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White Collar - January, 2012

236 articles

• SEC Orders 2 Galleon Traders To Disgorge $8M
• Feds Poised To Charge Credit Suisse Traders With Fraud
• NewPoint Receiver To Get $4M In BofA Settlement
• Bail Set At $1.5M For Atty Behind Alleged Immigration Fraud
• Witness Says BCI's Alleged Lie Led To His Investment
• Convicted Forex Fraudster To Pay $31M To Customers, CFTC
• 2011's Big FCPA Finish: Aon And Magyar Telekom
• Gabon Loss Highlights DOJ's Vulnerability In FCPA Cases
• Perkins Coie Adds White Collar Pro From Osborn Maledon
• New Gupta Indictment Expands Alleged Insider Scheme
• 2nd Mistrial Declared In Gabon FCPA Case
• Boston Mogul Avoids Prison For Campaign Money Crimes
• Petrillo Klein Adds White Collar Pro From Alston & Bird
• How To Lead A Practice Group
• Seyfarth Shaw Adds Steptoe Litigator To LA Office
• Lawyer Helped 2 Hide Millions In UBS, Other Banks: DOJ
• Ex-Wells Fargo Worker Gets 4 Months For Ex-Im Bank Bribe
• 3 Convicted In Illegal Demolition Of Asbestos-Laden Plant
• Ex-Pa. County Commissioners Face Prison For Corruption
• Japanese Auto Suppliers To Pay $548M In Price-Fixing Case
• Kaye Scholer Lures FCPA Whiz From Morgan Lewis
• 2 Acquitted In Gabon FCPA Case, 3 Await Fate
• Funds' $100M Enron Suit Short On Facts: Deutsche Bank
• UBS Trader Pleads Not Guilty To Fraud Charges
• Conspirator In Conn. Ponzi Scheme Gets 14 Months
• Ex-McKesson Chair Asks High Court To Toss Guilty Verdict
• Gupta Defense To Hinge On Alleged Falling-Out With Raj
• Proskauer, Chadbourne Take Stanford Fight To Fed. Court
• Accused Auto Light Price Fixer Battles For Taiwan Trip
• Chevron Defends Brazil Cleanup As Spill Charges Loom
• Investor Admits To Real Estate Bid-Rigging Scheme
• Airline Services Co. Head Gets 2 Years For Kickback Plot
• Canada Fines 7 More In Quebec Gas Cartel Probe
• Construction Co. Swiped $136M Of Small-Biz Work: Suit
• Swiss Institution Sells Non-US Business Amid Tax Scandal
• FBI Raids PE Firm Tied To China Reverse Mergers
• SEC Abandons Fraud Case Against Ex-Ferris Baker Watts GC
• Prosecutors Get An Earful For Adelphia Tax Evasion Case
• Ex-CDC Official Gets 4 Years For Contract Bribes
• Judge Fines Ship Owner, Operator $2.4M For Illegal Dumping
• Petroplus Disputes Bankruptcy Fraud Allegations
• Ex-SEC Lawyer, 5 Others Sold Unregistered Stocks: Judge
• Megaupload Execs Free On Bail But Extradition Looms
• Founder Of French Silicon Implant Co. Arrested Amid Scandal
• NY Atty Extradited Over Alleged Immigration Scam
• Ex-NY Sen. Espada, Son Deny False Statement Charges
• Stifel Fined $1M Over Lax Oversight Of Convicted Broker
• Accused Insider Trader Newman Goes Free On $3M Bond
• Ex-Broker Says BCI President Aided SEC Obstruction
• Casino Owner's Bribery Counts Kept Alive In Corruption Case
• Ex-Army Corps Director Pleads Guilty In $1B Bribery Case
• Jones Day Picks Up Luce Forward San Diego Litigator
• HSBC Kills $62.5M Deal With Madoff Fund Investors
• Quinn Emanuel Lands Ex-Weil White Collar Pro
• Convicted Barai Founder To Repay $3M For Insider Trading
• Ex-HealthSouth CEO Gets 1 Year Dropped From Prison Time
• Ballard Nabs Schiff Partners To Launch 3 Atlanta Practice Areas
• Obama Backs Insider Trading Ban For Lawmakers
• Don't Expect Much From DOJ's New FCPA Guidance
• Jones Day Adds 3 SNR Denton Litigators To Dallas Office
• Judge Shuts Down Cellini's Bid For New Bribery Trial
• Megaupload Faces Uphill Battle Beating Piracy Rap: Attys
• 5th Amendment Doesn't Block Computer Decryption: Judge
• Feds Defend Wiretaps In $230M National Lampoon Case
• Convicted Ex-Taylor Bean Head Asks 4th Circ. For Retrial
• White Collar Group Of The Year: Steptoe
• Accused Boeing Secrets Thief Denied Bail For Now
• Westridge Client Sues Adviser Over $56M Ponzi Investment
• Boston Developer Seeks $50K Fine In Campaign Cash Case
• Ex-Canopy CEO Gets 15 Years For $93M Scheme
• Year In Review: Significant Developments Under EEA
• US V. Jones: Unanimous Ruling, Disagreeing Justices
• White Collar Group Of The Year: Ropes & Gray
• Ex-Aviation Co. Exec Says BCI Bribes Backed Solid Deals
• Contractor Can't Collect Over Extortion Plot: 10th Circ.
