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White Collar - July, 2011

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• NY Post Staffers Told To Keep Docs Over Hacking Claims
• Siemens Escapes Argentine Whistleblower's Tort Suit
• Judge Merges Shareholder Suits Over J&J FCPA Cases
• Ex-SAC Manager Gets 30 Months For Insider Trading
• NM Prison Exec Cops To Taking Contractors' Bribes
• DOJ Sues Lender For Alleged Lies To HUD
• Q&A With Pillsbury's Maria Galeno
• Businessman Seeks Leniency In Iran Missile Export Case
• Perjury Retrial Would Be Double Jeopardy: Clemens
• Camico Fights Coverage For $40M Class Action Fraud
• Investors Accuse TD, Gibraltar Of Aiding Rothstein Fraud
• Convicted Ex-Lawmaker Must Amend Ch. 13 Plan
• BB&K, Oliver Sandifer Hit With Calif. Malpractice Suit
• La Madrid Gets 10 Years For $30M Hedge Fund Fraud
• Ex-Pegasus CEO Cops To $25M Stock Scheme
• Black Contests $3.8M Fine After Conviction Reversals
• A Call For Corporate Human Rights Due Diligence
• Paving Co. Head Cops To Bribing Ohio Commissioner
• 5th Circ. Affirms Biodiesel Exec's $3M Fraud Conviction
• IOM Construction Manager Can't Escape Bribery Charge
• Judge Scraps Bulk Of Madoff Trustee's $9B HSBC Suit
• Fishermen, Others Reach Deal Over Miss. River Oil Spill
• Sidley Austin Nabs Seasoned Prosecutor For NY Office
• Ex-Kane CEO Inks Deal In Muni Bond Bid-Rigging Probe
• Senate Panel OKs Harsher Public Corruption Penalties
• Alaska Pol's Bribery Retrial Doesn't Need New Venue: US
• Ex-Taro Exec In Contempt Over $2M Insider Trading Fine
• Court Denies Acquittal Bids In Ala. Corruption Trial
• Ex-Hospital Admins Face 2 Trials In Kickbacks Case
• Tremont Strikes $1B Deal With Madoff Trustee
• Barring RICO Claims Based On Alleged Securities Fraud
• WexTrust Receiver Sues Insurers For Malpractice Funds
• Building Your Own Business Development Plan
• US Seeks Up To 15 Years For Convicted Va. Lawmaker
• Hacker In Plea Talks Over AT&T IPad Data Breach
• South Florida Trustee Gets 7 Years For $16M Fraud
• Judge Denies Court Transfer For Madoff Feeder Funds
• Climate Activist Gets 2 Years For Oil Lease Scheme
• E&Y Tip Recipient Dodges Prison For Trading Scheme
• Contractor Denied Own Hurricane Cleanup Fraud Trial
• Aspen Owners Get Prison Time In $56M Fraud Suit
• GAO To Review Madoff Trustee's Clawback Suits
• Muni Bond Bid-Rigging Charges Aren't Time-Barred: Feds
• Q&A With Steptoe & Johnson's Evan Barr
• Lindsey Execs Say Gov't Misconduct Dooms FCPA Case
• Citibank Tries To Sink $430M Madoff Clawback Suit
• Calif. City Doesn't Have To Cover Ex-Official's Fees
• US Airs Disgraced Pol's Calls In Hospital Bribe Trial
• Blagojevich Seeks 3rd Trial After 17-Count Conviction
• Feds Seek Long Sentence For Trustee in Fraud Case
• 5th Circ. Affirms Conviction Of Ex-First Fidelity CEO
• Rothstein Trustee Sues TD Bank Over Ponzi Losses
• JFTC Raids Bearings Cos. Over Antitrust Worries
• Ex-Capitol Staffer Asks For No Jail In Lobbying Scandal
• Sky Capital Defendants Convicted In $140M Fraud Case
• UniCredit Fights Madoff Trustee's Racketeering Claims
• Lawmakers Vow To Redraft Anti-Corruption Bill
• GAO Suggests Whistleblower Protection For Antitrust Law
• Trends In Qui Tam False Claims Cases
• Ex-Wachovia Broker Gets 6 1/2 Years For $8.4M Scam
• Ex-Credit Suisse Broker's $1B Fraud Case Sent To Brooklyn
• Ex-La. Lawmaker Found Guilty Of Racketeering
• Fugitive REIT Founder Gets 17 Years For $2M Fraud
• Ala. Sen. Blocks Damaging Testimony In Gambling Case
• Defendants Deserve Effective Counsel: ABA To High Court
• Obama Lays Out New Offensive Against Overseas Cartels
• Has Roger Clemens Hit A Double?
