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White Collar - April, 2012

242 articles

• Costa Rican Co. Prez Convicted Of $485M Insurance Fraud
• Ex-Tech Exec Gets 22 Years For $31M Investment Scam
• Judge Drops Madoff Trustee's Claims In 4 Clawback Suits
• Janis Schuelke Partners Dissolve Firm, Seek Greener Pastures
• SEC Taps New Deputy Director Of Enforcement
• Ill. High Court To Allow Judges To Participate In Plea Talks
• Abramoff Pal Seeks High Court Review Of $20M Judgment
• Madoff Feeder Liquidator Urges 2nd Circ. To Back Ch. 15
• 4th Hitachi-LG Exec Cops To Disk Drive Bid-Rigging Plot
• Judge Sends Stanford Class Action Back To State Court
• Ill. Lawmaker Denies Bribery Charge Tied To State Grant
• Ex-Ill. Gov. George Ryan Wins 2nd Look At Corruption Case
• Iraq Contract Schemers' Appeal Chances Help Win Bail
• Govt. Wants Claims Against Key Clemens Witness Out Of Trial
• Texas Nurse Denied Bail In Record $375M Medicare Fraud
• Oil Traders Get Prison Stints For Lyondell Kickback Scheme
• Air Cargo Co. Looks To End Antitrust Case In Rare Plea
• Picard Urges 2nd Circ. To Revive $30B In Suits Against Banks
• Contractor Pleads Guilty To Katrina-Related Kickbacks
• Liu Treasurer Hit With New Charge In Campaign Finance Case
• Famed White Collar Atty's Family Launches New Firm
• 2 More Investors Cop To Auction Bid-Rigging Scheme
• Stanford Victims Push For Streamlined Claims Process
• Lampoon CEO Can't Hush Wiretap In $230M Fraud Case
• Standard Chartered Hit With $330M Madoff Clawback Suit
• Ex-NY State Sen. Kruger Gets 7 Years For Bribery Scheme
• Dewey Partners Press DA To Bring Charges Against Firm Head
• Former Naval Engineer Indicted In $10M Bribery Case
• NY High Court OKs Wiretap Evidence Despite Failure To Notify
• Gupta Investigation Targets Another Goldman Sachs Banker
• SEC Sets Sights On Bristol-Myers In Foreign Bribery Crackdown
• NJ Mayor Charged With Attempted Extortion
• Atty Grills Edwards Aide On Knowledge Of Mistress' Pregnancy
• Denso Exec Prison Bound For Auto Parts Price-Fixing Scheme
• Kazakhstan Prez's Family Launches $20M NYC Condo Dispute
• TD Bank Drops Greenberg Traurig After Rothstein Trial Gaffe
• Operationalizing Law Department Performance Metrics
• Brazilian Lawmaker Can't Kick Charges Over $11.6M Scheme
• Ex-Morgan Stanley Exec Cops To Role In China Bribery Scheme
• Ex-Optionable CEO Gets 30 Months For Gas Stock Fraud
• Disbarred Atty Admits To Health Care Fraud Scam
• Prosecutors Defend Rajaratnam Wiretaps To 2nd. Circ.
• Edwards Defense Rips Former Aide As Liar, Opportunist
• Texas Medical Supply Firm Owners Admit Medicare Kickbacks
• 'Mini-Madoff' Associates Charged In $413M Ponzi Scheme
• Miami Schemers Get Prison, $40M Penalty For Medicare Fraud
• Smith Gambrell To Pay $11M To Settle Ponzi Negligence Case
• Wal-Mart Investor Sues Execs Over Reported Bribery Plot
• NY Real Estate Execs Admit Invoice Fraud On $573M Project
• High Court Trims IRS Window For Targeting Tax Offenses
• Ex-Wilson Sonsini Atty, Others Settle $32M Insider Trading Suit
• 2 Charged With Plotting To Sell US Military Info To China
• Movie Studios In FCPA Spotlight For China Dealings
• Contractors Can Face Honest Services Fraud Charges: 9th Circ.
