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White Collar - September, 2018

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• Supreme Court Cheat Sheet: 8 Cases To Watch
• Musk To Pay $20M In Settlement Over Going-Private Tweets
• Foul With Routine Witness Trips Up Deutsche Libor Trial
• Dems' Emoluments Suit Not Just A Political Fight, Judge Says
• Ex-Texas Pol Charged With Fraud Over Frack Sand Scheme
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• IT Exec Gets 3 Years For Role In $2.8M Fraud Scheme
• Ex-Ocwen Exec Settles SEC Insider Trading Claims
• CFTC Starts Insider Trading Task Force, Sues Energy Broker
• 2 Ex-Oil Co. Execs Get Prison For Global Bribery Scheme
• NJ Atty Cops To Role In Short-Sale Mortgage Fraud
• Opioid Task Force Arrests 76 After Raid On Tribal Land
• Stryker Settles SEC's Latest FCPA Claims For $7.8M
• Ex-Fund Manager Who Lost $22M Sentenced To 8 Years
• Prosecutors Want $55M Restitution For Soccer Bribe Convicts
• Boston Nonprofit Exec Indicted For Embezzling Over $1M
• SEC Charges 4 With $10.8M Island Resort Investment Scheme
• At Least 75K Investors Duped By Video Scams: SEC, CFTC
• DOJ Is Businesses' 'Partner,' Not 'Adversary,' Official Says
• Another Ex-Deutsche Trader Tells Jury Of Libor-Rigging
• Craig Carton's Ex-Biz Partner Cops To Role In $5M Fraud
• Otterbourg Adds Gibbons Litigation Partner In NY
• Mass. Justices Revive Claims KPMG Missed Signs Of Fraud
• 9th Circ. Backs Hollywood Payroll Co. CEO's Fraud Sentence
• Petrobras Pays $853M To End Corruption Probe
• Trading 'School' Proprietor To Pay $1.9M In 2nd CFTC Run-In
• Lessons From The Petition Against The Trump Foundation
• Okla. Tribe Tells Supreme Court Its Reservation Persists
• Rakoff Gives Ex-NYC Dealer 18 Months For $12.9M Art Fraud
• Ex-Catering Hall Owner Cops To Exploiting Filipino Workers
• New Rule Expands FCC Jurisdiction Related To Foreign Media
• Virtual Money Is Commodity Fit For CFTC Regs, Judge Says
• Receiver Didn't Retain Attys Seeking $489K Fees, Judge Says
• Clergy In Pa. Abuse Report Fight To Shield Their Identities
• DOJ Says Brooklyn Trader Bilked $1.3M From Investors
• Brokerage Firms Fined $1.15M For Fake Forex Trades
• Accused Shooter Of Mayer Brown Atty Pleads Not Guilty
• Ariz. Man Gets 30 Yrs, To Pay $14M Over Investment Scam
• Texas AG Staffer To Join Ashcroft Firm In Austin
• Caterpillar Beats Investor Suit Triggered By Tax Raid
• Ex-Adidas Duo, NBA Agent Say Expert Relevant In Bribe Case
• Doctor DQ'd From Testifying About Opioids In Insys Case
• How Hoskins Limits Extraterritorial Sanctions Enforcement
• 5 More GC Tips For Succeeding As A New Associate
• How The Mueller Investigation Could Look Without Rosenstein
• NY Atty Indicted In Scheme To Bribe Homicide Trial Witness
• DQ Prosecution In $1B Fla. Fraud Case: Nursing Home Owner
• Hospital Chain To Pay $260M Over False-Billing Claims
• Ex-CEO Of Chilean Chemical Co. Settles FCPA Claims
• Ex-Bankrate CFO Gets 10 Years In Prison For $25M Fraud
• Admiral Nominee Defends Integrity Amid 'Fat Leonard' Link
• Attys Misled Man Who Wanted No Prison For Fraud, Suit Says
• Afghanistan Mine Owner Found Guilty Of Ripping Off Gov't
• Accused $54M Ponzi Schemer Duped Retirees, Pa. Jury Told
• Accused Metals Trader Pleads Not Guilty To 'Spoofing' Market
• Manafort Plea Reminds Us Of Whitewater
• 2 New Cases Showcase CFTC Spoofing Theories
• Judging A Book: Block Reviews 'Tough Cases'
• Fraudsters Skim £503M Off UK Accounts In 1st Half Of 2018
• Robins Kaplan Snags DOJ Antitrust Veteran For NY Office
• Ex-Deutsche Trader Dishes On Bank's Libor Self-Dealing
• Banks' Guilty Pleas Fair Game In Forex Traders' October Trial
• Sports Teams Must Tackle Hacking Risk Amid Legal Gambling
• Ex-NFLer Can't Ditch Pump-And-Dump Verdict At 9th Circ.
