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White Collar - September, 2012

204 articles

• Lobbyist Gets 3 Months For Bribing Ex-NY Pol Kruger
• Texas Atty Can't Duck Judge Bribery Charges
• 9th Circ. Won't Review 'Die Hard' Director's Guilty Plea
• Fox Rothschild Aided $2M Real Estate Fraud, Rabbi Says
• Meister Seelig Settles Suit Over $413M 'Mini-Madoff' Scheme
• No Jail Time For Hedge Fund Manager In NY Pension Scandal
• NY Judge's Term Limits Ruling Could Rankle Local Officials
• US Joins Qui Tam FCA Suit Over Hanford Time Card Fraud
• House Approves Expanded Federal Whistleblower Protections
• Sigma Analyst Pleads Guilty In Insider Trading Case
• Strategies For Fighting Global Trade Secret Theft
• SEC Says Confidential Trading Info Needs More Protection
• Ex-IRS Official Charged With Conflict After Taking Bank Job
• NJ Radiologist Cops To $2M Kickback Fraud
• Ex-Goldman Coder Pleads Not Guilty In 2nd Theft Case
• Murray Co. Units To Pay $1M Over Deadly Mine Collapse
• MoveOn Calls For DOJ Probe Into Romney's Bain Statements
• 6th Circ. Upholds Medicare Fraudster's 10-Year Sentence
• Judge Rejects Arkin Bid To Pay Rent From Old Firm's Coffers
• Want A Government Contract? Fight Human Trafficking
• Top 5 Corruption Risks For Pharmaceutical Cos.
• Goldman Paying $12M To End Landmark SEC Pay-To-Play Case
• Chinese National Convicted Of Defense Trade Secrets Theft
• Feds Win 10th Guilty Plea In NJ Tax Lien Bid-Rigging Probe
• Chinese Man Charged In Carbon Fiber Export Plot
• Former NJ Investment Firm Head Admits $4M Fund Scam
• Ex-Credit Suisse Exec Charged With Inflating Mortgage Bonds
• Tools For Handling Mortgage-Based FCA Claims
• Ex-NY Hospital CEO Charged In $1.4M Kickback Scheme
• Ex-Goldman Coder Sues Firm For $2.4M Theft Defense Fees
• A 'Trial Penalty' For AU Optronics
• DOJ Ordered To Explain Prosecutors' Conflict In Kickback Case
• Eagle Eyes Vice Chairman Admits To Auto Light Price-Fixing
• Brazilian Electoral Court Orders Arrest Of Google Exec
• DOJ Unlikely To Spend Scarce Time, Money On Olympus Case
• UK Urged To Probe Toxic Dumping In Ivory Coast
• WG Can't Claw Back $12M From Ponzi Plot: Neb. Fund Atty
• US Fidelis Exec Gets 8 Years For $71M Refund Scheme
• Criticism Of DPAs And NPAs Is Unwarranted
• $500M AUO Price-Fixing Verdict Highlights Risks Of Trial
• Full 7th Circ. Won't Revisit Ex-Ill. Gov. Ryan's Appeal
• Home Care Exec Cops To Part In Record $374M Medicare Fraud
• Ex-Cozen O'Connor Partner Convicted of Tax Evasion, Fraud
• Rajaratnam Prosecution Cooperator Dodges Jail
• Health Care Pro Joins Edwards Wildman From DOJ
• Tyco Hands Over $26M To End FCPA Cases
• Chevron Faces Criminal Probe Over Flaring At Calif. Plant
• Wal-Mart Aims To Shield Execs From Investor's Bribery Probe
• EU-China Antitrust MOU: A Wake-Up Call For Chinese Cos.
