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White Collar - January, 2011

235 articles

• Trade Group Asks SEC For Answers On Expert Networks
• Mass. Woman Gets 3 Years For Illegal Exports
• Maxwell Tech To Pay $14M Over FCPA Allegations
• UK Bribery Act Faces 2nd Delay
• Velvel Loses Latest Appeal Bid Against Madoff Trustee
• Guggenheim Imposters Charged For Investment Scam
• Implementing The SEC Whistleblower Program
• Union Official Gets 27 Months For Bribery
• McKinsey Cries Foul Over Rajaratnam Subpoena
• Convicted Goldman Programmer Fights For Acquittal
• Feds Call Dismissal Bid By Madoff Aides 'Frivolous'
• Judge Hits Minn. Ponzi Mastermind With $85M Penalty
• Hearst To Buy Lagardere Magazines For €651M
• Quellos Execs Get 4 Years Each For Tax Scheme
• Ex-Sky Capital Brokers Cop To $140M Fraud Scheme
• Ex-Judge, Others Indicted For Hurricane Ike Fraud
• French Regulator Had No Evidence To Indict: Lagardere
• Leahy Revives Bill To Toughen Food Crime Penalties
• Ex-J&G Attys Want Evidence Barred In Tax Fraud Case
• 'CHiPs' Star Escapes Jail Time For Penny-Stock Scam
• Akin Gump, Sydow Clash Over Stanford Suit's Venue
• Disney Secretary's Boyfriend Gets 2 Years In Fraud Plot
• Rothstein Partner Settles With Bankruptcy Trustee
• Convicted Lancer Fraudster Remains On Hook
• Ala. High Court Upholds $3B Scrushy Fraud Verdict
• US Says Deleted Texts Held No Evidence In FCPA Case
• Another AIPC Exec Strikes Deal In SEC Fraud Suit
• US Targets HSBC Over Tax-Evasion Services
• Lloyd's Defense Suit Stayed In Insurance Fraud Case
• US Sues Guidant Over Defective Defibrillators
• 5th Circ. Clears BP Traders Of Propane Antitrust Plot
• Feds Predict Attacks On Witnesses In Tax Fraud Case
• NY AG's Office Beefs Up Fraud-Fighting Units
• Ex-Bank Exec Cops To Insider Trading Scheme
• 'CHiPs' Star To Get Lower Sentence In Fraud Case
• Ex-Hospital VP Asks For 2 Years In Corruption Case
• Miller & Chevalier Adds Tax, White Collar Veteran
• Aspen Exploration Owners Plead Guilty In $56M Fraud
• Export Controls Developments In 2011
• Stanford Ruled Incompetent To Stand Trial
• CDR Asks Judge For 15-Month Delay In Bid-Rigging Trial
• Deputy AG Names Career Prosecutors To Staff Posts
• Money Manager Indicted Over Regulator Death Threats
• Ex-Lancer Exec Loses Bid To Nix $200M Fraud Case
• Sens. Call For Stiffer Health Care Fraud Penalties
• 2 Ex-Galleon Traders Plead Guilty As Trial Nears
• House Panel Absolves Lawmakers In Fundraising Probe
• Nadel Receiver Reaches Deal With Calif. Investor
• Feds Seek Time To Rebut La. Sen.'s Fraud Defense
• Wiretaps, Electronic Searches And The 4th Amendment
• Exec Gets 3 Years For Bilking $1M From Wilson Sonsini
• Manhattan DA Wants To Give Martin Act More Bite
• Jailed Qwest Telecom CEO Settles With SEC
• Duane Reade Execs Win Bid To Bar New Loss Models
• Army Contractor Gets 3 Years In Bribery Case
• Dorsey Wins $2M From ClearOne For Perjury Case Fees
• Ex-Thornwater Exec Pleads Guilty In $140M Fraud Case
• Ex-Boston Pol Gets 3 Years For Alleged Corruption
• Dimora Offers Up New Defense Attys In Kickbacks Case
• Canada Help In US Fraud Case Holds Up: 9th Circ.
