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White Collar - June, 2012

236 articles

• Ex-Wall Street Exec Dies In Court After Arson Conviction
• Feds Ask 4th Circ. To Uphold Ex-Massey Official's Conviction
• NJ Town Official Admits Laundering Bribe To Mayor
• Ex-Citigroup VP's $22M Looting Scheme Earns Him 8 Years
• Top UK Banks To Provide Redress Over Derivative Sales
• Ex-Hospital CEO Gets 2 Years For Scamming Medicaid Funds
• Law360's Global 20 Firms Open Up New Frontiers
• GOP Sen. Slams DOJ For Refusing To Prosecute Holder
• Wiley Rein Picks Up White Collar Veteran From Akerman
• Fantasy Author Headed To Prison After Too Many Tall Tales
• NJ Business Owner Admits To School Contract Bid-Rigging
• NY AG's Office Sues Former NARAL Chief For Bilking Charity
• Peter Madoff Pleads Guilty, Says Ponzi Scheme Shocked Him
• Feds Cleared Of Witness Tampering In Hospital Bribery Case
• United Technologies To Pay $75M Over China Helicopter Exports
• Texas Court Affirms $1.5M Award In Oil Investment Scam
• 4th Circ. Tosses Donors' Dismissal That Cited Citizens United
• Madoff Trustee, Tremont Shake Challenge To $1B Deal
• 2 Ex-Chicago Area Officials Charged In Bribe Schemes
• Polsinelli Shughart Lures WC Defender From Shook Hardy
• DOJ Unlikely To Prosecute Holder Contempt Charge
• Deal Between WexTrust Receiver, Much Shelist Wins Approval
• New Zealand Judge Rules Kim Dotcom Raid Was Illegal
• House Holds AG Holder In Contempt
• Barclays CEO Will Get 'Serious Questions' On Libor Dealings
• DOJ Scores Guilty Plea In $63M Medicare Fraud
• Sentinel Criminal Case Will Take Priority Over SEC Suit
• Gupta And The Future Of Insider Trading Policy
• Madoff's Brother Agrees To Forfeit $143B In Plea Deal
• Ex-NBA Star Dodges Trial Over $10M Mortgage Fraud Charges
• Home Solutions Exec Says He Bribed New Orleans Official
• SEC Settlements Reflect New Focus On Individuals
• $200M Medicare Schemer Gets 5-Year Sentence, $13M Fine
• SunFirst Director Gets 3 Months In Online Poker Crackdown
• Washington Post Granted Access To Clemens Jurors' Names
• 11th Circ. Shoots Down $300M Ammo Fraudster's Appeal
• Feds Net 10th Guilty Plea In $1B Army Bribery Scheme
• Traps For The Unwary In Disputes Involving China
• Calif. Atty Gets 3 Years For Obstructing Visa Fraud Case
• Texas Atty Convicted Of Bribing Judge Seeks Acquittal
• Dykstra Enters Plea Agreement In Bankruptcy Fraud Case
• Army Sgt. Convicted For Role In Kuwait Kickback Scheme
• International Financial Fraud Sting Nets 24 Arrests
• Expert Networking Exec Cops To Illegal Abaxis Tips
• Ex-Detroit Mayor's Friend Gets Mistrial In Bid-Rigging Case
• Official Lauds Quality Of SEC Tips Under New Program
• Galleon Trader Turned FBI Cooperator Gets Probation
• 4 Charged Over Military Aircraft Part Exports To Venezuela
• An Imprecise Measure Of Loss — At Best
• Case Study: US V. Southern Union
• Plasticon Prez Convicted Of $18M Penny Stock Fraud
• High Court To Decide If Obsolete Laws Rule In Error Reviews
• Supreme Court Snub Paves Way For $8B Madoff Payout
• Top Fitzgerald Deputy Named US Attorney In Chicago
• 'Jacob The Jeweler' Files $12M Suit Against Jailed Adviser
• Tackling Internal Fraud: Weeding Out The Enemy Within
• Merkin Pays $410M To End NY AG's Madoff Fund Loss Claims
• UBS' $2.3B Trading Loss Spurs Investor Class Action
• Madoff Trustee To Appeal Two-Year Clawback Limit
• High Court Ruling Makes Economics Crucial In Cartel Cases
• Corrupt Judge's Libel Ruling Is Void, Texas High Court Says
• Dreier Judge Tells Cochran Firm To Yield Docs Or Face Fine
• GCs Name Law Firms With Top Shelf Brands
• Judge Sets March 2013 Retrial For Ex-NY Sen. Espada
• Ex-Honey Import Worker Gets 2 Years For Skirting Duties
• Ex-AIG, Gen Re Execs Settle $500M Accounting Fraud Charges
• Lessons From World Bank's Sanctions Board Decisions
• High Court Makes Steep Criminal Fines Harder To Come By
• Fraud Case Against Head Of Galleon-Linked Fund Will Proceed
• 5th Circ. Says Wartime Law Allows Colonel's Bribery Charges
• Judge Greenlights Price-Fixing MDL Over Auto Lighting
• Ex-Title Co. CFO Gets Probation In Tax Fraud Case
• SocGen Trader Appeals Code Theft Verdict In 2nd Circ.
