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White Collar - March, 2013

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• Insider Trading Suspect In IBM Case Pleads Not Guilty
• Christie Delivers Pay-To-Play Warning In Birdsall Case
• 9th Circ. Revives SK Foods Price-Fixing Victim's Suit
• 2nd Circ. Asked To Revive Deutsche Tax Shelter Suit
• As Sandusky Heads To 3rd Circ., D&O Policyholders Cringe
• Synergy Auditor Should Have Caught $1B Fraud, Suit Says
• Attys Back Judge In $600M SAC Deal As Another Trader Falls
• Rothstein Trustee Wants Creditors' Counsel Fee Deals
• Texas Businessman Gets 15 Years For Biodiesel Scam
• UPS To Fork Over $40M To End Online Pharmacy Probe
• Stanford Investors Go To Bat For $300M SEC, Antiguan Deal
• SAC Capital Portfolio Manager Arrested For Insider Trading
• Q&A With Lane Powell's Steven Ungar
• DOJ Drops FCPA Probe Into DynCorp
• No Harm, No Foul — Is The Error Prejudicial Or Harmless?
• Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Avi Weitzman
• Chief Justice Roberts Victimized By Credit Card Fraud
• NJ Gov. Taps White Collar Expert As Middlesex Co. Prosecutor
• Texas Attorney Stole Pfizer Settlement, Ex-Clients Say
• Proskauer, Hunton, Chadbourne Attack Antiguan Stanford Deal
• Nixon Peabody Lures Mass. Prosecutor To White Collar Group
• 'Squawk Box' Squealers Cut Deal Over Plot To Sell Trading Info
• $600M Deal In SAC Insider Trading Case Questioned
• Q&A With Michelman & Robinson's Mark Winston
• Litigation Support At A Crossroads
• DOJ Criminal Chief Breuer Rejoins Covington As Vice Chair
• NJ Pol Can't Recoup Fees In Tossed Corruption Case: 3rd Circ.
• Jury Convicts BBC Equities Founder, Son Over $50M RE Scam
• Macau Watchdog Fines Wynn For Customer Data Transfers
• Convicted Ex-Detroit Mayor Denied Bond
• Discovery Stay Lifted In Pa. Pol PAC Misappropriation Row
• Lucchese Attys Can't Quash Billing Record Subpoenas
• Rising Star: Covington's Benjamin Razi
• SEC Atty Defends 'Slush Fund' Remark In Fraud Suit
• Ex-Fla. GOP Chairman Gets 18 Months For Money Laundering
• Q&A With Lane Powell's Bob Calo
• No Proof Execs Misled Investors On $2.3B Loss, UBS Says
• Doc Gets 6 Years, To Pay $4.5M For Fen-Phen Settlement Fraud
• Wal-Mart Says $157M FCPA Legal Tab Will Grow
• An Insider's View Of The FCPA Resource Guide
• 3 Charged In Insider Trading Scheme Tied To $3B Brocade Deal
• 7 Birdsall Execs Indicted Over Pay-To-Play Scheme
• Real Estate Developer Escapes Wetland Dumping Charges
• The 5 Litigators Sure To Drive Judges Mad
• 4 Tips For When The FCPA Police Come Knocking
• NJ High Court Mulls Limit On Evidence Of Prior Convictions
• Ceglia Likely Forged Facebook Contract, Judge Finds
• Greenberg Traurig Says Stanford Deal Imperils Law Firms
• Citigroup To Step Up Money Laundering Controls
• Brooke Astor's Son Loses Appeal Of Fraud Conviction
• Nova Datacom, President To Plead Guilty In Bid-Rigging Case
• Rising Star: Winston & Strawn's Thomas Kirsch
• Chinese Engineer Gets 5 Years For Swiping Defense Secrets
• Q&A With Seyfarth's Alan Baron
• What Food Cos. Can Learn From Horses And Peanuts
• Tribe's Atty Can't Evade Charges In Casino Kickbacks Scheme
• $410M Madoff Deal Should Go Forward, Attys Argue
• Texas Officials Lose Open Meetings Act Fight In High Court
• Bank Law Group Backs Trustmark In Stanford Clawback Row
• 8 Houston Attys Accused Of Chiropractor Kickback Scheme
• Rajaratnam Brother Denies Insider Trading
• Drinker Biddle Lands SEC Assistant Enforcement Director
• Convicted Pa. High Court Justice To Step Down May 1
• NJ High Court To Mull Legality Of Wiretap Law In Murder Case
• Quinn Emanuel Taps DOJ Atty To Lead Health Fraud Group
• Rising Star: Cravath's Benjamin Gruenstein
• Q&A With Robins Kaplan's Christopher Madel
• Challenges In Conducting Breach Investigations: Part 1
• UK Watchdog Flexes Criminal Muscle With Cartel Arrests
• Madoff Feeder Fund's $80M Class Settlement Approved
• Deutsche Broker Gets 3 1/2 Years In Jenkens Tax Fraud
• Judge Says Troubled Philly Traffic Court Must Be Abolished
• Ex-Pittsburgh Top Cop Indicted For Misappropriation Of Funds
• Q&A With Debevoise's Helen Cantwell
• Rising Star: Weil Gotshal's Christopher Garcia
• Paul Hastings Adds Ex-Baker Botts Securities Pro In Houston
• Boat Operator Can't Shift $25M Oil Spill Bill To Cleanup Cos.