• Edwards Claimed Hush Money Was Legal, Ex-Aide Testifies
• Stanford Receiver Asks 5th Circ. For Hold On Libyan Assets
• Mistrial Declared In Book-Cooking Case Against Vitesse Execs
• French Firm's Bid For Full Tilt Fails, 2nd Buyer Rumored
• Wal-Mart Creates New Officer Post To Ensure FCPA Compliance
• Feds Want Probe Into New Goldman Leak Suspect Kept Quiet
• Texas Dispenser Admits Shipping Drug Blamed For 3 Deaths
• Bovis Lend Lease Cops To Fraud, Agrees To $56M In Fines
• Clemens Atty Calls Key US Witness' Claims 'Garbage'
• Ex-BP Engineer Faces 1st Criminal Charges In Deepwater Probe
• Aleynikov And Nosal — 2 Major Government Setbacks
• A Bitter Pill: Personal Liability For Health Care Execs
• Ex-Calif. Attorney Gets 5 Years In Prison For $7M Fraud
• Wal-Mart May Face FCPA Charges Over Mexican Bribery Plot
• Tongues Wag Over Wal-Mart's Choice Of Greenberg Traurig
• Fund Manager Must Forfeit $40M For Black Diamond Ponzi Role
• Witness Bombshell Kicks Off Edwards Trial
• DOJ's Tax Lien Bid-Rigging Probe Nabs 8th Guilty Plea
• Ex-Honey Import Worker Admits Role In $1.5M Duty Scheme
• Clemens Spun Web Of Lies To Mask Steroid Use, Jury Hears
• Auto Parts Co. Fujikura To Pay $20M For Price Fixing
• Ex-AUO Exec Says He's Not Liable For Price Fixing Outside US
• Ex-Merrill Exec's Enron Fraud Case Denied High Court Review
• Rejecting 'Selective Waiver' In The 9th Circ.
• Recruiters Got Kickbacks In $45M Medicare Scam, US Says
• US Says Jenkens Juror Dishonest, Not Biased
• Ex-Corps Official, Son To Cop To $1B Contract Scheme
• Real Estate Investor Gets 6 Months For Auction Bid-Rigging
• Sex Shouldn't Erase Hospital VP's Bribery Sentence, US Says
• Ex-DeLay Aide Sentenced In Abramoff Lobbying Case
• Ernst & Young Settles Tax Shelter Case
• Provident Capital Admits To Reinsurance Bond Scheme
• Ex-LatiNode VP Gets 2 Years For Telecom Bribery Scheme
• NJ Court Sinks Coverage Suit Over $15M Madoff Losses
• AIG Units, Lennar End Trade Secrets, Extortion Coverage Row
• A Recap Of FCPA Enforcement So Far This Year
• National Lampoon CEO Can't Duck $230M Fraud Case
• Ex-Prosecutor Tapped To Lead NJ Consumer Watchdog
• House Dems Push Holder On Oil Speculation Probe
• 11th Circ. Upholds $62M Disgorgement For Ex-Lancer Exec
• US Takes A Swing At Clemens' 'Guilt By Association' Pitch
• Madoff Trustee Seeks To Bar 3rd-Party Suit In Luxembourg
• Possible Goldman Tipster For Rajaratnam Probed In Calif.
• Naval Subcontractor Admits To Lying To FBI About Kickbacks
• Judge OKs $321.6M Fine Against Merck For Vioxx Marketing
• No Charges In Botched Stevens Case Remains Sticking Point
• Debating Preclusion Of State Law Securities Claims
• Patient Recruiter Admits Role In $5.5M Medicare Fraud
• Contractor Cops To Kickbacks Scam In $1B Army Corps Scandal
• Schottenfeld Insider Trading Cooperator Gets House Arrest
• Feds Charge 3 In $15M Litigation Investment Scheme
• Lexington Asks For $10M Limit In Rothstein Ponzi Suit
• Media Mogul Conrad Black Resolves Libel Suit
• UK Mulls Criminal Charges In News Corp. Hacking Probe
• Reddy Ice Makes $1M Deal In Shareholders' Cartel Suit
• Restitution Can't Be Based On Illicit Gains, 2nd Circ. Says
• Docket Diving: Strategic Uses Of Online Docket Info
• Texas Atty Gets 1 Year For Role In Judicial Bribery Scheme
• Municipal Tax Lien Crackdown Nets 7th Guilty Plea
• 4th Circ. Affirms Burberry Counterfeiting Convictions
• US Fire Says Family's $10M Madoff Loss Not Insured
• State, DOD Resist Suspension Rule In Contract Reform Bill
