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White Collar - September, 2011

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• Japanese Freight Co. To Pay $2M Fine For Fee-Fixing Plot
• Ex-Stanford Unit Exec Seeks Exit From Ponzi Class Action
• Chinese Execs Get 2 Years For Weapons Smuggling Plot
• La. Atty Indicted For Defrauding Athlete Clients
• DPAs In UK Could Bring Certainty To Bribery Cases: Attys
• Ex-MBC Execs Can't Dodge Concealment Charges
• Spongetech Consultant Wants Break On Perjury Sentence
• Barge Owner Indicted For $20M Columbia River Oil Spill
• Ex-Worldwide CEO Gets 5 Years For $11M Loan Scheme
• Hitachi-LG To Pay $21M In Disk Drive Price-Fixing Case
• The Role Of Regional Offices In The SEC FCPA Unit
• Regulators Yank Full Tilt Poker's Gambling License
• Mets Ruling Could Cost Victims $6.2B: Madoff Trustee
• FBI Agent Lays Out Origins Of Gabon FCPA Sting
• US Wants Rajaratnam's Medical Docs Unsealed
• Jury Deadlocked In Cargo Exec's Price-Fixing Case
• Feds Arrest Dozens Of Boeing Workers On Drug Charges
• Insurer Aims To Avoid Defense Of Coral Employee Fraud
• Racer To Pay Up Over Dad's $11M Ponzi Scheme
• Rye Portfolio Wants $400M Madoff Clawback Suit Moved
• IT Workers Get 3 Years For Role In Rothstein Ponzi Scam
• Western Union Can't Nix Suit Over $94M Smuggling Deal
• 2nd NinjaVideo Founder Cops To Copyright Charges
• Maxim Health Manager Gets Home Confinement For Fraud
• Countrywide Data Thief Gets 8 Months In Prison
• Stanford Employees Ask 5th Circ. To Force Arbitration
• Furukawa To Pay $200M In Auto Parts Antitrust Case
• FBI Botched Sting Operation, Gabon FCPA Defendants Say
• Ex-Cowboy's Investing Partner Pushes For Discovery Stay
• Feds Try To Chart Course On FCPA Knowledge Requirement
• Ex-CME Programmer Accused Of Stealing Source Code
• Madoff Trustee Trims $245M Clawback Suit Against Plaza
• Ex-Fund Prez Can't Dodge Lying Charges In Petters Case
• Ohio Credit Union COO Admits Role In $70M Bank Fraud
• EU Must Limit Police Access To User Data: Privacy Groups
• FBI Raid Of Imperial Sparks Shareholder Probes
• Madoff Trustee's Mets Claims Have $386M Ceiling: Judge
• NY AG Says Suit Against Madoff Feeder Still Has Legs
• 6th Defendant Sentenced For A&O Fraud Gets 60 Years
• Ex-Indy Official Loses Acquittal Bid In Bribery Case
• Japanese Freight Cos. Pay $47M In US Price-Fixing Probe
• US Seeks To Reduce Helpful Lancer Trader's Sentence
• US Seeks 5 Years For Cohort In Atty's $1.4B Ponzi Plot
• Big Banks Want Hedge Funds' $100M Enron Suit Tossed
• Feds Lay Out Jury Instructions In CCI Bribery Case
• Brockmeyer Named To Lead SEC's FCPA Unit
• Madoff Trustee's $1B Suit Against Mets Owners Trimmed
• Thompson & Knight Snags SEC Regional Director
• Real Estate Mogul Seeks Leniency In $21M Fraud Case
• Panasonic, Whirlpool Execs Charged In Price-Fixing Sting
• Investor Cops To Hiding Income From $930M Ponzi Scheme
• Former Sonray Capital Exec Charged With $6M Theft
• InTrust Tells 7th Circ. $68M Fraud Suit Not Time-Barred
• Ex-Taylor Bean Chair To Pay $3.5B For Role In Fraud
• Alleged $33M Ponzi Artist Asks 2nd Circ. For Acquittal
• 2nd Worker Accused Of Lying About TVA Nuke Project
• FDA Chemist Faces New Charges Before Possible Plea Deal
• Crowell & Moring Sued Over $5.5M In Missing Escrow
• Terra Exec Seeks Lighter Sentence In Bribery Case