• FINRA Fines Merrill Lynch Over Unfiled Broker Reports
• Making AFAs Work By Leveraging Project Management
• Ex-Detroit Mayor Loses Bid For New Venue As Trial Begins
• Calif. Regulators Pin $23M Ponzi On Insurance Broker CEO
• Madoff Trustee Argues Morrison Won't Nix Foreign Suits
• Dallas US Atty Armed For Tough Financial Fraud Fights
• Ex-Krahl Construction CFO Admits To Role In Billing Scheme
• Auto Cos. Seek To Bar Plea Docs From Criminal Antitrust Trial
• NJ Public Officials Indicted On Employee Misuse Charges
• Breakaway NYC Partners Blast Contempt Threat In Arkin Case
• Stryker Pays $1.5M To End Investors' Kickback, FCA Suits
• Orthofix, Pfizer FCPA Cases A Sign Of What's To Come
• SEC Says Portland Hedge Funds, Attys Ran $37M Ponzi Scheme
• Sheldrake Exec Gets 1 Year For $2.2M Battery Park Condo Scam
• Texas Doc Pleads Not Guilty To New Medicare Fraud Charges
• Q&A With Jenner & Block's Reid Schar
• Fast And Furious Report Lands DOJ's Breuer In Hot Seat
• Ex-NJ Police Chief, Lawmaker Gets 5 Years For Misconduct
• AU Optronics Fined $500M, Execs Jailed For LCD Price-Fixing
• Man Who Lied For $16M In Military Contracts Heads To Prison
• Predictions For DOJ's Upcoming FCPA Guidance
• Judge Worried MedCap Investor Payouts Could Shaft Creditors
• Full Tilt Poker Exec Pleads Guilty To Bank Fraud
• IG's Fast And Furious Report Rips DOJ, ATF For Failures
• Ex-CME Group Engineer Admits To Stealing Trade Secrets
• Doctor Convicted On False Fen-Phen Injury Claims
• Japanese Freight Co. To Pay $2.3M In Price-Fixing Probe
• A Look At 16 Years Of EEA Prosecutions
• Ex-City Council Candidate Can't Shake Fraud Charge
• Sweetener Co. CEO Faces Stealing, Fraud Charges
• Peregrine CEO's Son Boldly Blames US Bank For Father's Fraud
• AUO Blasts DOJ's Bid For $1B Fine In LCD Price-Fixing Case
• Feds Up Ante In NY Poker Case To Protect Anti-Gambling Law
• Fiesta Bowl Exec Gets Probation For Campaign Conspiracy
• Sutherland Hires Veteran Trial Pro From Robinson & Cole
• 2nd Circ. Upholds Army Captain's Bribery Conviction
• US Fidelis Head Gets 3 Years For $70M Refunds Fraud
• The Latest In Supervisory Liability
• Gibraltar Agrees To $65M Deal To Skirt Rothstein Claims
• MoFo Boosts Beijing Practice With Ex-Orrick FCPA Pro
• 3rd Circ. Says Discovery Limits Don't Negate Atlantic Verdict
• Schiff Hardin Lands Securities Pro For DC Office
• Former NJ Transportation Official Cops To Bribery Charge
• O'Melveny Nabs Veteran DOJ Official For White Collar Team
• Peregrine CEO Admits $100M Scam, Stays In Jail
• DOJ Says NYT Reporter Can't Hide Behind Bogus Privilege
• Feds Appeal NY Judge's Ruling That Poker Isn't Gambling
• Criminals Can't Earn Interest On Restitution Surplus: 3rd Circ.
• Tremont Can't Nix Madoff Investor Fraud Suit
• Holland & Knight Hires SNR Denton White Collar Veteran
• UK Inks Pact With US To Help Catch Tax Cheats
• Case Study: SEC V. Obus
• After Guilty Plea By Town Worker, Legal Fee Suit Is Revived
• 2nd Circ. Finds Queens Prosecutors Immune In Civil Rights Row
• Arkin Levels Contempt Motion At Ex-Partners In Billing Row
• Pa. Traffic Court Judge Suspended After Fraud Indictment
• Katten Muchin Adds Ex-NY Prosecutor To White Collar Practice
• Rothstein Pal Gets 3 Years For Campaign Fund Fraud
• Ex-Schools Chief Sentenced To 11 Years For Taking Bribes
• GAO Says Picard Not Biased When Assessing Madoff Claims
• Steptoe & Johnson Snags Ex-BP FCPA Expert
• Feds Must Reveal Alleged NYC Comptroller Straw Donors
• Ex-Army Corps Worker Gets 6 Years In $20M Bribery Scheme
• A Primer On Alternative Fee Arrangements
• Argentine Bribery Whistleblower Seeks $100M From Siemens
• Winans Gospel Family Member Charged With $8M Scam
• Tremont Wants Insurers' Suit Over Madoff Fraud Tossed
• Annexation Nets Extortion Charge For Dallas-Area Ex-Mayor
• Peregrine CEO To Await $200M Fraud Sentencing As Free Man
• NJ Contractor Gets Probation For School Contracts Fraud
• Bill Banning Fraudulent Contractors Clears NJ Senate Panel
• Fla. Man Gets 10 Years For $55M Drug Diversion Scheme
• Indianapolis Official Pushes Entrapment Bid At 7th Circ.
