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White Collar - August, 2012

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• El Paso Officials Accused Of Trading Contracts For Bribes
• SEC Appeals Ruling That SIPC Needn't Cover Stanford Victims
• Guidelines Sentencing Sought In Asbestos Demolition Scheme
• 8th Circ. Upholds Sentence For Ex-Affiliated Foods CFO
• 4 Firms Feared Most By In-House Counsel
• Suspended Pa. Justice Will Not Get Salary, Panel Rules
• Pa. Man Indicted In Oil Investment Scam
• Ex-UBS Execs Convicted Of Bid-Rigging Charges
• Defining The Mission Of The Complex Case
• Ex-Mayer Brown CIO Arrested Over Fraud Scheme
• Ex-Krahl Construction Manager Latest To Cop To Fraud
• SEC Readying Civil Charges Against Stanford Execs: Report
• Ex-News Corp. Atty Reportedly Arrested In Hacking Scandal
• Insider Trading, Materiality And Nonpublic Information
• Army Sgt. Pleads Guilty In Iraqi Contract Scheme
• Former ALW Executive Ducks Prison In Honey Import Case
• Jury Starts Deliberations In UBS Bid-Rigging Case
• Bankruptcy No Sanctuary For Ponzi Schemer, SEC Says
• Merrill Lynch Settles Charity's $33M Suit Over Madoff Losses
• Holland & Knight To Pay $25M To Settle Nadel Ponzi Charges
• Barclays Faces Criminal Probe Over £12B Funding Work Fees
• New Charges Filed In $72M Dell, Nvidia Insider Trading Case
• The Auto Parts Investigations: Lessons From The 1st Year
• LulzSec Member Charged Over Sony Hack
• Ex-Motorola Engineer Gets 4 Years For Trade Secrets Theft
• Firm Can't Seek Penalty It Paid For Convicted Worker: 3rd Circ.
• NJ Contractor Indicted In Scheme To Bilk Longshoremen
• K&L Gates Appeals Revival of $500M Malpractice Suit
• Taylor Bean, Ocala Can Share Possible Deloitte Payout
• Court Revives Suit Alleging Comerica Aided Ponzi Scheme
• Pepper Hamilton Acquires Louis Freeh's Law Firm
• Nippon Seiki To Pay $1M In Latest DOJ Auto Parts Plea
• DOJ Blasts Convicted GE Execs' Acquittal Bid In Bond Scam
• Banyon Trustee Sues Insurers To Cover $70M In Ponzi Losses
• Old Claims Off Limits In Supplement Co. CEO's Trial: 9th Circ.
• Ex-UBS Execs Cheated Cities In Muni Bond Scam, Jury Told
• Ex-El Paso Officials Get Prison For Health Insurance Bribes
• Accomplice In NY Hospital Kickback Scheme Denied Release
• Judge Presses Nixon Peabody To Settle NewPoint Suit
• Ex-Mayor Gets 22 Years In La. Bribery Case
• Energy Firm Sues Paper For Libel Over CWA Guilty Plea Story
• NY State Senator Denies Evidence Tampering Charges
• Ex-Pa. Speaker Loses Bid For New Trial Over Campaign Work
• Profit Counting: The Pfizer FCPA Settlement
• After CityTime Scandal, SAIC Consents To Gov't Monitoring
• Morningstar Can't Duck Ponzi Scheme Receiver's Suit
• RICO-Charged NJ Atty Seeks Prosecutor Misconduct Hearing
• Hospital Chain Puts Up $16M To End Skid Row Kickbacks Case
• Ex-El Paso Official Cops To $100M Kickback Scheme
• Defense Contractors Deny Bribing Navy Officials For $6M Deals
• Conrad Black Rips SEC's 'Staggering' $10M Penalty Request
• Judge OKs Joint Trial For Pa. High Court Justice, Sister
• Judge Rejects New Charges Against Ex-NY Sen.
• What's Making Attorneys Flee Their Firms?
• Implications Of The SEC's 1st Whistleblower Award
• Consultant Gets 7 Years For Katrina Home Grant Bribes
• Bank Sues NJ Lawmaker For $3.6M Over Defaulted Loans
• Union Off Hook For Defense Of Convicted Ex-NJ Police Chief
• 'Chinese Warren Buffett' Faces $11.8M Ponzi Scheme Penalty
• Medicare Recruiter Gets 5 Years For $205M Fraud
• Security Co., 3 Others Indicted Over $54M Bribery Scheme
• ArthroCare Execs Arrested Over $400M Stock Drop
• 'Game Of Skill' Ruling Doesn't Deal Poker A Free Pass In NY
• NJ Lawyers Get Year Of House Arrest For Tax Fraud
• DOJ Shines Some Light On FCPA Definitions In 11th Circ.
