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White Collar - February, 2013

226 articles

• Texas Atty Convicted In Judicial Bribery Scheme
• Former Massey Exec Cops To Compromising Mine Safety
• Miami Businessman Cops To $40M Investment Scam
• Texas Atty Indicted Over Alleged $32M Laundering Scheme
• WikiLeaks Soldier Pleads Guilty To Lesser Charges
• Shopping Center Giant Kimco Snared In Wal-Mart FCPA Probe
• Q&A With Morgan Lewis' Eric Sitarchuk
• The Most Unlikely Financial Crisis Fall Guy
• 6 Areas Often Underestimated In Law Firm Mergers
• Guggenheim Probed For Ties To Banned Junk Bond King
• Former Korn/Ferry Employee Wants Hacking Charges Dropped
• Google Has No Duty To Police User Content: Italian Court
• TD Bank Strikes $41M Deal To End Rothstein Fraud Claims
• Ex-Trenton Employee Cops To Extortion Scheme With Mayor
• Exec Freed On $2M Bail In DuPont Trade Secrets Case
• Man Group Employee Among 3 Arrested In Insider Tips Probe
• Rare Guidance On FCPA's Reach Over Foreign Nationals
• DOJ Won't Challenge AUO $500M Price-Fixing Fine
• Gabelli Could Kickstart The 'Civil' Prosecution Debate
• Q&A With Kirkland's Neil Eggleston
• New Stream Execs Charged With Securities Fraud
• High Court Tackles Suspects' Right To DNA Privacy
• WikiLeaks Source Can't Duck Treason Charges
• BNY Mellon Says It Can't Be Blamed For Fund's Madoff Losses
• Ex-Steelers Doc's Pharmacist Gets 2 Years For 'Roid Scheme
• Feinstein Campaign Sues DOJ To Get Embezzlement Evidence
• Pepper Hamilton Lures White Collar Attys From Linklaters
• The Next Big Thing In Securities Litigation
• Q&A With Skadden's Rich Marmaro
• 7th Circ. Told Chubb Owes Bank Coverage For Embezzlement
• Shine Might Be Off Alt Fee Arrangements, GC Survey Shows
• GCs Brace For More Whistleblower Suits
• In-House Teams Expand To Keep Pace With More Suits, Probes
• Regulatory Probes Reach New High, GC Survey Shows
• GCs Say FCPA Fears Spur More Careful Dealmaking
• GCs Rate Fixed Fees Best Bang For Their Buck
• Gupta Ordered To Repay Goldman $6.2M In Legal Fees
• Supreme Court Takes Up Another Inadequate-Defense Case
• Pa. Lawmakers Preparing To Impeach Convicted Justice
• Judge Kills DOJ's Summons Of Kolon In Trade Secrets Action
• Investors Win Class Cert. In Madoff Feeder Fund Action
• Pharma Execs Can't Duck Prosecutors With Off-Label Ruling
• Noble Execs Say SEC's Nigerian Bribery Claims Are Too Late
• Sandusky Insurance Battle To Take Place In Philly
• Supreme Court Won't Mull Corporate Campaign Donation Ban
• Q&A With Quinn Emanuel's Jim Asperger
• Biofuel Fraudster To Serve 12 Years, Pay $42M
• Feds Drop Gun-Buying Case Against Ex-Blackwater Execs
• Pa. Justice's Conviction Renews Calls For Appointed Judges
• Split Emerges After 11th Circ. Tosses Smuggling Convictions
• Mystery Heinz 'Insider Traders' No-Shows In Hearing
• Convicted Milberg Weiss Partner Admits To DUI Offense
• Q&A With DLA Piper's Matt Jacobs
• No Cash For Madoff Feeder Fund Investors, 2nd Circ. Rules
• Plumbing The Murky Depths Of Chinese State Secrecy Law
• 'Honey Laundering' Signals A New Enforcement Era
