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White Collar - December, 2016

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• 6 Key Commercial Litigation Finance Trends For 2017
• 5 Ways To Fight Costlier Legal Malpractice Claims In 2017
• NJ Judge Again Sinks Special Prosecutor Bid In GWB Case
• Chicago Alderman Pleads Not Guilty To Bribery Charges
• Do Not Expect Lax Financial Enforcement Under Trump
• Mediating E-Discovery Disputes Can Save Time And Money
• Credit Suisse Pays $5.3B In Possible Last Post-Crisis Deal
• Feds Push Through Record FCPA Week With Teva Case
• Ortiz Successor Faces Uphill Climb In Mass. Corruption Cases
• Juror Skin Color Matters For Challenges, NY High Court Says
• Insys Seeks Delay, Toss Of Investor Drug Plot Suit In Del.
• Advisory Head Indicted Over $1M Securities Fraud
• Bio-Rad Can't Block Ex-GC's Evidence In Retaliation Trial
• Ex-CEO Gets Two Years For Hiding Assets From Courts, SEC
• Texas Jury Convicts Landscape Co. Owner Of Visa Fraud
• Jurors 'Hopelessly Deadlocked' In Ex-LA Sheriff Baca's Trial
• SEC Gets Win In $9.3M PE Firm Investor Theft Suit
• 4 Texans Indicted In $242K 'Foreclosure Rescue Scheme'
• 9th Circ. Affirms Real Estate Investors' Fraud Verdict
• US Sues Barclays Over Pre-Crisis Mortgage Securities
• First Farmers Fraud Victim Poised To Fight Receiver
• Judge Won't Nix Retaliation Claims Against Ex-Pa. AG
• Feds Seek Up To 97 Mos. For Wrigley Rooftop Owner In Fraud
• Teva Pharmaceutical To Pay $519M To Settle FCPA Charges
• Second Fla. Brother Pleads Guilty To $10M Investment Fraud
• FBI Leak Prompts Dismissal Bid In Insider Trading Case
• Why Odebrecht Handed Prosecutors A Record FCPA Deal
• Day-Trading Firm Owner Accused In Fake-Account Scam
• DOJ Nets Tuna Price-Fixing Guilty Plea At Bumble Bee
• Mass. Top Prosecutor To Step Down In January
• 3 Charged In 'Pay-To-Play' NY Retirement Fund Scheme
• Calif. Man Gets 8 Years For Investment Fraud Scheme
• Gov't Asks Dismissal Of $179M Suit Against USDA Over Loans
• Court Deals Players Losing Hand In Canceled Casino Tourney
• Citing High Court, Judge Allows Bail For Fattah Cohort
• Suspended NJ Atty Indicted For Stealing Settlement Funds
• National Lab Physicist Gets 18 Months For Fraud Scheme
• Judge Missed How Jail Changed Me, Ex-Gov Blagojevich Says
• Backpage Dismissal Does Not Solve Websites' Woes
• Ex-Penn State Prez Faces Counterclaims In Termination Row
• Avoid Inadvertent Tipping This Holiday Season
• Odebrecht, Braskem To Pay $3.6B In Record FCPA Case
• Building Momentum For The Pay Equity Movement In BigLaw
• Ex-Blackrock Exec Jailed In UK For Insider Trading
• Are You Prepared For A 'Post-Fact' Jury?
