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White Collar - June, 2013

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• Ex-Julius Baer Banker Agrees To Pay $1.6M For Tax Evasion
• 11th Circ. Remands $10M Orders Over Medicare Scheme
• Rothstein Victims Want $72M TD Bank Deal In District Court
• 2nd Circ. Tosses Hedge Fund Manager's Appeal In $5M Fraud
• Ex-Vitesse CFO Considering Plea In Accounting Fraud Case
• 9th Circ. Says Feds Can Keep Offenders' Blood Samples
• NJ Supreme Court To Hear Juror Substitution Row
• Texas Mayor Gets 3 Years For Bribery In Annexation Deal
• Figurehead Gets 4 Years For $31M NASA Kickback Scheme
• News Corp.'s Brooks, Coulson Can't Shake Hacking Charges
• Brooke Corp. Founder Pleads Guilty To Deceiving SEC
• CFPB's Vague New 'Responsible Conduct' Guidelines
• Banks Asked To Screen All Customers For Terror Links
• A Midyear Review Of FCPA Enforcement
• Chinese Wind-Turbine Maker Sinovel Charged With IP Theft
• Ruling On Max Sentences Isn't Retroactive: Fla. High Court
• Ex-NJ Atty Gets 33 Months For Stealing From Firm
• FDA, Interpol Seize $41M In Illegal Drugs From Websites
• PSU Administrators Want Sandusky Cover-Up Charges Axed
• Ex-Texas Atty Gets Probation In Stock Manipulation Case
• $33M Air Force Contract Fraudster Seeks Light Sentence
• TD Bank Wins Round In Rothstein Discovery Fight
• EU Council Backs Broader Insider Trading Rules
• FBI Search In DuPont Secrets Case Called Unconstitutional
• Your Silence May Be Used Against You
• Bribery Statute Doesn't Cover Gratuities, 1st Circ. Says
• Hamas Victims Can't Get Alleged Funder's Assets: 5th Circ.
• Feds Target Balboa's 'Lies' In Close Of Asset Inflation Trial
• Stanford Receiver Can't Claim $32M, Investors Tell 5th Circ.
• WikiLeaks Founder's Atty Won't Take On Snowden Case
• 2nd Circ. Upholds Ex-Oil Exec's Pump-And-Dump Conviction
• $1.6M Bail For Operator Charged In Philly Building Collapse
• Madoff Trustee Not Unlike Ordinary Bankruptcy Trustees
• Weight Loss Guru Denies Contempt Charge Ahead Of Trial
• 2nd Circ. Upholds Ex-Duane Reade Execs' Fraud Convictions
• UBS France Hit With $13M Fine For Lax Tax Evasion Controls
• Jail Time As A Result Of Joint CPSC-Customs Enforcement
• High Court Rules Legal Advice Can't Be Extorted
• Scope Of Probe Limits Police Computer Searches: 2nd Circ.
• Ex-NJ County Sheriff Cops To Bribes-For-Jobs Scheme
• Ex-Sandisk Exec Who Aided Tipping Probe Gets Probation
• Ore. Pol Pleads Guilty To $13M Facebook Fraud
• Lebanese Bank Pays $102M To End Money Laundering Suit
• Judge Won't Take On Alleged Standard Chartered Prejudice
• Calif. AG Tees Up Preemption Fight On Film Piracy
• Contractor In $31M NASA Kickback Probe Sues Insurer
• Tax Evaders' Appeal Granted In $186M Flatotel Loan Case
• Texas Appeals Court Revives Shell FCPA Defamation Suit
• McDermott Lures DOJ Official To Silicon Valley Office
• What To Know About The Common Interest Privilege
• Goodwin Procter Lands Prosecutor For Securities Team
• Physicist And Wife Cop Deal After Nuclear Secrets Sting
• ENRC Balks At $4.7B Bid, But Big Shareholder On Board
• More BigLaw Layoffs Expected After Massive Weil Cuts
• Fannie Mae Wins $66M In Fraud Suit Against NY Mortgage Co.
