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White Collar - October, 2010

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• RMI To Pay $1M To End FCA Allegations
• 9th Circ. Nixes Skadden Subpoena In Quellos Case
• Accused $413M Ponzi Schemer Cosmo Cops Plea
• Duo Handed Jail Sentences Over Stock Fraud
• Ex-Con Accused Of Ponzi Plot Against Fellow Inmates
• Westgate Founder Gets 40 Years For Ponzi Scheme
• Malpractice Lawyer Gets 7 Years For Client Thefts
• Ex-BofA Trader Gets 1 Year For Kickback Scheme
• Ex-Coke Bottler Manager Arrested On CWA Violations
• GSA Subcontractor Pleads Guilty To $1.9M Theft
• 7th Circ. Partially Overturns Conrad Black Verdict
• Wilson Sonsini Staffer Sentenced For Role In $1M Fraud
• Price-Fixing Fine Reduced To Keep China Air Afloat
• Ex-Pfizer Exec Takes Genotropin Suit To 1st Circ.
• Galleon Insider Trading Informant Settles With SEC
• Ex-Execs Indicted In Katrina Air Cargo Price-Fixing Plot
• Petters, Insurers Settle Coverage Suit Over $3.7B Fraud
• Boston Trading Duo Charged With $30M Forex Fraud
• Q&A With Baker Donelson's Gary Shockley
• Receiver Lodges Suit Against Starr For $35M
• Ex-Marsh Execs Sue For Severance, Bonuses
• DOJ, Attys Duel Over Sentence For Convicted Fraudster
• US Indicts CargoLux Execs Over Air Cargo Surcharges
• Targeting Health Care Execs And Managers
• US Wants Partial Seal In SocGen Trade Secrets Trial
• Ex-KB Home CEO Fights Proposed 14-Year Sentence
• Ex-Safescript CEO Gets 30 Months For Insider Trading
• DOJ Seeks 20 Years For Alleged NY Hospital Fraudsters
• CREW Sues DOJ Over Abramoff Interview
• Head Of Failed Texas Bank Cops To False Book Entries
• Investors Sue Over Madoff Feeder Fund
• Ex-Financial Adviser Gets 8 Years For Fraud
• Q&A With Kirkland & Ellis' Andrew Genser
• Army Contracting Officer Cops To Taking Bribes
• Feds To Introduce Proffer Statements In Ring Trial
• Ex-HannStar Exec Pleads Guilty To LCD Price-Fixing
• 2 Chinese Men Face Extradition To US On Arms Charges
• Stanford Legal Team Turns Over For 5th Time
• Western Titanium Wants Some Jurors Dropped
• Lloyd's Fights Coverage In Insurance Scam Suit
• Union Official Cuts Deal In Ohio Corruption Case
• No Deception In Rajaratnam Wiretap Request, Feds Say
• National Century Fugitive Pinched In Mexican Hideout
• Judge Refuses To Nullify Blagojevich's Conviction
• US Wants Partial Seal In Goldman Trade Secrets Trial
• Judge To Weigh Tax Scheme Losses In Ohle Sentencing
• Q&A With Arent Fox's Steve Kimelman
• Ex-PWS Director Sentenced In Costa Rica Bribery Probe
• GSK To Pay Record $750M Whistleblower Settlement
• Ex-Affiliated Foods CEO Gets 41 Mos. For Check Fraud
• No Violation In SEC Cooperation On Stanford: DOJ
• US, Dartmouth Doctor Strike Deal In Fight Over Grants
• Closing The Skilling Gap
• BofA Sues Fraudster Starr Over $500K Loan
• The Big Reason Clients Are Turning To White Collar Attys
• Q&A With Mayer Brown's Vincent Connelly
• Judge Speedily Dismisses Stanford's Latest Request
• Prosecutors Slam Western Titanium Bid To Trim Case
• WG Exec's Lawyers Spar With US Over Trial Date
• Feds Want Money, Jewels In Alleged Oil Co. Scam
• DOJ Objects To Severing Atty From MBC Case
• How To Set The Stage For A Global Deal
• DOJ Fights Witness Immunity In Military Export Case
• Brooks Loses Bid To Block Forfeiture Of Some Assets
• ACPERA — A Glass Half Full
• NY Court Declines To Bump Up Auditors' Fraud Liability
• Q&A With Hunton & Williams' Marty Steinberg
