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White Collar - April, 2013

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• Former Real Estate Exec Gets 10 Years For $18M Fraud
• Mayor Can't Dodge Embezzlement Rap Over Katrina Grant
• Feds Wrap Up Donor Case Against NYC Comptroller's Cohorts
• BP Attys' Docs On Deepwater Privileged, Judge Rules
• No Shrinkage Of $459M Fine For Male Enhancement Maker
• Ex-Goldman Coder Loses Double Jeopardy Bid In Theft Case
• Ex-SAC Trader Says Feds' $276M Insider Case Lacks Facts
• Forensic Analytics Can Find Needles In Multiple Haystacks
• Q&A With Arent Fox's Stephen Larson
• 4th Circ. Upholds Forfeitures In Health Fraud Case
• 4th Circ. Remands A&O Fraudster's 60-Year Sentence
• Browns Owner Gets OK To Seek Fuel Fraud Settlements
• Diamondback Wants $39M In Restitution From Insider Trader
• Ex-Peanut Corp. CEO Can't Leave Country As He Awaits Trial
• Water Official Convicted Of Lying About Well
• Total Expecting To Pay $398M To Settle FCPA Bribery Claims
• Ceglia Asks Judge To Halt Facebook Forgery Charges
• Level Global To Pay $21.5M To Exit SEC Insider Trading Suit
• Oil Exec Gets Sentence Pared In $485M Ponzi Scheme
• AUO Exec Sentenced To 2 Years For LCD Price-Fixing
• Q&A With Hughes Hubbard's Marc Weinstein
• Protect Your Company From FCPA Risks In Latin America
• New Directions For SEC's Insider Trading Program
• SF State Official, Contractor Plead Not Guilty To Bribery
• UK Antitrust Overhaul Still Hazy On Details
• McGinn Smith Founders Can't Shed Investor Fraud Convictions
• An Outline Of SEC's Bold Enforcement Plan
• A Financial Institution's Fraud On Itself Triggers FIRREA
• TD Bank Owes $13.5M For Pearlman Ponzi Scheme: 8th Circ.
• Trio Convicted For $33.5M Air Force Contract Fraud
• Water Official Lied To State About Well Use, Jury Hears
• Stanford Owes SEC $6.8B As Ponzi Scheme Fallout Continues
• Ex-Aeropostale Exec Convicted In $350M Kickback Plot
• Q&A With Holland & Knight's Bill Shepherd
• Ex-Government Lawyer Recruited Spies For Cuba, US Says
• Ex-State Dept. Worker, Hubby Charged In $60M Contract Scam
• Ex-Health Care Boss Found Guilty In $63M Medicare Fraud
• Tax Evader Outed In $780M UBS Deal Goes Free
• UK Opens Criminal Fraud Probe Into Kazakh Mining Co.
• DOJ Scores 12th Plea In Tax Lien Bid-Rigging Plot
• 8th Circ. Upholds Fraudster's $6.8M Penalty, Sentence
• K&L Gates Can't Nix $500M Malpractice Row In Pa. High Court
• Ex-Mass. Probation Head Charged With Bribing Lawmakers
• Following KPMG Scandal, Skechers Takes On BDO As Auditor
• Q&A With Katten's David Weisman
• Reflections On Recent Cybersecurity Developments
• CORRECTED: Ex-Hevesi Aide Jailed For Investment Scheme Wins Parole
• Novartis Reveals Probe Of Plant Quality Issues
• Ex-KFI Recruiter Found Guilty Of Hacking, Trade Secrets Theft
• GOP Pushes Bill To Let New Yorkers Tell Pols 'You're Fired'
• Ex-Wilson Sonsini Atty Fights Record Sentence In 3rd Circ.
