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White Collar - January, 2013

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• Calif. Drops Charges in $21M Fraud Case
• Fill-In SEC Enforcement Chief May Be Mr. Right After All
• 'Anonymous' Spokesman Deemed Competent For Trial
• Ex-Galleon Employee Turned Informer Gets 1 Year
• Ex-Workers Reach $5M Deal In Princeton Review FCA Suit
• Schulte Roth Brings On 3 Morvillo Abramowitz Litigators
• NY Amendment Would Axe Pensions Of Felonious Politicians
• Gibson Dunn Nabs Gupta Prosecutor For White Collar Team
• Former Peregrine CEO Gets 50 Years For $100M Fraud
• Feds Indict 9 Philly Traffic Court Judges Over Fixed Tickets
• Smith V. US: Impact On Defense Of Conspiracy Charges
• Feds Want BP Attys' Docs On Deepwater Pollution Cover-Up
• NJ High Court Takes Up Choice Of Counsel Question
• Morgan Lewis Slammed For Debt, Drug Claims About Pa. Man
• Ex-NY State Senator Admits Embezzling From Her Nonprofit
• Ex-Tyco Execs Urge 2nd Circ. To Revive Habeas Bid
• Pa. Bill Would Keep Penn State's $60M Sandusky Fine In State
• Pa. Judge Rebuffs Sandusky's Bid For New Trial
• FDA Official Says Off-Label Ruling Won't Limit Enforcement
• E-Waste Case Could Bring Changes To E-Waste Recycling Laws
• DOJ Criminal Chief Lanny Breuer To Step Down
• News Leak Probe May Chill Media's Use Of Federal Data
• Shipping Honcho Convicted Of Cargo Price-Fixing Conspiracy
• Despite Spotlight, Next DOJ Chief May Face Diminished Role
• Feds Must Revisit Bank Expulsion Of Mob-Tied Casino Owner
• Prosecutors Seek Light Sentence For Helpful Inside Trader
• Ex-SEIU Boss Convicted Of Swiping Worker Dues
• Drug Misbranding Investigations Remain Top Priority: DOJ
• DOJ Settlements Let Big Banks Off Too Easy, Senators Say
• Calif. City Officials Never Asked for Anything Illegal: Clerk
• Edwards Wildman Snags White Collar Pro From LeClairRyan
• BP's Guilty Plea, $4.5B Criminal Spill Deal Win Approval
• US Pushing For RBS To Enter Libor Guilty Plea
• Pharma Exec Criminal Convictions And HHS Program Bans
• IRS OK'd To Snoop UBS Records For Potential Tax Dodgers
• Indicted Texas DA Objects To Moving Racketeering Trial
• GC Resignation Puts Spotlight On Ethics Concerns At USAID
• Fla. Therapist Gets 4 Years For $205M Medicare Fraud
• BakerHostetler Faces Nestle DQ Bid In Price-Fixing Suits
• Camico Can't Get Legal Docs In Coverage Row, Judge Says
• Ex-Jefferies Trader Arrested For TARP Fraud
• Miami Developer Pleads Guilty To Swindling NFL Star
• NY AG Slams Madoff Trustee's Delay In Fighting $410M Deal
• US Seeks Leniency For Galleon Mole
• Insider Trading In 2012: Back To The Future — Part 2
• Lights Over Paris Singer Charged With $10M Loan Fraud
• Insider Trading In 2012: Back To The Future — Part 1
• DOJ Antitrust Workload Questioned Amid Office Closings
• Fla. Official Steered Contracts To Friend's Co., Suit Says
• Ex-CIA Officer Gets 2 1/2 Years For Naming Covert Agent
• 9th Circ. Denies Bail For AUO Execs In Price-Fixing Case
• Camden Settles Insurance Dispute Over Dirty Cop Lawsuits
• Banker Accused Of Aiding Olympus' $2B Plot Gets Bail
• Canopy Co-Founder Appeals 13-Year Sentence For $93M Fraud
• 2 La. Subcontractors Indicted For Katrina Kickback Scheme
• Japanese Freight Co. To Pay $2.3M Over Price-Fixing Plot
• Pipe Co. Asks High Court To Hear Enviro, Workplace Case
• FDA Wise To Duck High Court Off-Label Ruling, Attys Say
• Diebold Reserves $18M for Possible FCPA Settlement
• Caution, Not Crackdown, To Mark New SEC Head's Tenure