• Investors Can't Escape Stanford Receiver's Suit
• SEC Drops Fraud Suit Against Imprisoned Ex-Ala. Mayor
• Ex-Carter's Exec Charged With $16M Securities Fraud
• Deloitte Sued For $7.6B Over Taylor Bean Fraud Role
• Investor Suits Over Merkin's Madoff Feeder Funds Nixed
• Guidant Settles FCA Claims For $9.25M
• Lindsey Rips DOJ Bid To Duck FCPA Misconduct Allegations
• Fraudster Seeks To Bar Post-A&O Work From Sentencing
• Landfill Co. Crushed Rivals With Bribe Scheme: Suit
• Feds Return $55M To Alleged 'Auto-Surf' Ponzi Victims
• US Issued Bad Summonses In Honey Import Case: Judge
• Ivy Can't Nix ERISA Suit Over $227M Madoff Investment
• Dreier Trustee's $52M Deal With Hedge Fund Approved
• Maxim Health Account Manager Gets Home Confinement
• Disbarred Attorney Gets 5 Years For $10M Mortgage Fraud
• To Pay Or Not To Pay For Gov't Official Travel
• Former NBA Player Nabbed in $2M Ponzi Scheme
• Goffer Brother Seeks Lighter Term For Insider Trading
• Ex-Judge Gets 17 1/2 Years In 'Kids For Cash' Scheme
• NinjaVideo Co-Founder Pleads Guilty In Copyright Case
• Madoff Trustee Renews $91M American Securities Suit
• Feds Seek 57 Months For Chinese Weapons Exporters
• No Bail For Ex-Mass. House Speaker Amid Appeal
• Ex-CEO Seeks Lighter Sentence In Le-Nature's Fraud Suit
• Spongetech Consultant Should Pay For Lying To SEC: Judge
• Ex-Army Capt. Gets 10 Years For $1.3M Bribery Scheme
• 5 Charged With $172M Canadian Telemarketing Scam
• Zabel Tapped As Deputy US Atty For SDNY
• Ex-Army Sgts., Contractor Charged Over Afghan SUV Bribes
• Ex-Armor Co. Execs' $80M Insider Gains Off Limits: Judge
• Applying The Alien Tort Statute To Corporations
• CORRECTED: Former Band Pro Exec Cops To Hacking Rival's Email
• 2 More Telemarketers Charged In $30M Time-Share Fraud
• Ex-Atty's Madoff Ties Needed More Scrutiny: SEC Head
• DOE Contractor Settles Overbilling Case For $1.5M
• NY Contractor Gets 6 Years For Asbestos Violations
• Investment Club Exec Admits To $40M Fraud
• Judge OKs Innospec's $45M Deal To End Antitrust Suits
• Judge Trims Trustee's $198M Suit Against Madoff Family
• $62M Bank Fraudster Gets 12 Years In Prison
• Alleged Hacker Arrested For Sony Data Breach
• Alleged Rogue UBS Trader Faces Extended Fraud Charges
• 2 Live Crew Rapper Accuses Ponzi Schemer Of Defamation
• Jet Engine Export Schemer Asks For Lesser Sentence
• WilmerHale Snags SDNY's No. 2 Prosecutor
• Senate Judiciary Panel OKs 3 Privacy Bills
• Beauty And The BRICS: Avon's FCPA Investigation
• CORRECTED: Mass. Man Denies Gains From Nadel Ponzi Scheme
• Madoff Trustee, Baker Hostetler Seek $45M In Fees
• Ex-SEC Atty Denies Conflict Of Interest In Madoff Case
• Feeder Fund Settles Rothstein Ponzi Suit For $10M
• Jiau Sentenced To 4 Years For Stock Tipping
• Rajaratnam Sentencing Delayed Until October
• Ex-Madoff Employee Wins Relaxed House Arrest
• 7th Circ. Keeps 10-Year Term For $28M Fraudster
• Greenberg FCPA Pro Heads To Venable
• Galleon's Goffer Gets 10 Years For Insider Trading
• Travelers Can't Dodge Ex-Reebok CEO's $25M Theft Suit
• BCI Aircraft CEO's Bid To Squelch Evidence Rebuffed
• Top Cuomo Adviser Joins Zuckerman Spaeder In NY
• $100M Supplement Fraudster's Sentence Cut By 15 Years
• The Honest-Services Statute Post-Skilling
• DOJ Targets 8 Banks In Offshore Tax Shelter Crackdown
• Madoff Feeder Funds Seek Bankruptcy Suit Removal