• How They Won It: Weil's Paper Trail To India Saves Satyam
• DLA Piper Adds Veteran DOJ Antitrust Litigator In Philly
• Threat Of Prison For Outbreaks Puts Pressure On Food Execs
• Del. Real Estate Developer Pleads Not Guilty To Bank Fraud
• Private Sector's Role In White House Trade Secrets Plan
• Judge Won't Step Away From Anonymous Hacking Case
• Pa. Supreme Court Justice Convicted Of Corruption
• Q&A With Hogan Lovells' Peter Spivack
• Peanut Corp. Chief Charged Over Salmonella Epidemic
• Judge Won't Nix Charges Against Atty In Racketeering Case
• Bond Seller Tied To $52M Ponzi Scheme Enters Plea Deal
• Ex-New Orleans Mayor Denies Corruption Charges
• Rare Scolding In FCPA Case Shows SEC Can Go Too Far
• Bilked Investors Can't Sue Madoff Family, 2nd Circ. Says
• Alleged Tax Evaders Can't Duck Bank Account Subpoenas
• Honey Processors Fined $3M In $180M Duty-Ducking Probe
• Calif. City Officials Spurned Common Decency, DA Says
• Morgan Lewis Targets Sham Charge Plaintiff's Rap Sheet
• Chevron, Transocean Workers Shake Charges Over Brazil Spill
• Deadlock Leads To 2nd Mistrial In Vitesse Book-Cooking Case
• Judge Raises Bar For SEC On FCPA Jurisdiction
• Jesse Jackson Jr. Pleads Guilty To Campaign Fraud
• Q&A With Sidley Austin's Kim Dunne
• Conrad Black Rips US Courts After Losing Set-Aside Bid
• Aggressive Wiretap Affirmed With Little Fanfare
• High Court Won't Touch Zach Scruggs' Misprision Conviction
• New FCPA Guides Leave Companies Guessing, Biz Groups Say
• Justices Won't Review Ex-Army Officer's Bribery Indictment
• M&A Resurgence May Fuel SEC's Insider Trading Fire
• Rothstein Investor Wants TD Bank Suit Back In Fla. Court
• 3 Sentenced In $100M El Paso Health Plan Kickback Case
• FBI Investigates Suspicious Trading At Heinz
• Pepper Hamilton Lands 2 White Collar Pros In Philly
• A Broad Reading Of FCPA's Jurisdiction Over Foreign Cos.
• BakerHostetler Fights Nestle DQ Bid In Antitrust Cases
• Okada Can't Block Shareholder Vote On Wynn Board Ouster
• Q&A With Shearman's John Nathanson
• Supreme Court Won't Hear Ex-Primary Global Exec's Bail Bid
• Ex-Calif. City Official Says He Backed Pay Hikes Out Of Fear
• GCs Name 24 Top White Collar, Securities Attys
• Jesse Jackson Jr. Will Cop To Campaign Fund Misuse
• DOJ Widens Antitrust Probe Into Auto Parts Industry
• Morgan Lewis Beats Texas Tax Shelter Conspiracy Claims
• Ex-Xinhua Exec Nets Plea Deal In $50M Insider Trading Case
• Parker Drilling Faces $16M Charge To Resolve FCPA Probe
• Megaupload's Gov't Misconduct Claims Unfounded, US Says
• USPS Purchaser Pleads Guilty To Taking Bribes
• Q&A With Weil's Christopher Garcia
• GCs Name 43 Best-Of-The-Best Attys
• Ex-MCSi Chief's 7-Day Sentence Unjustified, 6th Circ. Says
• GCs Name Cream Of The Crop Litigators
• Ex-J&G Atty Says Of Tax Shelters: Everyone Was Doing It
• Jury Gets Book-Cooking Case Against Ex-Vitesse Execs
• Rakoff Departs From Katz Ruling In $2B Madoff Fight
• SEC Can't Block Discovery In Suit Over $7B Stanford Fraud
• Ill. Lawmaker Loses Warrant Challenge In Bribery Case
• Swiss Banks To Disclose Info On US Citizens' Accounts
• Ill. Town's Ex-Comptroller Gets 19-Plus Years For $53M Fraud