• Prosecutors Can Tell 3rd NECC Jury About Meningitis Pain
• Avvo Will Change Ratings System To Settle NY AG Probe
• CEO Eyed In Stock-Pump Scheme Having 'Active' Plea Talks
• Trader Pleads Guilty In Kickback Scheme; SEC Seeks Payback
• Ex-Soccer Boss Wants $50M Restitution Request Tossed
• Bribery Indictment Of Manafort Associate Must Stand: Gov't
• PR Firm Ex-CFO Admits Skimming But Disputes By How Much
• Fla. Atty Tied To Penny Stock Fraud Suspended For 18 Months
• Ex-Barclays CEOs Escape Claims In Dark Pool Case
• Deputy AG Rosenstein To Meet Trump Amid Firing Rumors
• Ex-Akebia Analyst Jailed For Ignoring Probation Calls
• Cosby Owes Quarter-Million In Fees, Schnader Harrison Says
• Mintz Levin Adds Ex-SDNY Prosecutor To White Collar Team
• Seyfarth Escapes Illegal Tax Shelter RICO Suit
• 8 Innovative Ways To Empower Jurors
• Ex-Chevron Oil Trader Gets Probation For Tax Fraud
• Online Fundraisers Fraught With Criminal, Civil Risks
• Ex-Platinum Partners Exec Dies Ahead Of $1B Fraud Trial
• Former Rite Aid Ad Exec To Cop To $5.7M Kickback Scheme
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Sens. Urge DOJ Watchdog To Probe FBI HQ Project
• Ex-Cocoa Trading Co. Exec Gets 3 Months For $352M Fraud
• Co. Still Liable If Worker Lies That Taxes Paid: 8th Circ.
• Armstrong Doping Whistleblower Appeals Denial of Damages
• Sentencing Delay In $1.6M Pump-And-Dump Frustrates Judge
• Pa. Judge Defends Axing Ex-DA's Suit Against Cosby Accuser
• Legal Pitfalls To Avoid In Social Cause Marketing Campaigns
• Cloud Computing Clearly The Future For Small Firms
• Houston Atty Charged In $18M Offshore Tax Evasion Scheme
• Telemedicine — The Next Frontier For DOJ Scrutiny?
• Ex-SFO Prosecutor Joins Cohen & Gresser's London Office
• Ex-Deutsche Bank Euribor Trader Held In Italy, SFO Says
• 2nd Circuit Balks At Bid To Lower No-Fault Fraud Sentence
• NY Times Sues For FCC's Russia-Linked Net Neutrality Docs
• Former SEC, FINRA Official Returns To King & Spalding
• Houston Pill Mill Doc, Clinic Chief Each Get 35 Years In Prison
• Chicago Alderman Sets Date To Plead To Bribery Charges
• Creek Reservation Survived Okla. Statehood, Justices Told
• Leveraging Today's Lateral Associate Market
• Cuomo's Former Right-Hand Man Gets 6 Years For Bribery
• Zaslavskiy Does Little To Encourage Clear Crypto Guidance
• GM Criminal Case Ends After $900M Deal, 3-Year Oversight
• Mass. Doc Dodges Prison After Giving Patient Info To Drug Co.