• Q&A With Orrick's Tom McConville
• A&O Workers Get Prison As Co-Founder Seeks Leniency
• 5th Circ. Makes U-Turn On Arbitration In Stanford Suit
• Full Tilt Poker Player Discarded From $150M RICO Suit
• DOJ Preparing Subpoenas For News Corp.: Report
• Ex-Fred Leighton Owner Gets 6 Years For $20M Fraud
• K1 Hedge Funder Gets 10 Years For $500M Ponzi Scheme
• Ex-Woodbury Broker Gets 8 Years For $5M Fraud
• Taylor Bean's $1.6B Deal Overcomes Freddie Mac Protest
• 3 Execs Plead Not Guilty In Haiti Teleco FCPA Case
• 2nd Circ. Upholds Ex-NY Sen. Gonzalez's Prison Time
• Macmillan To Pay $18M Over Alleged Africa Bribery
• Restitution From Total Pension Payments Or 25%?
• Air Pollution Prevention Agencies — 2 If By Sea
• J&J Says Board Not To Blame For Recalls, Corruption Claims
• Greenwich Ch. 11 Plans Detail $212M Picard Deal
• Heating Co. Exec Gets 3 Years In Ohio Corruption Case
• Minkow Gets 5 Years In Lennar Stock Fraud Case
• Judge Knocks War Chest In $62.5M HSBC Madoff Deal
• Feds Charge 4 In $3B Credit Suisse Tax Fraud Case
• Wall Street Ire No Reason To Convict, Ex-Sky CEO Says
• Edwards Must Repay $2.4M In Campaign Funds, FEC Says
• Dechert Nabs White Collar Partner From Mayer Brown
• Ernst & Young Can't Escape Tax Shelter Case
• The Pitfalls Of Shifting DOJ Policies
• Swiss Adviser Charged With Helping Clients Hide $184M
• Ex-Morgan Crucible CEO Wants High Court Review
• Texas Pol Wants Lying Charges Cut In Ike Bribery Case
• News Corp. Hires Paul Weiss Pro, 'Father Of FCPA'
• Honest Services Charges Survive In CDR Bid-Rigging Case
• Sky Capital Defendants Are 'Family Of Criminals': US
• Harbor Wealth Exec Gets 6 Years For $5M Fraud
• Rajaratnam Co-Conspirator Chiesi Sentenced To 30 Months
• Spillane Weingarten Lures Latham Securities Pro In LA
• Madoff Trustee Drops Some Claims Against UBS
• Feds Bear Down On $3.7B Petters Fraud Fundraisers
• SEC Sues Man For Trading On Merger Draft He Found
• The New UK Guidelines On Competition Law Compliance
• Jury Must Weigh Damages In AUO Price-Fixing Case: Judge
• Jury Finds Ex-IEA Chief Guilty Of $90M Fraud
• Feds Contest Ex-CCI Execs' Bid To Dismiss Bribery Case
• Ex-Detroit Mayor Accused Of $26M Sewer Contract Fraud
• Lampoon CEO Wants Barnes & Thornburg Disqualified
• Zicam Inventor Admits Selling Unapproved Bird Flu Drug
• Ex-SES GC Can't Escape Fraud Sentence: 6th Circ.
