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White Collar - October, 2014

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• Raj Rajaratnam Takes Aim At $92M Fine In 2nd Circ. Appeal
• DOJ Antitrust Division Trends: Auto Parts And Beyond
• Ex-NBA Player Denied New Trial Over $2M RE Ponzi Scheme
• SEC Subpoenas Ally Financial In Subprime Auto Loan Probe
• 2 Ohio Men Sentenced For $24M Iraqi Currency Fraud Scheme
• Revolving-Door Roundup: Sidley, Jones Day, Morgan Lewis
• PSU's Sandusky Inquiry Docs Privileged, Pa. Court Rules
• Ex-UCB Exec. Indicted In Plot To Hide $65M In Bank Losses
• Gov't Contractor Requests Light Term For Navy Bribery
• SEC Upholds Bar Of Alleged Disney-Marvel Insider Trader
• Ex-Lawyer Sentenced To 6 Years For Stealing Client Funds
• Banker Beats Israeli Account Tax Fraud Charges At Trial
• Madoff Victims Can't Look To Trustee To Save Picower Suit
• Ex-UBS Exec Says U.S. Failed To Establish Tax Fraud Case
• Ex-Chairman Of Korean Shipping Co. Sentenced To 6 Years
• Illinois State Lawmaker Loses Bid For New Bribery Trial
• Pirate Bay Co-Founder Convicted In CSC Hacking Case
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Jeffer Mangels' Anthony Pacheco
• Attorney Charged With Forging Bankruptcy Judge's Signature
• 5th Amendment Shields Smartphone Pass Codes, Judge Says
• Convicted Ex-Pfizer Manager Won't Testify In Off-Label Suit
• Ex-SAC Trader Makes Emergency Bid For Bail In 2nd Circ.
• North Florida Shipyards To Pay $1M To Settle FCA Charges
• No New AG Until Next Year, Holder Says
• US Calls Jiau's Bid For New Insider Trading Trial Meritless
• Tesco Accounting Woes Trigger UK Criminal Fraud Probe
• Gov't Fires Back At Peanut Exec's Bid To Toss Conviction
• Judge To Reconsider WG Trading Exec's $554M Fraud Plea
• Whistleblower Actions Reap More Penalties, Jail Time: Study
• Bank Leumi, NY Regulators Eye Deal In Tax Evasion Probe
• Gov't Contractor Indicted For Alleged $116M Drug Return Plot
• Ex-SAC Trader Hires Paul Clement In 2nd Circ. Appeal
• Key Government Witness Wraps Testimony In Weil Case
• Bank Exec Who Faked Death Gets 30 Years For $72M Fraud
• Banker Helped Iranian Exiles Hide Cash From IRS, Gov't Says
• Leader Of $300M Allied Vets Gambling Plot Won't Serve Time
• DOJ To Bring More Criminal Cases Against Hackers
• Ex-Mayer Brown CIO Gets 27 Months For $5M Kickback Plot
• Virtual Currency Firms Will Be Kept On Short Leash
• Ex-Tullett Prebon Broker Charged With Libor Manipulation
• The Legal Professions' Curious Under-Use Of 2nd Opinions
• Ex-Pa. Justice Drops Appeal Bid Before High Court
• The RMBS Working Group: Is There Life After Eric Holder?