• 2nd Circ. Approval Of Raj Wiretap Stokes Defense Atty Fears
• Evading Taxes On $3.4M Earns Rapper Fat Joe 4 Months
• US Faults China As NSA Leaker Snowden Flees Hong Kong
• Ex-NASA Contractor Seeks Retrial In Iran Satellite Case
• Tremont Investors Push 2nd Circ. To Halt $100M Madoff Deal
• Ex-Banker Gets 1 Year For Role In $100M Medicare Fraud
• US, Philippines Start Joint Money-Laundering Inquiry Unit
• High Court Won't Hear Cellphone Tracking Challenge
• A Rising Voice On FCPA Compliance — The Courts
• Indicted Pa. Traffic Judge Wants Ticket-Fixing Charges Axed
• 2nd Circ. Upholds Rajaratnam Insider Trading Conviction
• SEC Escapes Stanford Victims' Suit Over $7B Ponzi Scheme
• NSA Leaker Edward Snowden Charged With Espionage
• Judge Won't Revisit Dropping Ex-BP Exec's Obstruction Claim
• Fund Fraudster Gets 11 Years For Fake Facebook Claims
• Feds Bounce Back After High Court's Skilling Blow
• Rothstein Victims Say TD Bank Evidence Must Be Heard
• Contractor Gets 6 Years Over $31M NASA Kickback Scheme
• Enron's Skilling Gets Sentence Slashed To 14 Years
• Cuomo Won't Wait Long To Roll Out Anti-Corruption Panel
• Sky Bell Funds Agree To Pay $2.6M In Ponzi Investment Case
• Hershey Pays $4M To Settle Canadian Price-Fixing Charges
• Loan Broker Gets 15 Years For $100M SBA Fraud
• Judge OKs Settlement Over Miami Investor's Rothstein Claims
• Shook Hardy Wants Atty Evals Nixed In Ponzi Scheme Suit
• Pirate Bay Co-Founder Gets 2 Years In Swedish Hacking Case
• Contractor Who Cleared NSA Leaker Faces Criminal Probe
• Missing Fla. Atty Accused Of Fraud Surrenders To FBI
• Defense Firms Quiet Victors In $30B Madoff Ruling
• UK Officials Seek Info From Tullett In Libor Probe
• Canada Fines Cathay Pacific $1.5M For Cargo Price-Fixing
• Key Spinka Tax Fraud Witness Gets 3 Years' Probation
• Indicted Texas Judge Agrees To Suspension In Removal Suit
• 2nd Circ. Limits SIPA Trustee Power In Madoff Case
• How Cloud Users And Providers Can Avoid Export Violations
• Duke Players Ask High Court To Limit King DNA Seizure Ruling
• 11th Circ. Clarifies Statute Of Limitations For Bribery
• More Criminal Trade Secrets Theft Suits On Texas Horizon
• 2nd Circ. Raises Bar For Retrial Time-Limit Challenges
• US Renews Obstruction Bid Against Ex-BP Exec
• Players In CityTime Kickback Scandal Cop Pleas
• Govt. Must Unveil Expert Info In DuPont Trade Secrets Case
• Dolce, Gabbana Face $13M Fine Over $1.3B Tax Evasion Plot
• Ex-VA Medical Center Director Indicted In Bribery Scheme
• Feds Ask 2nd Circ. To Quash 'Game Of Skill' Poker Ruling
• 2nd Circ. Sets Up Hurdle For Asset-Freeze Hearings
• 3 Lessons From The IRS Scandal
• UK Watchdog Calls For Overhaul Of Banker Oversight, Pay
• Trustee Doesn't Have Backstreet's Back On Ch. 11 Claims
• Lloyd's Escapes Defense Duty In Insurance Scam Suits
• Ex-Penn State Execs Lose 2nd Atty Privilege Appeal
• Indicted Texas Judge Can't Duck Civil Removal Suit
• Mayer Brown Settles Claims It Aided $1.5B Refco Fraud
• Rothstein Trustee Wants Investors' Evidence Excluded
• Ex-Tribe Accountant Wants Fraud Conspiracy Suit Dismissed
• 2nd Circ. OKs Hedge Fund Execs' Bail In Insider Trading Case
• Paul Hastings Snags Top Securities Atty From Fried Frank
• Cuomo Eyes Summer Of Subpoenas As Corruption Bills Falter
• Ky., US Reach $6M Deal To End Poker Site Claims
• Citicorp Executive Gets 2 Years For Misuse Of Funds
• Ex-Baker Atty Asks For Probation In $55M Stock Fraud Case
• Swiss Parliament Rejects Bank Tax Info Sharing Law
• Ex-TigerDirect Prez Charged In $230M Kickback Scheme
• Funeral Services Exec Cops Plea In $600M Fraud Case
• Scott & Scott To Lead SAC Insider Trading Class Action
• DOJ Says Jackson Deserves No Credit For Public Service
• Supplement Co. CEO Convicted Again After 9th Circ. Reversal
• UK Joint Ventures: Sanctions And Corruption Risks
• UK Charges Ex-UBS Trader In Libor Scandal
• NM Gov.'s Ex-Staffer Pleads Not Guilty To Hijacking Emails
• New Texas Laws Crack Down On Medicaid, Medicare Fraud
• High Court Precedents Safe Despite Alito's Dire Warning
• NJ High Court To Mull State Subpoena Power Over Atty Docs
• University To Cough Up Evidence In SAC Insider Trading Case
• Tyco Pays SEC $13M To Settle Foreign Bribery Charges
• High Court Turns Suspect Silence Into Prosecutorial Tool
• Feds Seek Tougher Sentence For Ex-Massey Exec
• 7-Eleven Bosses Face Charges Over Foreign Workers
• Ex-Chicago Official, Others Convicted In Bribery Conspiracy
• Ex-GSA Manager Cops To Meddling With Contracting Probe
• 2nd Circ. To Review Class Cert. In Madoff Feeder Fund Suit
• Cuomo Says Anti-Corruption Bills Likely Dead, Vows Probe
• How To Get A Pass When A Corruption Problem Occurs
• High Court Gives Juries Power Over Mandatory Minimums
• 5th Amendment Protections Must Be Invoked, High Court Says
• Calif. AG Charges Video-Sharing Webmasters With Theft
• Fishery Execs Must Pay $30M For Illegal Lobster Imports
• Pearlman Victims To Get 4% Of Losses Under Ch. 11 Plan
• SEC's 2nd Whistleblower Award Is Tip Of The Iceberg
• $18M In Lawyer Payouts Added To Starr's Fraud Liability
• Ex-NY Senate Leader Espada Gets 5 Years For Theft
• Businessman Says FCPA 'Tampering' Was To Stop Extortion
• Dreier Creditors Fight $10M Claim From Ex-Partner In Calif.