• Texas Man Charged With Bilking Investors In Ponzi Scheme
• Judge Tosses FCA Suit On EB-5 Project, With Leave To Amend
• Jurors Improperly Deliberated In GWB Trial, Defendant Says
• La. Medicaid Fraudster Will Pay Nearly $7M In Restitution
• ND Justices Mull Dakota Access Arrestees' Atty Shortage
• Clinton Atty Blasts FBI Email Warrant As Docs Are Unsealed
• Juror Dismissal Opens Appeal Path In Fattah Corruption Case
• Calif. Attys' Press Statements Protected By Anti-SLAPP
• Vance Calls For Reform After Paltry Fine For Worker Death
• 3rd Circ. Gives Deported Dominican Another Chance
• BB&K Nears Win In Ex-Bell City Officials' Malpractice Suit
• Ex-Rep. Fattah Can't Dodge Prison During Corruption Appeal
• Ex-JPMorgan Execs Duck Parmalat Bankruptcy Fraud Charges
• Ex-Flint Emergency Managers Hit With Criminal Charges
• Engineer Pleads Guilty To Giving Military Docs To China
• 1st Circ. Reverses Mass. Officials' Corruption Convictions
• Atty Accused Of Coercing Clients Into Sex Is Disbarred
• Late-Campaign Warrant For Clinton Emails To Be Unsealed
• Ex-LA Sheriff Baca Led 'Dirty' Jail Conspiracy, Jury Told
• Judge Wrongly Limited Meningitis Outbreak Trial, Gov't Says
• Boston Teamsters Want Answers From 'Top Chef' GC
• Ex-Fla. Official Channels McDonnell In High Court Appeal
• Ex-Proskauer Atty Set To Exit $5B Stanford Ponzi Suit
• FERC's Enforcement Appetite Makes Compliance Key
• Platinum Partners Execs Charged With $1B Securities Fraud
• Twitter Must Work With Newsweek Writer To ID Attacker
• Shkreli's Ex-Atty Can't Get More Details On Fraud Charges
• FIFA Hits Ex-Honduran Soccer Head With Lifetime Ban
• Fraudster's Prison Term Needs Another Look, 2nd Circ. Says
• Ponzi Scheme Investor Didn't Prove Fraud, NJ Panel Says
• Keeping Pro Se Litigants At Bay
• Stradley Ronon Adds Prominent Philly White Collar Defender
• SEC Judge Can't Ban Ponzi Schemer After All
• Trump Team Eyes 'Quick Win' In ZTE Sanctions Row
• Pa. Judge Suspended After Money Laundering Indictment
• IMF Head Found Guilty Of Negligence, Avoids Punishment
• Oilpro Founder Admits To Hacking Rival Website
• Ill. Court Affirms Theft Conviction In Contract Steering Suit
• Ex-Fla. Bank Execs Charged In $3.8M Bank Fraud Scheme
• King & Spalding Nabs Appellate Pro From US Atty's Office
• Romanians Extradited, Indicted For Alleged $4M Email Scam
• Feds Say Sheriff Joe's Contempt Charge Doesn't Warrant Jury
• Feds Say Man Can't Bring $160M IRS Fine Suit Before Paying
• Jury Convicts 4 For Bid-Rigging Calif. Property Auctions
• US Moves To Seize Assets Of NJ Traders In $26M Scheme
• Woman Arrested For Swindling Ricky Williams, Other Athletes
• Booted Fattah Juror Refused To Deliberate, Judge Reveals
• IT Recruiter Cops To Immigration Work Visa Scam
• Philly Bar Association Questions Sessions AG Nomination
• Ex-Fattah Staffer Gets 3 Years' Probation In Corruption Case
• The Panama Papers: The Story So Far, And What Comes Next
• NJ Pol Blasts Trump's SEC Chair Pick Over GWB Scandal
• Disgraced Boston Cab King Sued Over $145M Buyout
• More Nurses Plead Guilty In $45M Medicare Fraud Scheme
• 'Widespread Corruption' At Mont. Tribe, DOI Watchdog Finds
• Investment Adviser Charged In $19M Fraud Scheme
• Prenda 'Porn Troll' Attys Charged With Fraud Scheme
• Pa. District Judge, Atty Accused Of Money Laundering
• Illegality In Arbitrations: What Is The Arbitrator's Duty?
• Are Courts In The Discovery Driver's Seat?
