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White Collar - February, 2011

232 articles

• Ex-Apple Manager Confesses To $2M Kickback Scheme
• Ex-McGuireWoods Atty Gets 3 Years For $17M PIPE Con
• Indicted Fla. Port Official Alleges Gov't Race Bias
• DOJ Wants Ex-School Official's Plea Appeal Nixed
• J&G Defendants Face Tough Battle In Tax Trial
• Ga. Court Disbars Ex-Judge Over Unethical Rulings
• NM Real Estate Co. Denies Running $76M Ponzi Scheme
• SEC Counsel Says Madoff Ties Didn't Warrant Recusal
• Ex-SocGen Trader Gets 3 Years For Stealing Code
• Massey Official Lied To Inspectors Over Blast: Feds
• Arnold & Porter Nets Veteran UK Prosecutor
• Ex-Judge Says Brain Injury Led To Drugs, Stripper
• It's A Raid! Now What?
• Sydow Suit Over Stanford Fees Returns To State Court
• Ex-La. Wildlife Commissioner Faces Bribery Charges
• NY Court Kills Fraud Charges Against Healthfirst Exec
• FCPA Self-Reporting Still A Tough Sell
• House Republicans Eye Top SEC Atty's Madoff Ties
• Most Claims Live In Madoff Trustee's $1B Adviser Suit
• Fla. Atty Gets 4 Years For Stealing Client Funds
• In Pursuit Of Corrupted Foreign Officials
• Concert Promoter Cops To $50M Ponzi Scheme
• Ex-US Mortgage Head Gets 14 Years For $136M Fraud
• Mets Owners Delay Fight For Discovery In Madoff Case
• DOJ Misconduct Unit Won't End Discovery Misdeeds
• Horizon To Pay $45M Fine For Shipping Conspiracy: DOJ
• Ex-Mabey Execs Sentenced In Oil-For-Food Scheme
• NY Jury Convicts 2 In $6M Watermark Fraud Case
• China Remains An FCPA Hot Spot
• Ex-Taylor Bean Treasurer Pleads Guilty To $2B Fraud
• Behind Closed Doors: Hurdles Juries Face
• Feds Ask Judge To Nix 3 Counts Against Blagojevich
• Cardiff Fined $2.4M Over Illegal Waste Discharge
• Credit Union Head Gets 9 Years For Embezzlement
• Expert Networking Defendant Wins Bail Package OK
• Abramoff Lobbyist Appeals 20-Month Sentence
• High Court OKs Calif. Time Rule In Prisoner Appeals
• Default Rulings Issued In Tri-Star Kickback Suit
• CFTC Strikes Deal In Forex Trader Case
• High Court Considers Retroactive Sentence Reductions
• Credit Suisse Bankers Charged With $3B Tax Fraud
• Charges Shaved In NASA Fraud Suit Against Professor
• SEC's Top Lawyer Faces Madoff Clawback Suit
• Assessing FINRA Priorities And Results
• Guggenheim Funds Seek $10M In Imposter Case
• NY Man Faces 20 Years In Prison After Ponzi Plea
• Texas Atty Pleads Guilty In Stock Manipulation Case
• FCPA Case Challenges DOJ On 'Foreign Official'
• Philips Reports Possible FCPA Violations
• LA Admin Pleads Guilty To $6M Medicare Fraud
• Trustee Hits Citi With $430M Suit Over Madoff Deals
• Owner Of Brunsman Cos. Cops To $52M Bank Fraud
• Insurer Says Law Firm Lied About Fraud Case
• Galleon Defendant's Firm Faces Boot Over Job App
• Disney Secretary Avoids Jail Time For Trading Scheme
• Ex-Bristol Myers Worker Gets Time Served For IP Theft
• Blagojevich Tries To Nix Wiretap Evidence
• FCA Liability In A Post-PPACA World
• Ex-Judge Found Guilty Over $2.8M Kickback Scheme
• 11th Circ. Upholds Helvetia Fraudster's Conviction
• Ex-City Offical Still Can't Pay Reduced Bail: Atty
• Dinsmore & Shohl Lures Ex-Assistant US Attorney
• Rabbi Gets 4 Years For $4M SAC Capital Extortion Plot
• Brazil Nets 1st Insider Trading Convictions
• Ex-Whistleblower Protector Asks To Cancel Guilty Plea
• Thai Airways To Pay $3.5M To Exit Air Cargo MDL
• Former Charity Honcho Gets 10 Years In Bribery Case
• Chinese Court Upholds Conviction Of US Geologist
• Stars Among Creditors In Starr & Co. Bankruptcy
• Black Asks High Court To Overturn Conviction Again
• UniCredit Says Picard Lacks Standing In $60B Suit
• Where Do We Go From US Bank V. Ibanez?