• Trigon Founder Receives 8 Years For $76M Ponzi Plot
• Liberty Title Exec Gets 20 Months For Embezzlement
• Ex-Auto Parts Exec Receives 2 Years In Fraud Case
• US Asks 2nd Circ. To Uphold Smart Online CEO's Conviction
• Poker Site Full Tilt Accused Of $440M Scam
• Gryphon Head Gets 8 Years For $17.5M Stock Tip Scheme
• Cybercrime Bill Could Improve Overbroad CFAA: Attys
• Primary Global Sales Exec Convicted Of Fraud Conspiracy
• SEC Watchdog Slams Ex-GC For Madoff Ties
• US Can't Force Steep Sentence For Abramoff Cohort: Judge
• Mass. Officials Indicted In State Patronage Probe
• Applying A Sophisticated Means Sentencing Enhancement
• Ex-Worldwide CEO Cops To Hiding Assets From US Trustee
• FDA Chemist, US Close To Deal In Insider Trading Case
• Ex-U.S. Army Corps Engineer Cops To Accepting Bribes
• Ship Owners Strike $45M Deal Over Bay Bridge Spill
• Ex-CIA Officer Fights For Narration Expert In Leaks Case
• News Corp. Unit Could Pay $4.7M To Hacking Victim's Family
• 4th Defendant Charged In Citigroup Insider Trading Plot
• Medicare Fraudster Gets 35 Years For $205M Bribery Scam
• Court Joins 3 Google Investor Suits Over Illegal Drug Ads
• Madoff Feeder Fund Sues Societe Generale For $35M
• Mich. City Official Gets 1 Year For Contract Bribe
• Fla. Trustee Gets 7 Years In $16M Fraud Case
• Jiau Asks For Leniency In Insider Trading Sentencing
• Primary Global Exec's Atty Says Feds 'Grasping At Straws'
• Ex-Duane Reade CEO Appeals 3-Year Prison Term
• Credit Suisse To Pay €150M In German Tax Shelter Probe
• Kaupthing, Real Estate Tycoon Settle $2.4B Suit
• Whisperings Of Whistleblower Developments In NY
• 4 Ex-National Execs Booted From Great American Policy
• Madoff Investor Wins Bid To Remove $3B Clawback Suit
• E-Waste Co. Wrongly Disposed Monitors In China: Suit
• Fiserv, TD Settle Coverage Suit Over Madoff Losses
• Developer, Ex-Atty Cop To $52.5M Real Estate Scheme
• Saudi Food Co. To Pay $13M For Bribing Contractor
• Miami Man Gets 50 Years For Medicare Fraud
• Scotland Yard Demands Guardian Reveal Hacking Source
• 9/11 Hero Gets Up To 3 Years For Taking Bribes
• Election Could Open Door For Honest Services Legislation
• 2nd Circ. Affirms Conviction Over Film Co. Securities
• Traders Aren't Liable For Ponzi Losses: 5th Circ.
• Ex-Mass. House Speaker Asks To Delay Prison Date
• How They Won It: Hogan Lovells Rescues Gen Re Exec
• Suit Over Atty's Nixon Peabody Fraud Deal Revived
• 8th Circ. Won't Order New Trial For Agriprocessors Exec
• Facing Charges, UBS Trader Taps Kingsley Napley
• Time To Be Aware Of FARA Enforcement
• Ex-Va. Lawmaker Must Report To Prison: Judge
• Aspen Exec Must Pay $100M, Serve 7 1/2 Years For Fraud
• Ex-Art Dealer Accused Of Making $2M Off Phony Works
• Banks Can Avoid UBS Fate With Smart Employer Policies
• Feds Slam Bid To Nix Charges In Ohio Corruption Case
• UBS Trader Scandal Reveals Lingering Regulatory Gaps
• Ex-Primary Global Tipster Gets 18 Months In Prison
• Jury Finds Ex-Indy Official Guilty In Strip Club Bribes Case
• US Can Go After Madoff Accomplice Proceeds: Judge
• Musicland Investor To Pay $21M For False Filing
• 2 Men Charged With Trading On Drug Co. Merger Tips
• Bank Wants Chubb Unit To Cover Koss Embezzlement Suit
• Air Force Capt. Admits Obstructing NY Corruption Probe
• Gryphon Salesman Gets 2 Years Over $20M Fraud
• Ponzi Schemer's Ex-Wife Can Keep $14M Payout: 2nd Circ.
