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White Collar - May, 2012

227 articles

• GE, Law Firm Put Up $32.5M To Duck Petters Clawback Suits
• Cellini Loses Acquittal Bid In Extortion Case
• US To Put Goldman's Blankfein On The Stand In Gupta Trial
• Mets Owners' $162M Madoff Settlement Wins Court OK
• Madoff Trustee Goes After $212M From Credit Suisse, Others
• NY's Abacus Bank Charged With Mortgage Fraud
• Edwards Mistrial Sinks DOJ's Novel Campaign Finance Charges
• Megaupload Seeks Dismissal, Funds In Piracy Case
• Miss. Drops Engineers' Charges Over Eaton Trade-Secret Theft
• Thorny Issues Force Edwards Jury To Take Its Time
• Gupta Defense Looks To Smother Link To Galleon Founder
• Congressman Tries To Bar Comments From Clemens Trial
• Ex-FDA Counsel Joins Crowell & Moring
• Insurer Must Face $31.6M Madoff Claims In Bankruptcy Court
• Ex-Hogan Lovells Atty's $2M Travel Scam Ends At Jailhouse
• Olympus Quells Contract Feud With Ousted CEO
• NY Fed Contractor Cops To Stealing Source Code
• Haiti Telecom Exec Gets Sentence Cut To 18 Months
• Ex-CCI Sales Chief Pleads Guilty In Foreign Bribery Case
• Gupta Lawyer Grills Criminal-Turned-Cooperator In Court
• Home Solutions Exec Pleads Not Guilty In Securities Fraud Case
• Madoff Trustee Seeks $77M From Credit Agricole, Others
• 3rd Juror Dismissed From Clemens Perjury Trial
• Minn. Firm Ducks Hedge Fund's Fraud Suit Over Polaroid Assets
• An Unconstitutional FCA Provision Lurking In PPACA?
• Dewey & LeBoeuf Files For Bankruptcy
• US Drops 9th Circ. Appeal In Lindsey FCPA Case
• Ex-AIG, Gen Re Execs In Settlement Talks With US
• Gupta Likely Source Of P&G Tips, Ex-Galleon Trader Says
• Telefunken Claims Ex-CEO Made Off With $20M
• SEC Advises High Court To Leave Madoff Investor Suits Alone
• Chartis Accused Of Failing To Cover $17M Ponzi Loss
• Ex-CCI Sales Chief To Change Plea In FCPA Case
• Reach Of High Court's GPS Ruling Expanded In Ky. Drug Bust
• Texas Duo Indicted In $19M Medicare, Medicaid Fraud
• Avoiding FCPA Prosecution For Employee Conduct
• 2 Prosecutors Sidelined Over Misconduct In Stevens Case
• Obama Picks Akin Gump Partner For Afghanistan IG Post
• Ex-SEC Atty Barred From Agency After Repping Stanford
• High Court Ruling Could Mean Retrials In White Collar Cases
• Prosecutors Unveil Key Raj Wiretaps As Gupta Case Builds
• Segui Strikes Out For Clemens Prosecutors
• UK Bribery Act Crippled By Lack Of Funding, Attys Say
• Edwards Jury Takes Another Look At Trial Exhibits
• The Government's Burgeoning Brady Problem
• Gupta Jury Hears Raj Wiretap For First Time
• 23-Year Sentence Too Harsh, Ponzi Schemer Tells 7th Circ.