• 3 Scandals — 3 Key Dodd-Frank Developments
• Ex-Miss. Official, Relatives Cop To $1.2M Katrina Kickbacks
• Feds Shut Down Sites Suspected Of Offering Pirated Apps
• Convicted Pa. Pol Sues Campaign Heads For Misappropriation
• CORRECTED: Former NJ Mayor Denies Taking Insurance Broker's Bribes
• Atty's Judge-Bribing Conviction Was Right, Gov't Tells 5th Circ.
• NJ Mayor, Son Plead Not Guilty To Hacking Scheme
• $2.4B Payout To Madoff Victims Wins Court Approval
• Shoe Insert Maker Sued Over Whistleblower's Ouster
• US Lacks Domain Over Offshore Investments: Convicted Adviser
• SEC Goes Far To Protect 1st Whistleblower's Anonymity
• Former Ohio Official To Appeal 10-Year Bribery Sentence
• Ex-Construction Co. Prez Pleads Guilty In $10M Fraud Case
• SIPC Recommends $60M In Fees For Madoff Trustee
• US Head of Czech Truckmaker Jailed In Graft Probe
• Reverb Of The Gibson Guitar Settlement
• SEC Pays First Whistleblower Award
• 9th Circ. Won't Kill 'Die Hard' Director's Guilty Plea
• Infosys Dodges Retaliation Suit Over Visa Fraud Claims
• Treasury Taps DOJ Veteran To Head Financial Crimes Bureau
• Barclays Libor Prosecutor Joins Murphy & McGonigle
• Fund Founder Whitman Found Guilty Of Insider Trading
• 2nd Circ. OKs Ex-Jefferies Exec's Insider Trading Conviction
• Approaching Prosecutorial Misconduct
• UK Couple Pays $2.35M In Record FSA Insider Trading Case
• Peregrine CEO Pleads Not Guilty In Fraud Case
• Ex-GSA Manager Charged With Blocking Contracting Probe
• Ex-Newark Mayor Breached Campaign Finance Law, Judge Says
• Despite $1.6B Missing, DOJ Doesn't See Crime In MF Global
• NY's 1st Stab At Standard Chartered Bank
• Ex-Ill. Campaign Aide, Others Deny HHS Bribery Scheme
• US Says Fund Head Lied As Insider Trading Trial Wraps Up
• Lawmaker Booted From Ill. House Amid Federal Bribery Charge
• Pension Fund Seeks Wal-Mart Info On Alleged Mexico Bribery
• There's No Accounting For MF Global
• NJ Pipeline Supply Co. Co-Owner Cops To Con Ed Bribes
• Skilling Won't Nix Scruggs Son's Conviction, 5th Circ. Says
• Ex-Morgan Stanley Exec Gets 9 Months For China Bribe Scheme
• Hedge Fund Founder Defense Wraps Up In Insider Trading Case
• FBI Must Give Evidence To Kim Dotcom, NZ High Court Says
• Jury Awards Fresenius $95M Tax Break Due To FCA Settlement
• Oracle Pays $2M To Settle Claims It Breached FCPA In India
• Citi Wants $130M Claim Cut From Madoff Ponzi Clawback Suit
• Italian Shipping Co. To Pay $1M For Criminal Oil Discharges
• DOJ Wins 25th Guilty Plea In Real Estate Bid-Rigging Probe
• Yazaki Exec Agrees To Jail Time For Auto Parts Price-Fixing
• Tuna Co. Convicted Of Bilge Waste Fraud Faces $3M Fine
• Unveiled: A New Enforcement Method In GSK Settlement
• Bombing Victims' Families Sue StanChart Over Iran Assets
• Fund Head Still Milked Friend After Suspecting Insider Trades
• Illarramendi Scheme Investors Net Deal To Duck Clawback Suits
• Skilling Covers Charges Based On State Law, 5th Circ. Says
• NY, Conn. AGs Add Chase, UBS, Others To Libor Probe
• ACLU Sues For FBI's Post-Jones Tracking Policy Memos
• 2nd Circ. Frees AIG From Madoff Investor Couple's Claims
• News Corp. Adopts Ethics Program Ahead Of Split
• Ex-Goldman Programmer's NY Code Theft Case Put On Hold
• Ex-Auditor Gets 10 Years For Aiding Ohio Bribery Scheme
• Interest-Rate Ruse: Understanding The LIBOR Scandal
• Feds Seek To Block Jury Interviews In Jenkens Retrial
• Lawmakers Pressure Wal-Mart To Comply With FCPA Probe
• Hyde Ruling Sparks Battle Over Prosecutorial Misconduct
• US Officials Probe Jensen Farms Over Listeria Outbreak
• UBS Sues Billionaire Developer Over Offshore Tax Advice Row
• Fund Manager Calls His Wiretap Remarks 'Jokes'
• $340M Standard Chartered Deal Shows New Watchdog Can Bite
• NJ Public Adjuster Admits Bilking Insurance Cos.