• DOJ Charges 3rd Auto Light Exec In Price-Fixing Probe
• Ex-Salander Director Sentenced To Weekends On Rikers
• 2nd Circ. Says Fraudster Can't Withdraw His Appeal
• Madoff Investor Fights To Block $7.2B Picower Deal
• Va. Man Gets 8 Years For $8.9M Investment Fraud
• Pillsbury Snaps Up 4 White Collar Pros From Winston
• Murdoch 'Humbled,' But Deflects Blame For Scandal
• Energex CEO Blasted With $9.5M Fraud Suit
• Canadian Builder Admits To Role In Bid-Rigging Scheme
• Mich. Man Gets 15 Months For E-Rate Fraud
• Managing Murdoch's Massive Legal Exposure
• Ex-Galleon Trader Settles SEC Claims
• Man Cops To False Statements In Cook Ponzi Probe
• Feds Want Stiff Sentence For Convicted Ohio Judge
• US Blasts Westgate Fraudster's Bid To Annul Sentence
• Fla. Man Gets 5 Years For $5.2M Exim Bank Fraud
• Cargolux, Others OKd To Pay $49M To Exit Air Cargo MDL
• Ex-WexTrust Exec Gets 22 Years For $9.2M Ponzi Scheme
• Head Of Obama Fraud Task Force Steps Down
• News Corp. Taps UK Atty To Head Investigation Panel
• Former Trader Cops To Agency Death Threats
• Q&A With Hogan Lovells' Michael Shepard
• In Pursuit Of Individual Exclusions
• News Corp. Taps White Collar Pro As Scandal Snowballs
• Ex-Trader Pleads Not Guilty To $25M Ponzi Scheme
• Lee Dynamics Ex-Prez Pleads Guilty In Contract Scheme
• Ex-NSA Official Gets 1 Year Probation For Leaking Info
• F&M Says Federal Owes $7M Coverage For Loan Scam
• Judge Denies New Bond For CEO Who Fled Trial
• US Seeks To Nix Attys In Tomato CEO's Price-Fixing Case
• Pols Allowed 5 Character Witnesses In Vote-Selling Case
• US Fire Loses Bid To Kill 1031 Receiver's Fraud Claim
• $30M Pump-And-Dump Schemer Gets Lower Sentence
• Ex-NYSE Examiner Plays Down Sky Capital Fraud Claims
• Circuit Split: Enforcing The Speech Or Debate Clause
• Liberty Mutual Wants Off Hook For $13M Much Shelist Deal
• Credit Suisse Caught Up In DOJ Private Banking Probe
• Judge Convicted Of Lying To FBI Denied New Trial
• UBS Wins Bid To Move Madoff Trustee's $2.6B Suits
• FBI Probes News Corp. Phone-Hacking Claims
• Ex-Pepsi Exec Supports Sky Capital At Trial
• Stanford Receiver Seeks $1.5M From Broker-Dealer Exec
• LCD Antitrust Defendant Gets Early Look At Witnesses
• Ex-Dell Manager Must Repay Insider Trading Gains: Judge
• Ex-Terra Prez Protests New Evidence In Haiti Bribe Case
• SEC Fraud Suit V. National Lampoon CEO Put On Pause
• Ex-Massey Security Chief Can't Dodge Lying Charges
• Feds Want Blagojevich Back In Court With Bond Docs
• Feds Indict 5 Over $50M Iraq Bid-Rigging Scheme
• Interior Designer Gets 18 Months In ICE Fraud Case
• Ex-Kirkland Partner Pleads Not Guilty To Tax Charges
• Former FTC Clerk Gets 18 Months For Theft
• Jiau Says Fraud Verdict Based On Speculation
• Ex-Sky Capital CEO Charged Perks To Firm, US Says
• Armor Holdings To Pay $16M In Foreign Bribery Case
• 8th Circ. Nixes Fraud Sentence In $8M Ponzi Case
• China-Born Exec In Paint Export Case Stays In Custody
• Cinergy, Others Indicted In Haiti Bribery Case
• 3 Plead Guilty In $200M Medicare Fraud Case
• Ex-Nasdaq Exec Settles SEC Insider Trading Charges
• K&L Gates Partner Moves To JPMorgan
• 1031 Tax Group Clients Lose Bid For Class Cert.