• Prosecutors Look To Dismiss UBS Tax Case
• Houston Jury Pool Not Too Tainted For Stanford: DOJ
• Ex-Boeing Employee Gets 3 Years Over $4M Scam
• Ex-Trader Still On Hook For Tips From Insider's Wife
• Atty To Face Deposition In Chevron Amazon Fight
• Nuke Contractor Ordered To Begin Prison Term
• Canada's Syncrude To Pay $2.9M Over Bird Deaths
• Blagojevich Retrial Pushed Back To April
• Investment Firm Wins Toss Of Suit Over Madoff Losses
• Electrical Engineering Co. Execs Accused Of Bribe Plot
• Judge Won't Trim Nat'l Century VP's 10-Year Sentence
• Ex-Tobacco Exec Gets 3-Year Probation In FCPA Case
• Q&A With Hodgson Russ' Daniel Oliverio
• Isaacson Attys Blast Prosecutors, Call For Acquittal
• Monitoring The Monitors
• SEC Denied Quick Win Against Ex-US Foodservice Exec
• White Collar World Watches Prosecutor Immunity Case
• Cobalt Founder Gets 85 Years For Real Estate Fraud
• DOL Sues Investment Cos. For Ignoring Madoff Fraud
• Man Pleads Guilty In $100M Life Settlement Scheme
• DOJ, Stanford Spar Over Allegedly 'Vague' Charges
• Nadel Gets 14 Years For Ponzi Scheme, Blames Self
• Ex-DuPont Chemist Gets 14 Months For Secrets Theft
• US Atty Targets Chicago Pol In Criminal Probe
• Weighing Unilateral Termination Of A Deposition
• Former Wood Herron Accountant Charged With Fraud
• US Atty Pledges To Tackle 'Rampant' Insider Trading
• DOJ Fights To Keep Anklet On Ex-Taylor Bean Chairman
• DOJ, US Atty Subpoena GSK Over Avandia, HIV Drugs
• 5-Year Sentence For Convicted Schemer Absurd: Attys
• Q&A With Dechert's Ned Dodds
• Former Refco CFO Dropped From Securities Action
• Cuomo Seeks $728M From Merkin For Madoff Losses
• More Transparency Needed In FCPA Efforts, Group Says
• Ex-Deutsche, AIG Exec Stole Banks' Money: US Atty
• Stanford Case Could Spark New D&O Strategies
• A Securities Litigator's Guide To D&O Insurance, Part II
• NY Man Gets 10 Years For $10M Subprime Loan Plot
• NYC Gets New Anti-Corruption Unit
• Q&A With McGuireWoods' Chuck McIntyre
• Gov't Says Nadel Doesn't Deserve Sentencing Break
• Former Greenberg Associate Admits To $500K Theft
• Western Titanium Exec Wants Charges Trimmed
• Nurse, Dr.'s Sentences Upheld In Medicare Scam Case
• 2nd Circ. Kills Convicted Atty's Suit Against Spitzer
• Feds Fight Riddle's Bid To Yank Guilty Plea
• Rajaratnam Calls FBI Wiretap Order Reckless
• Stanford Seeks Release Under Speedy Trial Act
• Jenkens Lawyer Pleads Guilty In Tax Shelter Case
• Ex-NY State Sen. Indicted For Alleged Corruption
• Madoff Trustee Asks To Cut Loose Fund Investors
• Austrians Convicted In Refco Scandal May Get Retrials
• Prosecutors Refuse To Give FDA Docs To Stryker
• FCPA Compliance: Tone At The Top, Train At The Bottom
• Ex-Duane Reade CEO Asks For Lighter Sentence
• Prosecutors Go Back To The Future After Skilling
• Ex-DuPont Chemist Says Hubris Drove Secrets Theft
• Q&A With Haynes & Boone's Ron Breaux
• 1st Circ. Reinstates Fee Award For Whistleblowers' Atty
• Trial Kicks Off In Case Against Ex-Abramoff Staffer
• JPMorgan Battles Insurers Over Ala. Kickback Suits
• DOJ Rejects Stanford Request For Co-Conspirator IDs
• 4 Things To Consider When Deciding To Self-Report
• Top Pearlman Salesman Cuts Deal For Up To 16 Years
• US Atty Wants Up To 45 Years For Nicholson
• Q&A With Crowell & Moring's Janet Levine
• Nadel's Attorneys Seek Leniency
• Western Titanium, Prosecutors Spar Over Evidence
• Fitzgerald Blasts Blagojevich's Charge Of Misconduct
• SEC Wins Fraud Suit Against Troubled Drug Co.