• Ex-Bridgestone Scientist Charged With Trade Secrets Theft
• NY Boutique's Breakup A Clinic On How Not To Part Ways
• Bell Nunnally Plucks White Collar Ace From Curran Tomko
• HSBC To Hire Ex-OFAC Chief To Monitor Bank Practices
• 5th Circ. Upholds Doc's Fraud Conviction, 10-Year Sentence
• Ex-Detroit Mayor Can't Ditch Atty On Eve of Corruption Trial
• Man Gets 18 Months For Aiding $200M Medicare Ripoff
• Standard Chartered To Pay $340M To Settle NY Iran Claims
• Guilt By Position: Re-Emergence Of The RCO Doctrine
• Circuit Split On CFAA Leaves Employers Scratching Heads
• Peregrine CEO Indicted Over Lies To CFTC
• Insurer, Ex-Enron Chairman's Widow Settle Annuity Dispute
• On Stand, Hedge Fund Founder Denies Trading On Inside Info
• Former BofA Exec Testifies He Bribed UBS For Rigged Bid
• Bricker White Collar Ace Jumps To McDonald Hopkins
• 5th Circ. Won't Delay Trustmark's $2M Stanford Payment Order
• NY Atty, 2 Others Charged With Bilking Well-Heeled Investor
• Banco Santander Gets Madoff Fraud Suit Sent To Switzerland
• Drug Wholesaler Altec Fined $2M In Gray Market Conspiracy
• Google Dodges Suit Over $500M Drug Ad Settlement, For Now
• When Your Most Trusted Employees Are Working For The SEC
• House Committee Sues Holder Over Fast And Furious Docs
• Tyco, Convicted Ex-CEO Kozlowski Settle Just Before Trial
• Ex-Judges Urge High Court To Review Prosecutorial Misconduct
• Boiler Room Schemer Sentenced To 5 Months For $12M Plot
• 11th Circ. Upholds Sentences For Insurance Scammers
• Madoff Victims Appeal For Right To Sue Picower Estate
• Ex-Carlyle Consultant Gets Probation For Insider Trading
• Contractor Cops To $1.27M Iraqi Reconstruction Fraud
• NFL Players Say SunTrust Liable For Alleged Ponzi Scheme
• Trustmark Fights $2M Stanford Payment In 5th Circ.
• Accused Pa. High Court Judge Seeks Separate Trial From Sister
• UBS Execs Denied Mistrial Motion In Bid-Rigging Case
• Keeping Libor 'Not A Viable Option,' UK Panel Says
• Picard-Wilpons Settlement: Impact Of Distributions
• Goldman Avoids DOJ Charges, SEC Probe Into MBS Sales
• NM Officials Arrested For Luring Investors With Fake Audit
• American Disputes Search Warrants In Iranian Satellite Case
• Feds Unleash Wiretap Barrage In UBS Bid-Rigging Trial
• Biodiesel Co. Indicted Over $42M Renewable Credits Scheme
• NJ Mayor Indicted In Email-Hacking Scheme
• Hedge Fund Chief Caught On Wiretap Discussing 'Illegal' Tips
• SEC Says Ex-Standard Oil Chief Masked Convictions
• 10 From Wells Fargo, Citi Accused In $40M Mortgage Fraud Plot
• Goldman Programmer Busted Again, This Time By NY State
• AmerisourceBergen Subpoenaed By DEA Over Drug Diversion
• Ex-Intel Engineer Gets 3 Years For Trade Secrets Theft
• Trade-Based Money Laundering — HSBC, ING And You?
