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White Collar - December, 2019

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• Ex-Calif. Oil Boss Charged Over Alleged $15M Ponzi Scheme
• Hottest Legal Industry Guest Topics Of 2019
• Maryland Legislator Accused In Medical Pot Bribery Scheme
• Ex-Louisville Coach Pitino, Adidas Settle Hoops Scandal Fight
• 5th Circ. Again Backs $133M Stanford Ponzi Scheme Deals
• CFTC Sues Ex-HSBC Exec Over Price-Manipulation Scheme
• Feds Rip Michael Cohen's Bid To Reduce Prison Term
• Ponzi Schemer Who Swindled Friends, Family Gets 7 Years
• Father-Daughter Duo Convicted In $100M Tax Fraud Scheme
• Quinn Emanuel Seeks Out Of Repping Odebrecht In Bribe Suit
• Roger Stone Sentencing Pushed Back By 2 Weeks
• Biggest Developments Of 2019 In Antitrust Cases
• Los Angeles DA Clears Santa Anita In Racehorses' Deaths
• Ex-Genentech Workers Can't Ditch Trade Secret Charges
• Texas Justices Say No 'Good Faith' Without 'Diligent' Probe
• The Biggest Stories In Florida Legal News Of 2019
• Aegerion Sales Rep Found Guilty In $1.8M Drug Fraud
• How Corporate Transparency Act May Harm Gov't Contractors
• Weinstein Can't Escape Actress' Sex Trafficking Claim
• NJ Broker To Pay $250K Over Agent Who Stole Millions
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• 5th Circ. Says Ponzi Claims Against Pershing Came Too Late
• 5 Takeaways From Alstom Exec's FCPA Prosecution Tell-All
• Kavanaugh Comment May Spur Crop Of Nondelegation Cases
• Revolving-Door Roundup: Boies, Willkie Farr, Paul Hastings
• The Trial Results That Made An Impact In 2019
• VW Exec's Case Shows How To Take The 5th After A Plea
• Poetic Justice: How Judges Got Creative In 2019
• Top Federal Tax Cases Of 2019
• 'Prolific' Cooperator In Corruption Cases Gets 10 Months
• Patron Paralyzed In Beating Sues McDonald's Over Security
• NJ Pols Accused Of Taking Bribes From Tax Atty For Work
• Carnival Reports Progress On Environmental Compliance
• 5th Circ. Says Mexican's Rights Not Breached In Conviction
• Disney, Miramax Were 'Enablers' Of Weinstein, Ex-Model Says
• NY Atty Gets 4.5 Years For $11.8M Estate Theft And Tax Plot
• DOJ Found New Ways To Coax Corporate Compliance In 2019
• Binary Options Boss Gets 22 Years For $145M Fraud
• Highlights From 2019's AML Enforcement Activity
• Facebook Out $26.5M As Lithuanian Scammer Gets 5 Years
• Feds Want 15 Years For Convicted Insys Founder
• The Biggest White Collar Cases Of 2019
• 5 Trends That Rocked The Legal Industry In 2019
• The Biggest Massachusetts Cases Of 2019
• SEC Says Disbarred NY Attys Must Face PixarBio Merger Suit
• Judge Axes Mueller Doc Grant Ahead Of Stone Sentencing
• Ex-WorldCom CEO Secures Early Release From Prison
• Inside The Key Federal Sentencing Developments Of 2019
• Brooklyn Teen Charged With $1M 'SIM Swap' Crypto Theft
• Ex-Legal Chief Says Cognizant Withholding Defense Atty Fees
• Doctor Who Bribed IRS Can't Nix Sentence, US Tells Justices
• SEC Audit Enforcement Trends Hint At 2020 Priorities
• Ex-Financial Adviser Gets 3.5 Years For Ecuador Oil Bribe Plot
• Manafort's NY State Mortgage Fraud Case Dismissed
• Roundup Atty Charged With $200M Corporate Extortion Plot
• Feds Say Ex-Palo Alto IT Worker Led $7M Insider Trading Ring
• Avenatti Denies Revamped Indictment In Nike Extortion Case
• Key Developments In 2019 Anti-Corruption Enforcement
• US Bank Says $29M Tribal Bond Fraud Not Its Problem
• Lek Securities Settles FINRA Market Manipulation Claims
• Spy Court Tells FBI To Explain Itself After OIG Report
• Court Finds Edward Snowden Violated NDA With New Memoir
• Ex-Theranos CEO Says Indictment 'Flunks The Constitution'
