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White Collar - June, 2011

308 articles

• Feds Target Execs Over Penny Stock Fraud, Bribery
• Level Global Settles SEC Trading Violations For $3.2M
• Judge Postpones Raj Sentencing To September
• Ex-AMD Manager Admits To Insider Trading
• Calif. Real Estate Investors Will Cop To Bid-Rigging
• Contractor Denies Bribery In Hurricane Ike Cleanup
• Ex-Mass. House Speaker Seeks To Undo Bribery Conviction
• Md. County Councilwoman Cops To Tampering Charge
• Ex-Futures Trader Gets 5 Years For $2M Fraud
• UK Expected To Come Down Hard With New Bribery Law
• Ex-Ropes & Gray Atty Gets 30 Months In Prison
• Ex-Dick's Atty Can't Ditch Prosecutor In Kickbacks Case
• Ex-Broker Settles SEC Pump-And-Dump Suit
• Asbestos Scheme Bros. To Be Resentenced: 2nd Circ.
• UniCredit, Kohn, Others Want Madoff Fraud Suit Tossed
• New Orleans Export Co. Cops To Smuggling Hearing Aids
• Ex-Taylor Bean Chair Gets 30 Years In $3B Fraud Case
• Stevens Prosecutors Ask DC Circ. To Ax Contempt Ruling
• Ex-Bio-Med Execs Can't Escape Convictions: 11th Circ.
• SEC Delays Ex-Goldman Director's Insider Trading Case
• Madoff Feeder Fund Sues Lion Capital To Recoup $50M
• Oil Investment Schemer Gets 10 Years For $15M Fraud
• Adelphia Execs Seek Reconsideration Of Dismissal Bid
• Ex-Credit Suisse Broker Fights Prosecutors Over Forum
• NY Mayor Seeks $600M From CityTime Contractor SAIC
• Judge OKs $22M Settlement In 1031 Tax Group Suit
• Schottenfeld Trader Settles SEC Claims In Galleon Suit
• Feds Urge Up To 15 Years For Ex-Mass. House Speaker
• Contractor Seeks Own Trial Over Hurricane Ike Fraud
• Fortress Must Produce Fried Frank, Skadden Docs: Dechert
• Arent Fox Snags Former Judge From Girardi Keese
• EU States Reach Deal On Energy Insider Trading Rules
• Q&A With Taft's Jackie Bennett
• 3 Prosecutors, Judge Tapped For Texas US Atty Posts
• Liberty Mutual Settles 1031 Embezzlement Fight For $1.7M
• Getting Specific About FCPA Compliance
• Xcel Acquitted Of Charges Over Worker Deaths
• Madoff Feeder Fund Investors Can't Sue Under SIPA
• 2nd Circ. Affirms Sentence For Ex-American Tissue CEO
• Ex-Sky Broker Testifies To Boiler Room Sales Tactics
• Ex-Fla. Port Official Fights Corruption Verdict
• Scruggs Son Loses Latest Bid To Duck Charges
• Senate Elevates Cole, 2 Others To Top DOJ Posts
• New Challenges For Compliance Programs
• Ex-Execs Say Marsh Colluded With Spitzer
• CityTime Manager Faces Battle Over Defense Fees
• Judge OKs $212M Settlement With Madoff Feeders
• Specter Of Dismissal Raised In Lindsey FCPA Case
• 9th Circ. Denies Fees For 3 Cleared Of Securities Fraud
• Disbarred Atty Pleads Not Guilty In $9.5M Investor Scam
• Ex-Atty To Pay $10M For Tax Evasion Through UBS
• Ex-Blackwater Agent Gets 30 Months For Afghan Killings
• New Charges Coming In Hospital Bribery Case, Feds Say
• Renzi Ruling May Force High Court To Address Immunity
• Investor Speaks Of Losses In Sky Capital Fraud Trial
• High Court Won't Hear Firms' Antitrust Subpoena Fight
• Calif. Contractor Gets 4 Years For Labor Scheme
• Q&A With Gibson Dunn's Marcellus McRae
• Ex-Citi Veep Pleads Not Guilty To $19M Embezzlement
• Winston Ducks $2M Claims In Starr Fraud For Now
• Blagojevich Convicted On 17 Counts In Corruption Retrial
• Magyar Telekom Settles SEC's FCPA Probe
• FCPA Enforcement After Lindsey
• EX-MLB Star Can't Lower Bail In Bankruptcy Fraud Case
• NY Ex-Wife To Keep Ponzi Money In Good Faith Transfer