• Fund Chief Whitman Gets 2 Years For Insider Trading
• Ex-NFL Player Charged With Running $2M Ponzi Scheme
• Calif. City Officials Used Fake Boards To Steal $1.3M, DA Says
• Contractor Gets 30 Months For $1M Iraq Reconstruction Fraud
• UK Regulators Take Aim At ICAP In Libor Probe
• Fugitive Lawyer Indicted After Fleeing '06 Fraud Sentence
• Ex-SEC General Counsel Rejoins Baker & McKenzie
• Debevoise Atty Mary Jo White Named New SEC Chief
• MassMutual Unit Says SLUSA Precludes Madoff Suits
• Tone At The Top: More Than Just Jargon
• 4th Circ. Affirms Sentence In $100M Securities Fraud
• Ex-SEIU Top Dog Embezzled Dues For Travel, Jury Hears
• Deloitte & Touche Escapes Suit Over Alleged Ponzi Losses
• 3 Men Charged With Conspiracy Over Data-Stealing Gozi Virus
• White Collar Group Of The Year: Winston & Strawn
• DOJ Criminal Division Chief Lanny Breuer To Leave Post
• House Will Review CFAA After Web Pioneer Swartz's Death
• Stanford Investors Told To Return Up To $220M In Profits
• Jury Convicts Real Estate Broker In $5.5M Mortgage Scheme
• Senators Revive Antitrust Whistleblower Protection Bill
• 3 Tips For Limiting Liability In The Digital Age
• NJ Atty Attacks Feds' Case In Opening Salvo Of RICO Trial
• Texas County Restarts RICO Suit Against Ex-Officials, Atty
• White Collar Group Of The Year: Steptoe & Johnson
• Auto Lights Exec Gets 14-Month Sentence For Price-Fixing
• Sister's Conviction Key In Pa. Justice's Corruption Case
• Ex-Peregrine CEO Stole $215M From Investors, Feds Say
• Retrial Begins For Ex-Vitesse Execs Accused Of Fraud
• UK Arrests 5 In Insider Trading Scheme
• Reinvigorated Antitrust Enforcement Has Arrived
• Ex-Mayer Brown CIO, Vendor Deny Running $5M Billing Scam
• Former Stanford CFO Gets 5 Years For Role In $7B Scam
• White & Case Accused Of Discovery 'Shell Game' In RICO MDL
• Gupta Attacks Wiretaps, Conviction In 2nd Circ.
• Aragon Owes Investigator For Citadel Case, Suit Says
• Nigerian Pleads Guilty To $70M Scheme To Cheat Lawyers
• High Court To Weigh Jilted Lover's Weapons Treaty Sentence
• Dallas Criminal Defense Atty Admits To Money Laundering
• DA Wants Bias Claims Barred At Pa. Justice's Trial
• White Collar Group Of The Year: Skadden
• Proskauer, Chadbourne Win SCOTUS Review In Stanford Case
• IBM, SEC Denied Request For Delay In $10M FCPA Deal
• Foreign Regulators May Bargain Before US Tax Cheat Law
• Houston Developer Gets 9 Years For Hurricane Ike Fraud
• Alleged 'Rebecca' Fraudster May Plead Out
• Ex-New Orleans Mayor Nagin Indicted In Corruption Case
• Ex-Goldman Sachs Coder Says DA's Theft Case Is 'Inhuman'
• Fair Lending Enforcement: A Coordinated CFPB-DOJ Effort
• Judge Blasts $8M Deal To End WakeMed Medicare Fraud Suit
• Fake Securities Salesman Gets 12 Years For $8M Fraud
• Paul Weiss Says NBPA Chief Is No Crook, But Issues Remain
• SEC Defeats Suit Over Destroyed Madoff, Goldman Docs
• Ex-Legal & General Trader To Admit To Insider Trading
• White Collar Group Of The Year: Ropes & Gray
• Ex-Magyar Execs Can Face FCPA Claims In NY, SEC Says
• Notre Dame Won't Face Liability Over Manti Te'o Hoax
• Ex-Massey Boss Gets 21 Months For Hiding Mine Hazards
• Sheppard Mullin Adds Ex-Shook Hardy FCA, White Collar Pro
• 7 Compliance Failures That Facilitated Libor Rigging
• BP, Feds Want $4B Deepwater Deal OK'd Despite Objections
• Internet Activist's Suicide May Take Teeth Out Of Hacker Law
• Man Pleads Guilty In $11M NC Insider Trading Case
• White Collar Group Of The Year: Davis Polk
• SEC Targets Trader Linked To Ex-Galleon Employee