• 10th Circ. Revives Medical Pot Inmate's Prison Challenge
• Giuliani Associate Stays Free Despite Feds' Push For Jail
• Calif. Regulators Say Pot Cafe's Ex-Sponsor Violated Law
• Justices Told SEC Will Be Fine With Curbed Disgorgement
• Judging A Book: Hinojosa Reviews 'Crimes And Punishments'
• Rick Gates, Ex-Trump Campaign Aide, Gets 45 Days In Jail
• FTC Wants High Court To Hold Off On Review Of $1.3B Award
• Flynn Loses Brady Motions As His Attys Dinged For Copying
• Ecuador Oil Co. Wants Payout From Feds' Bribery Case
• Mass. Fishers To Pay $1M Pollution Fine After Guilty Plea
• SEC Settles 1MDB Claims With Former Goldman Sachs Exec
• Cyberstalker Ex-Reporter Again Gets 5 Years Despite Remand
• 5th Circ. Says Texas Bank Not Yet Off Hook For Cattle Fraud
• Pension Prods Goldman Sachs For Records On 1MDB Scandal
• ProPay Asks Mass. Judge To Toss Revised TelexFree Suit
• DOJ Unveils No-Fine Policy For Self-Reporting Trade Breaches
• Loughlin Claims FBI Is Holding Back 'Varsity Blues' Evidence
• 8th Circ. Refuses To Reduce Adviser's Wire Fraud Sentence
• Goldman Banker Denies 3 New Insider-Trading Counts
• 4 Years For Marketing Pro Who Forged Docs In Food Fraud
• Stanford Liquidators Lose Fight Over $7B Ponzi Scheme
• Ex-Barclays Traders Fight Asset Seizure In Euribor Case
• Justices Pick New Case To Weigh Okla. Tribal Jurisdiction
• Cybercriminals Phished For Gov't Procurement Credentials
• Del. Vice Chancellor Flags Possible Crimes In Estate Case
• Tax Lobbyist Gets 1-Year Sentence For Filing False Tax Return
• Haitian Man Gets 27 Months For Visa Fraud Scheme
• 2 Plead Guilty To Charges In Illegal Streaming Services Case
• Ex-Financial Exec Gets 2 Years In $1M Kickback Scheme
• Feds Press For Massive $306M Restitution In Insys Exec Trial
• Oil Execs To Pay $3M To Settle SEC's Insider Trading Suit
• 2nd Circ. Says ICE Can Detain Criminal Defendants
• Whistleblowers' Unique Role In DOJ's Anti-Collusion Efforts
• Justices Will Take Up Trump's 3 Subpoena Appeals
• High Court Seems Skeptical Of 5th Circ. Sentencing Practice
• Virginia Law Firm Can't Dodge Florida Malpractice Claim
• ConocoPhillips Accuses Ex-Worker Of $7.3M Fraud Scheme
• 7th Circ. Won't Rehear Seyfarth Tax Shelter RICO Suit
• Scammer Who Hyped Caffeinated-Snack Venture Gets 4 Years
• Feds Accuse Calif. Man Of Forging Athlete Signatures
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• House Panel Subpoena For Trump Docs Invalid, Justices Told
• Biz Manager Gets 2½ Years Over $2.2M DOD Parts Scam
• Judge Urges Gov't, Esformes To Work Out Atty Fee Deal
• Ex-Braskem Exec Granted $30M Bail In Bribery Case
• Pa. AG, Temple Reach Deal On Online MBA Rating Inflation
• Ex-Court Worker Gets 2 Years For Lying In Pay-To-Play Probe
• Exonerated Texas Judge Fights For Spot On 2020 Ballot
• Businessmen Can't Quash Citi Subpoena In Tax Privacy Case
• NFL Players Union Accused Of Harassing Agent
• Shopin CEO Cops To $42.5M Fraudulent Crypto Offering
• MVP: Kaplan Hecker's Sean Hecker
• Feds Say 'Varsity Blues' Dad Isn't Being Denied Evidence
• HP Accuses Autonomy CEO Of Repeated Lies At Trial
• 10 Former NFL Players Charged In Medical Benefits Fraud
• Rabobank Sues Ex-Trader For Exit Package Over Libor Fight
• Ex-Trump Atty Michael Cohen Seeks Reduced Sentence
• Former NY Attys Want Out Of SEC's PixarBio Merger Suit
• Avenatti Wants Settlement Talks Out Of Nike Extortion Trial
• Gov't Charges 15 In VA Hospital Kickback Scheme
• Trump Financial Docs Are Key To House Probes, Justices Told
• Chinese Prof Keeps Huawei-Funded Wilson Sonsini Attys
• Client Who Owes Attys Can't Void Texas Firm's Arbitration Win