• Managing Employee Responses To Investigations
• Tri-Star Head Gets 30 Months For Kickback Scheme
• Judge Freezes Assets Of 3 Alleged Ponzi Schemers
• Expert Network Scheme Suspect Fights For Release
• Stanford Accuses US Of Rights Violations
• Feds Charge 114 In Massive Medicare Fraud Crackdown
• Fraudster Gets 40 Years For $20M Advance-Fee Fraud
• 3rd Circ. Must Uphold Morgan Crucible CEO Verdict: DOJ
• SEC Corruption Probe Prompts Scrutiny Of Deals
• Bad To Worse: The Investigation Of Morgan Crucible
• Feds Arrest Woman In Illegal Honey Import Scheme
• Ex-KB Homes Exec Gets Probation In Backdating Plot
• Man Used NFL Contacts To Fuel $41M Ponzi Plot: Feds
• SEC Again Seeks Default Ruling In Penny Stock Suit
• Investor Targets Tidewater Board Over FCPA Cases
• Ex-Swiss Banker Loses WikiLeaks Coercion Appeal
• In Pari Delicto: Not For Third-Party Liability
• Potato Bigwig Admits To Illegal Campaign Donations
• Ex-Hevesi Aide Hit With Jail Time For Kickback Scheme
• Con Man Gets 13 Years, $8M In Fraud Scheme
• Lancer Fund Manager Can't Shake $200M Fraud Case
• SEC Settles Insider Trading Case Over Shiseido Merger
• DLA Piper Grabs Veteran Litigator For Seattle Office
• Picard Never Met Madoff, Atty Says
• CalPERS Confirms Criminal Placement Agent Probe
• Ousted JPMorgan Exec Renews Whistleblower Suit
• Novo Nordisk Faces Criminal Probe Over Diabetes Drugs
• E&Y Atty Fights Trading Conviction In 2nd Circ.
• KBR Subsidiary To Pay $11M Over UK Bribery Charges
• Rajaratnam Loses Last-Minute Wiretap Exclusion Bids
• Family, Fraud And Forfeiture: US V. Warshak
• Ex-Credit Bancorp CEO Ordered To Disgorge $21M
• 5 Plead Not Guilty In CityTime Kickback Case
• Brothers Plead Guilty To Insider Trading At Sequenom
• Potato Head Hit With Campaign Donation Charges
• Uniform Securities Fraud Penalties Needed: US Atty
• Meridian Says It Was Madoff's Victim, Not Feeder Fund
• Leahy Calls Again For Stiffer CWA Penalties
• Ex-Hedge Fund Exec Fails To Nix Rajaratnam Subpoena
• Judge Grants Bid To Shield FCPA Case Info
• Wire Fraud Convict Asks 2nd Circ. To Undo Verdict
• Fugitive Fund Manager Charged In $4M Ponzi Scheme
• Prosecutors Claim Deja Vu In 2nd Blagojevich Trial
• Sidley Austin Snags Ex-Inspector General For Chicago
• Hedge Fund Fraudster Seeks Review Of $3.8M Penalty
• Sky Capital Exec Cops Plea In $140M Securities Fraud
• Fraud Victims 'Breaking The Bank'
• S. Korea Fines Samsung, Others $50M For Price-Fixing
• Exec Out On Bond In Navy Contract Kickback Case
• Counsel To Key House Committee Joins O'Melveny
• Gov't Demands Discovery In Rajaratnam Case
• Jailed Qwest Ex-CEO Gives Up Appeal In 10th Circ.