• DOJ Antitrust Division Enlists Cravath Partner
• Q&A With Bryan Cave's Austin Campriello
• Prosecutors Want 14 Years For Ex-KB Home CEO
• Pearlman Sales Agent Gets 1 Year For Mail Fraud
• § 1519: DOJ Fires Its Anti-Obstruction Cannon
• Meridian Mortgage Founder Charged With $350M Fraud
• Skilling Ruling A Get-Out-Of-Jail Card For Some
• Ex-Chi Mei Exec Indicted For LCD Price-Fixing
• Ex-CA Sales Exec's Sentence Cut To Time Served
• SEC Says 2 Fund Managers, Firms Gave Petters $1B
• Convicted AmeriFirst Exec Seeks Acquittal Of Fraud
• Q&A With Linklaters' Joseph Armao
• Seyfarth Shaw FCPA Expert Joins Nixon Peabody
• Ponzi Schemer's Partner Forfeits NYC Apartment
• Fla. Mortgage Broker Sentenced To 15 Years In Prison
• Martin Act Will Remain A Player, Even With New AG
• 11th Circ. Upholds Conviction Of Mortgage Fraudster
• Payroll Execs Bilked $20M From SanDisk, Others: Feds
• US Wins Bid To Intervene In Qui Tam Wyeth Drug Suit
• Prosecutors Want 20 Years For Ponzi Schemer Nadel
• Rattner Said To Pay $5M To End SEC Kickback Claims
• Texas Man Gets 10 Years For Oil Investment Scheme
• DOJ Calls For Harsh Sentence For Okla. Fraudster
• Lloyd's Off Hook For Stanford's Legal Costs
• ASR Exec Gets 30 Months For $1M Fraud
• Construction Manager Detained Over Subcontract Bribe
• Army Corps Worker Charged With Taking Bribes
• Q&A With Gibson Dunn's Joseph Warin
• Fund Manager's Suicide Threat Sparks Fraud Arrest
• Jenner & Block Snags Former Deputy New York AG
• 4 Steps To Take When Your Client Gets Subpoenaed
• A Securities Litigator's Guide To D&O Insurance, Part I
• In-House Counsel Say Corruption Work On The Rise
• Petters Trustee Sues JPMorgan, Others in Clawback Bid
• Metal Supply Co. Pleads Guilty To Defrauding US Navy
• Sen. Stevens' Prosecutors Dodge Contempt Finding
• High Court Considers Bounds Of Effective Defense
• Convicted Fraudster Tries To Revive Suit Against Ex-AG
• Experts Say No Need To Ditch Dura Yet
• Q&A With Irell & Manella's John Hueston
• High Court To Mull Convicts' Standing To Challenge Laws
• Officer Pleads Guilty To COI In $40M Iraq Election Deal
• Winning Bail Gets Tougher For White Collar Defendants
• Mayer Brown Nabs Dickinson Wright White Collar Atty
• Spongetech Trustee Wants Case Converted To Ch. 7
• Accused 'CHiPs' Star Cut Deal In Fraud Case
• Yellowstone Ch. 11 Judge Flayed Over Criminal Probe
• 11th Circ. Sides With VA Worker, Cites Skilling
• Adviser Indicted In Alleged $10M Ponzi Scheme
• Dick's Fraud Case Goes Forward Despite Skilling Ruling
• Prison Sentences, Fines And Forfeitures ...