• 3rd Circ. Lets Insurers Off Hook In Juvie Kickback Scandal
• Lessons From US Fund Advisers On Foreign Ground
• High Court Overturns Southern Union's $18M Criminal Fine
• National Lampoon CEO Convicted In $230M Investor Scam
• Middleman In Texas Judicial Bribery Scheme Gets 10 Years
• 3rd Circ. Upholds Insurer Win In 'Kids For Cash' Scandal
• Blagojevich Fundraiser Arrested For Alleged Bribe Scheme
• US Fidelis Co-Owner Admits Role Again In $70M Fraud
• Madoff Client Immune To Securities Class Action, Judge Says
• $1B Army Bribery Probe Nets 9th Guilty Plea
• 4th Circ. Backs Ex-Taylor Bean Head's $3B Fraud Conviction
• An FCPA Customs Investigation In Kazakhstan
• House Set To Battle Obama After Finding Holder In Contempt
• Disbarred Attys Must Forfeit Assets Over Fen-Phen Fees
• EPA Sued For $65M By NY Developer Charged Over Dumping
• Clemens Acquittal Betrays DOJ's Leadership Woes, Attys Say
• Holder To Face House Contempt Vote Wednesday
• Accused Fund Fraudster Balboa Can Ditch Ankle Bracelet
• Ex-Sullivan & Cromwell Partner Suspended For Tax Dodging
• Charcoal Co. Owner Cops Plea In DOJ Bid-Rigging Probe
• Stanford Exec Gets 3 Years For Obstructing Fraud Probe
• Cahill Gordon Picks Up Shearman Securities, Antitrust Pro
• OFAC's Latest Warning To Cos. Doing Business Abroad
• Power Plant Services Co. Pays $9M To End FCPA Charges
• Latest Conviction In Judicial Bribery Case Falls On Texas Atty
• NJ Panel Clears Info-Sharing Bill To Foil Insurance Fraud
• Most Execs Unconcerned About D&O Suits, Survey Finds
• UK's Fraud Office Misfires In Search Of Major Prosecution
• NY High Court Won't Hear Suit Over Dechert Ponzi Loan Advice
• Ex-AT&T Employee Cops Plea To Illegal Tipping Charge
• High Court Denies Ex-McKesson Chairman's Conviction Appeal
• Insurer Reaches Settlement Over Crown Forex FINRA Claims
• Clemens Acquitted In Perjury Trial
• Lawyers Warn Clemens Trial Will Make Witnesses Gun-Shy
• Sidley Austin Lures Former Federal Prosecutor To SF Office
• Ex-Sentinel Execs Deny $500M Fraud Charges
• Scruggs Leaks Can't Save State Farm From Katrina FCA Suit
• A Reg FD Reminder From Social Media
• Judge OKs $7.8M Settlement For Hispanic Madoff Investors
• Gupta Wiretap Appeal Would Face Slim Chance Of Success
• Gupta Win Strengthens DOJ's Hand In Insider Trading Cases
• Motor Oil Exec Indicted Over Alleged Iran Export Scheme
• Barclays, Hedge Funds Reach Deal In $100M Enron Suit
• Jurors Say They Hoped To Free Gupta, But Had To Convict
• Rothstein Ponzi Funded Versace Mansion With $125M Price Tag
• Online Posts Shouldn't Sink Katrina Scam Case, Feds Say
• US Fidelis Co-Owner Cops To Insurance, Consumer Fraud
• Ex-SEC Attorney Pleads Not Guilty To Green Scheme Charges
• Former Taylor Bean Exec Gets 5 Years For Role In $3B Fraud
• US Car Dealers Say Foreign Cos. Fixed Bearing Prices
• A Compliance Defense For The FCPA?
