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White Collar - August, 2011

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• Ex-Galleon Trader Asks For Lenient Sentence
• Lancer Group Receiver, Citco Group Reach $5M Settlement
• Ex-CIA Official Blames Senate Atty In Leak Case
• Insurer Tries To Shake $20M Fremont Coverage Suit
• Calif. Atty Convicted In Witness-Buying Case
• Businessman Told To Pay $3M Over La. Bribe Scheme
• Primary Global Exec's Insider Trading Trial Kicks Off
• Ex-Galleon Trader Gets 5 1/2 Years For Insider Trading
• Madoff Trustee Trims Maxam Fraudulent Transfer Suit
• UK Charges 1st Person Under New Bribery Law
• FTC Returns $3.2M To Warranty Robo Call Scam Victims
• Judge Rejects Objection To Meridian MDL Consolidation
• Ex-Rite Aid GC's Legal Saga Ends With Time Served
• Feds Say Ala. Lobbyist Should Stay Locked Up
• Ex-Frontier Holdings CEO Convicted Of $7.4M Fraud
• Ex-Akamai Employee Cops To Foreign Economic Espionage
• Santander Madoff Suit Belongs In Ireland: 11th Circ.
• Convicted Ex-Duane Reade CEO Tries To Dodge Payout
• Sabry Lee Distributor Cops To Auto Lights Conspiracy
• Layne Christensen Fires Exec Amid FCPA Probe
• Disgraced Mass. House Speaker Denied New Trial
• Madoff Trustee Wants More Defendants In $59B Kohn Suit
• Rothstein Trustee Goes After Hedge Fund Heads For $40M
• Fla. Fraudster Cops To $22M Ponzi Scheme
• Ex-PPG Exec Settles With US Over Pakistan Exports
• Ex-AFS CFO Asks For Leniency In Check-Kiting Sentence
• Former Bank Execs Get 2 Years For Insider Trading
• Bryan Cave Battles $100M Malpractice Suits
• Dreier Trustee Settles Ponzi Claims For $40M
• Clemens Accuses Prosecutors Of Provoking Mistrial
• Ex-Kaye Scholer Atty Says Indictment May Prejudice Jury
• Sky Capital Founder Looks To Overturn Fraud Conviction
• Ex-Mass. Speaker DiMasi Seeks Lenient Bribery Sentence
• No Arbitration For Stanford Employees: Judge
• 11th Circ. Vacates Sanctions Against US In Shaygan Case
• TriCentury Denied Early Win Over Former GC
• US Seeks 4 Years For Pipe Co. Owner Over Con Ed Bribes
• Santander US Escapes Madoff Feeder Fund Class Action
• Jury Convicts Military Contractor Of $4.4M Fraud
• Ex-ABB Exec Says FCPA Indictment May Be Time-Barred
• Ex-Marvell Manager Gets Bail In Insider Trading Case
• Husband Admits He Lied About Ponzi Fugitive's Location
• Mutual Benefits Atty Gets 5 Years For $837M Ponzi Plot
• Ex-Dick's Atty Fights US Calls To Revoke Bail Over Email
• 6th Circ. OKs Uneven Penalties In Mich. Bribery Case
• Convicted Ex-Duane Reade Execs Lose Bid For Retrial
• Fraudster's Lawyer, Accountants Settle For $1.75M
• Madoff Hits Banks, Funds With $45M Clawback Claims
• Bid-Rigging Case Against Ex-GE Execs Sent To Trial
• Feds Push For More NY Times Testimony On CIA Leak
• Gibson Guitars Slams DOJ's Seizure Of Wood Imports
• Terra Execs Point To New Evidence In Acquittal Bid
• Ex-Aeropostale Exec Fails To Skirt Kickback Charges
• 3rd Circ. Backs Bribery Convictions Of Dean, NJ Sen.