• The Scope Of Questioning For A 30(b)(6) Deposition
• Wall Street Insider Chiesi Settles With SEC
• Seattle Genetics Insider's Brother Pleads Guilty
• Prosecutors Support Bush Atty's Bid To Nix Guilty Plea
• NJ Contractor Admits Sending Rifle Designs To China
• Ex-Galleon Adviser Seeks Acquittal, Retrial
• Ex-Dick's Atty Fails To Shake Kickback Charges
• Freddie Mac Fights Taylor Bean's $1.6B Settlement
• UK Parliament Asks Murdoch To Answer Hacking Claims
• Ex-Duane Reade Execs Fight Feds On Losses In Fraud Case
• Madoff's Aide Denied 2-Week Fla. Getaway
• Madoff Victims To Receive $272M In 1st Payment Round
• Feds Say Scios Mislabeled Heart Drug Natrecor
• Ex-National Guard Sgt. Admits To $15M In False Claims
• SIPC Opposes Mets Owners' Bid To Dodge $1B Madoff Suit
• Ex-Sky Capital Broker Testifies On Strip Clubs, Bonuses
• San Francisco Atty Indicted Over $10M Ponzi Scheme
• Project Supervisor Wants Probation For Asbestos Plot
• Feds Can't Bar Ex-Lawmaker's Testimony In RICO Case
• Affiliated Trustee Sues Board Over $11.5M Check Fraud
• Judge Refuses To Raise Forfeiture For NASA Fraudsters
• Gupta Wins Green Light For Suit Against SEC
• NASA Contractor Denies Fraud Over Space Vehicle Parts
• Alternative Sentencing For Environmental Crimes
• 7th Circ. Rules Blagojevich's Casino Fee Is A Tax
• Disbarred Atty Cops To $9.5M Investor Scam
• Barnes & Thornburg Hires Boost Midwest Practice
• Dick's Seeks To Quash Subpoenas In Kickbacks Case
• Iowa Co. Pleads Guilty To Concrete Price-Fixing Plot
• Enron Deal Tabled As Insurer Objects To Lay Payout
• Avon Shareholders Sue Over Possible FCPA Violations
• Alleged Gangster Cops Plea In $100M Medicare Fraud Case
• Doing Business With Sovereign Wealth Funds
• Air New Zealand Off Hook In Air Cargo Cartel Probe
• Stanford Investors Attack Receiver's Clawback Efforts
• Shell Wants Ex-Worker Sanctioned Over Discovery Fight
• WG Trading Receiver Pushes $22M Continental Deal
• FBI Returns Iraqi Artifacts Used In Contractor Fraud
• Mets Lawyers Ask Judge To Toss Picard's $1B Suit
• DC Circuit Disbars DOJ Atty Linked To Abramoff
• Stanford Defense Atty Begs Judge For Cash
• Ex-Citigroup Banker Cops To $6M Securities Fraud
• Chinese National Charged Over Paint Supply To Pakistan
• Infomercial Star Awaiting Prison Accused Of Mail Fraud
• District Judge Likely To Take Up Picard's UBS Case
• Mistrial Declared In Gabon FCPA Case
• Q&A With Sheppard Mullin's Rob Friedman
• 2nd Circ. Bans RICO Claim In Madoff Investor Suit
• Rethinking 'Right Of Inspection' Contract Provisions
• US Lenient In Sentence Demand For Ex-FTC Clerk
• Judge Keeps Claims In TCW Suit V. Ex-Investment Head
• Ex-Oil Refinery Veep Admits To Causing Toxic Gas Leak
• Ex-Mayor Gets Mixed Verdict In NJ Corruption Sting
• Judge Relinks Charge In Ex-Dick's Atty Kickback Case
• CFTC Fights Call For Recusal In Menacing Trader's Suits
• Chadbourne Adds 2 More London Biz Pros
• Horse Breeder Trustee Settles With Ex-Parent Co. For $2M
• Ex-Oil Co. Exec Seeks Retrial Of Pump-And-Dump Charges
• DOJ Defends Ex-Concrete Exec's Sentence In 8th Circ.
• Banco Santander Moves To Trim Madoff Fraud Action
• Ex-Sky Capital CEO Tries To Discredit Fraud Trial Witness
• Grand Jury Subpoena Vs. Civil Discovery Protective Order
• Skilling Doesn't Alter Ryan Conviction: 7th Circ.
• Orrick's Chief DC Litigator Leaves To Found New Firm
• Ex-Flextronics Worker Cops To Selling Insider Tips
• Silicon Valley Law Group Fights Class Cert. In Okun Suit
• Ex-Sky Capital CEO Urged Hard Sell On Secret Tapes
• Both Sides Want Ex-Dick's Atty's Case Rejoined
• Hartford Off Hook For Nonprofit's $6.7M Madoff Losses
• Accused Muni Bond Bid-Riggers Call Charges Outdated
• Authenticating Electronic Evidence
• Q&A With Taft's Ralph Kohnen
• Mets Owners Score Win In Forum Fight With Madoff Trustee
• State Farm Slapped With $14.5M Defamation Verdict
• Feds Rip Ex-Cargo Exec's Dismissal Bid
• 3 Plead Not Guilty To $7M Petro Investment Scam
• Embattled Poker Site To Be Sold To European Investors
• Ex-Board Member Says Sky Capital Was 'Complete Mess'
• 4th Circ. OKs New Trial For Alleged Masonic Fraudsters
• Ex-Oil Co. Exec Gets 5 Years For $13.4 Investor Fraud
• Sherman & Howard Adds White Collar Stars
• DC Circ. Rejects Insider Trader's FBI FOIA Challenge
• Examining The Purpose Of Sarbanes-Oxley