• Salman Insider Trading Case A Hollow Win For Prosecutors
• Sports Agent Can't Exclude Player Smuggling Evidence: Feds
• 9th Circ. Upholds Contractor's 4-Year Tax Evasion Sentence
• Ex-Sheriff Baca Angered By Corruption Probe, Judge Says
• Alaska Man Moved $1B To Iran, Flouting Sanctions, Feds Say
• Consultant Gets 17 Years In BP Oil Spill Fraud Case
• Goldman, Morgan Stanley Feature Heavily In DOJ's $15B Haul
• Teamster Gets Probation In 'Top Chef' Extortion Case
• High Court Told 'Crime Of Violence' Unconstitutionally Vague
• Texas Oil Co. Owner Charged With Ponzi Fraud Scheme
• FBI Agent Can Refile Suit Over Bathroom Videos, Judge Says
• Suspect In JPMorgan Hack Left Russia Voluntarily, Atty Says
• NY Fines Italian Bank $235M For Money Laundering Failings
• 3 More Capacitor Co. Execs Indicted For Price-Fixing
• Pharmacy Execs Score Separate Trials Over Deadly Outbreak
• Justices Take Up 6th Circ.'s Reluctant Deportation Ruling
• Crown Unloads $1.18B Casino Stake Amid China Detentions
• Incoming Pa. AG Taps Bucks County ADA As 1st Deputy
• Trader, Mother's Co. Must Pay $1.2M In Money Pass Case
• Mont. Contractor Pleads Not Guilty To New Corruption Counts
• Bankrupt Calif. Store Owner Gets 6.5 Years For Wine Scheme
• Ex-Penn State Coach Wants $1.6M In Litigation Costs
• Braskem To Pay $957M In Operation Car Wash Probe
• FBI Agent Tells Baca Jury That LA Sergeants Threatened Her
• Milbank Nabs Top Federal Securities Fraud Prosecutor
• Cope Hudson Partner Gets Probation For Insider Trading
• Wal-Mart Investors Call Class Toss Fatal To Records Demands
• Feinstein Says Sessions' AG Docs Lack Controversial Talks
• Armored Vehicle Contractor Can't Duck Fraud Charges
• NY Judge Scolds SEC Over 'Cryptic' ConvergEx Complaint
• Ex-Okla. Bank CEO Charged In $100M Loan Scheme
• Kirkland Ellis' Conflict Issues Deepen In Turkish Trader Case
• Suburban Philly Councilman Arrested In Kickback Scheme
• Menendez Urges High Court To Review Corruption Charges
• Chicago Alderman Accused Of Atty Extortion, Charity Fraud
• East Texas Lab Pays $3.75M For Falsified Medicare Billing
• Six Charged In $50M Scheme To Fake NY Fed Partnership
• Reluctant Judge OKs 7-Wk Insider Trading Trial For Ex-Oriole
• DOJ Charges 2 Execs In Generic Drug Price-Fixing Plot
• Talking 'Bull': Episode 9, Light My Fire
• Former NFLer Indicted In $20M Health Care Fraud Scheme
• Guinea's Ex-Mines Minister Arrested In Bribery Case
• Wells Fargo Hit With $180M Suit On Film Finance Fraud
• DOJ Criminal Chief Apologizes For Off-The-Cuff Remarks
• ConAgra Enters Final Plea Deal Over Salmonella Peanut Butter
• Split 7th Circ. Scraps Sentence Over $37M Retiree Scheme
• Justices Won't Hear AIG Exec's Appeal Over NY Fraud Case
• Family Loses Round In $107M EMI Forfeiture Spat
• Salman Reinforces Galleon Informant's Conviction, Say Feds
• Ex-InterMune Exec Says Salman Voids Insider Trading Loss
• Rules Of Civil Procedure Updates Affect E-Discovery
• Gupta Says High Court Ruling Doesn't Save His Conviction
• High Court Eschews Technicalities In Bank Fraud Law Ruling
• The Path To The California Bench
• Fattah Co-Defendants Get 2 Years In Corruption Case
• SEC Says Bio-Rad Wrong To Call Ex-GC's Work Privileged
• Boston Taxi Mogul Dodges Prison For Avoiding Taxes
• Atty Disbarred After Helping Rothstein's Wife Hide Jewelry
• Bulgarian Faces Indictment In Pa. Over Malware Attacks
• $63M Health Fraud Ringleader Can't Get Sentence Vacated
• Argentine Marketing Co. Pays DOJ $113M In FIFA Bribery Deal
• Pa. Restaurant Owner Charged With Harboring Immigrants
• 3 Tips To Avoid Being On The Outs With In-House Counsel
• Doc In Menendez Case Can't Challenge Drug Rules, Feds Say
• Schock Pleads Not Guilty To Misusing Gov't, Campaign Funds
• Facebook IPO Scammer Gets 22 Years In Prison
• Alstom Exec Tells 2nd Circ. To Maintain FCPA Limitations
• Fla. Atty Cops To Fraud, Embezzlement, Money Laundering
• Feds Accuse Man Of Selling Tribal Art Stolen From Employer
• First United Bank Directors Can't Escape $8M FDIC Suit
• 2nd Circ. Asks How Salman Applies To SAC Trader's Case
• Shaw Ruling Gives Feds More Leeway In Bank Fraud Cases
• Trump Names Gen. Kelly To Head DHS, Advocates Worried
• Treasury Nearing Settlement With Ex-MoneyGram Exec
• EB-5 Fraudster Urges Ill. Judge To Bypass Prison Time
• 'Top Chef' Extortion Case Will Head To Trial
• NJ Traders Charged With $26M Manipulation Scheme
• High Court Denies Foundry Exec's Insider Trading Challenge
• Ex-Pa. Rep. Fattah Gets 10 Years In Corruption Case
• Justices Say Fraud Against Customers Is Fraud Against Banks
• Backpage Execs Escape Sex Trafficking Charges In Calif.