• Investment Club Founder Gets 12 Years For Fraud
• Judge Denies SEC's Receiver Bid For BCI Aircraft, CEO
• UK Bill Outlines Plan To Ease Prosecution Of Cartel Cases
• Former Prosecutor Heads To Davis Wright Tremaine
• Crowell & Moring Settles 3 Suits Over Ex-RE Atty's Theft
• White Collar Attys Say Fitzgerald Leaves Big Shoes To Fill
• FCPA Crackdown Not Enough To Stop Bribery, CFOs Say
• MKS Worker Charged With Smuggling Uranium Sensors To China
• Dealing With Federal Search Warrants In 10 Easy Steps
• Ruskin Moscou Escapes Fortress' Suit Over $50M Dreier Theft
• SEC Goes After Sellers Of Rothstein's Sham Settlements
• Ex-Enron CEO Skilling Will Seek New Trial, Attys Say
• Air Shipper Says No-Contest Plea Won't Ease Cartel Sentence
• Raj Took Gupta-Linked Call Before Goldman Trade: Ex-Assistant
• Rakoff Punts On Primary Global Exec's Bid For New Trial
• Beware Obstruction Of Justice In Merger Investigations
• Ex-Haiti Official Hit With Hefty Sentence In FCPA Case
• Best Practices For Corporate Social Responsibility
• Chamber Of Commerce Members Flouted FCPA, Report Says
• Madoff Investors Ask 2nd Circ. To Revive Class Action
• CalSTRS Punishes Wal-Mart Board Over Bribery Scandal
• Heart Clinic Pays $1.5M To Settle Medicare Fraud Case
• LeClairRyan Nabs Enviro Partner From Sidley Austin
• Alleged Motor Oil Exporter To Iran Arrested While Fleeing US
• Treasury Dismisses Financial Crimes Enforcement Head
• Ex-Yahoo, Ameriprise Employees Admit To Insider Trading
• Feds Label Gupta 'Ultimate Corporate Insider' To Begin Trial
• Clemens Jury Hears McNamee Gave 3 Other MLB Players HGH
• Feds Say NY Consultant Doesn't Deserve Retrial Over $2M Scam
• Ex-Baker Atty Admits Role In $55M Stock Fraud, Escrow Scam
• $200M Medicare Schemer Objects To Feds' Sentencing Plan
• UK Bribery Act — There's A New Constable In Town
• High Court To Hear US Foreign Surveillance Law Fight
• Gupta Trial Promises To Be Different Ballgame Than Raj
• Hogan Atty Blocked From AUO Exec's Price-Fixing Case
• US Nixes 2nd Corruption Trial For Ohio Official
• Beer Can Evidence Not Just From Clemens, McNamee Tells Jury
• Jailed Tax Preparer Ran $35M Ponzi Scheme, NY AG Claims
• PwC Gets Claims It Hid Madoff Warnings Nixed By 2nd Circ.
• Ex-Citadel Engineer Denies Trade Secrets Theft
• Going To Trial On FCPA Charges — The Percentage Play
• Financial Adviser Charged With $46M 'Risky' Startup Scheme
• Madoff Trustee Claws Back $29M In Trotanoy Settlement
• Ex-Corps Official, Son Plead Guilty To $1B Bribery Scheme
• Ex-DOE Director Sent $1.3M In Contracts To Wife, US Says
• Buffett, Blankfein On List Of Possible Gupta Witnesses
• Wal-Mart Widens Internal Probe Of Overseas Bribery
• Altering 4(C) Documents May Land You In Jail
• Nurse Sentenced In $5M Medicare Home Health Fraud
• Don King's Co. Sends Rothstein Clawback To District Court
• Edwards Defense Displays Confidence With Quick Case
• Feds Shut Down Off-Label Bone Graft Probe, Medtronic Says
• Gupta Loses Bid To Keep Rajaratnam Wiretap From Jury
• Hedge Fund Hit With $800M Suit Over Inflated Valuations
• 2nd Circ. Says NYU Properly Denied MBA To Insider Trader
• Rothstein Kass Gets OK For $1.4M Ponzi Suit Settlement
• Pottage V. FSA — A Welcome Decision For UK Bank Execs
• Covington Snags FCPA, International Trade Pro For UK Office
• McNamee Tells Jury Clemens And Canseco Discussed Steroids