• Feds Say $364M Consumer Debt Scam Duped Attys, Bankers
• FIFA Bans 3 Officials For Life Following Corruption Pleas
• Calif. Surgeon, Girlfriend Charged With Sexual Assault
• Ex-NYPD Cop Gets 4 Years For ID Theft, Credit Card Fraud
• Back To School: Stanford's Jeff Fisher Talks Supreme Court
• Ex-Goldman Worker Cops To Insider Trading With NFL Player
• Consultant Gets 4 Years For Kickback Scheme At NJ Agency
• White House May Swap McGahn For Mueller Point Man
• Christie Critic Seeks To Revive GWB Scandal Complaint
• Md. Biz Owner Gets 1 Year For Taking From Co.'s 401(k) Plan
• NJ Man Can't Get Lab Tech Names In $1M Medicare Fraud Row
• US Loses Bid To DQ Orrick In Fitbit Trade Secrets Case
• White Collar Atty Rejoins Alston & Bird In DC After DOJ Stint
• Ex-Deutsche Traders Rip Libor Fraud Claims As Trial Begins
• Ex-Skadden Partner Denies Role In Manafort Ukraine Lobbying
• Bar BuzzFeed From Public Figure Defense, Russian Exec Says
• Banc Of Calif. Investor Suit Mired In Director Deposition Row
• Ore. Pot Biz Owner Gets 7 Months For Federal Tax Crimes
• Elon Musk's Take-Private Tweet Draws Tesla Into DOJ Probe
• SeaWorld, Ex-CEO Settle SEC 'Blackfish Effect' Fraud Suit
• Wynn Resorts Hit With $1B RICO Suit Over Mass. Casino
• Rakoff Hits Cocoa Trader With 2.5 Years For $350M Fraud
• Ex-Equifax Exec Should Face Insider Trading Charges: Judge
• Judge To Sheldon Silver: Your 'Day Of Reckoning' Is Nigh
• Former Assistant US Attorney Rejoins Colson Hicks
• Trader In Beaufort-Linked Manipulation Case Cops To Fraud
• Armstrong Teasdale Heads Into Philly With Montgomery Chair
• Ex-Camelot Exec Must Pay $18.6M For Stealing From Fund
• North Korea Hits Back At Sony, WannaCry Hacking Charges
• TelexFree Admits Massive Telecom Scam, Securities Abuses
• Calif.'s New Rules For Lawyers Move Closer To ABA Model
• Swiss Regulator Rebukes Credit Suisse Over AML Failings
• The Privacy Fight For Digital Data Warrants Is Just Starting
• AG Hopeful James Breaks The Mold With Historic Primary Win
• Experts Want Watergate Report Unsealed To Guide Mueller
• NY Fed Faker Gets 2 Years For $50M Investor Fraud
• Feds, Ballplayer Cut Deal On House Tied To Smuggling Case
• 2nd Ex-GSK Scientist Pleads Guilty In Chinese IP Theft Case
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Och-Ziff Investors Win Cert. In Suit Over FCPA Probe
• Manafort Plea Sharpens View Of Skadden's Ukraine Work
• Trustee Of Modi's Jewelry Cos. Starting Ch. 11 Claims Probe
• Ex-Shipping Co. Manager Admits To Bribing Petroleos Official
• Actresses Get 'Road Map' To File New Weinstein Class Suit
• Philly Sheriff Contractor Can't Dodge Corruption Conviction
• Relators Slam Teva's Quick Win Bid In Overpaid Speaker Suit
• Know The Limits To Atty Public Statements During A Trial
• Lessons From 5th Circ. Mother-Son Health Care Fraud Case
• Manafort Pleads Guilty And Will Cooperate With Mueller
• Letitia James Wins Democratic Race For NY Attorney General
• Men Get Prison, House Arrest In $3.5M Home Equity Loan Plot
• Ex-Boss Of Crypto Cos. Gets Nearly 2 Years For $9M Fraud
• Treasury Blacklists North Korean IT Cos. In China And Russia
• Rajaratnam's Motley Rice RICO Suit Gets Cool Response
• 2nd Circ. Orders Redo Of Union Leader's Extortion Sentence
• Slaughterhouse Owner Owes $1.4M For Immigration Violations
• Medicare Insider Trading Culprits Get Short Sentences
• In Calif., Questions Remain On Law Firm Conflict Waivers
• A Chat With Faegre Client Development Chief Melanie Green
• DOJ Is Getting Creative, And Aggressive, On Opioids
• Ex-Adidas Duo, NBA Agent Want NCAA Case Charges Axed
• UK Puts Limits On Ex-SFO Chief's New Role At Slaughter
• Ecuador Bank Cleared To Collect Fraud Judgment In Fla.