• Md. County Exec Indicted For Corruption
• Goldman's Tourre Asks Judge To Toss SEC ABACUS Suit
• Feds Want In On $84M Crown Forex Fraud Suit
• DOJ Could Get $28B Bump In 2012 Budget
• Ex-White Sox Exec Cops To Fraud In Kickback Scheme
• Alleged Guggenheim Imposter Makes Bail
• SEC Ignored Red Flags In Westridge Fraud: IG Report
• Hedge Fund Shuts Doors After FBI Raid
• Latham Snags Ex-US Atty For NY Office
• Alleged Penny Stock Schemers Evade Default Judgment
• FCA And ITAR — A Lethal Combination
• Abramoff Lobbyist Sentenced To 20 Months
• Bank Seeks $22M Coverage Over Ponzi Scheme Loans
• Sen. Targets SEC, DOJ Relations In Criminal Probes
• Calif. Investment Co. Head Gets 5 Years For Fraud
• Judge Stonewalls Doral In $130M Restitution Bid
• WexTrust Founder Settles With SEC Over $250M Fraud
• Continental To Settle Clawback Claims For Up To $25M
• Ex-Minn. Auto Chief Gets 10 Years, Fined $31M
• Charlie Brown's CEO Nailed With 2-Year Prison Term
• Ex-Credit Bancorp Exec Must Pay $35M In Civil Case
• Pharma/Device Enforcement: A Year In Review
• Le-Nature's CEO Made $28M Off Ill-Gotten Jewels: Feds
• Cooperator Lied In Wiretap Evidence, Rajaratnam Says
• Ex-Hill Aide Convicted Over World Series Trip Gift
• Tax Preparer's Ex-Wife Gets 5 Years For $28M Fraud
• Mario Cuomo To Ref Madoff Trustee, Mets Showdown
• Pa. Broker Pleads Guilty To Insider Trading
• Ex-Real Estate Atty Gets 2 Years For Bank Fraud
• NYC Consultant Pleads Guilty In $80M CityTime Fraud
• 6th Circ. Backs UAW Reps' Conspiracy Convictions
• Wiretapping For Beginners
• Ex-Mabey Execs Found Guilty In Oil-For-Food Scheme
• Tyson To Pay $5.2M To Settle Mexico Bribery Claims
• Dooney Founder Claims Ignorance In Illegal Oil Deal
• DeLay Says Juror Was Biased, Seeks New Trial
• Dechert Fights Liability Claim In Dreier Scheme
• Salmonella Victims Seek Criminal Case For PCA Exec
• Cleveland Hospital Exec Gets 9 Years For Bribery
• Convicted Chinese Co. Fined $2M Over Chip Exports
• Fla. Judge Won't Rehear Alcatel-Lucent RICO Suit
• Judge Bars 3rd-Party Suits Against Madoff Relatives
• Weapons Co. Execs Accused Of Smuggling Gun Parts
• Life Insurance Bond Co. Defendants Deny $670M Fraud
• Holland & Knight Adds Ex-Prosecutor To LA Office
• JPMorgan Seeks Transfer Of $6.4B Madoff Suit
• The 'New Normal' In ESI Preservation Duties: Part 2
• Accounting Firm Aided $5M BofA MDL Fund Theft: Suit
• Troutman Tries To Nix Taylor Bean Exec's Info Demand
• DLA Piper Lures 2 Paul Hastings Litigation Leaders
• 4 Charged In Expert Networking Trading Scheme
• Man Gets 2 1/2 Years For Corning Trade Secrets Theft
• 2 Concrete Execs Sentenced In Price-Fixing Case
• Pa. Gov. Names Career Prosecutor To AG Post