• Chunghwa Bribed Worker To Plead Guilty In LCD Case: AUO
• Ex-CIA Officer Leaked Secrets To Journalists: DOJ
• Mortgage Fraudster Cops To Plotting To Kill Witness
• Dick's Exec Gets 3 Years For Kickbacks
• Fired Crowell Atty Charged With $7M Theft From Client
• A Change To SEC's 'No Admit, No Deny' Policy
• High Court Reins In Warrantless Tracking, But Narrowly
• Diamondback To Pay $9M, Help Feds' Insider Trading Cases
• Ex-Army Officers Sentenced For Afghanistan Bribe Plot
• Judge Sets Date To Rule On Cellini Retrial Bid
• Ex-Atty Who Used UBS To Duck Taxes Gets 45 Days
• Boat Co. Denies Responsibility For $25M Oil Spill Costs
• Ex-Abramoff Cohort Must Repay Victims $20M: DC Circ.
• Wire-Wearing Insider Trader Slaine Dodges Jail
• 2nd NinjaVideo Co-Founder Gets 14 Mos. In Piracy Case
• White Collar Group Of The Year: Hogan Lovells
• Witness Says BCI Owner Paid Him To Cinch Plane Deals
• Contractor Charged With Swiping Fed Reserve Source Code
• Prosecutors Defend Rajaratnam Wiretaps In Gupta Case
• Permitting Private FCPA Suits: Inside HR 3531
• US Proposes Tougher Sentences For Securities Fraud
• Aircraft Leasing Co. Ran $50M Fraud Scheme, Feds Say
• Fla. Ponzi Schemer Gets 8 Years, To Pay $11.5M
• Charges Against Stryker, Sales Staff Dropped For $15M
• Top Ala. Gambling Prosecutor Heads For MoloLamken
• SEC Winding Down Case Against Money Manager Starr: Atty
• White Collar Group Of The Year: Crowell & Moring
• FBI Has 4 Arrested In Megaupload Anti-Piracy Crackdown
• 7th Circ. Reverses Restitution Order In ABN Bribery Case
• 2nd Circ. Affirms Broker-Dealer's $1.6M Fraud Judgment
• Cellini Demands New Trial Over Juror's Alleged Bias
• IP Counsel's 'Cheat Sheet' To FCPA And Travel Act
• Murdoch Co. Settles Hacking Claims By Jude Law, Others
• Case Study: Assured Guaranty V. JP Morgan
• SAC Probe Questions Resurface Amid Insider Trading Arrests
• Hedge Funds Prove Fertile Hunting Ground For Prosecutors
• Ex-National Lampoon CEO Settles Shareholder Suit
• White Collar Group Of The Year: Covington
• Stanford Ponzi Case Rolls Forward In Face Of Objections
• TD Bank Dealt $67M Verdict In Rothstein Fraud Suit
• Final Kruger-Linked Consultant Admits To Bribery
• Conspiracy Charges Against Adelphia Execs Dismissed
• Stryker To Pay $15M To End False Marketing Case
• Taking Steps Toward Trade Secret Reform
• Feds Charge 7 In $62M Insider Trading Plot
• Winston & Strawn Ducks Part Of $2M Starr Fraud Suit
• ConEd Supplier Faces 5 Years For Bribery
• Atty In Edwards Case Should Go To School, Not Jail: Judge
• Madoff Trustee Loses Bid To Appeal In Mets Clawback Case
• 9th Circ. Calls For New Trial On Illegal Exports To China
• Feds Drop Charges Against Stryker Sales Manager
• Marubeni Ends Nigerian Bribery Scheme Charges For $55M
• Ex-Sanofi Researcher Cops To Trade Secrets Theft
• Ex-ABB Exec Dodges FCPA Charges
• Ex-Thompson Hine Atty Gets 1 Year For Tax Fraud
• UK Fraud Office Nets Plea From Ex-Innospec Director