• Fishing Boat Engineer Pleads Guilty In $24M Pollution Case
• Obama Vows To Get Tough On Oil Speculators
• 2 Former CCI Execs Admit To Foreign Bribery Scheme
• US Denies Witness Tampering In Hospital Fraud Case
• Skirting The Constitutional Question In Criminal Fines
• Sentencing Panel Floats New Insider Trading, Fraud Rules
• Prosecutor In Ted Stevens Case Quits Justice Department
• Fairfield Funds Liquidator Seeks $130M In 5 New Suits
• Steptoe To Cough Up Docs In CCI Bribery Case
• Ex-GE Execs Ripped Off Cities In Muni Bond Scam, Jury Told
• Dan Marino Charity Has Rothstein Cash, Trustee Says
• Skilling Denied High Court Review In Latest Appeal
• The Jencks Joke
• Judge Unites 300 Madoff Suits For Ruling On Stern Impact
• Judge Stays Proskauer Suits Pending 5th Circ. Ruling
• Swindler Gets 2 Years In $53M Oil, Gas Securities Scam
• 3rd Circ. Backs Ex-Army Officers' Bid-Rigging Convictions
• Edwards Trial Will Test DOJ's Theory Of Campaign Law
• Coca-Cola, Others Sue Over Puerto Rico Shipper Price-Fixing
• Canada Fines Suncor For Gas Price-Fixing Scheme
• Ex-Synergy CEO Arrested In $750M Bank Fraud Scheme
• Ex-Hotel Exec Gets 70 Months For $1.6M Investment Fraud
• Ex-Whittier Analyst Pleads Guilty In $62M Insider Tips Case
• Rising Star: Dechert's Adam Wasserman
• DOJ Demands Sentencing Date For AUO LCD Price-Fixers
• Responding To FINRA's Insider Trading Inquiries
• Olympus Faces $2M Fine For Accounting Scandal
• Ex-Nvidia Analyst Turned Insider Tips Informer Dodges Jail
• Espadas Fight Use of Credit Card Info In Corruption Case
• Priest Johnson PLLC Opens Office In Dallas
• Ex-Rothstein Atty To Admit To Campaign Donation Fraud
• KPMG Audit To Blame For Madoff Losses, 2nd Circ. Hears
• Quinn, US Spar Over Conflict Of Interest In Megaupload Case
• Ex-NJ Mayor Gets 30 Months For Bribery
• Former Mo. Gov., Atty Charged Over Illegal Donation
• Akerman Welcomes White Collar Vet To Miami Office
• Alcoa Gains White Collar Partner From Fried Frank
• US V. Nosal — Implications For CFAA Cases
• Chemical Co. Pleads Not Guilty To DuPont Trade Secret Theft
• USAID Contractor Exec Stole $1M In HIV, Health Funds: Feds
• Lancer Insider Trader Pays $1.5M To End Civil Suit
• Fla. Law Cracks Down On Unregistered Securities Sales
• Denver Man Dodges Jail In Apache Deal Insider Tip Case
• Rising Star: Davis Polk's Paul Spagnoletti
• CCI Execs Shouldn't Get Steptoe Docs In FCPA Case, US Says
• 2nd Circ. Limits Prosecution In Goldman Trade Secret Case
• HealthSouth Investors Can Reseek $3M From Scrushy Charity
• Contractor Pleads Guilty In $23M Iraq Kickback Scheme
• 2 Ex-Prosecutors Join Baker & McKenzie Compliance Team
• US Fights Dimora Release Over Alleged Gambling, Drinking
• Rothstein Accountant's Insurer Must Hand $10M To Trustee
• Gupta Prosecutors Make New Insider Tipping Claim
• Ex-Frontier Holdings CEO Blasts 'Gamesmanship' By Feds
• 11th Circ. Won't Review US Sanctions Ruling In Physician Case
• Madoff In-Law Joins Chorus Asking To Move Clawback Suits
• 9th Circ. Says CFAA Doesn't Apply To Worker Data Theft
• EPIC Urges 4th Circ. To Bar Gov't Access To Work Emails
• Rising Star: Winston & Strawn's Tom Kirsch
• The UK Can Learn From US Treatment Of Whistleblowers
• Car Warranty Co. Owner Admits To $71M Fraud
• Bank Austria Says Picard Can't Aim Tort Claims At 3rd Parties
• Former Orthofix VP Cops To Paying Kickbacks
• Kirkland Adds FCPA Expert From DOJ
• Ex-CEO Of Antifreeze Co. Prison Bound For $60M Stock Scam