• Lawmakers Weigh Amendments To Data Breach Law
• Bridgestone To Pay $28M In Bid-Rigging, Bribery Case
• Shell May Face UK Charges For North Sea Spill
• AMSC Takes IP, Contract Claims Against Sinovel To China
• Feds Say 'Brazen' Ex-Galleon Trader Deserves No Mercy
• Trader's $2B Fraud Exposes UBS To Investor Wrath
• 'Daily News' Owner's Madoff Claims Revived
• SAP Unit Cops To Oracle Software Theft For $20M Fine
• Ex-GE Execs Oppose Statute Review In Bid-Rigging Case
• J&J Unit To Shell Out $85M Over Bad Natrecor Labeling
• US Wants 7 Years, $73M Payback For Medicare Fraudster
• DOJ Defends 5-Year Fraud Sentence for CSK Auto Exec
• Ex-Frontier Holdings CEO Seeks Retrial Over Bad Evidence
• Rebekah Brooks Snubbed In UK Hacking Probe
• Prosecutor Turf War Overshadows $150M Maxim Deal
• Smokefree CEO Settles With SEC In Wake Of Fraud Sting
• 6th Circ. Upholds 10-Year Sentence For Ponzi Schemer
• Judge Delays Ex-Gryphon Head's Sentence For 2nd Time
• Case Study: Haiti Teleco
• 'Ragtime' Producers' Fraud Convictions Upheld
• Jacob The Jeweler Accuses Ex-NYC Council Prez Of Scam
• Actor Cops To Leaking 'Black Swan' Online
• No Need For New Trial In Terra Bribery Case: US
• US Probing EBay Over Alleged Stolen Craigslist Info
• Grassley Urges DOJ To Investigate Civil Rights Hires
• Investors Seek To Keep E&Y, KPMG In Madoff Suit
• Ex-Primary Global Exec's Atty Grills Witness On Past Lies
• Texas Ponzi Schemer Who Preyed On Elderly Gets 15 Years
• Feds Try To Block Professor's Testimony In CIA Leak Case
• Contractor Dodges Prison For Procurement Fraud
• Stock Promoter Gets 16 Months For Broker Bribery
• 5th Circ. Upholds Exxon Fraudster's 5-Year Prison Bid
• Former SAC Capital Exec Settles SEC Suit
• Marshals Mishandled $140M In Seized Assets, DOJ Says
• News Corp. Investors Tie US Units To Hacking
• Sequenom Patent Agent Gets Probation For Insider Trading
• Waste Co. Exec Gets 4 Years For Superfund Fraud
• Ex-Greenburg Atty Gets 6 Years For Overbilling Town
• J&G Attys Shouldn't Get New Trial In Tax Deal Case: US
• Jiau Should Serve Up To 10 Years For Fraud: Feds
• Auto Lights Seller Extinguishes Price-Fixing Case For $43M
• Ex-MediSys CEO Found Guilty Of Honest Services Fraud
• Maxim Healthcare To Pay $150M To End Fraud Allegations
• Businessman Admits Buying Yacht With Katrina Relief Loan
• Venture Capital Firm Wants In On Illarramendi Fraud Suit
• Cobalt Receiver Can Sue Firms Over $23M Fraud: Report
• When Criminal Defense Fees Come From Insurers ...