• Where Privilege Protection Ends In Internal Investigations
• Italian Court's Google Decision: A Significant Precedent
• DOJ Nabs Another Shipping Exec In Puerto Rico Cartel Probe
• Jury Spat Leads To Partial Mistrial In Calif. Corruption Case
• Law360's Not-So-Sweet 16: Our March Madness Bracket
• Rajaratnam Brother Charged For Trading On $1B Intel Buy
• Chicago-Area Official Convicted On Criminal Tax Charges
• Standard Chartered Head Retracts Iran Sanctions Remarks
• Rajat Gupta Accuses PE Firm Co-Founder Of Power Grab
• Ceglia Atty Can't Exit Facebook Ownership Row, Judge Says
• Q&A With Proskauer's Dieter Snell
• 7 Reasons To Do Pro Bono Work
• Fugitive Hedge Funder Indicted For $200M Securities Fraud
• Calif. City Officials Put Back Under Fire For Big Paychecks
• Rothstein Trustee Makes Push For Controversial Exit Plan
• Ex-Hoboken IT Manager Cops To Harvesting Mayor's Emails
• Picard Can't Stop $80M Fairfield Investor Deal, Judge Says
• Fraudster In $60M British Telecom Scheme Gets 7 Years
• Ill. County Official Won't Testify At His Criminal Tax Trial
• 5 Calif. City Officials Found Guilty Of Embezzling $1.3M
• Q&A With Kasowitz's Bill Goodman
• 1st Circ. Affirms Chinese Exporters' Munitions Convictions
• Avoid The Top 10 Pitfalls In A Jury Charge Conference
• Rothstein Trustee Rips 'Inflammatory' Creditor Objections
• $8M Facebook IPO Fraud Lands Ex-Ore. Politician In Cuffs
• Contractor Gave War Secrets To Chinese Girlfriend, DOJ Says
• Grand Jury Testimony To Stay Sealed In Air Cargo Cartel MDL
• DOJ Backs Online Privacy Reform, Except For Corporate Email
• Ill. Official Held Onto Campaign Cash, IRS Agent Says
• MF Global Trader's $141M Loss Not Covered, NY Court Told
• Microsoft Facing FCPA Probe Over Foreign Bribery
• Feds Charge Contractors In NJ Employee Kickback Scheme
• Q&A With Baker Botts' Mike Barta
• Ex-CalPERS Execs Face Charges In $3B Pay-To-Play Scheme
• Prominent NJ Defense Atty Found Guilty Of Witness Murder
• Fund Manager Gets 10 Years For $20M Ponzi Scheme
• UK Politicos OK Deal To Create Independent Press Regulator
• High Court To Decide If Asset Freeze Limits Right To Atty
• NY Lawmaker Hit With Mail Fraud Charges In Bribery Scheme
• Hacker Gets 41 Months For AT&T IPad Data Breach
• Madoff Costs BNY Mellon Unit $219M As Attys Wait On Payday
• Penn State Insurer Seeks Sanctions In Sandusky Venue Fight
• Wall Street Journal Publisher Denies FCPA Claims
• Q&A With Fish & Richardson's Bill Mateja
• 'Significant' Sentence Sought For Ex-Deutsche Broker's Fraud
• JPMorgan Not Yet A Target For Gun-Shy DOJ, Experts Say
• Reuters Hack Attack Will Push Cos. To Firm Up Firewalls
• Historic Insider Trading Deal A Warning To Hedge Funds
• Deloitte Liable For Mortgage Execs' Fraud, 9th Circ. Told
• Ill. Official's Tax Charges Aren't State Law Issue: Judge
• SK Foods Price-Fix Victims Can Go After CEO In State Actions
• NYC Atty Admits To Role In $279M No-Fault Insurance Fraud
• Sigma To Pay $14M To Settle Insider Trading Charges
• Penn State Says Ex-Coach's Defamation Claims Unfounded
• Lawmakers Look To Start Pa. Justice's Impeachment Probe
• SAC Unit Will Pay $600M To Settle Insider Trading Claims
• Q&A With Mintz Levin's Tracy Miner
• Judge Sues Pa. High Court Over Ticket-Fixing Suspension