• Madoff Trustee Seeks $20.6M From Delta Bank
• Trader Should Get 5 1/2 Years For $6M Galleon Gains: US
• Pentagon Contracting Official Nabbed In Bribery Sting
• Edwards Wants Campaign Finance Trial Postponed Again
• Postal Worker Cops To $13M Cash-For-Contracts Scheme
• Alleged $1B Intel Secrets Thief Must Pay For Own Atty
• Judge Nixes Wire Fraud Charge In GE Bid-Rigging Suit
• Ex-National Century CEO Takes Convictions To High Court
• Ex-Aspen Oilman's Swag Goes To Victims Of $56M Fraud
• 11th Circ. Backs $19M Fine In Ala. Sewer Bribe Case
• WikiLeaks Says US Wants Web Host's Records
• No Government Intervention? No FCA Merit In 5th Circ.
• Concrete Co. Cops To Price-Fixing Scheme
• Ex-Mass. House Speaker Deserves 12 Years For Bribery: US
• Dreier Trustee Settles With 2 Ponzi Victims For $26M
• 'Jewish Indiana Jones' Accused Of Defrauding Charity
• Gryphon Fraudsters Banned From Trading In SEC Suit
• WexTrust Receiver's Much Shelist Deal Nixed
• Rothstein Cohort Gets 5 Years For Ponzi Plot
• Businessman To Appeal Sentence For Iran Missile Plot
• Feds Ask Judge To Deny Blagojevich 3rd Trial
• Judge Rejects Pro Bono Counsel For Importer In Duty Case
• Investors Plead Guilty To Tax Lien Bid-Rigging Scheme
• Appeal Of Hollywood Producers' FCPA Sentences Dropped
• US Sues To Freeze Assets In Weight Loss Clinic Fraud Case
• Lake Shore Exec Pleads Guilty In $294M Fraud Case
• Fugitive Galleon Tipster Must Pay $34.6M: Judge
• Guarding Against Abuse Of Criminal Records By Employers
• 6th Circ. OKs 7-Year Sentence For NCFE Witness Bribe
• Convicted A&O Fraudster Should Repay $102M: Feds
• Judge Won't Trim Hurricane Ike Bribery Case
• 3rd Circ. Tosses Ex-Pa. Lawmaker's 4 1/2-Year Sentence
• Ex-Credit Suisse Broker Gets 5 Years For $1B ARS Fraud
• Contractor Settles Civil Suit Over Fake Drug Test Claims
• Taxpayers Can't Plead 5th To Hide Records: 9th Circ.
• US Seeks To Sell Aspen Officer Mark Rand's Assets
• Primary Global CEO Snared In Insider Trading Claims
• Feds Need Warrant For Cellphone Location Data: Judge
• Texas Atty Netted In Criminal Probe Over Judicial Bribery
• Ex-Head Of Drug Testing Co. Cops To Billing Fraud
• Boat Cos. Face $25M Suit Over Miss. River Oil Cleanup
• Blankfein Retains Steptoe White Collar Veteran
• Taylor Bean Trustee Fires Off 200 Suits Over Transfers
• Ex-Duane Reade CEO Gets 3 Years In Fraud Case
• Dreier Clients Same As Ponzi Investors, 2nd Circ. Told
• Ex-Frontier Holdings CEO Tries To Trim Fraud Evidence
• Bank Exec Deserves 3 1/2 Years For Inside Trading: Feds
• US Defends 'Very Large' Discovery In CDR Fraud Case
• Rise Of The Whistleblowers
• Bribery Case Against NM Judge Heading To Trial
• Ex-Kaye Scholer Partner Rips False Oath Charge
• Clemens Should Face Retrial Over Steroid Perjury: US
• Chadbourne Atty Takes Over Edwards Case From Skadden
• British Detective Arrested Over Fear Of Hacking Info Leak
• Activists Seek To File Amicus In Picard's JPMorgan Case
• Madoff Trustee, Mets Showdown Could Go Before Jury
• BCI Wire Fraud Part Of Single $50M Scheme: Judge
• Exec Gets $1M Bail In Auto Lights Price-Fixing Case
• 8th Circ. Upholds 11 Years For Petters' Ponzi Helper
• Madoff Fund, Banks Fight Over $3.1B In Clawbacks
• Ex-Smith Barney Adviser Gets 3 Years For Fraud
• Ex-SEC Atty Convicted In Pump-And-Dump Ducks Civil Fine
• Atty Gets 3 Years For Feeding Tips In Galleon Scheme
• Ex-Lab Owner Admits To Selling Unapproved Stem Cells
• Another News Corp. Worker Arrested In Hacking Scandal
• Citing Skilling, Scruggs' Son Appeals Conviction
• Bayou Brother Can't Escape $60M Payout: 2nd Circ.