• Feds Slam Atty's New Trial Attempt In Witness Murder Case
• Holland & Hart Adds Ex-DOJ Export Control Head
• Rothstein Feeder Fund Trustee Defends $72M TD Bank Deal
• Convicted Former Pa. Justice's Law License Suspended
• How To Evaluate Insider Threats And Trading Risks
• SEC's 2nd Whistleblower Award Goes To $1.7M Fraud Tipsters
• Takeaways From Largest Drug Safety Settlement
• Extradition Of NSA Leaker Is Far From Slam Dunk For US
• Fla. High Court Sets Test For Bad Counsel In Plea Deals
• Jury Convicts Feeder Of $3.7B Petters Ponzi Scheme
• Birdsall Firm Cops To Pay-To-Play Scheme
• Defense Bar Gives High Court Props On Plea Ruling
• Indicted Texas Judge Wins Delay In Suit Seeking To Oust Him
• Navy Fraudster Asks To Boot Ex-US Atty From Kickback Case
• Contracting In A Perfect Storm Of Enforcement Risk: Part 2
• NJ Pols Urged To Limit Criminal Screening Of Job Seekers
• DA Counters Pa. Pol's Bid To Nix Staff Campaigning Conviction
• High Court Won't Bar Guilty Pleas Tainted By Judges
• DAP Partner Charged With Bribing Venezuelan Bank Official
• 5th Circ. Denies Bail For Ex-Army Official In Bribery Suit
• Judge Tosses 'Mentally Ill' Ex-DHB Exec's Bid For New Trial
• Ex-Lancer Exec Can't Shake Receiver's Clawback Suit
• Looming News Corp. FCPA Settlement May Disappoint
• Swiss Tax Info Sharing Law Survives Key Vote
• Trade Secrets Charges Survive Dismissal Bid In DuPont Case
• Rothstein Assets Not Subject To Forfeiture, 11th Circ. Says
• Cuomo Pushes Sweeping Public Graft And Election Reforms
• PokerStars CEO Agrees To Forfeit $50M To US Government
• CFTC Sues Admitted $3.8M Hedge Fund Fraudster
• Q&A With Squire Sanders' Joe Walker
• Ex-Vitesse Execs Can't Ditch Indictments In Fraud Suit
• Jury Convicts Ex-Rep. Renzi Of 17 Corruption Charges
• Swiss Parliamentary Panel Balks At US Tax Cheat Bill
• Rothstein Wife's Ex-Attorney Disbarred In Arizona
• Goffer's Brother Exits SEC Insider Trading Suit
• Pa. Senate Sends Gov. Bill To Ax Philly Traffic Court
• Cadbury Reported Chocolate Cartel, Canadian Agency Says
• Hunton & Williams Lures Fed. Prosecutor To Va. Office
• 6 New Suits Launched In Fatal Philly Building Collapse
• Q&A With Molo Lamken's Justin Shur
• SEC, Fund Execs Strike Deal Over $68M Insider Trading Plot
• NSA Leaks Put Booz Allen, Employee In DOJ's Crosshairs
• Sentencing Guidelines Regain Footing In Supreme Court
• Lab President, Salesmen Admit Bribing Doctors For Referrals
• Trial Begins For Ex-Fund Boss Accused Of Asset Inflation
• Madoff Employees' Trial To Be A Long One, Judge Says
• Ex-Bristol-Myers Squibb Exec Admits To Insider Trading
• Former WellCare Execs Found Guilty Of Health Care Fraud
• SEC Wants Default Judgment Against Madoff Brother
• Ex-Akin Gump Atty, Federal Prosecutor Named Acting NJ AG
• Malta Police Won't Indict Former EU Health Commissioner
• Grand Jury Will Investigate Fatal Philly Building Collapse
• High Court Hands Defense Reprieve On Sentencing Guidelines
• 11th Circ. Orders Jury Misconduct Review In NASA Fraud Case
• NYC White Collar Vet Closes Shop, Joins Winston & Strawn
• Q&A With Zuckerman Spaeder's Paula Junghans
• FCPA Powerhouse: WilmerHale