• Madoff Trustee Seeks $19B From JPMorgan In New Suit
• 5th Circ. Upholds $15M SEC Win Over Convicted Fraudster
• SEC Seeks $10M From Moody's Tipster In Galleon Scheme
• Feds Want Book Thrown At Ex-Taylor Bean Chairman
• LeClairRyan Adds Roetzel White Collar Atty In DC
• Keeping An Eye On Subpoena Compliance
• Scruggs Tries To Nix Honest Services Conviction
• How To Make It Rain By Marketing Individual Lawyers
• Convicted Ex-Lampoon CEO Tries to Toss Investor Suit
• Media Mogul Conrad Black Sent Back To Prison
• Q&A With Gibson Dunn's Mark Kirsch
• Man Linked To Iranian Arms Dealer Gets Probation
• 9th Circ. Says Renzi Can't Claim Constitutional Privilege
• Hacker Admits To AT&T IPad Data Breach
• Gabon FCPA Defense Attys Blast Informant At Closing
• Senate Panel Backs Wider Prosecution Of Contractors
• High Court OKs Shortening Sentences Despite Plea Deals
• Foreign Defendants Named In Iran Military Parts Case
• Political Groups Must Pay $1.7M Over Stanford Donations
• Q&A With Dechert's Andrew Levander
• US Fire Wins Coverage Battle Over Fake Madoff Profits
• FBI's Tactics In Gabon FCPA Sting Come Under Fire
• Madoff Feeder Funds Alter $212M Settlement
• Another Atty Charged With Bribing Former Texas Judge
• Feds Seek 30 Years For Doctor In $23M Medicare Fraud
• Maguire Sued Over Ponzi-Funded Poker Winnings
• IP Enforcers Call For Wiretaps, Harsher Penalties
• Alpha, United Coal Workers Sentenced Over Safety Docs
• 4th Rothstein Pal Cops To Role In $1.4B Ponzi Scheme
• Enviro Co. Denied Payment In Kickback Case
• Dreier Trustee Inks $55M Settlement With Hedge Fund
• Understanding The Advice-Of-Counsel Defense
• Ex-Massey Security Chief Moves To Nix Lying Charges
• Army Sgt. Charged Over Kuwait Base Kickback Scheme
• Transocean Faces Tax Fraud Charges In Norway
• E-Rate Bid-Rigger Gets Year In Prison
• Q&A With Bracewell & Giuliani's Marc Mukasey
• Stanford Trials Delayed For Psychiatric Treatment
• Crown Forex Defendant Cops To $190M Ponzi Scheme
• 3rd Concrete Exec Sentenced In DOJ Price-Fixing Probe
• Ex-Sky Capital CEO Portrayed As Dreamer, Schemer
• Most Fraudsters Exploit Weak Internal Controls: Report
• Q&A With Hodgson Russ' Cathy Fleming
• Edwards Trial Date Pushed Back For More Discovery
• Ex-Taylor Bean CEO Gets 3 Years For Fraud
• Ex-Terra Prez Can't Toss US Witness In Haiti Bribery Case
• US Frets Over Witnesses In Massey Security Chief's Trial
• Mets Owners Deny Shopping For Madoff Fraud Insurance
• Businessman Found Liable In $17M Ponzi Scheme
• Ex-Langbar CEO Gets 1 Year For Misleading Investors
• Infineon, Investors Strike $6M Deal In Price-Fixing Action
• Contractor Fined, Suspended For DOD Auto Parts Fraud
• Ex-WexTrust Exec Strikes SEC Deal Over $225M Plot
• Keep $1B Mets Owners' Suit In Bankruptcy Court: SIPC
• Feds Unveil New Charges In CityTime Kickback Case
• Discovery To Chart Course In Edwards Case
• Richards Layton IT Guy Settles SEC Fraud Claims
• Greenwich Off Hook In Law Firm's $8.5M Negligence Case
• US Fights Motion To Dismiss Ala. Gambling Bribery Suit
• Libyans Got Tip From Stanford To Cash Out: Suit
• Owner Of Ill. Weight Loss Clinics Charged With Fraud
• Le-Nature's CEO Pleads Guilty In $806M Fraud Case
• Jiau Convicted For Selling Insider Tips
• No Cover For Insider Trading
• Ex-Broker's Appellate Win Could Be Costly, Judge Says
• US Tries To Hang On To Ex-Sen. Bruno Conviction
• RI Navy Subcontractor Cops Plea In Bribery Case
• Standard Chartered Faces Assault Over Madoff Losses