• Transocean Fined $400M As It Admits Deepwater Guilt
• Ex-Stanford Execs Get 20 Years For Roles In $7B Scheme
• 5 Trade Secret Trends That Could Shape 2013
• Enviro Cos., Beware Of More EPA Criminal Enforcement
• The Devil Is In 'Where To Disclose' Supply Chain Details
• BP Spars With Gov't Over Potential $21B Deepwater Fines
• Mining Co. Trustee Prevails Over Leaders Of $300M Ponzi Scam
• Hospital's Medicare Woes Signal Shift In Feds' FCA Tactics
• FCPA Defendants Face Tougher Slog After Latest SEC Win
• Hedge Fund Founder Turned Galleon Snitch Gets House Arrest
• Morgan Lewis Says Tax Shelter Conspiracy Claims Too Late
• Ex-Birdsall Employee Cops To Political Donation Scheme
• Pa. Justice Can't Use Workload Evidence In Corruption Trial
• Provident Execs Plead Guilty In $485M Oil Investment Ponzi
• Pa. Senate Votes To Eliminate Troubled Philly Traffic Court
• Contractor Gets 30 Months For Smuggling Afghan Bribes
• Barry Bonds Asks 9th Circ. To Strike Obstruction Conviction
• 2 NJ Officials Indicted For Water Pollution Scheme
• Ex-NY State Senator Admits To Evidence Tampering
• 6 More News Corp. Staff Arrested Over Phone Hacking
• Okada Renews Bid To Halt Vote On Wynn Board Ouster
• Movie Camera Makers Settle Trade Secrets Suit Over Hacking
• US Law Can't Cover Foreign Price-Fixing, 9th Circ. Hears
• UK Bribery Act Enforcement Is On The Horizon
• Get Ready For More Private Equity Regulation
• Good FCPA Compliance Plans Can Halt Prosecutions: DOJ
• Bird Marella Picks Up Ex-Prosecutor For White Collar Team
• Ex-RI Mayor Gets 2 Years For Contract-Bidding Scheme
• Ex-SK Foods CEO Gets 6 Years For Price-Fixing
• Edwards Wildman Lands IT, FCPA Ace As Partner In Conn.
• 3rd Circ. Blocks Convicted Ex-NJ Mayor's Retrial Request
• 2 Philly Traffic Court Judges Plead Guilty To Ticket-Fixing
• Pepper Hamilton Leaked Info In Libel Row, Union Chief Says
• Galleon's Far Dodges Prison After Aiding FBI Probe
• Ex-Fla. GOP Chair Pleads Guilty To Raiding Party's Coffers
• Fla. Doctor To Pay $26M Settlement In False Claims Case
• Feds Recover $4.2B In Health Care Overpayments In 2012
• A Plain Language Reading Of Section 106(a)(1)
• Hospital's $8M Medicare Deal OK'd To Avoid Criminal Fallout
• Drinker Biddle Adds Ex-US Prosecutor In Chicago
• Ex-Newark Official Gets 1 Year For Extortion Scheme
• Ex-Mayor Again Pleads Not Guilty In $100M Kickback Case
• Former NJ County Prosecutor Drops Bid To Keep Job
• Law360 White Collar Editorial Advisory Board
• Grand Jury Subpoenas And The Crime-Fraud Exception
• No Space For Partner Egos In Law Firm Of The Future
• Wibbert Sues Rajaratnam, Gupta Over $37.5M Investment
• Transocean, Feds Push For $400M Deepwater Plea Approval
• Ex-Magyar Execs Must Face FCPA Claims In NY
• Sonar Capital Dodges Insider Trading Class Action
• Stinson Clawback Target Can't Sue Over Ponzi Losses Yet
• NJ Attys Admit Improper IRS Reporting Of Client Fees
• Preparing Your Witness To Be A Performer
• Palmer Lombardi Scores Longtime LA Prosecutor
• S&P Taps White Collar Heavy Hitter To Fight DOJ Suit
• Vedder Price Adds Enviro Whiz From Meckler Bulger