• Gupta Found Guilty Of Insider Trading
• Ex-CCI Customer Service VP Latest To Cop To FCPA Charges
• Quinn Emanuel May Pose Conflict In Megaupload Case, Feds Say
• Attys Divided Over Start Of $62M Dell Insider Trading Suit
• Gupta Jury Weighs Evidence As Deliberations Begin
• JFTC Charges Japanese Bearing Cos. With Price-Fixing
• Stanford Gets 110 Years For $7B Ponzi Scheme
• Dreier Trustee Wants Cochran Firm Sanctioned
• Hitachi-LG Exec Wins Lowered 7-Month Bid-Rigging Sentence
• Lights, Camera, Courtroom: Lessons From Mike Wallace
• BDO Puts Up $50M To End Tax Fraud Investigation
• Prosecutors Recap 'Devastating' Evidence To Gupta Jury
• Stanford Receiver Can't Put Hold On Libyan Assets: 5th Circ.
• Madoff Investor Calls On 2nd Circ. To Oust Trustee
• Clemens Jury Continues Deliberations As Sandman Visits Again
• DOJ Abandons Case Against John Edwards
• Ex-EpsteinBeckerGreen Partner Targeted For Petters Clawback
• Ex-Orion Bank CEO Sentenced To 6 Years For Lending Fraud
• Jones Day Snags Fraud Chief From US Atty's Office In LA
• Case Study: US V. Milovanovic
• SEC Targets Sales Reps For Roles In $415M Ponzi Scheme
• Swiss Re, Others Avoid Covering JPMorgan For Ponzi Losses
• Gupta Defense Rests Case In Insider Trading Trial
• 3 Trevor Cook Associates Convicted In $194M Ponzi Scheme
• Holder Grilled Over Antitrust Office Closings, 2nd Term Plans
• Clemens Entangled In Web Of Lies, Prosecutors Say
• UK Antitrust Reform Bill Heads For Committee Scrutiny
• Wal-Mart's Worldwide Anti-Corruption Policies Under Review
• Bankruptcy Court Can't Hear Madoff Suits: Barclays, Others
• McCain Calls For Special Prosecutor To Probe Security Leaks
• Bus Contractor Cops To School District Kickback Scheme
• ING To Pay $619M Over Illegal Cuba, Iran Transactions
• BP Spill Judge Won't Recuse Himself In Obstruction Case
• US Wants Stanford On The Hook For $6B In Ponzi Scheme
• Alcoa Can't Escape $1B Bahrain Bribery And RICO Suit
• Texas Crane Co.'s Ex-Legal Chief Accused Of Stealing $9M
• Gupta Judge Tentatively Bars 'Second Tipper' Wiretaps
• DOJ Seeks 7 Years For Taylor Bean CFO In Fraud Scheme
• NYC Pension Funds Sue Wal-Mart Over Mexican Expansion
• Clemens Defense Rests Without Pitcher's Testimony
• Morgan Stanley Topples Loan Sale Suit In 7th Circ.