• Ship Engineer Gets 6 Months In Oil Discharge Case
• Stanford Attorney Wants SEC Case Put On Hold
• Judgment Day For 2 Execs In $3B Taylor Bean Fraud
• Ex-Money Manager Gets 20 Years For Ponzi Scheme
• Panel Disbars NY Lawyer For Obstruction Conviction
• Court Freezes $230M In Illarramendi Ponzi Scam
• Khuzami On The 'Epidemic Of Perjury'
• Q&A With O'Melveny's Carolyn Kubota
• Schottenfeld Trader Exits SEC's Galleon Suit
• Ex-SkyCapital CEO Makes Last-Ditch Bid To Duck Charges
• Feds Call Jiau Brazen Schemer In Trading Trial Close
• 4 Defendants Get Jail Time In $8M OPIC Fraud Case
• How They Won It: Steptoe Gets Rare Acquittal For GSK Atty
• Q&A With Baker & Daniels' Kurt Stitcher
• Ex-Dick's Atty Wants Prosecutor Off Kickbacks Case
• E-Rate Bid-Rigger Gets Offense Level Lowered
• NY Court Refuses To Step Between Prosecutors, Amgen
• Ex-Fidelis Owners Indicted For Fraud In Mo.
• Auditors Can't Exit Suit Over Funds' Ponzi Investments
• 2nd Circ. Upholds Forex Ponzi Schemer's Sentence
• 8 More Suspects Indicted In $7M Petro Scam
• Implementing The SEC Whistleblower Program
• Prostitution Testimony OK'd For SkyCap Fraud Trial
• Feeder Fund Investors Challenge Madoff Trustee Deal
• How They Won It: Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
• Nautilus Tries To Duck Bill For Pastor Sex Abuse Scandal
• Madoff Feeder Fairfield Sues RBC To Recover $11M
• Adelphia Execs Can't Shake Tax Evasion Indictment
• DOJ Fights Cleanup Co.'s Latest Bid In Kickback Case
• Sen. Lifts Hold On SEC Nominees Over Stanford Relief
• Ex-DHB Execs Face $150M Forfeiture For Stock Scheme
• Q&A With Gibson Dunn's Bill Dawson
• Trash Co. Exec Gets 16 Months For Bid-Rigging Scheme
• Q&A With WilmerHale's Mark Flanagan
• Pastors Plead Guilty To $7M Securities Swindle
• Ex-Mass. Speaker DiMasi Convicted In Corruption Case
• RI Subcontractor Charged In Navy Kickback Scheme
• Economic Analysis Of Damages Under FCPA
• Madoff Brother's Aston Martin Goes On Auction Block
• 2nd Circ. Nixes Credit Suisse Broker's Fraud Conviction
• SEC Settles Fraud Suit With Ex-US Technologies CEO
• Court Tosses 26 Actions Against SEC Over Madoff Fraud
• Exec Says US Can't Prove Intent In Bone Cement Case
• CCI Execs Target Travel Act Charges In FCPA Case
• Army Major Pleads Guilty In Bottled Water Bribe Case
• 1st Circ. Won't Trim Sentence For Ex-Financial Adviser
• Sen. To Block SEC Nominations Over Stanford Scheme
• Ex-AG Mukasey Tells Lawmakers FCPA Needs Reform
• Witness In Jiau Trial Admits To Evidence Destruction
• Ex-Madoff Manager Settles SEC Fraud Case
• US Says Early Plea Merits Leniency In E-Rate Case
• Family Seeks $5M From Attys Who Won Suit With Bribes
• 11th Circ. Upholds Sentence In $110M Ga. Mortgage Fraud
• Ex-Taylor Bean Chairman Farkas Fights $31M Forfeiture
• Ex-Miss. Judges, Atty Get New Sentences In Loan Case
• Gryphon Owner Settles With SEC Over $17.5M Fraud
• Minn. Man Latest To Be Charged In Crown Forex Scheme
• Quellos Tax Schemer Gets 32 Months
• Feds Target PG&E Over Calif. Gas Explosion
• Feds Seek 4-Year Prison Term For Chiesi
• Ex-Primary Global Worker Can't Shake Insider Tips Charge
• Forex Trader Cops To Securities Fraud, Faces 20 Years
• King & Spalding Snags Federal Prosecutor For DC Office
• DOJ Subpoenas Gilead Over HIV Drugs
• Ohio County Judge Convicted In Corruption Probe
• FBI Agent Refutes Seeking Glory In Gabon FCPA Case
• Q&A With Baker Hostetler's George Stamboulidis
• AXA Ruling In Retaliation Suit Was Premature: 2nd Circ.