• EU Tax Scandal Is Sure To Reach London
• Insider Trading Bill Would Clarify, Expand Years Of Case Law
• Strategies To Maintain Privilege In Crisis Response Scenarios
• MVP: Schiff Hardin's Maggie Hickey
• Weinstein Reaches Tentative $25M Deal With Accusers
• Congress Needs Trump Bank Docs To Legislate, Justices Told
• Ex-Political Staffer Eyes Guilty Plea In Hoops-Fixing Rap
• Och-Ziff Wants Details On Investors' Restitution Claim
• Fed. Gov't Pays $7M To Settle VA Sex Abuse Suits
• Judge Skeptical Over Mooting Ex-Trump Aide's Subpoena Suit
• Justices Told Encouraging Illegal Immigration Not Protected
• HSBC Agrees To $192M Penalty In Tax Evasion Case
• Former FBI Atty Sues DOJ, FBI Over Released Texts
• Congress Threatens Tech Cos. With Encryption Legislation
• Financier Urges Ban On 'Tax Haven' In Panama Papers Trial
• DOJ Supports Rick Gates' Bid For No Prison Time
• 3 Men Accused Of Running $722M Crypto Ponzi Scheme
• US Strengthened And Expanded Economic Sanctions In 2019
• Venezuela Says OFAC License Needed For Share Seizure
• Gov't Seeks Nearly 5 Years For Nonprofit Exec's $1M Theft
• Colombian Hotel Developer Seeks Out Of $5.4M Fraud Suit
• MVP: Paul Weiss' Lorin L. Reisner
• Ex-NY Rep. Chris Collins Settles SEC Insider Trading Claims
• Romanians To Serve 2 Decades For $4M Email Scam
• California Mom Pleads Guilty To Latest 'Varsity Blues' Charges
• CFTC Says 'Futures Trader' Netted $828K With Detailed Lies
• Sater Can't Pause Kazakh Money Laundering Claims
• Justices Won't Take Up Ex-Guinea Official's Bribery Appeal
• NJ Granite Co. Execs Charged In $17M Credit Fraud Scheme
• Jefferies To Pay $3.9M In Latest SEC Deal Over ADRs
• Gov't Escapes Whistleblower's Bid For Piece Of $3.27M Deal
• How To Ward Off Nonclient Suits Over Lawyers' Speech
• High Court Won't Hear Bid To Dump Landfill Dispute
• MVP: Ropes & Gray's Joan McPhee
• Feds Say WikiLeaks' Harm Is Relevant In CIA Leak Case
• FBI To Reform Spy Court Applications In Wake Of OIG Report
• Ex-CEO Of Texas Engineering Firm Admits Illegal Donations
• 10-Year-Old Kickback Case Headed For 5th Circ. Showdown
• Ex-Health Care Co. Exec Pleads Guilty To Wire Fraud
• High Court Asks DOJ For Views On $3B Madoff Clawback Suit
• Counterfeit Good Policing In 2019 Was Redefined By Tech
• Feds Say Chinese Spy Must Face IP Theft Conspiracy Charges
• US Seeks Repayment, Industry Bar For 3 In 'Goodwill' Scheme
• Up Next At High Court: Affordable Care Act Returns
• 10th Circ. Upholds Reduced $5M Disgorgement In Kokesh
• Ericsson To Pay $1B To Settle Foreign Bribery Allegations
• Beware Gov't Contract Practices That May Signal Collusion
• Indicted Ex-Longfin CEO Reaches Deal With SEC From India
• MVP: Cahill Gordon's Bradley J. Bondi
• NY Prosecutors Seek $4M Bail Hike For Harvey Weinstein
• SEC Scores Early Win In Mass. Biotech CEO Fraud Suit
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Deutsche Bank Pays €15M To Settle Money Laundering Probe
• Investors Sue Glencore For 'Billions' Over SFO Bribery Probe
• Doctor Linked To Insys Convicted On Kickback Charges
• Ex-Pierce Bainbridge Atty's Bid To Unseal Report Falters
• Turkish Bank Must Show Up To Challenge Iran Sanctions Case
• Ex-Celadon Execs Face Criminal Charges, SEC Fraud Claims
• Analysts Plead Not Guilty To Doctor's Office Ad Fraud Scheme
• House Passes 1st Explicit Ban On Insider Trading
• 'Varsity Blues' Dad Accuses Feds Of Holding Back Evidence
• Ex-SEC Atty Returns To Thompson & Knight As Trial Partner
• Stinson Lands Former DOJ Health Care Fraud Enforcer
• NY AG Claims Fund Manager Engaged In $13M Fraud
• What Is A 'Reasonably Useful Form' For Production Of ESI?