• Allergan Can't Kick Investor Suit Over $600M Botox Settlement
• Schemer Gets 7 Years For $60M Fraud Victimizing Verizon Unit
• Holder May Face Contempt Charges From House Committee
• Commerce Head Could Face Hit-And-Run Charges
• Ex-Innospec CEO Cops To UK Foreign Bribery Charges
• Edwards Aide Could Face Contempt Charges Over Sex Tape
• Holder Picks 2 US Attys To Head Probes Into Security Leaks
• Fla. Residents Found Guilty Of $1M Disaster Fund Fraud
• Clemens' Wife Counters McNamee On Date She Took HGH
• Gupta Will Not Take Stand, His Lawyer Says
• Real Estate Investors Cop To Bid Rigging In DOJ Probe
• Autoliv, Others Face Class Action After $14.5M Antitrust Fine
• Foreign Madoff Defendants To Get Hearing In District Court
• Feds Ignore Lessons Of GSK Obstruction Case, Attys Say
• Bank Not Liable For Client's ERISA Fraud, 6th Circ. Says
• Ex-NewPoint President Pleads Guilty In $20M Ponzi Case
• Madoff-Mets Settlement: It Ain't Over Till It's Over
• Ex-Pegasus CEO Gets 21 Years For $35M Stock Fraud
• Goldman Sachs' Blankfein Says Gupta 'Leaks' Not Allowed
• DOJ To Push For Stiff Sentences In AUO Cartel Case
• Dykstra Strikes Out In Bid To Dodge Criminal Charges
• US Seeks 230-Year Prison Term For Stanford's $7B Scam
• Oil Probes Show FCPA Enforcement Has Cos. Running Scared
• Clemens Defense Pokes Holes In McNamee's Steroid Claims
• Recordings Off-Limits In Bid-Rigging Case Against UBS Execs
• Madoff Trustee Says Calif. AG's Suit Is Illegal
• NY Lawmakers Seek Help In Push To Legalize Sports Betting
• Feds Lose Bid To Bar Experts In FCPA Trial
• Baker Hostetler Gets Veteran Trial Pro From McDonald Hopkins
• Orthofix To Pay $42M To End Kickback, Medicare Fraud Claims
• Oil Giants Investigate Allegations Of Bribery In Kazakhstan
• Federal Sentencing Guidelines: Too Blunt An Instrument?
• Gupta Defense Floats Theory Of Another Goldman Insider
• Madoff Trustee Launches $800 Million In Clawback Suits
• DOJ's Aggressive FCPA Enforcement Bites The Agency Back
• Sens. Push For New Discovery Law In Wake Of Stevens Case
• Hitachi-LG Exec Seeks Reduced Sentence In Bid-Rigging Case
• Exposing Online Service Providers To Criminal Liability
• AUO, Execs Lose Bid To Toss LCD Price-Fixing Convictions
• Judge Vacates FCPA Conviction Over Gov't Misconduct
• Autoliv Fined $14.5M In DOJ's Auto Parts Cartel Probe
• Edwards Judge To Revisit Jurisdiction, Use Of Civil Docs
• Ex-Vitesse Execs Push For Acquittal Following Fraud Mistrial
• Ex-Madoff Admin Forfeits $2M, Admits Fudging Tax Records
• Forensic Expert Calls Clemens Beer Can Evidence 'Garbage'
• NY Lawmakers Push Punishments For Tax-Zapping Businesses
• Morningstar Can't Sue Ponzi Schemer, Judge Rules
• Middleman In $37M Insider Trading Scheme Gets 27 Months
• The New Era Of FCPA Enforcement: New Era Of Compliance?
• Ex-Wilson Atty Gets Record Insider Trading Sentence
• 3 Jenkens Defendants Get New Trial Over Juror's Lies
• Goldman Board Talks Are Secret, Blankfein Tells Gupta Jury
• Judge Won't Compel Congressman To Testify In Clemens Trial
• Blagojevich Prosecutor Heads To Jenner's Chicago Office
• Denver Insider Trading Trio To Pay $5M In Deal With SEC
• Madoff Fund Investors' Santander Fraud Case Trimmed
• Ex-Army Captain Dodges Prison Term For Iraqi Bribes
• 6th Circ. Affirms Ex-Ohio Judge's Conviction In Bribery Probe
• Supreme Court Disbars Dick's Atty Jailed For Kickbacks
• High Court Refuses Ex-Ala. Governor's Appeal In Bribery Case
• Deferred Prosecution Agreements — UK Edition
• Jury Convicts 5 In $205M Medicare Fraud, Kickback Scheme
• Ex-Madoff Employee To Admit To Role In Ponzi Scheme
• Gupta Protege Boosts Prosecutor Claims Of Close Raj Ties
• Florida West's No Contest Price-Fixing Plea May Get OK
• Madoff Victims Can't See Simpson Thacher Files, Judge Says
• Court Rules Bank Owns Tax Evaders' $50M Fla. Properties
• Flawed Edwards Case Not Worth A Retrial, Attys Say
• Jury Convicts Grant Manager Of Helping Steal FEMA Funds
• Ex-Sentinel Execs Indicted On $500M Fraud Charges
• Ex-Posterscope Finance Chief Cops To $20M Fraud