• When You Lose The Race To Corporate Leniency
• We Need More Diversity In Mediation
• JPMorgan Hid Facts On $6B In 'Whale' Losses: Senate Report
• Reuters Editor Charged With Helping Anonymous Hack LA Times
• Crowley Keeps $16M Navy Contract Despite Price-Fixing Scam
• Special Prosecutor To Take On Dallas DA's Contempt Case
• Texas Atty Seeks Reversal Of Bribery Conviction
• Expert Networker Gets 1 Year For Passing Abaxis Tips
• 2nd Circ. Urged To Resurrect Suit Over SEC Madoff Snafus
• 7th Circ. Backs Canopy Exec's 13-Year Term For $93M Fraud
• Former DA Avoids Indictment Over Breathalyzer Jury Probe
• Ill. Official Gambled With Campaign Funds, Jury Hears
• Ponzi Victims Slam Rothstein's $72M Ch. 11 TD Bank Deal
• UK Phone-Hacking Scandal Ensnares 4 More Journalists
• Criminal Probe Drives Deepwater Atty From Plaintiffs Team
• Fla. Man Admits To Plot To Kill Brooklyn Judge
• Q&A With Debevoise's Sean Hecker
• Another Shot In The Dark At FCPA Reform
• Pirate Bay Captains' Free-Speech Defense Fails In EU Court
• 11th Circ. Affirms Ex-Fla. Port Official's Bribery Conviction
• Morgan Lewis Lands On Other Side Of HP's Autonomy Deal
• BHP Faces Bribery Probe Into Beijing Olympics Sponsorship
• Fla. Lt. Gov. Resigns Amid $300M Gambling Scheme Probe
• Former NJ Mayor Gets 3 Years For Bribery Scheme
• Fla. House Panel Approves Bill To Beef Up State FCA
• 3rd Circ. Upholds Ex-NJ Mayor's 30-Month Bribery Sentence
• Ex-Pa. Pol, Highway Officials Charged In Pay-To-Play Probe
• 3rd Judge In Philly Traffic Court Scandal Pleads Guilty
• Q&A With Quinn Emanuel's Bill Burck
• FCPA Scrutiny For Gaming Industry: Beyond Las Vegas Sands
• DC Circ. Denies De Novo Review For Criminal Resentence
• Meridian Says Class Action Doesn't Make ERISA Cut
• Finally, 8 Factors Governing FIRREA Civil Penalty Awards
• El Paso Fraudster Gets Hearing Over Kickback Forfeiture
• Stanford Receivers Settle Row Over $300M In Overseas Assets
• HP Faces Foreign Bribery Probe Over $45M Russian Contract
• Polsinelli Nabs Health Pro With FCPA Chops From Mintz Levin
• Latham Adds Ex-Manatt Litigator With Asian Ties To LA Office
• Ex-Army Engineer Gets 13 Years For Iraqi Contract Bribes
• Judge Revives $26M Clawback Suit In Mortgage Ponzi Case
• Diagnostic Co. Can't Punt Kickback, FCA Claims, Feds Say
• Pa. Pols Push For Convicted Justice's Impeachment
• Q&A With Sills Cummis' Mark Olinsky
• HP's $10B Autonomy Buy Under Investigation In UK
• Ceglia Sues To Halt Fraud Charges Over Facebook Suit
• SK Foods CEO Should Lose Price-Fixing Loot, Court Told
• DOJ FCPA Veteran Joins Paul Hastings In DC
• Lawmakers Demand DOJ Info After 'Too Big To Jail' Bombshell
• Ex-Galleon Insider Trader Knew Better, 2nd Circ. Judge Says
• Sandusky Appeal To Assert Defense Lacked Trial Prep Time
• NJ High Court Weighs Take-Home Jury Instructions
• BCI Exec Convicted In $50M Fraud Cops To False Tax Filing
• 11th Circ. Demands Jail Time For Doc In $3M Fraud Case
• Ex-Detroit Mayor Convicted In 'Breathtaking' Corruption Case
• Expert Networker's Insider Trading Warrants Prison, US Says
• 3rd Circ. Upholds Le-Nature Exec's 15-Year Sentence
• Stephen Baldwin To Avoid Prison In NY Tax-Dodging Case
• Q&A With Hogan Lovells' Stuart Altman
• Deterring SEC 'Shoot From The Hip' Enforcement
• SEC Nabs 5 In $70M Dell Trading Tips Case