• Star Witness Faces Intense Questioning In UBS Exec's Trial
• CORRECTED: Ex-Boeing Officer Gets 20 Months In $3.5M Kickback Scheme
• Owner Of Ex-AMC HQ Gets 27 Months For Improper Salvage
• Madoff Aides' Forfeiture Tangle Yields New Sentencing Delay
• Cooperating Ex-Sky Capital Broker Avoids Prison Sentence
• Perkins Coie Partner Takes 2nd Chair With Chicago US Atty
• Ex-BayernLB CEO Guilty Of Bribery In $2.11B Hypo Alpe Deal
• Layne Christensen Pays $5M To Settle FCPA Probe
• Atty Sanctions Bid Denied In 'Kids For Cash' Suit
• How Esquenazi Will Play Out In Emerging Economies
• Use Social Media For Legal Service Only As A Last Resort
• Halal Food Co. Owner Accused Of Beef Export Fraud
• Witness, Defense Clash Over Claims In UBS Tax Fraud Case
• UK Watchdog Wants Extra £26.5M For Libor, Fraud Probes
• ZeekRewards Founder Indicted In $850M Ponzi Scheme
• Latham & Watkins Partner Withdraws From AG Consideration
• Gov't Cooperator In SAC Insider Trading Probe Avoids Jail
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Dechert's Hector Gonzalez
• US Can Prove Banker Conspired To Cheat IRS, Judge Says
• Banks Must Boost Efforts To Block Corrupt Funds, DOJ Says
• Dechert's £6.6M Fee Row With Miner To Be Heard Privately
• Ponzi Schemer's Sentence Vacated In $6M Fraud Case
• Dolce, Gabbana Beat Charges Over $1B Tax Evasion Scheme
• Georgia Judge Cops To Stealing From County For Atty, Self
• Ex-BNY Mellon Manager Admits Tipping Scheme
• CFTC Wins $3M Judgment Against Texas Co. Over Forex Fraud
• Ex-Schroders Employee Pleads Not Guilty To Insider Trading
• Ex-Cadillac Ranch Accountant Hit With 1-Year Prison Term
• GM Reveals Subprime Lending Probe Goes Beyond DOJ
• An Associate's Perspective On Business Development
• Ex-Colleague Says Weil Aware Of UBS' Role In Tax Fraud
• Rothstein Atty Pleads Guilty In $2.4M Fraud Scheme
• College Student Gets 2 Years For Hacking Navy, Others
• Bridgegate Panel Co-Chair Unveils Port Authority Reform Bill
• 7th Circ. Won't Rehear Ruling On Scott Walker Probe
• Rengan Rajaratnam Settles SEC's Insider Trading Claims
• 'Jersey Shore' Star Remains On Bail In $9M Tax Situation
• Pa. Officials Ask High Court To Keep $60M NCAA Suit Rolling
• Ecuadoreans Take Chevron To International Criminal Court
• Ex-Philly Traffic Court Judge Charged With Accepting Bribe
• SEC Settles Case Against Alleged Rothstein Fraudster
• Backstreet Boys To Recover Master Tapes In Settlement
• Takata Faces Federal Probe Over Exploding Air Bags
• Scientists Can't Shake $10M Gov't Contract Fraud Charges
• Benefits Of Compliance: US Antitrust Vs. Other Approaches
• DOJ's 1st Anti-Spoofing Prosecution Reflects 2 Trends
• Feds Seek Leniency For Cooperator In SAC Capital Probe
• Justices Poised To Set Line For Police On Data Searches
• Key Witness Takes Stand In Ex-UBS Exec's Tax Fraud Trial
• Stanford Files Pro Se Appeal In $7B Ponzi Scheme Conviction
• 'Real Housewives' Star Can't Serve Term In Halfway House
• Blackwater Verdict May Dampen Allure Of Overseas Contracts
• Ex-SEC General Counsel Joins Sidley Austin
• Nonprofit Execs Indicted On Insurance Fraud, Bribery Charges
• Indonesia High Court OKs Chevron Worker's Graft Conviction
• 2nd Circ. Upholds Ex-Union Leaders' Extortion Convictions
• Titan Of The Plaintiffs Bar: Roberta D. Liebenberg
• Japan's Trade Secret Law Reform Should Focus On Discovery
• Ex-Pa. County Commissioner Can't Lift Stay In Corruption Suit
• 'Kids For Cash' Attorneys Escape Asset Freeze
• Ex-NYPD Officer, Private Eye Charged In Bribery Scam
• Ex-Contractor To Pay $4.36M For Superfund Bid-Rigging
• Blackwater Guards Found Guilty In Iraq Shooting Case
• 2nd Circ. Affirms Ex-Mayer Brown Partner's Refco Fraud Rap
• Offset Deals Can Pose High FCPA Risks For Defense Industry
• Ex-UBS Adviser Says Weil Was At Meeting On Hiding Accounts
• Facebook Faces Tough Road In DLA Piper Sham Suit Fight
• Ex-CEO of NJ Drug Dispensary Indicted For Tax Evasion
• Walgreen Can't Nix OTC Drug Privacy Claims In Meth Row
• NYCLU Strikes 'Historic' Public Defense Deal With NY
• Freeh Asks 3rd Circ. To Ensure Right To Move Penn State Suit