• Rep.'s Aide Cops Plea In Fraud Plot With Traffic Court Judge
• DOJ Ignores Judicial Role In Fast And Furious Suit: Judge
• White & Case Faces Disqualification In $800M Price-Scam Suit
• Another Example Of The Benefits Of FCPA Self-Reporting
• Q&A With Steptoe's Brian Heberlig
• Alleged LulzSec Leader Charged With Hacking Australian Site
• Baker & McKenzie Snags Sidley Austin Antitrust Expert
• Ex-Reuters Editor Pleads Not Guilty To Hacking Charges
• TD Bank Loses Bid To Keep Rothstein Suit In Bankruptcy Court
• Argentina Wants Names In Ralph Lauren Bribery Case
• Convicted Diamondback Trader Can't Shield Backers' Names
• Ohio Exec Cops To Scamming FBI Construction Projects
• Ex-Musicland Investor Asks 3rd Circ. To Drop $50M SEC Fines
• NY Judge Laments Anti-Recidivism Program's Likely Demise
• Sheppard Mullin Adds 7 Kelley Drye Attys In NYC
• Q&A With Thompson Hine's John Mitchell
• China Is Cracking Down On Abuse Of Prepaid Cards
• Debevoise Atty Tapped To Co-Lead SEC Enforcement Arm
• Ralph Lauren FCPA Deal Puts NPAs In Fashion
• DOJ To Give Embezzlement Evidence To Feinstein Campaign
• Deloitte Not Liable For Mortgage Execs' Fraud, 9th Circ. Says
• Stanford Victims Aren't Owed SIPC Aid, Ex-SEC Chiefs Say
• Ex-Mayer Brown CIO Pleads Guilty To $4.8M Kickback Scam
• Tom Hanks' Insurance Broker Cops To Mail Fraud
• Reuters Editor Facing Hacking Charges Gets Pink Slip
• Ex-Jersey City Pol Pleads Guilty In Corruption Probe
• Okada Review Blasts Wynn Resorts' 'Biased' FCPA Probe
• The Future Of SEC Enforcement Actions
• Q&A With Sheppard Mullin's Chuck Kreindler
• Ralph Lauren To Pay $1.6M To Settle Argentine Bribery Claims
• Browns Owner Knew Of Pilot Flying J Fraud, FBI Says
• TD Bank Argues Against Remand Of Rothstein Investor Case
• Mortgage Fraudster Deserved Higher Sentence, 6th Circ. Says
• Sentences For $6M Naval Base Bribery Scheme Won't Be Cut
• Insider Trader Of Dell, Nvidia Stock Pleads For Leniency
• Ex-Penn State VP Appeals Ruling On School Atty Privilege
• Hampton Capital Markets Chief Cops To Fraud Charge
• Missing Atty Who May Have Stolen Millions Suspended In Fla.
• Universal Health Care Appointed Ch. 11 Trustee
• AUO Case Could Have Major Impact On Cartel Investigations
• Pa. Justices Seek Suspension For Philly Traffic Judge
• Q&A With Crowell's Phil Inglima
• Ex-Siemens Board Member To Pay 2nd Highest FCPA Penalty
• Challenges In Conducting Breach Investigations: Part 2
• More Securities Fraud Cases Now Involve Foreign Regulators
• SEC Takes Aim At Another Trader As Galleon Net Expands
• 9th Circ. Vacates $12M Fine For Convicted Catfish Importer
• LulzSec Hacker Gets 1 Year For Sony Breach
• 5 Lessons From The Wal-Mart FCPA Scandal
• DOD Contractors Will Pay $4M After Admitting Invoice Fraud
• White To Name Debevoise Cohort As SEC Enforcement Head
• Q&A With Katten's Josh Berman
• 3 Ways To Leverage Internet Access During Trial
• News Corp. Tabloid Editor Hit With UK Bribery Charges
• DOJ Faces Challenges In Prosecuting Foreign Corporations
• Justices Question If Silence Before Arrest Can Show Guilt
• NJ High Court Mulls Wiretap Obtained Minutes Before Approval
• Texas Justice Of The Peace Killed Prosecutors, Wife Says
• Pension Funds Lose Bid To Revive Madoff Feeder Claims
• Swiss Lawyer, Banker Indicted In Offshore Tax Scheme
• Atty Can't Duck $50M SEC Judgment In Pump-And-Dump Scam
• TD Bank Likely To Win Stay Of Rothstein Investors' Suits
• Fla. Senate Panel Clears Bill To Strengthen State FCA
• Ex-Sen. D'Amato Denied $1M Claim In Rothstein Bankruptcy
• Ex-Sigma Analyst's Insider Trading Sentencing Delayed
• Q&A With Gibbons' Lawrence Lustberg
• Pa. Rep. Aims To Kill State's Troubled Turnpike Commission
• Calif. High Court Urged To Toss Developer Bribery Charges