• Madoff Feeder Fund Sues 5 Cos. To Recoup $18M
• Investment Adviser Gets 58 Months For $2.5M Fraud
• Don't Gamble With The UK Bribery Act
• Ex-Triton CEO Convicted In $50M Ponzi Scheme
• 3 Fla. Men Indicted In $30M Telemarketing Scam
• Businessman Accused Of Terrorism Never Sold Arms: Atty
• Madoff Trustee Amends $2B Complaint Against UBS
• Gov't Contracts Fraud Witness Keeps Immunity: 3rd Circ.
• Stanford Atty Wants US Witness List Before Trial
• NCAA Investigating U. Of Miami Ties To Ponzi Schemer
• SEC Seeks Repayment From Accused GlobeTel Fraudsters
• Army Captain Gets 3 Years For Iraq Contracts Bribery
• Judge Refuses To Overturn Jiau Fraud Verdict
• New CFTC Rules: Liability For Fraud-Based Manipulation
• Ex-Army Colonel Gets 1 Year For Iraq Contract Scheme
• US Foreign Bribery Actions Soared In 2010, Report Says
• Rajaratnam Loses Bid To Overturn Conviction
• Ex-Va. Lawmaker Gets 9 1/2 Years For Bribery
• Stinson Pleads Guilty To $17M Ponzi Scheme
• Agility Denies Overcharging Military On Transport Contract
• Ex-US Prosecutor Joins Colleagues At Pepper Hamilton
• Ex-J&G Attys Say Lying Juror Warrants New Trial
• Madoff Investors Can't Collect Fake Profits: 2nd Circ.
• ATM Maker To Plead Guilty In False Merger Docs Probe
• Former Ahold Exec Cops To Books And Records Charge
• Former Brocade CEO Settles SEC Backdating Suit
• Ex-Ohio Judge Denied Corruption Sentence Stay
• Ex-Madoff Aide Wants Out Of 'Excessive' House Arrest
• Q&A With Vinson & Elkins' Matt Jacobs
• Ex-Optionable CEO Admits Inflating Trader's Book
• Ex-Army Worker Gets 6 Years For Vendor Extortion
• US Faces 1st Amendment Hurdle In WikiLeaks Case
• BDO Seeks To Squash Stanford Investor Suit
• Ex-FrontPoint Trader Cops To Receiving Insider Tips
• Ex-MediSys CEO Made Up Lawmakers' Consulting Gigs: US
• Ex-CCI Execs Can't Shake Foreign Bribery Charges
• 5th Circ. Nixes Ex-Merrill Exec's Enron Fraud Appeal
• Feds Deny Classified Report In GM Hybrid Secrets Case
• Mass. Expert Network Regs May Have Little Impact
• DeLay Atty Says Campaign Check Not Money Laundering
• 5 Hour Energy Co. Says Ex-Worker Stole Formulas
• Feds Pan Ex-Point Blank CEO's Retrial Bid In $189M Scam
• Businessman Gets 4 Years For Iranian Missile Export Plot
• Owners Of Airline Service Cos. Cop To Kickback Scheme
• Feds Mull Options After Ala. Vote-Selling Case Cracks
• 6th Circ. OKs Conviction In $9.5M Iraq Telecom Deal Case
• Hedge Fund Fraudster Gets 5 Years For $20M Scheme
• Evidence Bid Went Too Far, Ex-Primary Global VP Says
• NZ Fines Vodafone Over Misleading Cellphone Promos
• Ex-Nasdaq Exec Gets 3 1/2 Years For Insider Trades
• 4 Steps Toward OFAC Sanctions Compliance
• US Says Chicago Officials Lied About Suburb Water Source
• Funds Resume Fight Over Enron Losses V. Merrill, Others
• Jamaican Banker Gets 30 Years For $220M Ponzi Scheme
• Progressive Challenges Ponzi Bank's Settlement Claims
• CORRECTED: Ex-Nasdaq Exec Apologizes For Insider Trading