• Platinum Partners D&O Insurer Can't Slip $5M Liability
• McCabe Weisberg Exits Foreclosure Services FCA Case
• Latvian Man Sentenced For U.S. News Site 'Scareware' Scam
• NY DA Fights Weinstein's Bid To Dodge Rape Charges
• Law Schools Struggle To Find Themselves In Post-Recession Market
• Ex-Detroit IT Official Gets 20 Months For Taking Bribes
• Md. Baccarat Dealer Pleads Guilty To $1M Card Scheme
• Russian Cybercriminal Pleads Guilty To Operating Botnet
• Microsoft Calls For Limits On Gov't Access To Consumer Data
• Feds Tell Justices Tribe's Elk Hunting Legal Under Treaty
• 3rd Circ. Backs Ambulance Co.'s Medicare Fraud Conviction
• Former SDNY Judge Katherine Forrest Rejoins Cravath
• Ponzi Schemer Must Face Billionaire Sex Offender's Claim
• Judge Tells SEC, Firm To Talk It Out In Tribal Bond Doc Fight
• Ex-Deutsche Traders Fire Back At Gov't Bid To Nix Experts
• Boston DA Exits Post Early For Mintz Levin Gig
• United Technologies Settles SEC's FCPA Claims For $14M
• EU Plan Would Give EBA Bigger Anti-Money Laundering Role
• Structuring Investigations In Light Of UK Privilege Case
• 'Brisbane's Bernie Madoff' Wants Redo In $89M Fraud Case
• How A 'Lost Generation' Of Associates Bounced Back
• Feds Nab First-Ever FATCA Conviction With Bank Exec's Plea
• Nigerian Gets 5 Years For Global Business Email Scam
• Tom Mesereau Talks MJ, Cosby, Unconventional Choices
• Eastern Shoshone Back Crow Hunting Rights At High Court
• Financial Adviser Cops To Hiding Ecuadorian Oil Bribes
• Former Construction Exec. Gets 2 Years For Defrauding Feds
• Akerman Adds Ex-Federal Prosecutor In Fort Lauderdale
• 'Guccifer' Must Serve Time In US, Romanian Court Says
• Atty's Sickly Brother Gets 9 Mos. For Role In Pump-And-Dump
• CEO In Texas State Senator's Ponzi Case Gets 15 Years
• Care Worker Convicted Of Sexually Abusing Immigrant Teens
• Jailed Chinese Billionaire Gets Back Most Of $20M Cash Bail
• Travelers Flips $5M Award In Evidence Tampering Case
• Fla. Doc Gets 20 Years For 'Hospice-Level' Opioid Scripts
• Digital Token Seller Can't Slip Securities Fraud Charges
• Ex-SFO Head To Join Slaughter & May's Investigations Team
• IRS Agent Can't Ditch Bathroom Search Row, 9th Circ. Says
• Israeli Sales Exec. Can't Dodge Binary Options Fraud Case
• Real Estate Investors' Attys Want $33M Of $100M CBRE Deal
• Can BigLaw Avoid Another Associate Purge?
• N. Korean Cyber Charges Show Cos. How To Catch A Hacker
• Atty Gets 15 More Years For Fleeing US After $550M Scam
• Calif. Spill Conviction Is A Wake-Up Call For Pipeline Cos.
• Ex-NFL Player Filed False Claims With Fund, Prosecutors Say
• Mastermind Behind $18M Telemarketing Fraud Gets 11 Years
• Forex Group Backs Ex-HSBC Exec, Says $3.5B Deal Was Fair
• Ex-Worker Hit With 13 Months For Bilking State Dept.
• Man Accused Of Killing Mayer Brown Atty Faces 80 Counts
• SEC Settles With Ex-Nomura RMBS Trading Head
• Can Kavanaugh Be Impeached For Statements To Congress?
• Calif. Atty Makes Behind-Bars Plea To Toss SEC Fraud Case
• Death Row Inmate Whose Atty Admitted Guilt Gets New Trial
• Bolton Says International Criminal Court 'Illegitimate'
• Energy Co. Execs Defrauded Investors Of Millions, SEC Says
• Has BigLaw Recovered From The Financial Crisis?
• Measuring The Recession's Toll On The Legal Industry
• Feds Pursue Lower Burden Of Extortion Proof At 1st Circ.