• Jesse Jackson Jr. Should Get 4 Years For Fraud, Feds Say
• Ex-DC Council Member To Plead Guilty To Bribery Charges
• SEC Can't Jump-Start JPMorgan Pay-To-Play Suit
• Pa. High Court Rejects Penn State Administrators' Appeals
• CORRECTED: Madoff Trustee Rips Judge Over Merkin Deal
• False Evidence Disclosure Trumps Confidentiality: NYC Bar
• No Fair Warning, Claims Ex-Pa. Justice In Corruption Appeal
• Ex-BP Engineer Loses Bid For Grand Jury Docs In Spill Case
• How To Secure Your D&O Liability Insurance Lifelines
• Whittier, Exec Pay $1.7M To Settle SEC Insider Trading Suit
• Q&A With Ropes & Gray's Brien O'Connor
• FCPA Powerhouse: Willkie Farr
• 10 Strategies For A Special Verdict Form
• 2nd Circ. Refuses To Expand Foreign Wiretap Protections
• Ex-Barclays Employees To Face Criminal Libor Charges
• Canada High Court To Weigh Cartel Wiretap Disclosures
• Ex-SAC Trader May Dig Own Grave At Trial, Attys Say
• Kelly Hart Picks Up Ex-SEC Trial Leader In Fort Worth
• Former NJ Law Firm Staffers Prison-Bound For Embezzlement
• Ex-Aeropostale Exec Slams $25M Forfeiture Verdict
• Canada Charges Nestle, Mars With Price-Fixing
• FCPA Powerhouse: Venable LLP
• Kolon Fights DOJ's Indictment In Trade Secrets Row
• Liberty Reserve Defendants Deny Money Laundering Charges
• Ex-UK Prime Minister Aide Denies Hacking, Bribery Charges
• Q&A With Dickstein Shapiro's Biz Van Gelder
• Gov't Missteps Have Created Leverage For Corporations
• Mediators, Expand Your Tool Kit In Complex Litigation
• Pa. House Passes 2nd Bill Dismantling Philly Traffic Court
• 11 Arrested, 1 Indicted in $200M Credit-Card Theft Ring
• John Edwards Plans To Open NC Plaintiffs Firm
• Ex-SAC Manager Gets Date For Insider Trading Trial
• Alleged 'Rebecca' Fraudster Gets Bail
• Employee Contractor Pleads Guilty In Mayer Brown Fraud Case
• Ex-BP Engineer Blasts DOJ's Bid To Quash Subpoena
• IRS Withholding $125M Owed In Abbott Case, Va. AG Says
• Fired Law Firm Worker Admits To Aiding 'Anonymous' Hack
• Ex-Becton Engineer Accused Of Lifting Trade Secrets
• Q&A With Bingham's Nathan Hochman
• Ex-News Corp. Exec Brooks Pleads Not Guilty in Hacking Case
• FCPA Powerhouse: Reed Smith
• 4 Lessons From Total's FCPA Settlement
• $83.5M Suit Says Willis Group Aided Stanford Fraud
• Strine Tells Wal-Mart To Hammer Out Order For Bribery Docs
• Ex-MCSi Chief Gets 2 Years After 6th Circ. Nixes Light Penalty
• Detroit-Area Health Official Cops Plea In Kickback Scheme
• Ex-Fumo Atty Contests Philly Daily News Libel Ruling
• Lab Plans Guilty Plea Over Faulty Tests At NASA Facilities
• Prosecutors Want Prison For Ex-Baker Atty In $55M Fraud
• FCPA Powerhouse: Kirkland & Ellis
• Q&A With Vinson & Elkins' Bill Lawler
• Houston Pain Clinic Docs To Pay $38M For Billing Scheme
• Rajaratnam Brother In Plea Talks With DOJ
• Ecuador Needs Judgment To Seize Bankers' Assets
• Calif. Mortgage Fraud Trial Delayed Pending Atty Settlement
• High Court OKs Seizing Suspects' DNA Without Warrant
• PwC, Citco Tell 2nd Circ. $80M Madoff Fund Deal Is Unfair
• Q&A With Zuckerman Spaeder's Sandy Weinberg
• Legal Landscape For E-Currency Is Getting More Complicated
• FCPA Powerhouse: Gibson Dunn