• Navy Engineer, Contractor Charged In $10M Scheme
• DOJ Urges High Court Not To Hear Bribery Case
• Exec Admits To Auto Lights Price-Fixing Scheme
• Ex-J&G Attys Lose Bids To Trim Tax Fraud Charges
• Nixon Peabody Lures Stroock Securities Expert
• Houston Gas Trader Cops To $8M Fraud
• Marine Captain Gets 6 Years For Iraq Fraud
• Hedge Fund Founder Ordered To Pay $3.8M
• Loeb & Loeb Snags Ex-Federal Prosecutor From Orrick
• Ex-GSK Atty Wants Obstruction Charge Nixed
• Ex-Primary Global Executive Fights Trading Charges
• JPMorgan May Seek $400M From Ala. County Over Suit
• Scientist Convicted Of Selling Dow Secrets To China
• Contractor Testifies In Kuwait Base Corruption Probe
• Ex-Prosecutor Joins Drinker Biddle White Collar Team
• 20-Year Fraud Sentence Upheld For HomeGold CEO
• Insurance Exec Admits To Hiding $20M Loan Fraud
• Atheros Exec Settles With SEC In Galleon Trading Suit
• Ex-Controller Sues Gristede's For Wrongful Termination
• Real Estate Exec Pleads Guilty To Bid-Rigging, Fraud
• Miami Developers Get 10 Years For Tax Evasion
• Prosecutors Want 2 Years For Abramoff Lobbyist
• Fried Frank Plucks Steptoe & Johnson Commercial Atty
• Madoff Trustee Claims Mets Owners Owe Victims $300M
• Feds Want Chinese Co. Fined $2M In Export Scheme
• WexTrust Exec Cops To $255M Ponzi Scheme
• A Review Of 2010 Criminal Antitrust Enforcement
• SEC Adds Civil Charges To Expert Networking Probe
• 11th Circ. Upholds 20-Year Sentence For Fraudster
• Mets' Owners Done Negotiating With Madoff Trustee
• Ex-Home Diagnostics CEO Indicted Over Stock Tips
• JPMorgan Knew Of Madoff Fraud, Trustee Says
• Northstar, Top Exec Settle Fraud Case For $11M
• Courts Likely To Decide Reach Of UK Bribery Act
• UK Adviser Pleads Not Guilty To Insider Trading
• Calif. Man Cleared Of Exporting US Army Gear To Yemen
• Ex-Whistleblower Counsel Can't Avoid Jail
• Druyun Docs Will Be Part Of L-3 Bid Protest
• JPMorgan Whistleblower Asks To Keep Target Secret
• Money Manager Touting Royal Ties Pleads Guilty
• Evidence At Issue As Rajaratnam Case Nears Start
• Holland & Knight Lands Fla.'s Former Top Prosecutor
• Madoff Associate Fails To Block Investor Suits
• Acrow Loses Bid To Halt Mabey Army Contract
• Law360 White Collar Editorial Advisory Board
• Banker Gets 40 Months For $1M Insider Trading Plot
• NY Broker Charged In $30M Pump-And-Dump Scheme
• The 'New Normal' In ESI Preservation Duties: Part 1
• Mets Owners Fight To Keep Madoff Trustee Case Sealed
• Judge Orders Rajaratnam To Give Wiretaps To SEC
• Man Charged With Smuggling Weapons Materials To Iran
• Ethics Committee Taps K&L Gates Atty To Probe Ensign
• Ex-New Castle Exec To Pay $3.5M In SEC's Galleon Suit
• FCPA Guidance In Alcatel-Lucent Settlements