• Quellos Execs Seek Minimum Sentence For $240M Fraud
• US Destroyed Evidence In Bribery Case: Defendant
• Man Claims Insanity In $15.8M Ponzi Scheme Case
• Contractor Says No Bribery Found At Ghana Oil Field
• Engineer Gets 32 Years For Sale Of Military Secrets
• US Won $2.5B In Health Care Fraud Cases In '10: Study
• Ex-New York Financial Head Cops To $1.6M Fraud
• Exec Gets 4 Months For Kitchen Hardware Price-Fixing
• Cahill Adds Asst US Atty To White Collar Group
• Insurance Broker Gets 4 Years For $20M Fraud Scheme
• 3 Indicted Over Alleged Oil Shipping Kickbacks
• Mich. City Official Traded Contract For Lexus, Jury Finds
• Urban Outfitters Chair Sued Over Short Swing Profits
• Former Madoff Worker Hits Back At Atty Fee Freeze
• DOJ Ends J&J Blood Reagent Price-Fixing Probe
• Terra Ex-Controller Gets 2 Years For Bribery Scheme
• Snake Oil And Search Warrants
• Ex-NJ Gov't Worker Gets 42 Months For Taking Bribes
• Morgan Stanley Banker Linked To Galleon Case
• Office Assistant Pleads Guilty In $8M Ponzi Scheme
• Court Refuses To Give Lancer Insider Settlement Docs
• Kosmos Contractor May Face Bribery Allegations
• French Court Convicts Ex-Vivendi CEO For Fraud
• British Waste Exec Gets 2 Years For Insider Trading
• The Rise Of 3rd-Party Litigation Funding
• Chitron Boss Should Get 10 Years, Prosecutors Say
• Mass. Lawyer Gets 12 Years For $10.6M Mortgage Fraud
• DOJ Fights Bankrupt Lender's Bid To Trash Loan Docs
• SEC Sues West End Investment Firms For Fraud
• UK Considers Overhaul Of White Collar Enforcement
• Tax Preparer Gets 6 Years For $17M Fraud
• Ex-NASA Worker Pleads Guilty In Illegal Export Case
• Hospital VP Gets 9 Years In Cleveland Corruption Case
• Criminal Law Aspects Of Gaming Regulation
• Atty Accused Of Bribery Should Be Extradited: UK Court
• Feds Accuse Life Insurance Bond Co. Of $670M Fraud
• Army Officer Gets 5 Years For Bribery
• Airline Fined For Illegally Dumping Hazardous Waste
• Ex-Taylor Bean Chief Chases Docs In $2B Fraud Case
• Ex-Swiss Banker Fined For Giving Data To WikiLeaks
• Nearing Trial, Lancer Insider Seeks Settlement Info
• White Collar Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn
• Probation Violations Land TV Producer Back In Prison
• Tearful Chiesi Pleads Guilty To Insider Trading
• FCPA Can't Save $149M Alcatel-Lucent RICO Suit
• D&O Insurance, An Overview: Part 2
• Venable Nets Former Md. State's Atty
• White Collar Group Of The Year: Skadden
• Fund Ex-Manager Nabbed For Alleged $3.5M Fraud
• 2nd Circ. Revives Parmalat Venue Dispute
• Feds Charge Hackers In AT&T IPad Data Breach
• DOJ Forms New Unit To Punish Prosecutor Misconduct
• NextStep Founder Gets 16 Years For $6M Ponzi Scheme
• Prosecutors Go After Ex-Fla. Port Official's Wallet
• Former DHS Contracting Officer Gets 6 Months
• Ex-Lancer Exec Can't Shake $200M Fraud Case
• Are Insolvent Corporations Hurt By More Debt?
• UK Bribery Regulators Join White & Case, Covington
• High Court Refuses To Hear Stanford's Bail Appeal
• Ex-Stryker Exec Tries To Nix Cover-Up Claim
• SEC Rankles Financial Firms With FCPA Probe
• Qantas To Pay $26.5M To Escape Air Cargo Cartel MDL
• AUO Exec Can Leave US Amid LCD Price-Fixing Charges
• Alleged CIA Leaker Pleads Not Guilty
• White Collar Group Of The Year: O'Melveny
• Ex-Ropes & Gray Atty Cops To Galleon Trading Plot
• Money Manager Threatened To Kill 47 Regulators: FBI
• Ex-BDO Chief Says Feds Sabotaged Tax Fraud Defense
• Dorsey Nets Porter Wright Securities Litigation Head
• NY Drops Last Marsh Bid-Rigging Cases
• SEC Drops Suit Against Dead Madoff Feeder
• HannStar Exec Charged In LCD Price-Fixing Scheme
• The Year Ahead In Antitrust Enforcement
• Q&A With Shearman & Sterling's Stephen Fishbein
• Ex-Perot Trader Faces 10 Years For Securities Fraud
• Ex-Lawyer Can't Evade Disbarment Over $20M Fraud
• White Collar Group Of The Year: King & Spalding
• Ex-Bank One Exec Gets 5 Years For Alleged Tax Scheme
• Va. Lawmaker Pleads Not Guilty To Bribery, Extortion
• Man Pleads Guilty To Attempted Iran Arms Deal
• Feds Wait On High Court For Conrad Black Retrial
• Ex-Home Diagnostics CEO Charged With Insider Trading
• Renault Sends Spying Case To French Prosecutors
• US Wants Stanford Evaluated In Government Facility
• US Loses Transcript Bid In $16M Bribery Case
• Judge OKs $7.2B Picower Settlement In Madoff Case
