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White Collar - November, 2010

258 articles

• Abramoff Ally Can't Use Skilling To Drop Guilty Plea
• Ex-Bank VP 8th To Plead Guilty In Muni Bond Probe
• Doctor Indicted Over False Fen-Phen Injury Claims
• CFTC Eyes Enforcement As Reach Expands
• Fraud Lands Ex-National Archives Worker In Jail
• DOJ Says No To Amnesty Program For FCPA Cases
• Madoff Trustee Continues Pursuit Of Family Assets
• Raided Firm Says It's Not Target Of Trading Probe
• Samsung, Applied Reach Accord In Espionage Case
• Singapore Airlines To Pay $48M Air Cargo Fine
• Morrison and Dodd-Frank's Extraterritoriality Dilemma
• Air Force Officer Accused Of Procurement Scheme
• Lifting Code Not A Crime, Ex-Goldman Programmer Says
• Q&A With Edwards Angell's Stephen Huggard
• Former 3M Employee To Plead Guilty To $5M Scam
• NJ Contractor To Pay $20M To End Fraud Probe
• Ex-Quest CFO Gets 16 Years After Fraud Conviction
• DOJ Inspector General To Step Down
• Holder Confirms Criminal Probe Of Wall Street Firms
• Halliburton Staff Freed In Nigerian Bribery Probe
• More Madoff Relatives Hit With Suits By Trustee
• Escalating Anti-Bribery Enforcement
• Q&A With Neal Gerber's Michael Gurland
• Ex-Va. Finance Secretary Gets 10-Year Prison Term
• Hedge Fund Networker Charged With Securities Fraud
• Ex-Doral Exec Fights Conviction In $4B Fraud Suit
• Reforms Make It Easier To Sue Hedge Funds
• Pa. State Senator Snared In Corruption Case
• SNR Denton Snags White Collar Partner
• Judge OKs Galleon Wiretap Evidence, Severs Trial
• Q&A With Jackson Kelly's William Powell
• Ex-Madoff Employee Wins Conditional OK For Release
• Brooklyn Cinema Owner Charged With Investor Fraud
• Judge Delays Recusal Ruling For Siegelman, Scrushy
• FDA Crime Head To Depart Amid Misconduct Claims
• Trustee Suit Claims UBS Facilitated Madoff Fraud
• SEC's Suggestion Box Is Out For Whistleblower Rules
• Pharma Struggles To Escape FCPA Net
• Former Enron VP Pleads Guilty But Avoids Jail
• Janus, SAC, Others Targeted In Insider Trading Probe
• Fla. Auto Loan Maven Charged With $100M Fraud
• Ex-Direct Mail Director Nabbed In $2M Kickback Scheme
• Mass. Fraudster Pleads Guilty To Lending Conspiracy
• Judge Gives Insurance Scammer 4 Years, $13M Fine
• Ex-Comverse CEO To Pay $53M To End SEC, DOJ Suits
• Feds Indict 6 Funeral Execs In $600M Fraud
• Feds Hit Back At Alleged Buyer Of Ala. Votes
• Four Indicted For $7.2M Petro America Fraud
• The Content Marketing Revolution
• Ex-House Aide Gets Jail Time In Abramoff Case
• Q&A With Proskauer's Anthony Pacheco
• Ecuadoreans' Atty Told To Keep Docs In Chevron Case
• Feds Say 2.5 Years Is Enough For KB Home Backdater
• Morris Cops Plea In NY Pension Fund Case
• Madoff Feeder Fund Files For Ch. 11 To Aid Settlements
• Receiver Case Against Stanford's 'Outside Wife' OK'd
• Chiesi Argues To Suppress Evidence In Galleon Case
• FBI Raids 3 Hedge Funds In Securities Probe
• Rise In Stings May Prompt Look At Entrapment Defense
• Fred Leighton Owner Hit With Fraud Charges
• FCA Settlements Top $3B In FY2010
• Q&A With Farella Braun's William Keane
• FCPA Shouldn't Be Platform For Derivative Litigation
• Ex-Western Titanium CEO Unfit For Trial, Attys Say
• Camp Resigns After Guilty Plea On Drug Charges
• Former NJ Assemblyman Gets 41 Months For Bribe
• Grocer Pays $15M To Settle Case Over US Troop Food
• Ex-NASA Official Gets 3 Years For Steering Contract