• Atty Denies $3B, Indoor Football-Related Stock Scheme
• Atty Referral Co. Owner Accused Of Paying Cops For Leads
• Ex-BioCube CEO Gets 3 Years In Prison For Stock Fraud
• Ex-Trump Adviser Papadopoulos Gets 14 Days For Lying
• Ex-Boxing Champ With Ties To Russian Mob Gets 10 Years
• Expert Wrongly Nixed In Doc's Kickback Case, 3rd Circ. Told
• Russian Man Nabbed In Hack Of 83M JPMorgan Customers
• Army Vet Is 6th Of 7 BofA Insider Defendants To Plead Guilty
• NextEra Insurer Sues To Recover $2.4M In Fraud Scheme
• Health Hires: Pepper Hamilton, Perkins Coie, Davis Wright
• Einhorn Harris Nabs Ex-NJ Asst. County Prosecutor
• SEC Wins $63M Clawback From Family Of Fugitive Oak Exec
• 3rd Circ. Tosses Objection To $9.6M NJ Tax Lien Settlement
• How The Beijing Convention Is Changing Aviation Security
• Landmark Appeals Ruling Rescues Privilege In UK Probes
• Boston Biotech Exec Cops To Role In $12.7M Painkiller Fraud
• No Gov't Docs For Accused In Basketball Bribery Suit: Judge
• The Bloody Saga That Made Theranos Finally Call It Quits
• No 'Bank' In Mexico-Tied Bank Fraud, 5th Circ. Hears
• Ex-Tech Exec, 2 Brothers Plead Guilty To Insider Trading
• Arkema Wants Harvey Chemical Suit Paused For Criminal Trial
• SEC Charges Ex-Raymond James Manager Over EB-5 Fraud
• 2nd Brit Held Over Alleged $17M Bar Works Ponzi Scheme
• Defense Contractor's Owner Indicted For $7M Fraud Scheme
• North Korean Man Charged With Sony Hack, WannaCry Virus
• Ex-Sadis & Goldberg Atty Admits To Tax Evasion, Conspiracy
• Mistrial Declared In Ex-Blackwater Guard's Murder Retrial
• Ex-Celator Employee Gets Prison For Insider Trading Scheme
• Pa. Atty Pleads Guilty To Money Laundering, Extortion
• Ex-Akebia, Merrimack Analysts Want Conviction Tossed
• Ex-UN Head's Nephew Gets 6 Months For Korea Bribery Plot
• What The Arkema Indictment Means For Chemical Cos.
• When Electronic Records Disappear But Legal Issues Linger
• Ex-DOJ Chief In Clinton, Russia Probes Reopens Solo Practice
• Russia Probe Kept Out Of Manafort's Second Trial
• Del. Judge Lifts Ch. 11 Block On Weinstein Co. Suit In NY
• Michigan Man Admits Defrauding $1.4M From Investors
• NY Gallery Owner Pleads Guilty To $1.6M Tax Fraud
• Ex-Telecom Boss Denies Defrauding Investors Of $250M
• Feds Ask 2nd Circ. To Revive Ex-Nomura Trader's Conviction
• FCC Sets Deadline For Foreign Media Disclosures
• Ex-Prosecutor, GE Atty Joins Ropes & Gray's Anti-Graft Team
• Schnader Harrison To Sue Cosby Citing Unpaid Legal Bills
• 3 Dewey Execs Settle With SEC Over Law Firm's Collapse
• Receiver Gives Notice Of SEC Suit Against 1 Global Capital
• 'Toss-Up' If Ex-Goldman Banker Will Cop To Insider Trading
• NJ Atty Who Stole From Elderly Consents To Disbarment
• SFO Can't Narrow Privilege Protections In Landmark Ruling
• Feds Fight Claim That Expert Witness Double-Crossed Insys
• Ex-Tenet Execs Blast Delays In Maternity Kickback Case
• Forex Traders Seek Details On DOJ Talks With Foreign Gov'ts
• Weinstein Directors Want Del. Ch. 11 OK For NY Defense
• MoFo Hires Virginia Lt. Gov. And Former Prosecutor
• Judge Skeptical Of Platinum Partners D&O Insurer In $5M Suit
• Convicted Ill. Judge Loses Bid For Acquittal, New Trial
• $480M Wells Fargo Securities Deal Gets 1st OK, Class Cert.
• Shkreli Claims Bad Jury Instructions In 2nd Circ. Appeal
• Fla. Atty In $20M Fraud Case Pleads Guilty To Bond-Jumping
• Crow Member Asks Justices To Overturn Wyo. Hunting Ruling
• Back To School: Widener's Rod Smolla Talks Free Speech
• Sanofi Settles SEC's International Bribery Claims For $25M
• Man Who Threatened Ajit Pai Over Net Neutrality Pleads Guilty
• MSU Seeks Good Faith Determination In $500M Nassar Deal
• SocGen Sets Aside €1.1B To Cover US Sanctions Fines
• ING Bank Fined €775M In Dutch Money Laundering Probe
• New SFO Chief Sees Bigger Enforcement Role For Technology