• 9th Circ. Says 'Uncharged' Crimes Are Wire Fraud Evidence
• Galleon Informant Says Petition Unaffected By Salman Ruling
• NM Official Gets 1 Year For Role In $33M Kickback Scheme
• Och-Ziff Contractor Cops To Bribing African Officials
• Doctor In Home Health Fraud Hit With 3-Year Sentence
• DOJ Sued By Reporter Seeking FCPA Monitor Records
• Man Convicted In $50M Scheme Asks 11th Circ. To Reverse
• Pharmacy Execs Want Separate Trials Over Deadly Outbreak
• 9th Circ. Rules CFAA Doesn't Make Password Sharers Felons
• Fattah Staffers Say Docs Reveal Overzealous Prosecution
• The Horrible Conflict Between Biology And Women Attorneys
• AIG Yanks 'Forum Shopping' Tax Shelter Suit Into Fed. Court
• Feds Charge Fla. Men With Selling Expired Gastric Bands
• CORRECTED: Ex-Cantor Fitzgerald Trader Charged With Fraud
• 'Housewives' Star Gets OK To Share Proceeds With Creditors
• Senate OKs Wider Law Punishing Corrupt Foreign Officials
• 'Scam Artist' Charged For Posing As Immigration Attorney
• Inmate's Revenge Plot Against Judge Nets Him 5 More Years
• How Latin America Is Stepping Up Anti-Corruption Efforts
• Atty Cleared In Fraud Plot Can't Sue Prosecutors: 7th Circ.
• Ex-Insys Executives Charged In Painkiller Kickback Scheme
• Most Compliance Officers Face Compliance 'Crisis': Study
• Chinese Billionaire Denied Separate Trial In UN Bribe Case
• DOJ Brass Ties Criminal Overreach To Green Prosecutors
• 2nd Circ. Won't Revive ERISA Suit Over Madoff Profits
• Ex-Rep. Schock's Money Misuse Case To Stay In Springfield
• Lawyer EQ: Finding Success In Every Interaction
• After 12 Years, Court Says InTrust Fraud Suit Came Too Late
• Feds Say Ex-JPMorgan Employee Stole $5M To Cover Debts
• Ex-Furniture Co. Exec Gets 2 Years For $17M Bank Loan Fraud
• Former NYC Financial Adviser Pleads To $1.6M Trust Theft
• Managing Intergenerational Differences Within Your Law Firm
• Clinic Owner Can't Withdraw Plea To $3.6M BCBS Fraud
• FBI Arrests Puerto Rico Mayor On Extortion Charges
• Ex-Nicaraguan Soccer Head Pleads Guilty To Racketeering
• NJ Justices Suspend Atty For 2 Years Over Tax Evasion
• Man Who Posed As Gov't Official Gets 5 Years For $26M Fraud
• Trump Transition Watch: Gen. Kelly Emerges As DHS Pick
• Bumble Bee VP Pleads Guilty To DOJ Seafood Cartel Charges
• Hedge Fund Manager Admits Stock Manipulation In China
• 'Housewives' Star Defeats Atty's Opposition To Settlement
• Talking 'Bull': Episode 8, Too Perfect
• VW Hit With $32M Fine From S. Korean Fair Trade Watchdog
• Ex-Navy Officer Gets 6 Years For Role In Bribery Scheme
• Jailed Hospital CEO Urges 7th Circ. To Overturn Fraud Verdict
• Feds Want Ex-Pa. Rep. To Spend 2 Decades In Prison
• The Personal Benefit Test Post-Salman
• Philip Hirschkop: Quietly Making Noise For 50 Years
• Abbott Asks Chancery Court To Kill $5.8B Alere Buyout
• Bravo-Fernandez: Did The Court Incentivize Overcharging?