• UBS On Verge Of Beating Developer's Tax Fraud Suit
• $140M Judgment Ordered For Convicted Meridian Founder
• McGuireWoods Nabs Ex-Fed Prosecutor For Chicago Office
• Rising Star: Simpson Thacher's Nicholas Goldin
• Ex-Rothstein Partner Charged For Check-Kiting, Campaign Fraud
• Ex-FBI Agent Gets Time For Hiding Affair With Fraud Source
• NY Prosecutor Taps New Head Of Economic Crimes Unit
• Continuing The Trend: Biomet's FCPA Settlement
• UBS Asks To Shield Docs In GE Bid-Rigging Probe
• Proskauer Rose Seeks Review On 5th Circ. Ponzi Decision
• Jenkens Tax Cheats Say 'Mentally Ill' Juror Calls For New Trial
• SC High Court Affirms Mortgage Co. Exec's Fraud Sentence
• Rothstein Fund Trustee, Insurers Want Hand In Deposition
• Execution Threats To Regulators Earn Trader 28-Month Term
• Rising Star: Alston & Bird's Craig Carpenito
• Ex-Nvidia Analyst Seeks Probation In Insider Trading Case
• Businessman Convicted Of $136M DOT Contracts Fraud
• UBS, Others Ask 2nd Circ. To Bury $30B Of Madoff Claims
• Ex-Tyco CEO Kozlowski Denied Parole
• Judge Raises Stanford Receiver Rate To $400 Per Hour
• Feds Won't Drop Daimler Foreign Bribery Charges Yet
• Bradley Arant Hires Another Prosecutor For White Collar Team
• Russia's Turn Toward Anti-Corruption Enforcement
• Quinn, Rothken Seek Seized Funds For Megaupload Legal Fees
• Ex-SEC Atty, Others To Pay Millions Over Illegal Stock Sales
• Ex-US Fidelis Owners Charged With Lifting $71M From Co.
• Ex-Intel Worker To Plead Guilty In $1B Trade Secret Theft
• Alleged LulzSec Member Cops To Hacking Sony Pictures
• BDO Seidman Settles Investor Suit Over Le-Nature's Loan
• Judge Releases Some McGinn Assets For Criminal Defense
• Cadwalader Snags Another DOJ Vet For Business Fraud Group
• $2.6M HUBZone Fraudster Gets A Year Behind Bars
• Ex-Regulator Urges DOJ To Probe Wall Street Oil Speculation
• Wives Of Madoff Sons To Face Suit Over $115M Payouts
• Citibank Forced To Boost Money Laundering Protections
• The Ted Stevens Prosecution — What's The Lesson?: Part 2
• Clemens Strikes Back At US Attacks On Perjury Defense
• Predictive Coding — Cost Savings If Investment Is Made
• Ruth Madoff's Attys Can't Claim Legal Fees, Judge Says
• US Wants Air Cargo Exec's Immunity Kept From Jury's Ears
• NY AG Charges 4 Over $155M Black Market HIV Drug Scam
• Feds Examining KGL's Alleged Dealings In Iran, Report Says
• In Search Of A Definition Of 'Foreign Official'
• Ex-Mayer Brown FCPA Pro Decamps For LeClairRyan
• Ex-Volvo Execs Fined Over Iraq Oil-For-Food Bribes
• Ex-Blagojevich Aide, Key Witness Gets 2-Year Sentence
• JPMorgan Rainmaker Fined For Disclosing Private Info
• Japanese Auto Parts Co. Pleads Guilty In Price-Fixing Probe
• 7th Circ. Revives Lancelot Trustee's Auditor Malpractice Suit
• Feds Hint At New Charges In NYC Comptroller Fraud Case
• Travelers Unit Won't Cover Madoff Suits, Conn. Banks Say
• Paul Weiss Atty Can't Nix Madoff-Related Divorce Deal
• Antitrust Division's Pound Of Flesh: AU Optronics' Impact
• Metal Importer Agrees To Pay $6M In DOD Flare Case
• Hundreds Want Madoff Suits Out Of Bankruptcy Court
• Ex-Mass. Treasurer Faces Corruption Charges Over Lottery Ads
• 8th Circ. Limits Standing For Stock Forfeiture Protests
• Former Bush Atty Joins Drinker Biddle's White Collar Group
• MPAA Wants Server Content Kept Out Of Megaupload's Hands
• Ex-Bristol Myers Exec Settles SEC Profit Inflation Suit
• Ex-Fluor Manager Admits To Thievery At Iraqi Base
• A New Director For The UK's Serious Fraud Office