• Bribery Defendant Giffen Walks Away With No Penalty
• Former Con Ed Manager Cops To $800K Bribe Scheme
• Fraudster Isaacson Deserves Full Sentence, US Says
• Feds Say Alaska Spill Violates BP's Probation
• Canadian Broker Gets 25 Years For $55M Stock Fraud
• Medicare Fraudster Gets 5 Years, $7.9M Restitution
• Ex-Societe Generale Trader Convicted In Secrets Case
• The 21st-Century Law Firm
• Financier Bruteyn Loses Post-Trial Acquittal Bids
• Q&A With Garvey Schubert Barer's Robert Weaver
• Canadian Mining CEO Found Guilty Of Insider Trading
• Evanston Seeks To Avoid Covering Atty's Fraud Defense
• House Panel Recommends Censure For Rangel
• Ex-Milberg Attys Hit With $20M Madoff Clawback Suit
• US Pushes For Trial In FCPA Case Against Terra Exec
• Ex-SocGen Trader Argues Against IP Theft Conviction
• Senate Panel Greenlights 3 US Atty Nominees
• Metal Co.'s Subpoena Against DOD Overbroad: Judge
• Ore. Child Advocate Gets US Attorney Nomination
• Alleged Dick's Insider Trader Acquitted Of Fraud
• Ex-Madoff Workers Face Conspiracy, Fraud Charges
• Cuomo, SEC Pummel Rattner Over NY Kickback Scheme
• Q&A With Buchanan Ingersoll's Bill DeStefano
• Brooklyn Fund Manger Convicted In $40M Ponzi Scheme
• Ex-Ropes & Gray Associate Disbarred For Fraud Deal
• FCPA Self-Reporting Still A Tough Sell
• Koss Corp. Embezzler Gets 11 Years For $34M Fraud
• Ex-Gen Re Execs Ask 2nd Circ. For Conviction Reversal
• DOJ Wins Discovery Stay In Tomato Antitrust Fight
• Ex-Ford Worker Pleads Guilty To Trade Secrets Theft
• Ex-SiRF Worker Arrested For Alleged Code-Stealing
• L-3 Aims To Depose Ex-Air Force Honcho In Bid Fight
• Prosecutors Seek 17 Years For Forex Trader
• US Told To Reply To Ex-Westar VP's Bid To Nix Record
• 10th Circ. Forces Trial Of Former Construction Co. Execs
• Criminal Probes Of Failed Bank Execs Under Way
• Lloyd's, Akin Gump Dodging Legal Bills, Stanford Says
• $3M Bail Set For Doctor Accused Of Tipping Off Fund
• Tri-Star CEO Hit With Fraud, Kickback Charges
• Q&A With Davis Graham's Chad Williams
• Cuomo Eyes Quadrangle For Rattner's Financial Data
• Ex-Baseball Player Gets 9 Years For Medicare Fraud
• Ex-Doral Exec Gets 5 Years In $4B Stock Fraud Case
• Texan Sentenced To 7 Years In Prison For Fraud
• Japan Airlines, Nippon Execs Indicted For Price-Fixing
• Alleged Military Smuggler Balks At Gov't Evidence
• Gryphon Head Awaits $20M Fraud Trial From Home
• Ch. 11 Trustee Fights For Rothstein Firm Funds
• DOJ Blasts Terra Exec's Spoliation Claim In FCPA Suit
• House Subpanel Finds Rangel Guilty On 11 Ethics Counts
• DOJ Guns For Ringleader In Advance-Fee Scheme
• Q&A With Blank Rome's Jerry Bernstein
• Abramoff Aide Convicted In 2nd Bribery Trial
• Class Accuses SEC Of Negligence In Handling Madoff
• Broker Transferred Assets To Wife To Avoid Fines: SEC
• Ohio Accountant Gets 11 Years For $19M Fraud Scheme
• Gov't, Ex-Duane Reade Execs Spar Over Loss Figure
• Zuckerman Spaeder Throws Wrench In Rangel Hearing
• Former Scranton Housing Chief To Plead Guilty
• Judge Trims Claims In Madoff Feeder Fund Case
• DOJ Says Financial Crime Still Top Challenge
• Concrete Exec Tries To Avoid Jail For Price-Fixing Plot
• Telecom Head Claims Racism In FCPA Indictment
• AU Optronics Wants Price-Fixing Charges Tossed
• US Fights Doral Fraudster's Bid For New Trial
• 2nd Circ. Rejects Atty's Stay Effort In Chevron Battle
• Q&A With McGuireWoods' Toby Vick
• Medicare Fraud Units Will Scrutinize Health Care Cos.