• High Court Won't Rule On Restitution In Petters Case
• 3 Traders Found Guilty In Galleon Spinoff Trial
• NJ Lawyer, Developer Cop To $1M Real Estate Scheme
• Jury Finds Texas Man Guilty Of $100M Insurance Fraud
• Edwards Prosecutor Quits, Alston & Bird Atty Up For Role
• Wells Fargo Settles Nadel Fraud Clawback Suit
• Feds Say Ex-Alaska Pol Doesn't Need 2nd Atty In Retrial
• Ex-Taylor Bean Execs Sentenced For $2.9B Fraud
• E-Rate Fraudster Gets 1 Year For $2.5M Conspiracy
• DC Circ. Orders Review Of Restrictions On Massey Unit
• Rothstein Cohorts To Admit Roles In $1.4B Ponzi Scheme
• Alleged NSA Leaker Strikes Plea With Feds
• La. Wastewater Co. Owner Gets 33 Months In CWA Case
• Gabon FCPA Informant Told Execs Deal Was Legal: FBI
• NY Appeals Court Tosses Zuckerman's BDO Seidman Suit
• US Lightens Sentence Request For Quellos Tax Dodger
• Ex-UBS Adviser Gets 5 Years For Stealing From Clients
• Man Behind Illegal Money Transfer Plot Gets Probation
• 2nd Circ. Affirms $11M Hit Against Taro Insider Traders
• UCB Agrees To Pay $34M Over Epilepsy Drug Labeling
• SEC Agrees To Drop Trivium From Polycom Trading Suit
• Feds Seek Fewer Years For Rothstein In $1.4B Fraud Case
• Complications Of Export Certification Requirements
• Defendants Can Arbitrate Nadel Clawback Suits: Judge
• FCPA Defendants Paid Informant For Consulting Work
• Nuclear Plant Worker Admits Falsifying Records
• Prosecutors Seek Jail Time In $8M Agency Fraud Case
• CORRECTED: US Mortgage Employee Beats Jail Time For $136M Fraud
• US Must Improve Vetting Of Afghan Contractors: GAO
• Bail Bid Denied For Online Poker Scheme Defendant
• Convicted Va. Lawmaker Doesn't Deserve New Trial: US
• 2nd Circ. Affirms Toss Of Madoff Scheme Coverage Suit
• Credit Suisse Docs Key To Madoff Feeder Suit: Judge
• Will Loss Calculation Continue To Drive Sentencing?
• Man Gets 20 Years For $930M Ponzi Grocery Scheme
• Ex-Primary Global Worker Cops To Conspiracy
• NY Real Estate Atty Gets 5 Years For $23M Scheme
• Will $13M Scandal Lead USPS To Better Procurement Regs?