• Provident Trustee Settles Creditor Suit Over Broker Fees
• Hedge Fund Managers Charged In $311M Fraud Scheme
• Ex-Tyco CEO Wins 2nd Chance At Parole
• What You Should Know About The New Trade Secrets Laws
• Ex-Pa. Judge Sues Ethics Attys Over 'Kids For Cash' Case
• Jury Convicts McGinn Smith Founders Of Fraud
• Commonwealth Investor Suit Says Execs Hid Financial Woes
• Rothstein Trustee's Ch. 11 Plan Hangs On $72M TD Bank Deal
• Madoff Brother Agrees To Pay $90M In Picard Clawback Suit
• Libor Prosecutors In Control As Holdout Banks Squirm
• Auto Parts Cos. Score Eagle Eyes Exhibits In Antitrust Case
• 5 Charged For Importing Hazardous Knock-Off Toys
• Ex-Grant Thornton Partner Arrested For Alleged $4M Theft
• Nonprofit Accused Of Hiding Evidence In Sham Charges Suit
• Bill To Ax Philly's Troubled Traffic Court Clears Panel
• Banks Aren't Cops, Peregrine Judge Told
• Banks Face Stiff Sanctions Under EU Money Laundering Rule
• EMR Adoption May Be Riskier Than Expected
• A Gambling Case Software Developers Should Watch Closely
• RBS To Pay $612M Over Libor Manipulation
• Pepper Hamilton Picks Former FBI Head To Chair Firm
• DOJ Cuts 27th Plea Deal In Real Estate Bid-Rigging Probe
• AUO Appeals Let 9th Circ. Revisit Antitrust Precedent
• Ex-Krahl Exec Gets 5 Years In Kickback, Billing Fraud Case
• Fugitive Ex-Symbol CEO Attacks $92M SEC Win At 2nd Circ.
• Trial Over NYC Comptroller's Campaign Finances Delayed
• Ex-Coach Slams Penn State Objections To Whistleblower Suit
• Suspended Pa. Supreme Court Judge Loses Mistrial Bid
• Alston Hires DOJ Vet To Defend Securities, FCPA Cases
• PwC, Citco Seek To Dodge Madoff Feeder Funds' Fraud Suit
• Patton Boggs Lands Former US Attorney In Dallas
• Feds Charge 18 People In $200M Credit Card Scam
• 'Fast And Furious' DOJ Atty Returns To King & Spalding
• Data Mining: What Financial Services Firms Need To Know
• Galleon's Far Deserves Lean Sentence For Aiding FBI, US Says
• 6th Circ. Axes Prisonless Sentences In Goodyear IP Theft
• 3rd Circ. Affirms Fumo's $3.4M Restitution Sentence
• Calif. Ex-Paralegal Accused Of Pocketing Settlement Funds
• Inside Trader Turned Cooperator Dodges Prison
• Convicted Tyco Execs Lose Bid For Habeas In 2nd Circ.
• Ex-Prosecutor To Investigate Gov.'s Role In Sandusky Case
• SEC Pick May Face Questions Over 'Troubling' Defense Work
• Petters Fundraiser Cops To Role In Ponzi Scheme
• Ex-Integra Exec Can't Veil Tax Docs In Ponzi Coverage Row
• Shook Hardy Accused Of Aiding $930M Ponzi Scheme
• Broker Pleads Guilty To Leading $80M Ponzi Scheme
• FCPA Deals Under Fresh Scrutiny As Judge Pushes Back
• Zuckerman Snags Kirkland Partner, Cuomo Top Gun In NY
• Pa. Gov. Faces AG Probe of Sandusky Investigation: Report
• Ponzi Schemer's Wife Cops To Hiding $1M In Jewelry
• Cleary's Kim Heading Back To NY US Attorney's Office
• Ex-J&G Atty Gets New Counsel In Tax Shelter Case
• Greenberg Traurig Lands Federal Prosecutor In Chicago
• Pa. High Court Suspends 3 Indicted Traffic Court Judges
• Feds Told To Yield Fumo Defense Docs In Libel Case
• Chadbourne, Proskauer Targeted Over $7B Stanford Fraud