• Ex-UBS Traders Reach Deals In Libor Probe
• DOJ Taps Prosecutor As First Whistleblower Ombudsman
• Insider Trading Witness Admits To Lying To FBI
• Former Home Diagnostics CEO Admits To Insider Trading
• Whistleblowing NJ Prosecutor Can't Revive Retaliation Claim
• CORRECTED: Judge Trims Negligence Claims Against PwC
• Singapore Court Frees 2 Wanted In US On Iran Trade Charges
• Ex-Deloitte Chicago Partner Cops To Insider Trading
• Convicted Ex-Deutsche Broker Says Atty Failed to Vet Juror
• Corporate Governance Lessons From Penn State Scandal
• SEC Drops FCPA Probe Of Offshore Driller Hercules
• Blackwater Agrees To $8M Fine For Arms Violations
• Jury Hears Alleged Insider Trader On Tape Discussing Tips
• Cartel Whistleblower Bill May Fall Short In Boosting DOJ Cases
• Standard Chartered's Global Biz At Risk If NY Pulls Its License
• Calif. Man Pleads Guilty In $5.2M 'Rudy' Securities Scheme
• Sens. Float Contract Ban For UTC Unit After $75M Plea
• Sun Reporter, Police Officer Arrested In UK Bribery Probe
• Pfizer Will Pay $60M To End Foreign Bribery Probes
• Former Lloyds Security Head Cops To $4M Fraud
• Much Ado About The Crime Of Doing Nothing
• Another DOJ Loss Helps The Case For Discovery Reform
• Calif. Mayor Gets 2 Years For Pay-To-Play Scheme
• Ex-Galleon Employee Takes Stand At Hedge Fund Chief's Trial
• Indicted Atty Used Bribes, Threats To Sign Clients, Suit Says
• Texas Court Boots Democratic Justice From DeLay Appeal
• Bristol-Myers Insider Trading Suit Is Compliance Gut Check
• Judge Revives CFTC Suit Against Indicted Sentinel Execs
• After High Court Remand, 7th Circ. Nixes Ex-Gov.'s Retrial Bid
• Wives Of Madoff Sons Fight 'Insider' Label In $58M Suit
• Gibson Strikes Deal To End Wood Import Investigation
• Peregrine Officers, US Bank Failed To Detect Fraud, Suit Says
• Citi Targeted By NY, Conn. AGs In Rate-Fixing Probe
• Total Saves $391M For Possible Settlement Over Iran Deals
• Marvell Didn't Fire Insider Who Shared Tips, Jury Hears
• Diebold Looks To Put Bribery Probe Behind It
• Trio Who Admitted Selling Fake Policies Sent To Prison
• Greenberg Traurig, TD Bank Sanctioned In Rothstein Case
• Ex-Officials Of Calif. City Cop To Taking Pot Shop Bribes
• SEC Targets Teva In FCPA Compliance Probe
• Bristol-Myers Exec Dug Own Grave With Cover-Up Efforts
• Wells Fargo, Wachovia Get Nadel Receiver Fraud Suit Pared
• 11th Circ. Won't Hear Appeal Over $92M Alcatel-Lucent Deal
• Ex-AGs Want Supreme Court To Nix FISA Challenge
• NJ Lawmaker Accused Of Writing Bad Checks
• Ex-Ala. Gov. Returning To Prison For 6 1/2 Years
• Insider Trading Witness Says Analysts Often Chat Up Insiders
• Diamondback Manager Gets Probation For Insider Trading
• Importer Cops Guilty Plea Over Duty Dodge But Denies The Rest
• News Corp.'s Brooks Formally Charged With Phone Hacking
• 2nd Circ. Vacates Traders' Convictions In 'Squawk Box' Trial
• Ex-County Officials Plead Guilty In Kickback Scandal
• Sens. Want Detailed Cost-Benefit Studies For New Regs
• Bristol-Myers Squibb Exec Accused of Insider Trading
• US Criminalization Of Import Violations Continues
• Analyst Says He Passed Marvell Tips To Whitman
• Olympus Tells DOJ Of Possible FCPA Violations In Brazil
• Scruggs Cites Skilling In 5th Circ. Appeal Of Fraud Conviction
• Macau Privacy Regulator Probes Sands China Over Data Transfer
• Chinese Man Pleads Guilty In Illegal Military Exports Case
• Shipping Co. Crowley Fined $17M Over Price-Fixing Scheme
• Feds Say Certain Tapes In UBS Bid-Rigging Case Are Hearsay
• Pa. High Court Justice Sheds 2 Charges In Corruption Case
• Madoff Trustee Wants Merkin's $410M Deal With NY Blocked
• 2 Ex-Ill. Public Officials, Others Deny Corruption Schemes
• Contractor Cops To Stealing Katrina Home Repair Money
• DOL Probes Peregrine's Retirement Plan After Collapse
• Contracting With Third-Party Reps: FCPA Risks
• Avon Negotiating With Feds To Settle FCPA Probe