• US Pushes 2-Year Sentence For Auto Lights Exec
• Ex-Newark Employee Gets 8 Years For Food Voucher Fraud
• Calif. City Can't Escape Defense Costs For Ex-Official
• Okada Can't Skirt Wynn Resorts' Disloyalty Claims
• NJ Firm Exits Suit Over $23M Cobalt Capital Fraud
• NY Hospital Contractor Gets Probation In Bid-Rigging Case
• DOJ's Antitrust Plans Unclear Amid Looming Office Closures
• Art Buchwald's Estate Sues Citibank For Negligence
• NJ Lawmaker Loses Leadership Post Amid Loan-Theft Charges
• Ex-Fried Frank Worker Charged With Stealing Toner
• Ex-FEMA Official Cops To Conflict Over Polling Contract
• Ex-Fund Adviser Kinnucan Gets 51 Months For Insider Trading
• Penn State Targets Ex-Coach McQueary's Whistleblower Suit
• Morgan Lewis, Nonprofit Strike Back At Sham Charges Suit
• Ex-Citibank Employee Convicted In $1.3M Theft From Partner
• Skowron Fights $10.2M Morgan Stanley Payment At 2nd Circ.
• 'Die Hard' Director Can't Erase Guilty Plea At High Court
• Utah AG Asks Feds To Probe His Role In Alleged Bribery Plot
• Canadian Judge Acquits Ex-Nortel Execs Of Accounting Fraud
• SIPC Must Help Stanford Victims, DC Circ. Hears
• Madoff Victims Lose 2nd Bid to See Simpson Thacher Files
• Siemens Unit Pays $10M To Settle NYC Contract Fraud Rap
• High Court Should Uphold Election Funding Ban, US Says
• UK Court OKs Extradition Of Ex-Credit Suisse Exec
• Supreme Court Grapples With Jury's Role In Sentencing
• Jersey City Official Gets 30 Months For Bribery Rap
• FCPA Lessons From The Allianz Settlement
• Ohio Contractor Gets 3 Years In Prison In Corruption Case
• With UAE Antitrust Law In The Wings, Attys Say Plan Now
• Supreme Court To Hear Case Over Right To Remain Silent
• Insider Trading Probe Continues To Haunt SAC Capital
• Ex-Mayer Brown Exec, Vendor Charged With Kickback Scheme
• Ex-Cowboy's Investing Partner Pleads Guilty To $40M Scam
• Ex-Axius CEO Admits Trying To Bribe Stock Brokers
• Feds Can't Stay Seedco FCA Case Amid Criminal Probe
• Inside The Latest Hong Kong Anti-Bribery Efforts
• SEC Closes Investigation With No Action, Deere Says
• Self-Reporting Rule May Not Aid Insider Trading Crackdown
• Pa. High Court Won't Halt Justice's Corruption Prosecution
• Wal-Mart CEO Knew Of Bribery Claims In 2005, Lawmakers Say
• Sandusky Lawyers Ask Judge For New Trial
• Insurers Can Proceed With MF Global Appeal Over $141M Loss
• Holder To Keep Attorney General Post: Report
• SEC Enforcement Chief Leaves Behind Rehabbed Agency
• Ex-InterMune CEO Sues HHS Over 5-Year Program Ban
• Cooperator In Whitman Insider Trading Case Dodges Prison
• Mayer Brown Picks Up US Prosecutor In Chicago
• Suspended Pa. Justice Asks High Court To Halt Prosecution
• Brit Gets 33 Months In Iran Missile Part Export Scheme
• Ex-Trust Co. Execs Plead Not Guilty In Fraud Case
• Fried & Epstein Name Partners Jump To Flaster/Greenberg
• Roetzel Adds To Fla. White Collar, Creditors' Rights Teams
• Judge Chops Suit Alleging Meridian Ran Madoff Feeder Funds
• Chinese Man Pleads Guilty To Pirating $100M In Software
• Goldman Sachs Investor Asks 2nd Circ. To Renew Gupta Suit
• SEC's Case Against Ex-Home Diagnostics CEO Reopened
• Tax Evader Admits To Charges Filed After $780M UBS Deal
• Businessman Cops To $16M Forex Scam Against Christians
• DLA Piper Snags Former Fed For Philly Litigation Group
• DOJ Urges 9th Circ. To Deny Bail In LCD Price-Fixing Case
• FINRA Trumpets Record Cases, Insider Trading Tips In 2012
• Sandusky Defendants Say State Knew Of Atty Conflict
• Ex-Primary Global Exec Can't Shake Conviction In 2nd Circ.