• Poker Site Money Launderer Cops To Fraud Charges
• Hiscock & Barclay Launches New White Collar Practice
• Olympus Panel Clears KPMG, Ernst & Young In Fraud Probe
• Ex-Lawmaker's Corruption Appeal Rebuffed By High Court
• Patterns In Parallel Proceedings: SEC Actions, DOJ Tools
• 8th Circ. Denies Ponzi Schemer Petters' Rehearing Bid
• John Edwards Case Delayed Due To Heart Condition
• Ex-Dow Scientist Gets 5 Years For Selling Secrets
• Ex-Ohio County Official Can't Trim Corruption Case
• Supreme Court Won't Take Up Stanford Ponzi Case
• Picard Sues 4 Firms For $187.5M In Madoff Funds
• Dick's Atty Gets 5 Years For Developer Kickbacks
• Ex-SEC Atty Settles Stanford Conflict-Of-Interest Claims
• Mabey & Johnson Owner Fined Over Oil-For-Food Kickbacks
• Feds Open Criminal Inquiry Into Diamond Foods
• Fighting The Scourge Of Corruption
• Ex-Madoff Controller Settles SEC Suit
• Ex-BDO Accountant Pleads Guilty To Lying To SEC
• Dechert Hires Raj Prosecutor For White Collar Team
• DLA Piper, Dechert End Row Over White Collar Pro's Move
• Santander Madoff Class Action Has Problems: Judge
• Cellini Attys Fight Judge On Juror Misconduct Questions
• Billionaire, 84, Jailed Until Bridge Co. Finishes Work
• Ex-SK Foods CEO Loses Bid To Hush Wiretap Evidence
• Deutsche Bank Denies $1.6B Deal To Buy Madoff Debt
• 'Mini-Madoff' Investors Ask 2nd. Circ. To Revive BofA Suit
• Stanford's Criminal Defense Lawyers Want Out
• Case Study: US V. Bourke
• 10 Tips For Conducting An Internal Investigation
• Con Ed Sues Ex-Manager For $7M Over Kickback Scheme
• Convicted Ex-Qwest CEO Wants $18M Tax Refund
• Researcher Gets 1-Day Prison Sentence For Cheating Taxes
• Feds Hit Back At Gabon FCPA Execs In Last Word Of Trial
• Ex-Pol Gets Prison Time Over Work For Terror-Tied Group
• 11th Circ. Nixes Suit Claiming BofA Aided Ponzi Scheme
• Denver Hedge Fund Head Gets 1 Year For Insider Trading
• Japanese Auto Exec Gets 15 Months For Price-Fixing Plot
• Korean Shipping Co. Cops To Illegal Dumping, Fined $1M
• Ex-Sullivan Partner Hit With 2 Years For Tax Evasion
• 6th Circ. Bats Down Ohio Official's Double Jeopardy Claim
• 2 More Le-Nature's Scammers Get 5 Years Over Fraud
• Export Controls In Action: US V. Wang
• US Says Ex-Thompson Hine Atty Deserves 16 Months
• Alpha Settles With Families of Massey Blast Victims
• Investor Headed To Prison For Role In $930M Ponzi Scheme
• SEC Adds New Suit To Ex-Wellcare CEO's Legal Woes
• Judge Severs Charges Against Former Stryker Head
• Gabon FCPA Execs Decry FBI Tactics, Informant
• US Wants Light Sentence For Galleon Group Mole
• Partnering With The Feds For IP Enforcement: Part 1
• DOJ Landed $1B In Antitrust Penalties In 2011: Report
• Feds Blast Gabon FCPA Execs In Closing Argument
• Former US Atty Joins Lane Powell's White Collar Group
• 2 CDR Execs Cop To Municipal Bond Bid-Rigging Charges
• Fund Manager Gets 10 Years For $145M Ponzi Scheme
• Atty Convicted For Refco Fraud Gets New Trial: 2nd Circ.
