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White Collar - November, 2011

218 articles

• Ex-Olympus CEO Quits Board, Wants New Management
• National Century Exec's Sentence Cut In $2.4B Fraud Suit
• Ex-Peruvian Airline Exec Cops To Price-Fixing Scheme
• Goldman CEO Can Be Deposed In Gupta SEC Case: Judge
• Prosecuting Individuals To Deter FCPA Violations
• Taiwan Auto Lights Co. Indicted Over Price-Fixing
• Ropes & Gray Atty Gets 6 Months In Insider Trading Case
• White Collar MVP: Skadden's David Zornow
• Shady Campaign Gifts Earn Boston Developer $1.6M Fine
• Ex-Fla. Professor Gets 6 Months For $4M NASA Scam
• Feds Demand Up To 20 Years For Blagojevich
• Creating An E-Discovery Process For Google Apps
• Rajaratnam Pushes For Bail During 2nd Circ. Appeal
• JPMorgan, Others Escape Claims They Aided Enron Fraud
• Madoff Feeder Fund Class Action Gets The Boot
• Dechert Dodges Fortress' $50M Suit Over Ponzi Loan
• Judge Won't Nix $16M Building Buy Run By Ex-Crowell Atty
• Horizon Settles With Opt-Outs In Shipping Antitrust Action
• DOJ Faces Reversal Of Lindsey FCPA Victory
• 11th Circ. OKs Ala. County Official's Bribery Sentence
• DOJ Kicks Off Campaign To Snuff Out IP Theft
• Munger Tolles Adds Calif. Prosecutor To Litigation Team
• Bribery Charges Land NY Assemblyman In Hot Water Again
• White Collar MVPs: Gibson Dunn's Warin & Walden
• Appearance Of Conflict In USPTO Disciplinary Proceedings
• Blagojevich Can't Play Wiretap Tapes At Sentencing
• John Edwards Asks US To Clarify Charges Against Him
• HSBC Retools Proposed $62.5M Madoff Settlement
• Calif. Man Cops To Conspiring With Mayor In Bribery Plot
• FDA Chemist Settles Insider Trading Suit For $4M
• Producer Pleads Guilty To $2.6M Insider Trading Scheme
• Rajaratnam Banks On Wiretaps To Stay Free Amid Appeal
• White Collar MVP: Covington's Alan Vinegrad
• Ex-Crowell Atty To Be Extradited Over $5.5M Theft
• High Court Takes On Gas Co.'s $18M Mercury Fine
• Prosecuting Corporate Officials For FDA Violations
• Madoff Trustee's Fraud Suit Against Mets Headed To Trial
• Ex-Mass. Pol Can't Delay Ky. Prison Date For Wife's Surgery
• Feds Want Misconduct Claims Barred In La. Mayor's Case
• Judge Appoints Special Master In Madoff ERISA Suits
• Wynn Can't Delay Slander Trial Against 'Girls' Creator
• Tobey Maguire Exits Suit Over Ponzi-Funded Poker Booty
• Litigation Chops Should Aid SEC's Reisner's Return To DOJ
• White Collar MVP: Kramer Levin's Barry Berke
• IRS To Hand Over $326M In False Madoff Taxes
• What Sets SciClone's FCPA Derivative Suit Apart
• Merck To Pay Nearly $1B To Settle Vioxx Marketing Claims
• Canadian Agency Accuses 6 Cos. Of Sewer Services Cartel
• Picard Fights To Keep Suit Against Madoff Sons In Play
• Energy Co. Alstrom Fined $43M In Swiss Bribery Probe
• 39 State AGs Take On Tech Pirates
• Allied Health Founder Gets 16 Years For $87M Fraud
• Blagojevich Crony Gets 10 1/2 Years For Bribery, Fraud
• TARP Watchdog Terminates Online Mortgage Loan Scams
• Maxim Manager Gets 5 Months For Medicaid Fraud Role
• Synthes Execs Sentenced Over Bone Cement Trials
• Feds Net Guilty Plea In Texas Judicial Bribery Case
• Feds Hid Evidence In Stevens Corruption Trial: Report
• Construction Co. Owner, 6 Others Deny Billing Scam
• Indicted CDR Exec Can't Ditch Law Firm's Fee Suit
• 7th Circ. Affirms Lovenox Kickback Case Conviction
• Pfizer To Settle FCPA Bribery Probe For $60M
• Ex-Madoff Trader Cops Plea, Fingers Alleged Cohorts
• Auditor Cops To Role In $670M Life Settlement Fraud
• Olympus Panel Finds No Connection To Organized Crime
• Iran Plotters' Atty Seeks Court Delay For Hunting Trip
• Bribe Payers Index: An Important FCPA Compliance Tool
• Ex-West End CEO Pleads Guilty To $9M Securities Fraud
• Accused Celebrity Email Hacker Faces More Charges
• Forex Firm Owner Gets 20 Years For $30M Ponzi Scheme
• Ex-Synthes Execs To Be Sentenced For 'Rogue' Trials
• Goldman Prez May Face Questions In Gupta Trial
• Hedge Fund Fraudster Gets 5 Years For $18M Scam
• Pa. Drops Case Against Last 'Computergate' Pol
• Ex-White Sox Scout Cops To Fraud In Signing Bonus Plot
• Crowell & Moring Sued Over $1M In Missing Escrow Funds
• FrontPoint's Skowron Gets 5 Years For Insider Trading
• Ex-UBS Banker Gets Probation For Aiding Tax Cheats
• Considering The Scope Of CFAA
• Progressive Can't Shake Bank's Ponzi Settlement Claims