• Insider Trading Law Remains Murky After High Court Ruling
• Atty Gets Bond Waived While He Fights $10M HUD Penalty
• Medical Co. Owner Hit With Suit Over False Medicare Claims
• Lender Asks 11th Circ. To Revive $7M Loan Suit Against Attys
• Ex-Bank CEO Faces Up To 100 Years For $179M Loan Fraud
• US Calls Claims Of Wrongdoing 'Baseless' In FIFA Case
• Sens. Weigh How To Protect Staff From Retaliatory Charges
• Trump Reportedly Considering Gibson Partner For SEC Chair
• Hacker Who Targeted Celebs, Stole Scripts Gets 5 Years
• Anti-Money Laundering Enforcement In 2017: What To Expect
• High Court Hands Prosecutors Victory On Insider Trading
• Lessons From DOJ Treatment Of Tony Hu For Sales Tax Fraud
• Agent Wants Witnesses Excluded In Player Smuggling Case
• 7th Circ. Won't Cut Down Sentence In $30M Timeshare Fraud
• Sawmill EB-5 'Shotgun' Claims Can't Survive, Judge Says
• Hogan Lovells Adds Former DOJ Deputy To Antitrust Practice
• Activist Again Urges Special Prosecutor For GWB Suit
• Investment Manager Charged In KIT Digital Fraud
• Iran Fights $71.5M Museum Forfeit At High Court
• Atty Wants Bond Waived In Appeal For $10M HUD Penalty
• Judge Won't Redo Retaliation Suit Against Ex-Pa. AG Kane
• Air Force Officer Gets 2 Years' Probation For Contract Bribery
• High Court Rejects Appeal From Jailed Infomercial Huckster
• Former Biofuel Execs Sentenced To Prison Over Fraud
• Ex-FIFA Prez Loses Appeal Over 6-Year Ban
• Christie's Former Campaign Can't Shake GWB Class Claims
• Credit Suisse To Pay FINRA $16.5M For Poor AML Oversight
• Health Data Co. Owner Cops To $39.5M Investor, Tax Frauds
• Justices Won't Hear Case Over FBI Use Of Old Digital Files
• Can A Yankees Fan Get A Fair Trial In New England?
• DOJ Crackdown On Employee Recruiting And Compensation
• Will The FCPA Get Trumped?
• FCPA Risk Decreases In Russia, Estonia, Report Shows
• Sports Trainer Can't Exit Ballplayer Smuggling Case
• Ex-Mo. Car Dealership Manager Indicted On Fraud Charges
• Salvage Co. Head Gets Stint In Lockup For Violating CAA
• United Reaches $2.4M SEC Deal In Airline Bribery Scheme
• Fla. Man Gets 150 Months For Gov't Bond Fraud Scheme
• Fla. Court Upholds New Trial Order For Allied Vets Atty
• Gov't Ordered To Detail Allegedly Illegal Dean Foods Trades
• Ex-Credit Union CEO Gets Up To 20 Years For $1.9M Theft
• Norway Appeals Jury Acquits Ex-Yara CEO Of Corruption
• Rogue Traders To Face Fines Of Up To $5M, CME Group Says
• Stanford Investors Say SEI Enabled Ponzi Scheme
• Chicago Trader Cops To Pilfering $9M In Ponzi-Like Scheme
• Plaintiffs Seek Consolidation In Meningitis Outbreak Case
• Rakoff Addresses Tippee Liability In SEC V. Payton
• NJ Judge Denies Special Prosecutor Bid In Christie GWB Case
• 5 Insights From Airbus Group's Joshua Walker
• McDonnell Doesn't Help Magnate In UN Bribery Suit, Feds Say
• 21 At Texas Med. Center Charged In Massive Bribery Scheme
• New Warrant Power Amplifies Need For Strong Data Security
• NJ Woman Admits Role In $1M DNA Testing Medicare Fraud
• Calif. Gov. Names US Rep. Becerra As Golden State Top Cop
• NJ Man Pleads Guilty To Visa Fraud In Fake College Sting
• Lewis Brisbois Hires DWT Partner For Data Privacy Group
• DOJ Wants SEC To Yield To Criminal Hedge Fund Fraud Case
• 3rd Circ. Backs Sentences In $136M Transpo Contract Fraud
• Pro Racer, Atty Deny Fresh Charges Alleging $2B Loan Scam
• Texas Jury Slaps Mortgage Lenders, CEO With $93M Verdict
• Feds Bum-Rush Int'l Cybercrime Syndicate
• Contractor Seeks New Trial Over Mont. Tribe Scandal
• Fla. Asset Manager Hit With SEC Suit Over $7.4M Fraud
• Lawyers A Weak Link In AML Enforcement, Report Says
• Inside World Bank's New Report On Fraud And Corruption
• Former Cuomo Aide, Ex-SUNY Prez Deny Graft Charges
• White Collar MVP: Bracewell's Paul Shechtman
• Princess Cruise Lines To Pay $40M For Deliberate Oil Pollution