• Gryphon Head's Sentence For Securities Fraud Delayed
• Ex-Judge Gets 28 Years For $3M 'Kids For Cash' Scheme
• Madoff Trustee Sues Abu Dhabi Wealth Fund For $300M
• Feds Slam Bid To Block Docs In Tomato Antitrust Case
• Ex-Alaska Pol Says Feds Aided 'Pedophile' For Testimony
• Illarramendi Scheme Investors Fight For Share Of $230M
• How ACPERA Has Affected Criminal Cartel Enforcement
• Ex-FrontPoint Trader Ends $30M SEC Insider Trading Suit
• Keker To Stay As Counsel In Tomato Antitrust Case
• Conn. Town Can't Revive Suit Over $42M Madoff Losses
• Ex-Gryphon Rep Seeks Light Sentence In $20M Fraud Case
• Another News Corp. Editor Arrested In Hacking Scandal
• Ex-Marvell Manager Arrested In Insider Trading Probe
• Pfizer Can't Shake Investor Suit Over Off-Label Marketing
• Fraudster's Wife Strikes Deal Over Transferred Assets
• The 'Dark Side' Of The Hedge Fund World
• J&J Cuts Deal With US Over Risperdal Marketing Fraud
• Former Point Blank CEO To Cop To Tax Charges: Atty
• Innospec Says Afton 'Stonewalling' Antitrust Suit
• Judge Won't Nix Wiretaps In Ex-Primary Global Exec Trial
• Prosecutors Request 19-24 Years For Rajaratnam
• Lawyer Gets 4 Years For $2.5M Investment Fraud
• RI Attorney Appeals 5-Year Sentence In Bribery Case
• GE Capital Boss Grilled Over Bid To Nix Bid-Rigging Case
• 10th Circ. Upholds Fraud Conviction of Ex-PanWorld CEO
• Goldman Faces Mortgage Suit Threats From AIG, Others
• Bank Austria Wins Dismissal Of Some Madoff Claims
• Point-Counterpoint: Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Rules
• News Of The World And Multijurisdictional Enforcement
• Forest Decision Does Little To Remove Exclusion Threat
• SEC Scores Injunction Against Convicted Ex-Mayor
• DC Circ. Asked To Deny Abramoff Lobbyist's Resentence Bid
• US Probes Merck's Marketing Of 3 Drugs
• Q&A With Schiff Hardin's Ronald Safer
• Judge Won't Hold Separate Trials In $50M BCI Fraud Case
• Feds Fight Ex-Optionable CEO's Bid To Trim Charges
• Alleged $5M Investment Fraudster Extradited From Poland
• 6th Circ. Nixes Fraudster's Appeal Of 5-Year Sentence
• The Pitfalls Of Multiple Representations
• DOJ Ends WaMu Probe With No Criminal Charges
• Atty Faces Prison Time For Illegal Edwards Donations
• Terra Execs Convicted In Haiti Teleco Bribery Scheme
• Cancer Researcher Cops To UBS Swiss Tax Shelters
• La Madrid Brother Denied Leniency, Gets 2 1/2 Years
• Ex-Westar CEO Strikes Deal For $39M In Pay, Fees
• Stanford Victims Want High Court Arbitration Ruling
• 11th Circ. Denies Ex-Mayor's Bribery Conviction Appeal
• Father-Son Duo Cop To Insider Trading On Apache Deal
• Sports Auction CEO Accused Of Selling Fake Jerseys
• CDR Execs Blast Excessive Discovery In Bid-Rigging Suit
• Ex-Taylor Bean Chair Balks At $3.5B In Restitution
• Imprisoned Money Manager Starr Disbarred
• Ex-Cisco Engineer Charged With Hacking
• 'Spam King' Nabbed By FBI On Facebook Fraud Charges
• Ex-UBS Banker Charged With Hiding $215M From IRS