• Sea Star Line Pays $14M Fine For Part In Shipping Cartel
• 4th Circ. Backs 100-Year Sentence For 1031 Tax Owner
• Player In $190M Crown Forex Ponzi Gets 10 Months
• Charges Pile Up For Ex-Detroit Mayor's Cohort
• Ex-Lake Shore Director Gets 20 Years For $294M Fraud
• Fund Manager Accused Of $11M Securities Fraud
• Judge Tosses Investors' Suits Against Madoff Family
• Case Study: US V. SLM
• Former Longtime Madoff Trader Cops To Fraud Charges
• Ill. Court Nixes Club Owners' Sentences For Fatal Stampede
• Former Securities Firm Owner Arrested Over Fraud
• Fundraiser For NYC Politician Charged With Fraud
• Judge Delays Bribery Sentencing For Ex-Army Major
• Ex-Fiesta Bowl COO Charged In Campaign Fraud Plot
• WilmerHale Scores White Collar Guru From Kingsley Napley
• Judge Upholds Bond Ruling In $1B Army Contract Case
• Citing Skilling, 2nd Circ. Orders Retrial For Ex-NY Pol
• The Truth Is Out There, But Not Always On The Label
• BP Broke Probation With 2009 Alaska Oil Spill: US
• Ex-PPG Exec Pleads Guilty In Pakistan Paint Supply Case
• Ex-Lawmaker Wants High Court To Hear Privilege Claim
• Ex-Motorola Engineer Knew Tech Theft Was Wrong: US
• Juror Lies May Give Convicted Tax Cheat Attys New Trial
• Contractor Sentenced For Sending Rifle Designs To China
• 2nd Circ. Denies Bail For Convicted Duane Reade CEO
• Postal Worker Strikes Plea Deal In $13M Kickback Case
• Insurer Sues Pol, Attys Over $2M Loss In Mortgage Fraud
• US Seeks Reduced Sentence For Ex-UBS Tax Cheat
• Ex-Deputy Admits To Buying Firearms For Blackwater
• Cellini Attys Demand New Trial Over Juror's Hidden Past
• Ex-Giants Payroll Manager Cops To $2.2M Fraud
• Plea Deal Collapses In John Edwards Campaign Case
• Event Promoter Sued, Indicted Over $5M Investment Scam
• Stanford Investors Lose Bid To Intervene In Receiver's Suit
• Skilling Kills Judge's Corruption Conviction: Magistrate
• US Seeks Life Sentence For Leader Of Army Bribery Scheme
• Ex-E&Y Partner Fights Tax Fraud Conviction In 2nd Circ.
• Expert Calls Motorola Docs Useless In Trade Secrets Trial
• Anti-Money Laundering Rules For Financial Institutions
• Abramoff Schemer Asks DC Circ. To Grant Plea Deal Change
• NY Pol Found Not Guilty In Hospital Bribe Case
• NY Developer Charged Over Soil Dumping In Wetlands
• Ex-Pa. Lawmaker Fumo Gets 5.5 Years For Fraud
• Ex-DHB Directors Strike $1.6M Deal To End SEC Fraud Suit
• The State Secrets Issue In SEC V. Deloitte
• Habitat For Humanity Store Targeted In Credit Card Hack
• Murdoch Son Denies Knowledge Of Wider Phone Hacking
• Massey Official Convicted Of Obstruction Wants Retrial
• Convicted A&O Fraudster Told To Repay Investors $102M
• Diamond Seller Gets 1 Year For Hiding $7M From IRS
• Exec Gets 5 Years For $17M Investor Scam
• Arrowhead, Execs Face SEC Suit Over Petters Scheme
• Alleged Motorola Spy Had 1-Way Ticket To China: Witness
• Feds Snare 7 In $14M Online 'Click Hijacking' Scheme
• Subcontractor Cops To Lying To TVA About Inspections
• Defense Contractor Stiffed Subcontractor Out Of $2M: Suit
• Dial 'P' For Prison: Terra Exec's Record-Setting Sentence
• Judge Revives $1B Bahrain Bribery Suit Against Alcoa
• Ex-Deloitte Partner's Wife Gets 11 Months For Lying To SEC
• Feds Call Clemens' Bid For Mistrial Fees Meritless
• 4th Circ. Upholds Estonian Contractor's Fraud Conviction
• Md. Lawmaker Escapes Grocery Store Corruption Charges
• US Regulators On Short Leash With Olympus Probe
• Ex-Pa. Lawmaker Convicted In Public Funds Scandal
• NASA Contractor Cops To False Statements Charge
• Timken Wants Travelers Unit To Cover $5M In Ponzi Losses
• Ex-Motorola Engineer Took Nonpublic Info: Witness
• High Court Grills US Over Legality Of GPS Tracking
• Boston Developer Admits To Illegal Campaign Donations
• Rajaratnam Gets Record $93M Fine In SEC Case
• Atty Denies Lying To Block $188M Fraud Judgments
• 10th Circ. Upholds Perjury Conviction Of ClearOne CFO
• AstraZeneca Indicted In Serbia Over Doctor Payments
• SK Group Offices Raided In Embezzlement Probe
• Madoff Family Owes As Much As $226M: Trustee
• Virgin Atlantic Still Immune In UK Price-Fixing Case
• Facing The Music: Luthiers And The Lacey Act
• Madoff Investors Hit JPMorgan With $19B Class Action
• Rothstein Investor To Pay $25M To Skirt Fraud Claims
• NJ AG Says Atty Scammed Elderly In $8.5M Ponzi Scheme
• McAfee Didn't Sell Ex-GC Down The River: 9th Circ.