• Cuomo Takes Aim At Party Bosses' Power To Pick Candidates
• NY Anti-Corruption Law Could Be A Game-Changer
• 10th Circ. Backs 6-Year Sentence For Corrupt Prison Official
• 2nd Circ. Lets Madoff Feeder Fund Deflect Suit Amid Ch. 15
• Hospital Execs, Docs Arrested Over Medicare Kickbacks
• Straw Donor Trial Begins For NYC Comptroller's Associates
• Amgen To Pay $25M To Escape Anemia Drug Kickback Suit
• U Of Cincinnati Coach Gets Nod To Depose Fund Co-Founder
• Dickie Scruggs Back To Prison After Flopped 5th Circ. Appeal
• Obama Taps Weil Partner For NY Federal Bench
• Parker Drilling Shells Out $16M To Settle FCPA Actions
• $141M MF Global Loss Gets Ex-Trader 5 Years In Prison
• Penn State Can't Dodge Ex-Coach's Whistleblower Suit
• French Man Tampered With FCPA Mining Probe, DOJ Says
• Q&A With Arnold & Porter's Marcus Asner
• How New Carveout Policy Will Impact Cartel Plea Deals
• 9th Circ. Pares Convictions In Calif. City Corruption Case
• OCC To Fault JPMorgan For Role In Madoff Scandal
• Scooter Store Enters Ch. 11 Amid Medicare Billing Probes
• Justices Debate Limits On Judges' Role In Plea Talks
• Ex-Full Tilt Poker CEO's Bad Heart Keeps Him Out Of Prison
• Madoff Trustee Loses Bid To Block $410M Deal
• Rogue Trader Pleads Guilty To $1B Apple Stock Fraud Scheme
• RE Exec Can't Escape Ponzi Conviction In 10th Circ.
• Birdsall Cuts $3.6M Deal With NJ On Ch. 11, Forfeiture
• Baker & McKenzie Partner Joins Ballard Spahr In San Diego
• SEC Can't Force Help For Stanford Victims, DC Circ. Told
• Yahoo Beats Privacy Suit Over Subpoenas In 9th Circ.
• Prosecutor Seeks Prison For Convicted Pa. Justice
• NJ Tax Lien Schemer Gets Probation, Fine
• Ex-Giants Player Charged With $1.5M Insurance Fraud
• Corruption Busts Prompt NY Dems To Push Reform Measures
• Ex-KFI Worker Recounts Trade Secret Theft In Hacking Trial
• CORRECTED: Scripps Heir Guilty Of Embezzling $3.6M From Family
• Debevoise Taps Partner To Replace SEC Chairman White
• Q&A With Troutman Sanders' John West
• Steptoe Nabs Ex-SFO Bribery Chief To Aid FCPA Practice
• How To Perform A Corruption Risk Assessment
• Only Counsel Can Call Witnesses, Fla. High Court Says
• DOJ Stops Naming Carveouts In Cartel Plea Deals
• Reporter's Tapped Call On Hold For Now In Ex-DA's Trial
• Dickie Scruggs Loses Bid To Vacate Corruption Conviction
• 6th Circ. Nixes $12M Ponzi Sentences Due To Trial Delay
• Venable Nabs Top SIGTARP Investigative Counsel
• Penn State Insurer Wins Bid To Move Sandusky Coverage Case
• Rothstein Judge Puts The Brakes On Trustee's Ch. 11 Plan
• Mayer Brown Adds Veteran NJ Federal Prosecutor To NY Team
• File Sharers Can't Expect Privacy, 6th Circ. Rules
• Alleged Guggenheim Imposter Attacks $1M Award At 2nd Circ.
• Taylor Bean Ex-Honcho Owes Insurer $1M, 4th Circ. Rules
• TVA Contractor Gets 6 1/2 Years For $2.5M Bonus Fraud
• Ex-German President Charged Over Oktoberfest Bribes
• Fake Doctor Gets 12 Years For Medicare Fraud, Records Theft
• Dorsey Lures IP, White Collar Ace To Minneapolis Office
• Ex-Credit Suisse Exec Admits To Cooking MBS Books
• Q&A With Crowell's Tom Hanusik
• DBSI Bosses Charged With Lying About Firm's Finances
• Ex-Soldier Indicted Over Fuel Theft Scheme in Afghanistan
• Ex-BP Engineer Denies Deleting Voicemails About Spill
• Oil Execs Can't Skirt Charges In $485M Ponzi Scheme
• Bingham Beefs Up Antitrust Arm With FTC, DOJ Hires
• KPMG Trader Charged After Admitting To Insider Trading
• Reporter Wants Tapped Call Blocked From DA Corruption Case
• Ex-Stanford Bank GC Dodges Subpoena In Houston
• Rothstein Trustee Fights Creditor Bid For Ch. 7 Switch
• Q&A With Haynes And Boone's Kit Addleman
• Ceglia Loses Bid To Ship Facebook Fraud Case Upstate
• What Do Staub And Sharef Really Tell Us?