• Western Titanium Strikes Plea Deal In Fraud Case
• Insider Trading Case Over Tech Cos. Sent To NY
• Ex-Bank One Exec Asks To Remain Free Pending Appeal
• SEC Renews Push For Wiretaps In Galleon Fraud Suit
• Print Broker Admits To Lying In Printing Bid
• White Collar Group Of The Year: Goodwin Procter
• Ex-Mattel Employee Admits Copying Docs For MGA
• Guidant To Pay $296M Penalty In Defibrillator Case
• La Madrid To Pay $7M For Hedge Fund Fraud
• Mabey Army Contract Sustained Amid Alleged Fraud
• Ex-KB Home CEO Drops Appeal In Backdating Case
• D&O Insurance, An Overview: Part 1
• Fen-Phen Lawyer Indicted For Insurance Fraud
• Q&A With Barg Coffin's Davina Pujari
• CFTC Accuses Calif. Man Of $14M Ponzi Scheme
• Criminal Charges Fly Against Former Pegasus Execs
• Ex-Mich. AG Joins Dykema's Health Care Practice
• Law360's White Collar Groups Of The Year
• Ex-Bank One Exec Must Pay $3M In Tax Scheme Case
• Ex-PGR Analyst Pleads Guilty To Insider Trading
• Q&A With White & Case's George Terwilliger
• NY Atty Admits Role In $23M Mortgage Fraud
• US Says Ex-NASA Worker Illegally Exported Technology
• Sobering Developments In Health Care Exclusion
• CVS To Pay $1M To Bury Banned Pharmacist Case
• Charity Sues Accountants Over $10M Bloom Fraud
• Ex-InterMune CEO Says Withheld Docs Clear His Name
• SEC Sues 4 In Galleon Insider Trading Case
• DeLay Sentenced To 3 Years For Money Laundering
• Ex-Lobbyist Gets 27 Months For Illegal Donations
• WexTrust Ponzi Defendant Asks To Ditch Attys
• Kilpatrick, Others Plead Not Guilty To Corruption
• HealthSouth Wins Appeal In Search For Scrushy Assets
• 3 Plead Guilty To UK Insider Trading Plot
• Deutsche Must Produce Info In J&G Tax Shelter Case
• The SEC's Willingness To Spare Cooperators
• Q&A With Schulte Roth's Marty Perschetz
• Ex-Army Sergeant Gets 7.5 Years For Taking Bribes
• High Court Takes On Two Ineffective Assistance Appeals
• Stanford's Trial Delayed Over Mental Competence
• Ex-CIA Officer Arrested For Leaking Docs To Reporter
• Chicago Sewer Contractors Hit With Fraud Charges
• UBS Tip Recipient Cops To Insider Trading
• Ex-Madoff Aide Wins Release After Judge Cuts Bail
• What Did You Know, When Did You Know It?
• Q&A With Warner Norcross' Sarah Howard
• Broker Gets 32 Months For Swindling Clients
• Fla. Penny Stock Pump-And-Dumpers Cut Deal
• Ex-Blagojevich Fundraiser Wins Sentencing Delay
• Ex-Equipment Finance Execs Settle Fraud Suit
• US Joins FCA Suit Over Food For Troops
• Criminal Subpoenas For Foreign-Originating Evidence
• Ex-Westar Exec Loses Bid To Clear Record
• Former Va. Lawmaker Indicted For Bribery, Extortion
• 9th Circ. Says Feds Must Return $2.5M To Ex-Ukraine PM
• 8th Circ. Revives D&O Suit Over Bank Exec's Defense
• Ex-Greenberg Atty Gets 15 Months For $500K Theft
• Madoff Trustee Wins OK For $500M Union Bancaire Deal
• Q&A With Stinson Morrison's John Aisenbrey
• SEC Backs Off Indicted Richards Layton IT Guy For Now
• New Trial Bid Centers On Jenkens & Gilchrist Docs
• Get It In Writing Or Pay The Consequences
• 2nd Circ. Targets AXA Tactics In Retaliation Suit
• Feds Defend Use Of E-Mails In $200M Lancer Case
• Galleon Defendants Can't Shake Insider Trading Case
• Q&A With Weil's Steve Tyrrell
• La Madrid Brothers Cop To $30M Hedge Fund Fraud
• DOJ Wins Access To Docs In CDR Bid-Rigging Suit
• Chitron Can't Shake Guilty Verdict Over China Exports
• Madoff Investor's Suit Over $6.6M Divorce Deal Revived
• DC Circ. Rules Against Broker In NM Kickback Case
• US Says High Court Ruling Can't Kill $200M Lancer Case
• Networking Insider Trading Defendants Win Bail Deals
• New Law To Crack Down On Foreign Criminal Assets
• Prosecutors Seek 1-Year Sentence For Ex-Mercury CFO
• Reflections On Brazilian Cartel Enforcement
• Malaysian Telecom Cos. Eye Alcatel Over Bribes
• Q&A With WilmerHale's Stephen Jonas
• Cole Joins DOJ As Deputy AG Over Senate Objections
• Eaton's Trade Secrets Suit Nixed Over Atty Misconduct
• Alcatel-Lucent Settles SEC Bribery Case For $45M
• Liberty Mutual Settles Kickback Claims For $7.5M
• Judge Denies Bail In Marvell Insider Trading Case
• Ex-Madoff Operations Chief Seeks To Toss Indictment
• SNR Denton Adds Partners To IP, White Collar Groups
• Rattner Settles Pension Kickback Claims For $10M
• The Global Squeeze On Insider Trading
• Q&A With Schiff Hardin's Patricia Holmes
• Feds Lose Bid To Revoke Ken Starr's Bail