• Motorola Engineer Stole Secrets For Chinese Rival: Feds
• High Court Rebuffs $60M Fraudster's Post-Skilling Appeal
• High Court Resurrects KPMG Arbitration Bid In Madoff Row
• 'Intended Loss' Means ... Intended Loss
• Federal Reserve Hacker Gets 10 Years
• Juvie Exec Gets 18 Mos. For Paying 'Kids For Cash' Judges
• Top Legal Talent Take Center Stage In MF Global Suits
• For Corzine, Silence Will Not Be Golden
• Air Charter Ex-Exec Cops To Kickback Scheme
• Alleged First Capital Ponzi Schemer Told To Pay $4.5M
• Texas Ponzi Schemer Must Serve 17 Years, Pay $64M
• Alleged Blagojevich Co-Schemer Pushes For Early Release
• The Utility Of Internal Investigations
• Arrest Ends Golden Gate REIT Schemer's Fugitive Flight
• Hedge Fund Exec Denies $6M Ponzi Scheme
• DOJ Won't Probe Ex-Top SEC Atty's Ties To Madoff
• High Court To Mull Warrantless GPS Tracking
• Corzine Resigns From MF Global Amid Scandal
• BNP Paribas Unit Hit With $1B Suit From Madoff Trustee
• Ad Firm Officials Charged With $20M Accounting Fraud
• Calif. Official Charged With Stealing Funds Sues Over Firing
• Gabon FCPA Informant Says He Claimed Deal Was Legal
• 3rd NinjaVideo Co-Founder Cops Plea In Copyright Case
• US To Pursue Rehearing In Iran Wire Transfer Case
• Ex-ABB Exec Must Face Charges Of Mexican Bribery
• Ex-Nixon Peabody Atty Gets Probation In Trading Case
• Del Monte Dodges EEOC Worker Trafficking Suit For Now
• 8th Circ. Won't Rethink New Trial For Agriprocessors CEO
• DOJ Pulls Controversial FOIA Revision
• 2nd Circ. OKs Sentence For Corrupt Ex-KBR Worker
• Postal Worker Can't Stamp Out $13M Kickback Case
• Holding Rogue Employees Accountable Under The FCA
• Army Sgts. Deny Contract Bribe Scheme
• 3 Charged With $33M Air Force Med Systems Fraud
• Sky Founder Fails To Nix $140M Fraud Conviction
• GSK To Pay $3B To Settle US Avandia, Medicaid Probes
• Ex-La. Lawmaker Gets 7 Years For Racketeering
• Mets Owners Near Deal Over Madoff Losses In 401(k) Plans
• Trader Gets 3 Years' Probation For Galleon Fraud
• MF Global May Have Stripped Client Accounts, CME Says
• Seagate Seeks Coverage For Exec's €3M Theft
• Dealer Blasts Charges Over Sale Of 'Cheap' Gold Coins
• Man Accused Of Celebrity Email Hacking Denies Charges
• 'Girls Gone Wild' Founder Accuses Wynn Of Defamation
• Revamping The EU Market Abuse Regime
• Gabon FCPA Witness Grilled Over Past Drug Use
• Businessman Gets 4 Years For $24M Ex-Im Bank Fraud
• $21B Slashed From Madoff Trustee's UBS, JPMorgan Claims
• FBI Probe Casts Criminal Shadow Over MF Global Execs
• Madoff Trustee Loses Bid To Consolidate Adversary Suits
• Mafia Charged With Looting $12M From Texas Lender
• AGs Strike Fear With Criminal Mortgage Probe
• Bell, Calif., Fat Cat Sues City Over Unpaid Salary
• Ex-Ohio Official Can't Move Corruption Trial
• Cellini Convicted On Conspiracy, Bribery Charges
• Ex-Anglo Irish Finance Director Arrested In Fraud Probe
• The Latest In FCPA Enforcement