• Picard Loses Intervention Bid In Fairfield Investor Row
• Texas Attorney Admits To Tax Fraud That Cost US $2M
• 2 More Plead Guilty In $63M Miami Medicare Fraud
• Fugitive Hedge Fund Manager Nabbed In Italian Art Gallery
• Proskauer, Chadbourne Halt Suit Over $7B Stanford Ponzi
• NJ Sets Up Group To Probe Post-Sandy Fraud
• Law360 Names Top Attorneys Under 40
• Japanese Freight Cos. To Pay $19M To Exit DOJ Cartel Probe
• Ex-GameStop VP Gets 4 Years In Prison For Mail Fraud
• Ex-Marsh Execs Can't Get Spitzer Docs In Termination Row
• Q&A With SNR Denton's Michelle Shapiro
• DOJ Up To 29 Plea Deals In Foreclosure Bid-Rigging Probe
• Dallas DA Held In Contempt After Refusing To Testify
• Former Italian PM Berlusconi Convicted In Wiretap Case
• Contractor Pays $19M For Overbilling US On Nuke Cleanup
• Ex-Fumo Atty Can't Prove Column Libelous, Philly Paper Says
• Former Madoff Exec Claims Prosecutors Gutted Legal Fund
• Ex-Winston & Strawn Atty Gets Time Served For Starr Fraud
• Kim Dotcom Cleared To Sue NZ Intelligence Agency For Spying
• Q&A With Morgan Lewis' George Terwilliger
• Highlights From The SEC Speaks Conference
• Ex-NY Hospital CEO In Talks With Gov't To End Kickback Case
• NY AG Says Madoff Trustee Can't Stall $410M Deal
• Holder Grilled On Prosecution Of Financial, IP Crimes
• SEC Shouldn't Sweat Gabelli, FCPA Attys Say
• Rothstein Investors Fight To Boot TD Bank Row To State Court
• Sandusky Coverage Feud Continues With New Penn State Suit
• Q&A With Quinn Emanuel's John Potter
• NJ Fines Water Agency Over Alleged Rigged Samples
• 10 Anti-Corruption Developments To Expect This Year
• A Look At The Health Care M&A Horizon
• Ex-Kirkland Partner Pleads Guilty To $2M Tax Scheme
• Ex-SAC Manager Gets Time To Build Insider Trading Defense
• Ex-BP Exec Says Congress Obstruction Charge Can't Stand
• Atlantic City Casino Deal Should Be Halted, Trade Group Says
• Contractors Found Guilty Of $1M Naval Base Bribery
• Defendant In High Court GPS Case Again Escapes Conviction
• 9th Circ. Upholds Ex-InterMune CEO's Fraud Conviction
• Q&A With Paul Hastings' Doug Koff
• Par To Pay $45M For Off-Label Marketing Of AIDS Drug
• Iranian, American Going To Prison Over Aircraft Export Plot
• A New Trend In Health Care Fraud Settlements
• Ex-Seagate Exec Can't Suppress Emails In Kickback Case
• Wegelin To Pay $58M For Helping US Tax Cheats
• Businessman Cops To Kickback Plot Over Bandage Sales
• Ex-NY Pol Jailed For Bribery Admits To Tax Fraud
• 2nd Circ. Upholds Smart Online Stock Fraud Convictions
• Attys Blast NY AG's Objection To $41M Fee In Madoff Action
• Q&A With Winston & Strawn's Robb Adkins
• Las Vegas Sands Says It 'Likely' Violated FCPA
• Klein Conspiracies In The Wake Of US V. Coplan
• Ala. Mayor Found Guilty Of Embezzling FEMA Funds
• Sandusky Can't Pin Defense On Second Mile Insurer
• Ex-Jenkens Atty Gets 8 Years For 'Breathtaking' Tax Fraud
• Ernst & Young Pays $123M To End Tax Shelter Case
• Texas Atty Commits Suicide After 5th Circ. Denial
• Ex-MBC Exec Convicted Of Hiding Spoils From $837M Scam
• National Lampoon Says Ex-CEO Stashed Stolen $1M With Atty
• Q&A With Gibson Dunn's Jim Walden
• Megaupload Founder Suffers Setback In US Extradition Bid
• How PE Firms Can Avoid Getting Blindsided By The FCPA