• Dreier Trustee Nets Clawback Deal Over Penthouse Payments
• Ex-Enron Execs Fined $1.175M Over Securities Fraud
• International Sharing Of Evidence: A 2-Way Street
• NJ Court Preserves Booting Of Prosecutor For Now
• W Financial Group Exec Gets 10 Years For $17M Fraud
• SAC Tipping Trial Hinges On Gov't Informant's Credibility
• Madoff Clawback Suits Must Stay In Bankruptcy Court
• Ex-American Banknote CEO Must Pay $64M To Fraud Victims
• Star Prosecutor Joins Crowell & Moring's White Collar Group
• NJ Exec, HSBC Client Pleads Guilty In Offshore Tax Case
• Del. Man Gets 8 Years For $2.2M Currency Trading Scam
• Caviar Distributor Gets Time-Served For $10M Import Scam
• 2nd Circ. Raises Bar For Short-Swing Insider Trading Claims
• What We Learned About The UK Bribery Act In 2012
• Zuckerman Snags NY Federal Judge Barbara Jones
• Transocean Spill Settlement Shows Feds' Focus On BP
• Goldman Pushes For Gupta To Pay $7M In Legal Fees
• Supreme Court To Review Judicial Interference In Plea Talks
• JPMorgan Faces Sanctions In US' Madoff Probe
• Law Firm Bookkeeper Who Stole $500K Gets Prison Time
• Internet Pirate Captain Handed 5-Year Sentence
• Treasury To Float New Reporting Rule For Hedge Funds
• 9th Circ. Affirms Ex-Bank Of China Manager RICO Convictions
• Former NY County Judge Rejoins Kase & Druker As Partner
• W&T Offshore To Pay $1M To End Water Pollution Case
• Takeaways From HHS Report On CMS E-Records Program
• Satyam Directors Skirt Securities Suit Alleging $1B Fraud
• Ex-Deutsche Broker Loses New Trial Bid In Tax Shelter Case
• NJ Man Cops To $200M Real Estate Investment Scam
• Fugitive Texas Lawyer Surrenders In $9M Embezzlement Case
• Be Careful What You (Don't) Ask For Before Sentencing
• Ex-Broker Gets 18 Months For Role In Muni-Bond Fraud
• Texas-Based Beirne Maynard Moves Into La. With Merger
• Swiss Bank Admits To Helping Americans Hide $1B From IRS
• Whistleblower Can't Fight Amgen's $612M Aranesp Deal: Judge
• Megaupload Says Feds Duped Court To Get Key Warrants
• Transocean To Plead Guilty, Pay $1.4B Over Oil Spill
• Ex-SAC Manager Denies Role In $276M Insider Trading Plot
• Trade Secrets Cases May Spike After US Strengthens Law
• Caddell To Pay $2M To Settle Fraud Allegations
• Senate Confirms DOJ Antitrust Chief, FTC Commissioner
• Tax Evaders Can't Shake $186M Ruling In Flatotel Loan Case
• Morgan Lewis Adds White Collar Whiz From Baker & McKenzie
• SAC, Founder Face Investor Suit Over Insider Trading Scandal
• Ex-Sponge Co. CEO Loses Bid To Quash 2nd Circ. Appeal
• Ex-Ill. Gov. Wants High Court Review Of Fraud Conviction
• AUO Execs Ask 9th Circ. For Bail In Price-Fixing Appeal
• Ex-Federal Prosecutor Joins Stradling's White Collar Group
• How Caronia Could Reshape Government Investigations
• White Collar Cases To Watch In 2013
• Law360 Selects Top Practice Groups Of The Year