• Pakistani Man Admits To Illegal Exports Of Nuke Materials
• Rajaratnam, U.S. Spar Over Insider Trading Sentence
• CSK Settles Earnings Manipulation Claims For $21M
• 5th Circ. Upholds Ponzi Schemer's 30-Year Sentence
• Ex-Primary Global Adviser Seeks 12-Month Sentence
• Media Download Site Operators Targeted In DOJ Probe
• An Integrated Approach To Anti-Corruption
• Ex-Mass. House Speaker Gets 8 Years For Bribery Plot
• Ex-IEA Chief Gets Up To 21 Years For $90M Fraud
• 2nd Circ. Affirms E&Y Atty's Insider Trading Conviction
• Mayer Brown Atty Asks 2nd Circ. To Toss Conviction
• Federal Prosecutor Joins Katten Muchin In Chicago
• Former Latin Node CEO Gets 4 Years For Bribes
• TomorrowNow Pleads Guilty To Oracle Software Theft
• TV Producer Cops To Stock Fraud, Conspiracy Charges
• Feds Want Up To 7 Years For Ex-AFS CFO In Check Fraud
• NJ Investment Adviser Gets 14 Years For $11.5M Fraud
• Ex-Aspen Exec Gets 6 Years For $56M Fraud
• Convicted Terra Exec Denied Release Before Sentencing
• Judge Nixes Broad Discovery Bid In Madoff Feeder MDL
• Ex-Primary Global Adviser Deserves 4-Year Sentence: US
• Judge Keeps Zuckerman Spaeder Atty In BCI Fraud Case
• Former DOJ Inspector General Joins Dechert
• Searching For An Exculpatory Needle In A Haystack
• Ex-Primary Global Employee Gets 2 Years' Probation
• Ex-Milberg Partner Claims Ignorance Of Madoff's Scheme
• Oil Refinery's Toxic Gas Leaks Violate CAA: DOJ
• Ex-Triton CEO's Conviction For $50M Ponzi Scheme Upheld
• Calif. Man Cops To $14M Nascar Merchandise Sales Con
• Edwards Wants Criminal Charges Over Gift Money Tossed
• L-3 Engineer Faces New Charges In Defense Exports Case
• $62.5M Deal Between Madoff Feeder, HSBC Rejected
• K&L Gates Adds FCPA Expert To Gov't Enforcement Group
• Garvey Schubert Adds White Collar Vet In Seattle
• No New Bribery Trial For Ex-Fla. Port Official: Judge
• Insurers Balk At Madoff Trustee's $1B Tremont Fund Deal
• Feds Charge 91 With $300M In Medicare Fraud
• Ex-Iowa Film Office Head Convicted Of Tax Credit Fraud
• DOJ's Top Fraud Official Joins Winston & Strawn
• Gatekeeper Liability Comes To Ireland
• Senate Weighs Cybercrime Measure As Costs Top $114B
• Fraudster Conrad Black's Co. Sues Horizon Board
• Ex-Stanford Employees Must Face Receiver's Suit
• 8th Circ. Revives Ritchie Suit Against Petters Execs
• KCM CEO Settles SEC Stock Fraud Case
• Former Duane Reade CFO Skirts Prison Term
• Ex-Telecom Exec Wants Lower Sentence After FCPA Plea
• 2 Plead Guilty In Plot To Export Jet Engines To Iran
• Cooperator In Dick's Kickback Case Seeks Leniency
• DOJ Must Disclose Phone Tracking Cases: DC Circ.
• James Murdoch Knew Of Phone Hacking, Tabloid Execs Say
• DOJ Fights To Save Lindsey Convictions Despite Mistakes
• Former Citigroup VP Pleads Guilty To $19M Fraud
• Cruel Intentions: Recent Developments In Dreier
• Madoff Victims Want Another Shot At 2nd Circ. Appeal
• 11th Circ. Rejects Wesley Snipes' Tax Appeal
• $62M Bank Fraudster 'Panicked,' Seeks Lenient Sentence
• Feds Get 2nd Crack At Clemens With New Perjury Trial
• Rothstein Atty Gets 2 Years For Role In Ponzi Scheme
• Fund Head Wants Lying Charges Nixed In Petters Case
• US Defends Wire Fraud Charge In GE Bid-Rigging Case
• Dewey & LeBoeuf Impersonator, Fraudster Gets 5 Years
• Blagojevich Makes Another Run For Corruption Retrial
• Madoff 'Net Winners' Lose Out
• Greenberg Snares Manatt Entertainment Litigator
• Duane Morris Adds White Collar Partner In San Diego
• Lancer Group Fraudster To Serve 3 Years, Pay $8M
• Feds Seek 12 Years For $52M Bank Fraudster
• New Orleans Contractor Gets 17 Years For Bribery
• Facing Life Sentence, Ex-Triton CEO Seeks New Trial
• Madoff Trustee Sues Barclays, Others For $218M
• Former Pa. House Speaker Perzel Admits To Corruption
• NM Appeals Court Steps Into $288M Pay-To-Play Suit
• Ramping Up Russian Anti-Corruption Efforts
• Diamondback Manager Coughs Up $1.3M In SEC Fraud Suit