• Sideman & Bancroft Adds Ex-DOJ Prosecutor In Denver
• Blackwater Jury Closes In On Manslaughter Conviction
• Rothstein Investor Fights Firm's Bid To Compel Arbitration
• Four Convicted In $158M Houston Hospital Medicare Scam
• Ex-SAC Trader Martoma Can't Dodge Jail During Appeal
• GSK Bribery Conviction Signals Increased Risks In China
• Ex-UBS Clients Describe Tax Schemes In Raoul Weil Trial
• 'Brisbane's Bernie Madoff' Can't Dodge US Fraud Charges
• Peanut CEO Wants Salmonella Poisoning Conviction Tossed
• Blackwater Jurors To See Post-Shooting Video
• Greensfelder Adds 'Proactive' White Collar Practice Group
• Facebook Sues DLA Piper, Other Firms Over Sham Case
• Supreme Court Won't Hear CCI Exec's FCPA Reach Fight
• High Court Won't Hear Ex-Duane Reade Execs' Fraud Appeal
• NCAA Says Pa. Court Overstepped In Penn State Fine Fight
• Justices To Hear Challenge To LA Hotel Registry Search Law
• New Criminal And Tax E-Court Features Coming To NJ In 2015
• DOJ Change On Waiver-Of-Appeal Policies Isn't Enough
• Madoff Trustee Files $62M Deal In Customer Clawback Suit
• Pa. Financial Regulator Wants In On Wilmington Trust Suit
• Canadian High Court Clears Way For Wiretap Disclosures
• Fla. Investment Company Exec. Gets 14 Years In $21M Fraud
• Sidley Beats Subpoena Bid In PetroTiger CEO's Bribery Case
• Kickbacks Sink Contractor Bid For $3M In Costs, ASBCA Says
• Pa. AG Drops Charges Against Ex-Pol In Bid-Rigging Case
• Hi-Tech Execs Want Out Of Jail After Recall
• Gallet Dreyer Looks To Bury Arms Dealer's Malpractice Suit
• AUO Pushes 9th Circ. To Rehear $500M Antitrust Case
• Offsets Offer Traps For Unwary Defense Exporters
• Ex-Pa. Pol Snared In Computergate Probe Resigns From Bar
• Exec Gets 7 Years For Selling Phony Batteries To Navy
• Dick's Sporting Goods Atty Hit Again With $1.3M Restitution
• Lessons From Recent DOJ Probes Of Large Banks
• What Litigators Can Learn From Novelists
• Ex-UBS Exec Points Blame At Gov't Witness In Tax Trial
• Rothstein Broker Pleads Guilty In $2.4M Fraud Scheme
• Ex-Siemens Patent Atty Indicted Over $2.5M Kickbacks Fraud
• Wis. Co. Manager Cops To Distributing Tainted Cheese
• Fla. Justices Restrict Police Tracking Of Real-Time Cell Data
• Deputy AG Says He'll Resign From Justice Dept.
• Ex-Soldier Gets 5 Months For Gov't Contract Bribery Scheme
• Ex-Hedge Fund Analyst Gets 5 Years For $27M Trading Scheme
• 2 More Rabobank Traders Charged With Libor Rigging
• Convicted Pa. Atty's Disbarment OK'd After Client Fund Theft
• Becton, Bard Trade Secrets Thief Gets 18 Months
• Tiger Woods Foundation Can't Knock Stanford Suit Off Course
• Madoff Link Doesn't Cap Damages In Suit Vs. Accounting Firm
• Auto Parts Exec Indicted In DOJ Price-Fixing Probe
• 2nd Circ. Vexed By Juror Mischief In Jenkens Tax Fraud Trial
• A-Rod's Purported Supplier Pleads Guilty To Drug Charges
• SEC Admin Judge Bars Former SAC Trader Steinberg
• Tax Lessons From Reality Stars On What Not To Do
• An Offensive Use Of The FCPA?
• Ex-UBS Exec Opens Up About Swiss Tax Shelters In Weil Case
• Citigroup Unit Fined $2M Over Mexican Oil Co.'s Loan Fraud
• 'Real Housewives' Star Pleads Guilty Over Fake License
• DOJ Antitrust Leader Joins Morgan Lewis & Bockius
• Investors Knock SAC's Bid To Cut Racketeering Claims
• Mayor Of NY Town Pleads Guilty To Tax Return Fraud
• $7B Jenkens Tax Fraud Defendant To Plead Case At 2nd Circ.
• Convicted Surgeon Hits Sidley With $30M Malpractice Suit
• Justices Rip Majority For Dodging Illegal Sentencing Issue
• DOJ Fraud Chief Returns to Davis Polk For Second Time
• Liberty Reserve Co-Founder Denies $6B Laundering Scheme
• Ex-UBS Exec Says He Didn't Know About Tax Evasion Scheme
• Prosecutors Want 'Sopranos' Star's Ex's SEC Suit On Ice
• Holder Ends Waiver Of Appellate Rights In Guilty Pleas
• Ex-Merck Analyst Charged With Insider Trading
• 'Kids For Cash' Atty Turns Tables On Sanctions Bid
• High Court Rejects NJ Out-Of-State Wiretap Appeal
• Jones Day Adds 4 Calif. Prosecutors To Biz Litigation
• Citigroup Axes Banamex Unit Amid 'Appalling' $15M Fraud
• $500M AUO Antitrust Fine Is On Target, DOJ Tells 9th Circ.