• CityTime Kickback Trial Postponed For Pile Of New Evidence
• 6th Circ. Junks Pharmacy's Express Scripts Contract Fight
• Ex-Stanford Exec Gets 3 Years For Obstructing Ponzi Probe
• Ex-Aide Of Convicted Pa. Pol Blasts Misappropriation Claims
• Ex-CCI Sales Chief Gets Home Confinement For Foreign Bribe
• Pa. Traffic Court Judge Faces Fraud Charge Over Park Funds
• Chubb Unit Beats Bank's Suit Over Embezzlement Coverage
• Germany Charges HP Employees In Russian Bribery Scheme
• Ex-Jenkens Atty Admits Role In $100M Tax Shelter Fraud
• Allowing Deliberating Jurors To Read Indictment At Home
• IRS' $104M Whistleblower Award May Curb In-House Reporting
• Ex-Worker At Salmonella-Linked Egg Co. Cops To Bribery
• Row Over Merkin's Madoff Feeder Funds Partly Revived
• Ex-Police Chief's Convictions Pared In NJ Misconduct Case
• Ex-Equipment Finance Exec Gets 20 Years For $53M Fraud
• NY Rep. Called 'Corrupt' By Ethics Group Amid Finance Probe
• Auto-Lighting Price-Fixing Charges Survive Dismissal Bid
• Feds Charge 7 In $132M Oil Drilling Rig Investment Scam
• Iran Satellite Charges Against US Man Will Stand, Judge Says
• Ex-Madoff Controller To Plead Guilty, Prosecutors Say
• News Corp. Security Worker Charged In Phone Hacking Scandal
• Turning Lead Into Gold With Thorough Compliance
• US Wants $1B Fine Against AU Optronics For LCD Price-Fixing
• Ex-Equipment Finance Exec Gets 15 Years For $53M Fraud
• NJ Official Admits Using Town Workers For Personal Chores
• Pirate Bay Co-Founder Arrested On Hacking Charges
• 2 More Arrested In Hacking, Bribery Probes Of British Press
• Peregrine CEO Admits To $200M Fraud, Inks Plea Agreement
• FCPA Liability In M&A: Lessons From Pfizer Settlements
• Brown Rudnick Boosts White Collar Practice With 2 Hires
• Jailed UBS Tax Whistleblower Gets $104M IRS Award
• NJ Lawyer Admits To $1M Mortgage Fraud Scheme
• Feds Back Army Captain's 3-Year Bribery Term In 2nd Circ.
• HSBC Hits Troutman Sanders With $75M Malpractice Suit
• NJ Mayor Charged With Taking Bribes For Parking Project
• Philly Law Firm Says Broker Helped Developer In $1M Fraud
• Texas Targets State Farm In Criminal Hurricane Ike Probe
• Stearns Weaver Duo, Ex-Fla. Sen. Form Miami Boutique Firm
• Ex-REIT Employee Admits To Kickbacks In Billing Fraud Case
• Citgo Could Pay $2M After Judge Backs Bird Death Conviction
• CFTC Pushes For Delay In Returning $123M In Peregrine Funds
• Cellphone Technology Meets The 4th Amendment
• Ex-Army Engineer Cops To $4M In Iraqi Contract Bribes
• Father, Son Ordered To Pay $61M For Roles In Nadel Ponzi
• Cooperator In Rajaratnam Prosecution Seeks Probation
• Scotts Miracle-Gro To Pay Record $12.5M Over Pesticides
• Texas Atty Charged With Stealing From Clients
• SEC Can't Shake Investor Action Over $7B Stanford Fraud
• Feds Defend Iran Satellite Tech Conspiracy Case
• Section 1504: A Burden For Resource Extraction Cos.
• Obama 'Hope' Artist Gets Probation For Evidence Tampering
• How To Avoid Criminal Liability For Errant Employees
• Ex-FEMA Worker Avoids Jail In $100M Katrina Contract Scam
• Ex-Army Corps Worker Wants 3-Year Sentence In Bribery Case
• 2nd Circ. OKs $41M Award In Military Food Contract Row
• Another Ex-Krahl Construction Manager Cops To Billing Fraud
• Wells Fargo Asks Court To Pare $13M Nev. Real Estate Suit
• Judge Delays Sentencing For AUO, Execs In LCD Price-Fixing
• Judge Nixes $7.8M Orthofix Medicare Fraud Plea
• 2nd Circ. Revives $1.3M Obus Insider Trading Suit
• Obama 'Hope' Artist Fights $3.2M Fine On Evidence Charge
• Age Of The Whistleblower: Incentives And Protections
• Real Estate Mogul Gets 12 Years For $76M Ponzi Scheme
• Nixon Peabody Must Face Suit Alleging It Aided NewPoint Fraud
• Lawyers Must Learn To Dance Around FCPA Discovery Dangers
• Feds Fight Ex-Deutsche Broker's New Trial Bid In Tax Case
• Le-Nature's Trustee Rips K&L Gates' Pa. High Court Appeal
• Embattled NJ Lawmaker Faces New Loan Default Suit
• Media Has No Right To Search-Warrant Docs, 6th Circ. Says
• Arkin Says Partners Diverted Billing Docs Amid Dissolution
• Kirkland Lands Top UK Prosecutor For London Office
• Ex-DOE Director's Widow Cops To $1.3M Fraud Scheme
• No Oracle Could Have Foreseen Oracle's FCPA Settlement
• Ex-Kirkland Partner Will Try To Whittle Tax Fraud Case
• SEC Charges Ex-Stanford Execs Over Ponzi Fraud
• Ex-Broadcom, Altera Exec Cops To Insider Trading
• AUO Fights To Delay Sentencing In LCD Price-Fixing Case
• Former Real Estate Exec Admits To Investment Scam
• GSK Whistleblowers Slam 'Excessive' $30M Fee Request
• NY AG Eyes Transfer In Suit Challenging $410M Merkin Deal
• Another Step Toward Loosening Gambling Restrictions
• Case Study: Acticon V. China North East Petroleum