• DOJ Not Wavering On Antitrust Guilty Pleas, Official Says
• Illicit Tip Taker In KPMG Case Admits Wrongdoing
• Feds Want Subpoena Over Versace Mansion Quashed
• Texas Inmate Indicted Over Threats Mailed To US Attys
• Feds Investigating FCPA Allegations Against Kazuo Okada
• Plan To Alter NY Grand Jury Immunity Splits DAs, Defense
• EU's Anti-Tax Cheat Plans Set Stage For Global Regime
• Dentons Adds 6 Husch Blackwell Attys To White Collar Team
• KFI Exec Details Fishy Computer Use At Hacking Trial
• NJ Cardiologist Cops To $19M Health Fraud Scheme
• Jiau Pushes 2nd Circ. To Overturn Insider Trading Conviction
• Texas Man Who Sold Fake Insurance Policies Gets 10 Years
• Obama Budget Would Hike DOJ Funding To $27.6B
• Sandusky Defendants Can't Nix Ex-Penn State Atty Testimony
• Rogue KPMG Partner Comes Clean About Leaks
• Ex-FEMA Official Gets Probation Over Gallup Conflict
• NYC Advocate Lays Out Anti-Public Corruption Proposals
• Health Insurance Co. Charged In $9M Va. Tech Fraud
• Q&A With Cooley's Mike Attanasio
• Ex-CalPERS Exec Pleads Not Guilty To $3B Pay-To-Play Plot
• 2nd Circ. Shields SEC From Madoff Victims' Suit
• A Brave New World For Bank Regulation
• NJ Medical Lab Workers, Doctor Charged In Kickback Scheme
• Black Eye Aside, KPMG May Sidestep Legal Melee
• Top Utah Court Affirms Dorsey & Whitney's $2M Fee Row Win
• Philips Pays $5M To Settle SEC Suit Over Polish Bribes
• SEC Balks As Stanford Tries To Fight Civil Case Again
• Duty To Report Bribes Key To NY Corruption Crackdown
• Ex-Aeropostale Exec Was Not A Kickback Schemer, Jury Hears
• Trial Over Illegal Funds For NYC Comptroller Starts Next Week
• Penn States Fires Back At Insurer's Bid For Sanctions
• Rothstein Creditors Gambling On Litigation, TD Bank Says
• EU Countries To Launch Anti-Tax Evasion Pilot Program
• LulzSec Member Cops To Hacking Sony, News Corp.
• NJ Appeals Birdsall's Access To $3M In Frozen Assets
• Nat'l Century Investors Drop $3B Fraud Suits Against Ex-CEO
• Chinese Cos. Evade Summonses In DuPont Trade Secrets Row
• Q&A With Arnold & Porter's John Nassikas
• Beyonce, Jay-Z's Cuba Trip Highlights Embargo Restrictions
• KPMG Resigns As Herbalife Auditor Amid Trading Scandal
• Ex-Korn/Ferry Recruiter Stole Secrets To Compete, Jury Told
• Bank Asks Court To Hear Dispute Over NJ Pol's Cash Claim
• Birdsall Ch. 11 Trustee Tapped Amid Pay-To-Play Scandal
• Chemical Co., CEO Can't Dodge Charges Over Workers' Deaths
• Ex-Full Tilt Poker CEO To Plead Guilty In Fraud Case
• Ex-Krahl CFO Gets 3 Years In Kickback, Billing Fraud Case
• Accounting Firm Sanctioned For Holding Ponzi Schemer Docs
• Sister Of Jailed Insider Trader Nguyen Settles SEC Suit
• DOJ Urges 9th Circ. To Back AUO Price-Fixing Convictions
• Winston Violated Duties To Lancelot Funds, 7th Circ. Hears
• Ted Stevens Prosecutors Win Reversal Of DOJ Suspensions
• Cuomo Sees NY Corruption Busts As Opportunity For Reform
• Q&A With Fish & Richardson's Jose Sierra
• More Corporate Crime Victims Recovering Investigation Fees
• 4 Ex-Lufthansa Execs Charged In Latin America Bribe Scheme
• Wesley Snipes Released From Prison
• Europe's Madoff Losers Tell 2nd Circ. Cases Belong In US
• Miami Clinic Operators Sentenced for $55M Medicare Fraud
• Va. Atty Pleads Guilty In $100M SBA Loan Fraud
• 2nd Circ. Shoots Down Goldman Investor's Gupta Suit