• Defense Seeks Leniency For Fraudster Nicholson
• Execs Face Extradition Over Bid-Rigging Charges
• Q&A With Fox Rothschild's Patrick Egan
• Ex-NJ Mayor, Aide Convicted In Corruption Case
• Ex-City Manager In Calif. Wants Fraud Suit Tossed
• Ex-NY Bank Exec Pleads Guilty In TARP Fraud Case
• A Special Rule For Corporate Exec Depositions
• Schlumberger Targeted In Yemen Bribe Probe
• Man Who Faked Death Receives 10-Year Jail Sentence
• Former New Orleans Housing CFO Gets 46 Months
• Ex-Rothstein Exec Gets 10 Years In $1.2B Ponzi Scheme
• Judge Orders Forfeiture For Fla. Ponzi Schemer
• Q&A With Greenberg Traurig's Mark Schnapp
• Kaye Scholer Nabs Mayer Brown White Collar Vet
• Radio Host, Partners Arrested For Alleged $7M Fraud
• 'CHiPS' Star Charged In Penny Stock Kickback Scam
• Execs Say SEC, DOJ Wrongly Shared Fraud Case Info
• Magistrate Axes Agility Unit From Army Contract Battle
• Ex-NY Prosecutor, Securities Pro Joins Paul Hastings
• Q&A With Cozen O'Connor's Barry Boss
• Former Broker Gets 18 Months For Sureties Fraud
• Judge Nixes Nagle's Bid To Exclude Wealth Evidence
• Western Titanium Supply Fraud Case Proceeds
• 'Big Boy' Or Not? Disclaimers Of Reliance In NY
• Securities Atty Gets 22 Years For $20M Scheme
• Ex-NY Comptroller Pleads Guilty In Pay-To-Play Case
• Chinese Co. Shells Out $7.5M For Illegal HGH Sales
• Western Titanium Can't Toss US Attys In Fraud Trial
• Jury Convicts Contorinis In UBS Insider Trading Case
• 5th Circ. Says Judge Erred In Bribery Testimony Finding
• FBI Agent Defends Galleon Wiretap Application
• SNR Denton Scores 5 Laterals On Heels Of Tie-Up
• Former Hartford, Conn., Mayor Appeals Conviction
• Madoff Family Seeks To Shut Down $200M Lawsuit
• Q&A With Bingham McCutchen's Michael Levy
• Art Dealer Sentenced To Probation In $2M Picasso Fraud
• After Judge Charged, Accused Fraudster Wants Stay
• Potentially Gentler Sentences For White Collar Criminals
• SEC Asks Judge To Pull Plug On Alleged Fraudster
• 4 Keys To Handling Whistleblower Claims
• SocGen's Rogue Trader Gets 3 Years In Jail
• CB Richard Says Workers In China Paid Local Officials
• Asset Freeze Bids Surge In Post-Madoff Era
• Stryker Says FDA Has Docs That Will Exonerate It
• US Seeks To Squash Schemer's Acquittal Plea
• Q&A With Dinsmore & Shohl's Michael Crites
• Judge Defends 'Disparities' In Fraud Sentences
• 'Die Hard' Director Sentenced To 1 Year For FBI Lies
• Feds Nab Investment Adviser Over $2M Fraud
• Synthes To Pay $24M For Illegal Bone Cement Tests
• Ala. Politicians Arrested In Vote-Peddling Scheme
• Rigases Denied High Court Appeal Of Prison Terms
• Day Pitney Adds Ex-Prosecutor To White Collar Group
• Toss Criminal Suit, Civil Suit Is Enough, Stanford Says
• Ex-UBS Banker Lied In Insider Trading Case: Atty
• Supreme Court Won't Hear Appeal In Bribery Case
• Prosecutors Misled Judge In Wiretap Bid: Rajaratnam
• DOT Nagle Case Stayed Pending Appeal Of Immunity
• Q&A With Proskauer Rose's Robert Cleary
• Legal, Compliance Employees On The Hook After Urban
• Oil And Gas Co. Exec Gets 97 Months For Ponzi Scheme
• Fla. Cos., Execs To Pay $115M In Fraud Suit
• Man Indicted Over $228M Real Estate Ponzi Scheme
• Parallel DOJ, SEC Probes Were Legal, Feds Say
• Petters Firms Plead Guilty In Deal With Prosecutors
• Expected Wave Of Enviro Crime Cases Still A Ripple
• Sidley Austin Scores Ex-Assistant US Atty
• Blagojevich Lawyers Leave Case, Citing CJA Issues
• Wright Medical To Pay $7.9M Over False Marketing
• Tenn. Investment Adviser Gets 8 Years For $7M Fraud
• Texas Broker Sentenced To 15 Years In Prison
• Q&A With Katten's Gil Soffer
• Legal Hold May Keep You Out Of Jail Over E-Discovery