• Last Dewey Leader Calls It Quits As Partner Exits Continue
• ABN Amro, Other Madoff Funds To Get Review By NY Judge
• Freight Manager Gets 6 Months For Illegal Iran Exports
• Clemens Trainer Tells Jury He Saved Steroid Evidence
• Fishing Co. Still On Hook In $24M Pollution Suit
• 5th Circ. Upholds Wastewater Cos.' Convictions In CWA Case
• K&L Gates Malpractice Suit Over Le-Nature's Scam Revived
• Temple Settles With Feds Over Bogus Health Billing Allegations
• DOJ Launches Probe Into JPMorgan's $2B Trading Loss
• High Court Won't Review Ponzi Schemer's 50-Year Sentence
• Gupta Got $4M JV Boost For Tipping Rajaratnam, Feds Say
• News Corp. Hacking Probe Yields Charges For Rebekah Brooks
• Plea Agreements With Antitrust Division Post-VandeBrake
• AUO Exec Says DOJ Overreaching In Bid To Bar Hogan Atty
• Atty Charged With Swiping $3M From Oil Scheme Investors
• Rakoff Slams US Sentencing Guidelines For Being Too Harsh
• 9th Circ. Says 'Knowing' Access Enough For HIPAA Breach
• John Edwards Jury Won't Hear Of FEC Campaign Cash Ruling
• McNamee Says He Can't Forget Injecting Clemens With Steroids
• Detroit Doc Convicted In $7M Medicare Fraud Scheme
• Vinson & Elkins Opens San Francisco Office
• Ex-Bronx Sen. Espada Found Guilty Of Stealing From Nonprofit
• Limiting The Application Of The CFAA And EEA
• Tribe's Lawyer, Others Indicted In Casino Kickback Scheme
• 3 Ex-GE Execs Found Guilty Of Muni Bond Bid-Rigging
• UK Atty Helped Hide $10M Family Fortune From IRS, Feds Say
• Judge Refuses To Toss Edwards Campaign Finance Charges
• Rothstein Conspirator Pleads Guilty To Election Fraud
• Convicted $3.7M NASA Fraudsters Face False Claims Suit
• The Latest FCPA Target: Private Fund Advisers
• XL Must Keep Covering Legal Fees In $62M Stock Trading Case
• Awaiting Sentencing, Stanford Again Ruled Competent For Trial
• $7M Pump-And-Dump Scheme Offenders Get Prison Time
• Hogan Atty Barred From 'Switching Sides' To AUO, Says US
• SEC Hits Biotech Investor With Market Manipulation Suit
• Madoff Feeder Fund Liquidator Seeks $7M In 3 New Suits
• What Companies Can Learn From AU Optronics
• Where Rubber Hits Road: Examples Of Alternative Fees
• Ex-Marvell Tech Manager Avoids Prison For Insider Trading
• Dykstra Pleads Not Guilty To Bankruptcy Fraud Charges
• Clemens Jury Must Decide Pettitte's Credibility, US Says
• Notable Biotech Investor Cops To Securities Fraud
• SEC Says Ex-Detroit Mayor Got Gifts For Pension Fund Votes
• Sheppard Mullin Lands Gov't Contracts Pro From Katten
• Contractor Admits Role In $23M Iraq Kickbacks Scheme
• Ex-Netgear Engineer Convicted Of Stealing Marvell Secrets
• DOJ Stands Firm On Discovery Policy After Stevens Debacle
• FCA Cases May Be Lurking Within CMS Refund Obligation
• 2 Admit Roles In $13.8M Home Health Care Fraud
• Sempra Whistleblower Seeks Docs From 'Outsourced' SEC Probe
• Atty Charged With $1M Litigation-Funding Kickback Scheme
• RAM Faces Fines For Counterfeit, Contaminated Mesh
• Edwards Prosecutors Set To Wrap Case This Week
• Google Sheds Investor Suit Over $500M Drug Ads Settlement
• Afghan Food Contractor Asks 2nd Circ. To Junk $38M Judgment
• 2nd Circ. Denies Bail For Former Morgan Stanley Exec
• Radomski IDs Steroids, Syringes In Clemens Case
• Banks Duck RICO Claims In $40M Rothstein Ponzi Suit
• Gupta Pushes To Exclude Rajaratnam Wiretaps From Trial
• Manufacturing Co. To Pay $1M For Allegedly Overbilling NSA