• Ex-Credit Suisse Exec Pleads Not Guilty To Fraud Charges
• CORRECTED: SL Industries Probing Possible FCPA Violations In China
• Holder Eyes Swift Completion Of US-EU Data Transfer Pact
• Hedge Fund Snitches Seek SEC Riches
• Chubb Owes Bank No Coverage For $17M Fraud, 7th Circ. Says
• DOJ Official Pushes For Trustee In Fla. HMO Bankruptcy
• Tax Lien Bid-Rigging Schemer Settles Class Action
• Defense Contractor Says US Ignored Atty-Client Privilege
• Wells Fargo, Wachovia Beat Claims They Aided $168M Ponzi
• Atlantic City Off Hook In Blackmail Suit: NJ Appeals Court
• Q&A With Ober Kaler's Gina Simms
• Pa. Gov. Wants Turnpike Contracts Reviewed After Indictments
• Feds May Back Skilling Sentence Cut To Bar Retrial: Expert
• Comcast Ruling Doesn't Doom $80M Madoff Fund Deal
• Damning Report Aside, MF Global's Corzine May Walk
• Robbins Geller Lands US Atty For FCA, Securities Team
• Prison Time Wrongly Nixed In Club Death Case: Ill. High Court
• TD Bank Reveals $52M In Secret Rothstein Settlements
• HSH Nordbank To Bolster Anti-Money Laundering Controls
• Subcontractor Admits Role In Katrina Kickback Scheme
• Ex-BP Engineer Denies Destroying Evidence In Spill Case
• Pepper Hamilton Disputes Philly Union Boss On 'Public' Docs
• Feds Win Asset Freeze In $54M Afghan Contract Bribery Case
• Feds Relaunch Charges In Jenkens Tax Fraud Case
• Ex-SK Foods Head Can't Avoid Prison During Restitution Case
• Goodwin Procter Takes Reins Of Ex-SAC Manager's Defense
• Q&A With McKool Smith's Jack Cooney
• NY Pol Took Cash To Draft Bogus Legislation, Feds Say
• What Does Cooperation Buy You?
• DuPont Wins Kolon Property In $920M Recovery Effort
• Ex-BDO Seidman CEO Says Arbitrator Hid DLA Piper Links
• Arrests May Signal NYC Election Bribe Probe Hit Its Apex
• SEC's San Fran Chief Jumps To Gibson Dunn
• Atty Admits To Insider Trading In IBM Case
• Oil Services Co. SBM Warns Of Possible Bribery Charges
• Rogue Goldman Trader In $8B Scandal Pleads Guilty
• Q&A With Baker Botts' Mary Spearing
• Gibson Dunn Snags 2 British Antitrust Regulators
• How Lawyers Benefit From Early Neutral Evaluation
• NY Hospital Contractor Dodges Prison In Bid-Rigging Case
• Texas Court Eyes Oil Investor Group's Standing In Fraud Row
• Ponzi Suspect Can't Tap Into $4M For Defense, 2nd Circ. Says
• Former Seagate Worker Cops To Role In Kickback Scheme
• ACLU, FreedomWorks, Others Rip CFAA Expansion Proposal
• Don't Mistake FDA's Peanut Prosecution As Setting The Bar
• News Corp. Editor Shakes Bribery Charges
• Marine Base 'Godfather' Whacked With Fed. Bribery Charge
• Rothstein Bankruptcy Plan Too Sweet To TD Bank, Feds Say
• 2 NY Lawmakers Charged In Election-Buying Sting
• Q&A With Covington's Haywood Gilliam
• Sigma's $14M Insider Trading Settlement Gets Judge's Nod
• Banks Still Face Libor Risks Despite Bombshell Ruling
• How They Won It: Irell Unravels Nevada Robosigning Case
• Troutman Sanders Nabs Ex-DLA Piper FCPA Co-Chairwoman
• Co. Indicted For Pay-To-Play Hiding Behind Ch. 11: NJ AG
• Trustee's Rothstein Interview Notes Off Limits, Judge Says
• Ex-MoFo IP Partner Disbarred In NY Over Billing Fraud
• Jenkens Tax Fraud Case Belongs In NY, Prosecutors Say
• Panasonic In-Flight Entertainment Unit Facing FCPA Probe
• Q&A With Choate's Diana Lloyd
• No Clear Rule On Warrantless Cellphone Searches