Son To Join Father In Jail Over Bribery
• Ex-MoFo IP Partner Pleads Not Guilty In Fraud Case
• UBS Tax Dodger Sentenced To 1 Year In Prison
• Md. State Sen. Pleads Not Guilty In Corruption Case
• Obama Taps Drinker Biddle Counsel For US Atty Post
• Ex-Armor Holdings Exec Cops To $4M Kickback Scheme
• Ex-Lobbyist To Plead Guilty To Illegal Contributions
• Ex-Mercury CFO Pleads Guilty In Backdating Scheme
• Ex-Auditor Snared In Ohio Corruption Probe Cops Plea
• Grassley Urges Obama To Pick DOJ Tax Chief
• Slaine To Pay Nearly $1M To End UBS Trading Probe
• 3rd Circ. Chucks Ex-Mayor's Honest Services Conviction
• Dick's Execs Try To Nix Honest Services Fraud Claim
• AbTox Execs Seek New Trial Over Witness 'Perjury'
• U.S. Drops Case Against Last Nigerian Barge Defendant
• Bill To Bar Corrupt Overseas Contractors OK'd In House
• Forest Agrees To Drop $313M To Settle Qui Tam Claims
• Forger Gets 5 Years For Petters Ponzi Scheme
• Ex-SEC Employee Denies Role In Boiler Room Scam
• Fla. Man Pleads Guilty In $880M Ponzi Scheme
• 9th Circ. Limits Electronic Search In MLB Steroid Case
• Ohio Judges, Officials Charged In Corruption Case
• The Danger Of Affirmative Public Statements
• BCI Aircraft CEO Pleads Not Guilty In $50M Fraud Case
• Jailed Ex-Bancorp Exec Can Still Face SEC Charges
• Ex-Hartford, Conn., Mayor Gets 3 Years For Corruption
• Rigases' Conspiracy Case Back In District Court
• Petters Co-Conspirator Reynolds Gets 11 Years
• Fund Manager Committed Fraud In PIPE Deals: Judge
• Ex-DHB CEO Convicted In $190M Stock Scheme
• Blagojevich Makes Case For Acquittal
• Trader Seeks Dismissal Of Insider Trading Charges
• Shinhan Suspends CEO Over Embezzlement Probe
• Ex-Lampoon CEO Prison-Bound
• Quellos Execs Cop To $240M Tax Shelter
• When Cloud Computing Meets E-Discovery Obligations
• Ponzi Schemer Gets 10 Years For Printing Scam
• Ex-Canopy CTO Pleads Guilty To Role In $93M Scheme
• Arms Dealer Fights Terrorism Claim In Iran Export Case
• 9th Circ. Boots Bank Fraud Convictions In BofA Case
• Feds Back Probation For Ex-NHL Owner In Ch. 7 Case
• Petters Co-Conspirator Catain Gets 7 1/2 Years
• Promoter Of $100M Ponzi Scheme Enters Guilty Plea
• Ex-IBM Exec Gets 6 Months For Role In Galleon Ring
• Feds Widen Bribe Probe Of HP-Russia IT Deal
• Alleged Ponzi Schemer's Atty To Leave Case
• Money Manager Starr Pleads Guilty To Fraud Scheme
• No 'Free' Offense For Investment Fraudster: US Attys
• Ex-Prosecutor Joins Baker Hostetler In Cincinnati
• Ex-Mercury CFO To Plead Guilty In Backdating Case
• 4-Year Sentence Handed Down In Medicare Fraud Case
• SEC Clears Ferris Baker Watts Ex-GC In Fraud Case
• Bank VP 7th To Plead Guilty In Muni Bond Probe
• Probe Into BCI Investments Leads To More Charges
• Ex-Auto Dealer Chief Pleads Guilty To Borrowing Scam
• Investment Fraudster To Serve 9 Years, Pay $30M
• Oil Exec's Assets Frozen In $17M Fraud Suit
• Alleged Hedge Fund Fraudster Asks For Acquittal
• US Atty Taps Old Pro To Head SDNY Civil Fraud Unit
• Aiding And Abetting Liability: Don't Hold Your Breath
• UK Watchdog Fines Goldman $31M Over SEC Info
• Trader Detained For Pretrial Release Violation
• Ex-National Lampoon CEO Sentenced To 45 Months
• Refco Insurer Drops D&O Spat After Settlement OK'd
• SciClone Hit With Shareholder Suit Amid DOJ, SEC Probe
• Fund Manager To Serve 2 Years, Pay $3M For Fraud
• Nadel's Wife Must Divulge Her Assets To Receiver
• Syndicated CEO, Atty Can't Dodge $26M Bribery Suit
• SK Foods CEO Released From Jail On $6M Bail
• Sonnenschein Removed In BDO Tax Evasion Case
• Alleged DOT Con Man Fails To Block E-Evidence
• Petters Creditor Loses Bid To Oust Trustee
• Merkin To Pay $12.7M To Fund Over Madoff Loss
• Investment Firm Barred From Trading In Ponzi Suit
• Whistleblower In $4B Ponzi Scheme Case Gets 1 Year
• Allied Health Head Charged In $87M Lease Fraud Scam
• Polar Air To Pay $17M Over Air Cargo Price-Fixing
• FDA Opens Criminal Probe Of Iowa Egg Farms
• Texas Man Cops To $485M Oil, Gas Ponzi Scheme
• 5 Cases Impacting Investors In Public Cos.
• Execs Accused Of Illegally Importing Chinese Honey
• SEC Accuses Halek, CBO Of $22M Oil Scheme