• Ex-Naval Contractor To Plead Guilty In $10M Bribery Case
• Ponzi Schemer Gets 4 Years For $2M Fraud
• SEC Official Rewarded Despite Missing Madoff Scheme
• Jet Engine Export Plotter Pleads Guilty
• US Blasts KVN Client Conflict Solution In Tomato Suit
• Concrete Testing Co. Indicted For Fake NYC Reports
• 5th Defendant Denies Bus Contract Kickback Scheme
• K&L Gates Adds Former SEC Bigwig In Texas
• Ex-Sullivan & Cromwell Partner Cops To Tax Evasion
• Former Army Corps Worker Denies $50M Fraud
• NY Indicts 6 In $1M JPMorgan Identity Theft Ring
• Ex-NY Lawmaker Can't Escape Fraud Case
• Scruggs Son Can't Vacate Conviction In Bribery Case
• Ohio Judge Wants 6th Circ. Review Of Bribery Conviction
• Feds Want 10 Years For Elmslie Aide Over $3.5M Theft
• Stanford Receiver Sues Texas A&M For $4.4M
• Q&A With Vinson & Elkins' Rita Glavin
• Growing Foreign Prosecutions Under FCPA-Style Laws
• Tax Cheat Admits To $13M UBS Banking Scheme
• Assessing Treasury's 'Prepaid Access' Rule
• Receiver's High Attys' Fees Draw Fire In WexTrust Case
• Ark. Attorney Cops To $47M Ponzi Scheme
• US Wants Ex-Taylor Bean Execs To Pay $3.5B Restitution
• Ex-Bush Atty Can Nix Contempt Of Congress Plea: Judge
• BofA, Others' Payback Claims Survive In $50M Cop Fraud
• US Pushes For Prison Sentence In Iran Missile Export Case
• Ponzi Schemer Fights 10-Year Sentence In 7th Circ.
• Meridian Mortgage Founder Cops To $100M Fraud
• Trial Date Set For Exec Tied To Petters' $3.7B Fraud
• Green Activist Fights Sentence For Energy Lease Antics
• Ex-Insurance Broker Must Pay $25M For Fraud Cover-Up
• Gryphon Prez Says Scheme Merits Less Than 9 Years
• Ex-Lampoon CEO Loses Bid To Toss Investor Suit
• Ohio Judge Gets 14 Months For Lying In Bribery Probe
• Military Officers Reach Plea Deals In Bagram Bribe Case
• Insurer Sued Over Colonial Bank Losses In $3B Fraud
• Grant Thornton Leaves Koss Corp. Embezzlement Suit
• JPMorgan, UBS Try To Kill $21B Madoff Claims
• Ex-UBS Banker Indicted Over Alleged Tax Evasion Scheme
• Calif. High Court Clarifies Intent For Section 424 Crimes
• Asserting The 5th During SEC Investigations
• Cohmad Can't Shake Madoff Trustee's $245M Suit
• Ex-Primary Global Exec Fights Wiretap Evidence
• Contractor Cops To Bid-Rigging $24M Condo Project
• Court OKs $22M Continental Deal In WG Trading Clawback
• Reporter Can Keep Sources Secret In CIA Leak Case
• Ex-Duane Reade Execs' Fraud Didn't Harm Owner: Judge
• Obama Taps Cadwalader Partner For DOJ Inspector Post
• Schiff Hardin Lures Ex-Arkin Kaplan Partner In NY
• 9th Cir. Refuses To Hear Ex-Lawmaker's Appeal En Banc
• Feds Blast Ex-Galleon Adviser's Fraud Retrial Bid
• Ex-Dick's Atty Hit With Guilty Verdict In Kickbacks Case
• 2nd Circ. Nixes Convictions Of Gen Re, AIG Execs
• News Corp. Faces New British Hacking Probe
• Q&A With Steptoe & Johnson's Michael Miller
• Foreign Co. Documents And Grand Jury Subpoenas
• Ex-Army Officer Gets 18 Months Over Contractors' Bribes