• Ex-Two Sigma Analyst Can't Dodge IP Trial, But Bail Is Cut
• SEC Tees Off On 'Golfing Buddies' Insider Trading Defense
• Taiwanese Man Cops To Skirting NK Weapons Shipment Ban
• Pepper Hamilton Seeks Sandusky Doc Stay As PSU Appeals
• Biogenesis Co-Conspirator Pleads Guilty To MLB Doping
• A Convergence Of Antitrust, Anti-Graft Enforcement In China
• Information Governance: A Missed Opportunity For Lawyers
• Solus, Optimal Can't Get $7M Refund From Madoff Trustee
• Ex-TD Bank VP Charged In Rothstein's $1.2B Scheme
• Liberty Reserve Founder Extradited To US From Spain
• Jury Convicts Chicago Man Of Lobbying For Zimbabwe Leader
• FINRA Warns Against Settlements Barring Whistleblower Tips
• Stay In Wilmington Investor Row Sought For Criminal Probe
• Ex-Broker Gets 3 Years For Orchestrating Broadway Fraud
• Ex-Artis Analyst Should Get 5 Years, Prosecutors Say
• US Refutes Ex-Detroit Mayor's Attacks On Graft Conviction
• Insurer Can Limit Firm's Fraud Defense Coverage: 3rd Circ.
• Alleged Rothstein Fraudster Sold Faulty Securities, Judge Says
• Russia Investigates Ronald McDonald House For Tax Fraud
• Proskauer Loses Bid To DQ Neligan In Stanford Ponzi Suit
• Ex-Mayer Brown Atty Slams Refco Fraud Charge In 2nd Circ.
• Insurer Can Yank Jailed Ex-Atty's Malpractice Policies: Judge
• Take Extra Steps When Social Media Page Is Evidence
• Young Conaway Hit With Fraud Suit Over Sunken Treasure Con
• SEC Weighs Victims' Fund From $602M SAC Settlement
• Fried Frank Picks Up Securities, White Collar Partner In NY
• Shutts & Bowen Adds Hill Ward Atty To White Collar Group
• WTC Steel Contractor Backs Out Of Fraud Plea Deal
• RE Investors Appeal Loss Against Holland & Hart, Wells Fargo
• Convicted Ex-Nasdaq Exec Agrees To Asset Freeze With SEC
• Pa. Insurance Agent To Pay $2M To Settle SEC's Fraud Suit
• Feds Challenge Ex-Orioles Player's Personal Benefit Defense
• Ex-Rep. Renzi's Corruption Conviction Upheld At 9th Circ.
• Feds Revoke Payback Demand For Ex-Jefferies Trader
• Banks Wary Of Medical Marijuana As Fla. Vote Nears
• 'Kids For Cash' Judge Sanctioned By Pa. Court
• Rengan Rajaratnam Still In Settlement Talks With SEC
• Privacy Questions In Heien V. NC May Have To Wait
• Gov't Goes To Bat For High-Speed Traders In Spoofing Case
• NJ Man Sentenced To 17 Months In $65M Tax Fraud Scheme
• Irish Socialite Handed 7 Years For $11M Ponzi Scheme
• Hundreds Of SEC Laptops May Be Missing, Watchdog Says
• Cozen O'Connor Snags Philly Litigator's Return
• SEC In Settlement Talks With Convicted Fund Manager Balboa
• Fenwick Hires 17-Year SEC Enforcement Vet In SF
• Landowner In Wynn Casino Deal Pleads Not Guilty To Fraud
• BakerHostetler Slams DQ Bid In $230M Tax Case
• SEC Wins Asset Freeze In Alleged $123M ATM Ponzi Scheme
• Ex-Duane Reade CEO Case A Model For VWPA Restitution
• A Primer On 'Bad Faith' In Federal Removal Jurisdiction
• NYC Bankruptcy Courthouse Deemed Too Risky For Dreier
• GSK Investigating Corruption Allegations In UAE
• PCA Execs Say Jury Improperly Learned Of Salmonella Deaths
• Madoff Sends Email From Jail Backing Convicted Ex-Aide
• 2nd Circ. Remands Doc Order In FTC Western Union Probe
• DLA, Kasowitz Must Turn Over Facebook Scam Docs, US Says
• Stradley Ronon Lands Ex-Steptoe Securities Chair
• Ex-UBS Exec Says Swiss Reports Belong In Tax Evasion Trial