• Ex-Iconix CEO Calls $11M Accounting Fraud Rap 'Baseless'
• Scrutiny Of Patient Assistance Program Funding Is Rising
• Trump Asks Justices To Void House Panel's Biz Doc Subpoena
• Crypto Investors Seek $2.9M Judgment In ICO Fraud Suit
• WADA Should Attend To Due Process In Russian Athlete Case
• US Charges 2 Russians With Massive Hacking, Fraud Scheme
• SFO Launches Bribery Probe Into Mining Giant Glencore
• Defense Contractor To Pay $45M In FCA, Obstruction Suits
• Another Former UAW Official Cops To Kickback Scheme
• Prison Term Cut For Cooperating Witness In Esformes Case
• Ex-US Atty For Southern Florida Heads To Greenberg Traurig
• Prepare For Greater IRS Scrutiny On Conservation Easements
• Simpson Thacher Reveals Extent Of Stanford's 'Varsity Blues'
• 7th Circ. Judge Won't Bite At Developer's Bid For Less Time
• Donziger On Track For June Criminal Contempt Trial
• DOJ Criminal Chief Says Hoskins Case Isn't A 'Blank Check'
• 'Puppet Master' Ran $1.8M Aegerion Drug Fraud, Jury Hears
• Awards Mark Milestone For Women In White Collar Defense
• DOJ Atty Says FCPA Trial Prep Shifting Despite Alstom Win
• NJ Pharma Co. Settles Price-Fixing Charges For $3M
• In Redo, Ex-JPMorgan Banker Gets 2 Years For Insider Trading
• Woodbridge Trustee Sues Sidley, 9 Other Firms For $500M
• Ill. Jury Convicts Father, Son Over $1.3M Investment Scheme
• Petrobras Says Fraud Claims Over $821M Deal Not Barred
• Sidley Partner DQ'd From Huawei Bank Fraud Case
• Fiat Chrysler Hit With Investor Suit Over UAW Bribes
• Acquitted Ex-Trader's $112M Suit Has No Legs, Citi Says
• Ex-Googler Levandowski Gets Jan. 2021 Trade Secrets Trial
• Calif. Rep. Hunter Pleads Guilty To Campaign Finance Charge
• 3rd Circ. Affirms Hedge Funder's Conviction In $4M Fraud
• O'Melveny Adds Former Deputy SG To Supreme Court Practice
• Patent Decision Highlights Cross-Appeal Considerations
• Kosovar Man Who Aided $19M Galanis Fraud Gets 18 Months
• Butler Snow Says Timber Scam Suit Belongs In Arbitration
• No End In Sight For Litigation Of No-Poach Antitrust Claims
• Ex-Shkreli Employee Says Counterclaim Ignores Court Ruling
• Jury Finds Ex-Bumble Bee CEO Guilty Of Price-Fixing
• 2nd Circ. Upholds Fraud Convictions, Cuts $18.5M Restitution
• More Qatar Money, More Problems, Barclays Exec Tells Jury
• Banks Must Hand Trump Records To Congress, 2nd Circ. Says
• Fate Of Ex-Bumble Bee Tuna 'Big Fish' Goes To Calif. Jury
• US Seeks To Extradite Ex-Autonomy CEO In Fraud Case
• Ex-Boies Schiller Atty Joins DLA Piper's New York Office
• Judge Orders Kentucky Oil Fraudster to Pay $1.5M
• Navy Probing Contractor Over Waste Dumping Allegations
• House Can't See Mueller Grand Jury Docs, DOJ Tells DC Circ.
• Fugitive Russian Gold Exec Asks NY Civil Court To Clear Him
• Ex-CFTC Chair Giancarlo To Join Willkie As Senior Counsel
• Calif. Rep. Hunter To Plead Guilty In Campaign Finance Case
• TelexFree Ponzi Victims Seek To Revive Bank Claims
• Riker Danzig Adds Ex-Christie Atty, Former Prosecutor In NJ
• Hoskins Asks Judge To Toss Bribery, Laundering Convictions
• Ethereum Co-Founder Defends Crypto Expert After LAX Arrest
• Brazilian Ex-Soccer Prez Banned From Sport For Bribery
• Suit Over NJ Prosecutor's 'Toxic' Bias Goes To Mediation
• Boustani Acquitted In $2B Mozambique Loan Fraud Case
• Barclays Exec Tells Jury Of Pressure Over Qatar Fundraising