• Lessons From Review Of UK Banks' Anti-Bribery Systems
• US' Clemens Case Hits Snags On '60 Minutes,' Pettitte Evidence
• Ex-NY Hospital Network Head Gets 3 Years For Bribes
• South Texas DA Charged With Bribery Scheme
• Chemist Gets 18 Months For Sanofi Trade Secrets Theft
• Stanford Receiver's Claims Process Wins Court Approval
• Ex-CFO Claims Tyco Owes Him $60M In Promised Payouts
• Rothstein Worker Gets 6 Months For Aiding $1B Campaign Scam
• DOJ Fights AUO Exec's Bid To Hire Hogan Appellate Star
• Abbott To Pay $1.6B To Settle Depakote Allegations
• Reducing Corruption Risk By Disrupting Moral Hazard
• Wives Of Madoff Sons Face $57.5M Unjust Enrichment Claims
• Dismissing FCA Cases Over Relators' Objections
• UK Officials Allowed To Preview Evidence In News Corp. Probe
• Ky. Businessman Gets 20 Years For $34M Oil and Gas Scheme
• Rajaratnam Faces Deposition In $5M Tax Shelter Case
• Provident Founder Gets 20 Years In $428M Ponzi Scheme
• FinCEN Extends Comment Period For Account Owner Rule
• Former NY Sen. Monserrate Cops To Corruption Charges
• Ex-NY Senate Leader Ready For Bribery Retrial, His Atty Says
• Ex-NHL Players' Association Chief Joins Jackson Lewis
• Law360 Names Top Female Trial Attorneys
• Ex-Sky Capital Broker Gets 5 Years For $140M Stock Fraud
• DEA Checkup — Controlled Substance Prescriptions
• CalSTRS Goes After Wal-Mart Execs Over Alleged Bribery Plot
• Lancelot Trustee Sues Katten Over Conflict Of Interest
• Sky Capital's Ross Mandell Gets 12 Years For $140M Fraud
• Pension Funds Get Cert. In $227M Madoff-Related ERISA Suit
• Key Clemens Prosecution Witness To Take Stand Next Week
• Medicare Fraudster Can Testify In $200M Kickback Trial
• Rep. Calls For Independent Counsel In MF Global Probe
• Stock Promoter To Serve 3 Years For Bribery Scheme
• Madoff Feeder Fund Manager Can't Shake $1.8M Judgment
• Lie To The Feds And Face Jail Time
• NHHI Unit Exec Cops Plea Over Altered Docs In Merger Probe
• Cheese Distributors Deny Charges Over Contaminated Product
• Predictive Coding — Putting The Cart Before The Horse
• Atty Tied To $1B Mutual Benefits Scam Settles SEC Suit
• Ex-Atty Gets 25 Years For Role in $34M Oil and Gas Scheme
• Ex-FEMA Worker Admits Role In $100M Katrina Contract Case
• Sen. Seeks Info Tying News Corp. Scandal To US Activity
• Fortress Says Ruskin Moscou Helped Dreier's Misdeeds
• Judge Urged To Lift Brakes On Auto Light Price-Fixing Case
• Goodwin Procter Scoops Up Former US Offshore Drilling Head
• Fla. Appeals Court Remands KPMG Madoff Audit Fight
• Pettitte Admits Shaky Memory Of Clemens' Steroid Comment
• Jeffer Mangels Snags Ex-Proskauer White Collar Atty
• 107 Charged In Record $450M Medicare Fraud Bust
• Ohio Official Seeks To Overturn Corruption Conviction
• Gupta Loses Bid For Financial Info Of SEC Cooperators
• The FCPA Goes Hollywood
• Bribe-Paying Hospital CEO Gets 4 Months
• 'Willful Blindness' May Be News Corp.'s Legal Undoing In US
• Former Ill. Town Comptroller Charged With $53M Fraud
• Mutual Benefits Atty Linked To $1B Scheme Faces SEC Suit
• Yankees' Pettitte Says Clemens Admitted Steroid Use
• 6th Circ. Won't Overturn Fen-Phen Attys' Convictions
• 2 More Sentenced In Sweeping NJ Corruption Probe
• NYC Comptroller Associates Deny Campaign Finance Scheme
• Feds Want To Use Rajaratnam Wiretaps In Gupta Case
• Case Study: US V. Aleynikov