• FCPA Defendants Say Informant Liked Drugs, Prostitutes
• Madoff Trustee Seeks $975M From Kingate Founders
• Ex-Credit Suisse Broker Gets 4 Years For $1B ARS Fraud
• FBI Agent Pleads Not Guilty To Lying About Source
• Adams & Reese Tries To Shake $300M Stanford Fraud Suit
• HSBC Settles Madoff Feeder Suit For $62.5M
• Westgate Fraudster Asks To Vacate 40-Year Sentence
• Ex-Goldman Director Sued By Investor Over Raj Tips
• Jiau Witness Describes Vast Web Of Inside Tipsters
• Laundering Charges Trimmed In Gabon FCPA Case
• US Asks For Lenient Sentence For $1B Fraudster
• US Seeks Prison Time For Ex-Taylor Bean Execs
• Lawmakers Introduce Overseas Contractor Crime Bills
• Judge Won't Delay Civil Case For Rajaratnam Sentence
• Supreme Court Won't Hear Wesley Snipes' Tax Appeal
• JPMorgan Ducks Madoff Investor Suit In 2nd Circ.
• Mexico's Tough New Approach To Antitrust Enforcement
• Ex-Madoff Worker Says He Faked Trading Records
• Inside SEC's New Whistleblower Program
• US Bets Edwards Indictment On Novel Legal Theory
• Infomercial Star Gets 11 Years For Mortgage Fraud
• Ex-Acorn CFO Tries To Escape Suit Over Petters Fraud
• Grupo's Aguilar Gets Time Served In Lindsey FCPA Case
• SEC Closes National Lampoon Stock Inflation Case
• Ex-SAC Manager Admits To Insider Trades In Jiau Trial
• Ex-Wachovia Manager Gets 7 Years For $14M Scam
• Affiliated Ex-CFO Found Guilty Of $11.5M Check Fraud
• Federal Economic Crime Investigator Joins Kilpatrick
• Schwab Strikes $2M Settlement With Parish Investors
• Ill. Woman Pleads Guilty To $2.5M E-Rate Fraud
• Judge Allows US Redactions In NSA Leak Case
• Lindsey Manufacturing's FCPA Battle
• Accused $100M Ponzi Schemer Wins Document Fight
• Ex-NJ Mayor Again Denies Bribery Charges
• Q&A With Morrison & Foerster's Chip Loewenson
• Edwards Denies Using Illegal Campaign Cash To Hide Affair
• Alcatel Finalizes $92M Settlement In FCPA Case
• Blagojevich Talks Senate Seat Strategies
• Ex-Hospital Exec Embezzled $1.7M, Feds Say
• Convicted Ohio Fraudster Banned From Futures Market
• White Collar Star Named Top White House Atty
• SEC Widens Insider Trading Case Against FDA Chemist
• Jiau Says Shared Information Wasn't Material
• Zicam Inventor Arrested Over Unapproved Bird Flu Drug
• Squire Sanders Nabs Health Care Prosecutor
• Feds Trim Charges In Muni Bond Bid-Rigging Case
• FBI Agent Details Undercover Role In Gabon FCPA Case
• Ropes & Gray Snags Former Assistant US Atty
• Stanford Lawyers Want Trial Stayed
• Bank Drops Suit Over $18M Loan Fraud Coverage
• Madoff's Former Payroll Manager To Plead Guilty
• SEC Foreign Bribery Head To Join Simpson Thacher In DC
• Goldman Hit With Subpoena Over MBS Antics
• Superfund Kickback Conspirator Hit With House Arrest
• Crown Forex Investors Can't Shake Receiver Actions
• Criminal Antitrust Perils For Government Contractors
• Ex-Clark Thomas Atty Gets 500 Days For Kickback Scam
• Blagojevich Says He Didn't Try To Sell Obama Senate Seat
• White Collar E-Discovery In The Criminal Context
• Acorn Capital Boss Gets 18 Years For $25M Ponzi Plot
• Ex-La. Official Cops To Kickback Conspiracy
• Witness Grilled On Plea Deal In Gabon FCPA Case
• Chinese Nationals Plead Guilty To Illegal Export Charge
• CDR Exec Says Bid-Rigging Case Belongs In Calif.
• Calif. Man Admits Plot To Send Missile Parts To Iran
• Picard Fee Objector's Tactics 'Abusive': Judge
• Judge Frees Insurers From JPMorgan Ponzi Suit
• Goffer Targets Feds' Evidence In Insider Trading Trial
• Va. Woman Gets 15 Months For Iraq Bribery Scheme