• Armstrong Teasdale Opens In Denver With 10 Steese Attys
• Ex-Pa. Justice's Corruption Sentence Stayed Pending Appeal
• DOJ's Ex-No. 3 Joining PepsiCo
• Ballard Spahr Lands Top CFPB Examiner In NY
• UK's Libor Investigation Yields First Guilty Plea
• Proskauer Says Stanford Ponzi Abetting Suit Is 'Stale'
• Sanofi Says It Revealed Overseas Bribery Claims To US
• Holder Dodges House Bid For 'Fast and Furious' Contempt
• Hi-Tech Execs To Remain Jailed Until Recall Is Complete
• BakerHostetler Atty's Discipline Records Sought In Tax Case
• MRI International Found Liable In $800M Ponzi Scheme
• Orrick Nabs Former US Prosecutor For White Collar Group
• Ex-Oriole Calls Feds' Insider Trading Indictment Flawed
• Jiau's Insider Trading Appeal Brushed Aside At High Court
• High Court Rejects Appeal By Ex-Galleon Trader Goffer
• Supreme Court Punts On Bombshell FCPA Case
• In-House Insights From KBR General Counsel Andrew Farley
• Another Blow Dealt To Restitution, Disgorgement Defense
• Chadbourne & Parke Wants Stanford Ponzi Abetting Suit Axed
• Man Admits Defrauding Miami Heat Players Of $7.5M
• Iraq Asks 2nd Circ. For $10B Oil-For-Food Rehearing
• Ex-UBS Trader Facing Libor Charges Blasts US Overreach
• Petters Trustee Settles Clawback Suit For $322M
• Pepper Hamilton Taps New Chair To Replace Freeh
• Accountant Pleads Guilty To Hiding Swiss Bank Account
• Jefferies Trader Ordered Free Pending Appeal By 2nd Circ.
• Convicted Peanut Co. Exec. Seeks Acquittal In Salmonella Row
• Ex-Director Of Ark. Agency Pleads Guilty To Bribery Charges
• French Trial Over Airbus Insider Trading Grounded
• Fraud Case Can't Hinge On Russian Facebook Page: 2nd Circ.
• EQT Faces Criminal Charges Over Pa. Fracking Discharges
• Editor Who Hacked Paul McCartney Pleads Guilty In UK
• 'Jersey Shore' Star Gets Tax Case Delay To Film Show
• How New UK Sentencing Guidelines Measure Up To US Rules
• National Oilwell Unit To Pay $1.6M For Illegal Syrian Exports
• Libor, Auto Parts Push DOJ Antitrust To New Fine High
• NJ 'Real Housewives' Stars Land Jail Time For Fraud Charges
• High-Frequency Trader Indicted In 1st 'Spoofing' Case
• Ex-Rothstein Partner Gets 33 Mos. For Fraud, Bribery
• 3rd Circ. Clears Way For Use Of Warrantless GPS Tracking
• 3 Landowners In Wynn Casino Deal Charged With Fraud
• Ex-FBI Agent Admits Taking Cash To Derail Kickbacks Probe
• Ex-Foundry Exec Convicted In Stock-Tipping Case
• 6 Steps To Ensure FCPA-Compliant Charitable Contributions
• 5 Army National Guard Officials Charged In Bribery Schemes
• Citigroup Should Turn Over Banamex Files, Magistrate Says
• TD Bank Snubbed On Rehearing Of $67M Ponzi Case Verdict
• Energy Co. CEO Gets 25 Years, $58M Fine For Investment Fraud
• $50M Mortgage Fraud Leader Sentenced To 27 Years
• 3rd Circ. Hears Double Jeopardy Fears In Bribery Retrial
• Exec Gets 15 Months In EBay Insider Trading Case
• 3 Plead Guilty to Embezzling Air Force Funds
• NY Lawmaker Charged With Theft Of Campaign, Travel Funds
• Blackwater Jury Hints At Involuntary Manslaughter Conviction
• Court Asked To Sanction 'Kids For Cash' Atty Over Loan Docs
• Brooklyn Judge Quitting Bench Over Campaign Ties To Ex-DA
• DeLay Cleared By Texas High Court In Money-Laundering Case
• High Court To Go Fishing For Answers In Anti-Shredding Case