• 2 More Galleon Guilty Pleas Unsealed In US Court
• Madoff Trustee Seeks $70M From Ex-Employees
• Doctor Preps Bail Package In Hedge Fund Tip-Off Case
• Former Quest CEO To Pay $5M, Serve 9 Years
• Ex-Fla. Senate Head To Fight Bribery Charges Again
• Witness Denied Immunity In Military Export Case
• Q&A With Faegre & Benson's Bill Leone
• 3 Convicted In Security Guard Co. Tax Conspiracy
• Daimler Faces Russian Criminal Probe Over Contracts
• Dallas Fraudster Says Conviction Doesn't Fit Crimes
• FSA Requires Taping Of Bankers' Work Cell Phones
• The Nuances Of D&O Dishonesty Exclusions
• Prosperity Exec Faces New Counts In Fraud Case
• Whistleblower Rule May Chill Self-Reporting, Attys Say
• Q&A With Locke Lord's Paul Coggins
• 7th Circ. Affirms 20-Year Sentence For Fraudster Knox
• Convicted Pharma Fraudster Seeks Post-Trial Acquittal
• Adelphia Execs Continue Fight For Interview Notes
• Convicted Duane Reade Execs Attack Gov't Loss Report
• Feds Want 30 Years For $4B Securities Fraudster
• Ex-KB Homes CEO Avoids Jail For Backdating
• Real Estate Atty Cops To $1.7M Bank Fraud
• Scruggs' Son Stands Behind Bid To Scrap Fraud Plea
• Nadel Receiver Nets Settlements With 7 Defendants
• Ex-White Sox Exec, Scouts Indicted Over Kickbacks
• Jurors Flummoxed In Abramoff Cohort's Bribery Trial
• Madoff Judge Greenlights New Wave Of Investor Suits
• Case Study: Kirschner V. KPMG
• Feds Hit Back At Stryker Biotech's Dismissal Bids
• Ropes & Gray Snares White Collar Pro For DC Office
• Q&A With Baker & Daniels' J.P. Hanlon
• South Bay Exec Defends Info Request In Kickback Case
• NASA Security Officer Charged With EBay Scheme
• 3 More Indicted In Display Tube Price-Fixing Probe
• 6th Circ. Backs Federal Seizure Of $20M Diamond
• Ex-GSK Atty Indicted For Obstructing Federal Probe
• Ariz. Attorney, CPA Sentenced For Tax Evasion Plot
• Judge 'Disappointed' In SocGen Trade Secrets Attys
• Computer Shop Owners Charged In $6M Fraud Scheme
• Ballard Spahr Launches San Diego Office
• Report On Excess Travel Costs Includes NJ Governor
• Tesoro Explosion Subject Of EPA Criminal Probe
• Feds Get 2nd Guilty Plea In $17M W Financial Fraud
• Fla. Contractor Pleads Guilty To Iraq Bribery Scheme
• Financial Firms Face Growing Risk Of Hackers
• Alleged Schemer Says Stock Buy Was Not Inside Job
• Stanford Takes Speedy Trial Fight To 5th Circ.