• Olympus Sues Ex-Chair, 2 Others Over Accounting Scandal
• Clarity Required: US V. Banki
• Judge Chides Cellini Atty Over Juror Misconduct Questions
• NinjaVideo Co-Founder Gets 2 Years For Pirating Videos
• Nuclear Exports To Pakistan Earn Businessman 3 Years
• 7th Circ. Says Clock Ran Out On Title Co. Ponzi Suit
• FCPA, Travel Act and UK Bribery Act — Made Simple
• SEC Offers Cosmetic Changes To No Admit, No Deny Deals
• Madoff Trustee Seeks $56M From Kuwait, Others
• Ex-Army Major Gets 12 Years For Iraq Bribery Scheme
• Canada Fines Domfoam $12M Over Foam Price-Fixing
• Ousted Olympus CEO Sues Over Dismissal
• Former Wis. Official Charged With Stealing Veteran Funds
• Pryor Cashman Aided Fraudster's $20M Scheme: Suit
• Ex-Ohio Official Loses Bid To Delay Fraud Trial
• Stanford Wants Doc's Mental Fitness Testimony Tossed
• Wiretaps In Gupta Case Get Tentative Nod From Judge
• A Model For Olympus Shareholder Litigation
• 3rd Circ. Affirms Ex-NJ Gov't Worker's Bribery Sentence
• Convicted Hedge Fund Head Says Trading Info Was Public
• WikiLeaks Backers Can't Block US' Access To Twitter Data
• Ex-ABB Exec Can't Escape FCPA Charges
• Enhancing Economic Espionage And Trade Secret Sentences
• Madoff Feeder Fund Investors Can't Recoup Cash: Judge
• Real Estate Exec Denies $18M Ponzi Scheme
• Madoff Trustee Tries To Stop Calif. AG Lawsuit
• Top 10 Securities Enforcement Developments Of 2011
• Gabon FCPA Exec Says He Didn't Understand Arms Sales Biz
• Gupta Seeks To Bar Wiretaps In Insider Trading Case
• Ex-La. Mayor Can't Shake Bribery Scheme Charges
• Ex-Lyondell Manager Gets 7 Years For Kickbacks Scheme
• Lobbyist Admits To Bribing Once-Influential NY Pol Kruger
• 3rd Circ. Scraps Fraud Convictions Of Philly Official, Others
• Troubled Ind. Pol Can Stay Put Pending Appeal: Judge
• FCPA Drumbeat To Continue After Record 2011
• McKenna Long Lures Ex-Asst. US Atty To LA Office
• Learning From The Lindsey FCPA Case
• Ala. Lawmakers, Others Can't Duck Gambling Vote Case
• Proskauer, Chadbourne Targeted By Stanford Fraud Victims
• Ex-Le-Nature's Exec Receives 15 Years For $668M Scam
• Ex-Parkway Hospital CEO Cops To Bribing NY Lawmaker
• 3 Indicted For Hiding $1B In Overseas Bank Accounts
• Jones Day Adds Ex-Health Care Fraud Chief
• US Seeks Prison Time For Ex-MediSys CEO In Bribery Case
• Ropes & Gray Welcomes Back US Prosecutor
• CDR, Founder Cop To Municipal Bond Bid-Rigging Scheme
• McGuireWoods Adds Financial Litigation Vet From Sullivan
• Facing FCPA Charges In Foreign Countries
• White Collar Cases To Watch In 2012