• Q&A With Holland & Knight's John Brownlee
• DOJ Ends Reagents Antitrust Probe Into Immucor
• The 'Wolff' At Importers' Doors — §1519
• Western Titanium Says Gov't Exhibits Are Irrelevant
• Western Titanium Subpoenas Quashed
• Ex-KB Home CEO Tries To Avoid Prison For Backdating
• AUO Wants More Details On DOJ's Price-Fixing Case
• Gryphon Schemer Still Scheming, DOJ Claims
• Ex-Techsol President Sentenced To Home Detention
• Hariri Gets 18 Months For Role In Galleon Trading Ring
• MBC Leader Asks Again To Sever Attorney's Case
• Q&A With Foley & Lardner's Pamela Johnston
• 10 Appellate Tips From A Former Chief Justice
• Honey Exec Sentenced For Dodging $5M In Duties
• Five Nabbed In Texas Over $10M Medicare Scheme
• Heating Co. Exec Pleads Guilty In Ohio Corruption Case
• Stinson Indicted For Alleged $17M Ponzi Scheme
• Ex-Bristol Myers Worker Pleads Guilty To IP Theft
• White Collar Crooks Get Leg Up In Avoiding The Clink
• Louis Berger To Pay $69M In False Claims Settlement
• High Marks For US' Foreign Anti-Bribery Efforts
• Q&A With Cahill's Bart Friedman
• Ponzi Schemer Facing 23 Years Asks For Court Atty
• Feds Demand 6 Years For Former KB Home CEO
• La. Ship Firm To Pay $2.1M For Dumping Oil
• Judge Keeps SocGen Trade Secrets Trial Open
• Alleged $42M Construction Kickbacker Seeks Severance
• Miami Telecom Exec Wants FCPA Charges Tossed
• Food Service Exec Indicted For Price-Fixing Conspiracy
• Ex-Attys Plead Not Guilty In NJ Development Scandal
• White & Case Hires Veteran Litigator For Korea Practice
• Ex-Hevesi Aide Reaches Pay-To-Play Plea Deal
• Indicted Galleon Traders Seek Dismissal
• DOJ Promises More Wiretaps In White Collar Cases
• NY TARP Fraudster Hit With $1.75M Civil Judgment
• Skilling No Help For Son Of Scruggs: DOJ
• Feds Charge Ill. Man With $5M Investment Fraud
• Feds Blast Aeropostale's Bid For Kickback Evidence
• Q&A With Kelley Drye's Julian Solotorovsky
• Feds Lose Bid To Use Ring's Statements Against Him
• CFTC Hires Skadden Partner To Head Enforcement
• DOJ Says Ex-Seyfarth Atty Ran $370M Tax Shelter Scam
• Rothstein Associate Sentenced To 4 Years
• Judge Limits Loss Arguments For Ex-Duane Reade CEO
• Madoff Defense Atty Heads To Lowenstein Sandler
• Evidence Preservation Lessons In US V. Suarez
• Q&A With Hogan Lovells' Peter Spivack
• Court Awards $20M To Former Clients Of Villalba
• Broker Wants Coverage For $485M Provident Fraud
• Panasonic To Pay $1.5M In Canadian Price-Fixing Plea
• Ex-Madoff Worker Fights Seizure Of House, $2M
• Ex-Ariz. State Senate Candidate Indicted For Fraud
• French Doctor Busted For Allegedly Selling Inside Tips
• United Rentals CFO Gets Probation In Fraud Case
• Political Consultant Seeks Court Atty In Bribery Appeal
• Feds Fight Convicted Exporters' Acquittal Bids
• Murky Waters After Bayou Reversal
• Gov't Seeks 17 Years For Ex-Duane Reade CEO
• Alleged Insider Trader Gets Own Trial In Dick's Case
• Q&A With Morgan Lewis' Eric Sitarchuk
• Ex-Duane Reade Exec Seeks To Avoid Prison Time
• Rajaratnam Fires Back At Feds Over Wiretap Evidence
• Ex-Hedge Fund Manager Cops To $71M Ponzi Scheme
• Past Bribery Fair Game In Racketeering Trial: 5th Circ.
• Skilling Asks 5th Circ. To Reverse Conviction
• Madoff Recovery Lags Despite High Legal Fees
• Utah Judge Exits $100M Ponzi Case Over Bias Claim
• Supreme Court Disbars Former Fen-Phen Torts Atty
• All Nippon To Pay $73M In Guilty Plea For Price-Fixing
• Defense, DOJ Spar Over Proffer Statements In Ring Trial
• Georgiou Witness Had Psychiatric Issues, Attys Say
• Convicted Chicago Trash Contractor Seeks Acquittal
• Chamber Of Commerce Says FCPA Needs Updating
• Feds Add New Counts To $40M Ponzi, Porn Seller Case
• Q&A With Nutter McClennen's Robert Ullmann