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White Collar - October, 2012

214 articles

• Barclays Could Face $435M FERC Fine, Along With FCPA Probe
• 4th Circ. Email Privacy Case Hinges On Employer's Policy
• DOJ Can't Stop Florida West Bias Claims In Price-Fixing Suit
• Ceglia Can't Bar Facebook Doc Expert's Report
• Cases On Hold As Manhattan Courthouse Grinds To A Halt
• DOJ May Challenge $500M AUO Price-Fixing Fine
• Calif. Man Gets 15 Months For Selling Tech To China
• Ex-Orthofix Sales Manager Pleads Guilty To Medicare Fraud
• Minn. College Dodges $2M Petters Ponzi Scam Clawback Suit
• Convicted Pa. Pol Lacks Standing In PAC Dispute, Ex-Aide Says
• Grand Jury Indicts SBA, DOD Contractor For $7M Fraud
• 10 Tips For An Effective Cross-Border Investigation
• Barnes & Thornburg Adds Jones Day, K&L Gates Attys
• Ex-UBS Trader Blames $2B Loss On Pressure From Bosses
• Scruggs Requests Bail Pending 5th Circ. Appeal
• Ex-FBI Agent Pleads Not Guilty To $54M Contract Probe Scheme
• Ceglia's Atty In Facebook Civil Suit Asks To Withdraw
• Ex-Carter's Exec Says Feds Can't Use Ropes & Gray Interview
• DOJ Fights Subpoena Bid In GM Hybrid Trade Secrets Case
• Ponzi Schemer Illarramendi Told To Surrender Tax Refund
• Japanese Co. To Pay $18M For Auto Parts Price-Fixing
• Ex-Magyar Telekom Execs Want Out Of SEC Bribery Case
• Supreme Court To Weigh If Bad Counsel Excuses Claim Default
• Dykema Adds Katten Muchin White Collar Veteran In Chicago
• DOD Begins Criminal Probe Of Contractor's USA Today 'Smears'
• Feds Want TV Producer To Serve 7 Years For Stock, Wire Fraud
• High Court Takes Up Tolling Issue In Actual Innocence Claim
• DOJ Fires Back At Claims Of Price-Fixing Expert's Bias
• NY Lawmaker Wants Stiff Penalties For Organized Cybercrime
• Supreme Court Won't Revisit $62M Lancer Exec Penalty
• Maxim Sues DOJ For Details Of $121M FCA Settlement
• Ignorance Is Not Bliss: 'Sham Affidavit' In 9th Circ.
• J&J OK'd To Proceed With Investor Deal In Compliance Row
• Alleged Rajaratnam Cohort Strikes $2M Deal With SEC
• IRS Pays $38M Award To Anonymous Corporate Whistleblower
• Bankrupt Solar Co. That Got DOE Loan Faces Criminal Probe
• Morgan Lewis Hires White & Case White Collar Team In DC
• NY White Collar Panel Aims To Wipe Out Enforcement Hurdles
• Ex-Deloitte Partner Gets 21 Months For Insider Trading
• Ex-AT&T Worker Gets 1-Year Sentence For Insider Tipping
• DOJ Wants At Least $1M Fine In Airline Price-Fixing Case
• Van Gilder Insurance's Ex-CEO Indicted For Insider Trading
• Ceglia Charged With Fraud Over Facebook Ownership Suit
• US Moves To Boot Relator From Time Card Fraud FCA Suit
• Ex-Tyco CEO Kozlowski Sues Over Parole Denial
• Convicted Ex-Duane Reade CEO Asks 2nd Circ. For Retrial
• Madoff Brother Gets Sentencing Date Pushed Back
• Ex-Galleon Trader Gets Probation After Aiding Feds
• Cement Exec Asks High Court To Shrink Price-Fixing Sentence
• 2 Fraudsters Get Prison For Ex-Cowboy's Mortgage Scam
• NJ Senate Votes To Permanently DQ Fraudulent Contractors
• Rajaratnam Attacks Wiretap, Conviction At 2nd Circ.
• Arkin Hiring 'Army' In Suit Against Ex-Partners, Judge Told
• Customs Officer Accused Of Helping Importers Skirt Duties
• Bayer Can't Escape Employee's FCA Retaliation Suit
• Customers Win Bid To Unseal Testimony In Cargo Cartel MDL
• Risk Management From The Board's Perspective
• Ex-Pa. Lawmaker Found Competent For Bribery Trial
• Wal-Mart Taps Compliance Pro Amid Mexico Bribery Probe
• Ex-KBR Worker Admits To Taking Afghan Trucking Co. Bribes
• Gupta Case Shows Sentencing Guidelines Losing Favor In NY
• Pittsburgh Pair To Plead Guilty To Steroid Distribution
• NY District Attys Form White Collar Enforcement Task Force
• Gupta Gets 2 Years For Insider Trading
• Rogue SocGen Trader's Prison Sentence Upheld In Paris
• 4 Notable Aspects Of Tyco's FCPA Settlements
• Investment Advisers See Rise In State Enforcement, Jail Time
• Political Groups Must Return $1.6M From Stanford: 5th Circ.
• Alleged Dell Inc. Inside Traders Head To Trial
• Insurance Exec Gets 60 Years For $485M Life Settlement Fraud
• Convicted Ex-Tyco CFO Loses Bulk Of $60M Benefits Claims
• Credit Suisse Banker's 5-Year Sentence For ARS Fraud Upheld
• Paper Co. Accused Of Skirting $20M In Chinese Import Duties
• Ex-CIA Officer Pleads Guilty To Identifying Covert Agent
• News Corp. Rival Sued In Widening Phone-Hacking Scandal
• 'Foreign Official' Under FCPA: Regal May Be Legal
• Gupta Fights Goldman's Bid For $6.8M In Restitution
• US Prosecutors Want Suspensions Nixed In Ted Stevens Case
• Man Denies Sending $50M In Sensitive Tech To Russian Forces
• Guidant Pushes US To Prove FCA Claims Aren't Resolved
• State, Federal Enforcement Efforts Target Corruption In Pa.
• Skadden Adds Ex-US Atty Fitzgerald To Chicago Office
• Halfway House Owner Gets 4 Years For $205M Medicare Scam
• Legal Industry Trends: Lawyer Salaries And Job Growth
• Linchpins Of A Successful Special Committee
• Congressional Committees: The New FCPA Sheriff In Town
• Powerful House, Senate Panels Set For Election Year Shake-Up
• Attys See Gupta Making Headlines, But Raj Making History
• Contractor's $136M DOT Fraud Conviction Is Sound, DOJ Says
• Ex-FBI Agent Indicted For Obstructing $54M Contracts Probe
• Twins Indicted In Alleged $7.2M Commodities Fraud
• Philly Developer Charged In $13M Bank Fraud Scheme
• Producers Seek $100M From Alleged 'Rebecca' Fraudster
• Thompson & Knight Adds White Collar Vet For NY Trial Team
• Computer Exporter Gets 4 Years For Iran Shipments
• Russia Arrests TNK-BP Official For Selling Government Jobs
• Ex-NJ Tax Division Officials Get Probation For Misconduct
• A View From Inside The Litigation Finance Market
• Investment Manager Cops To $5M Fraud Scheme
• US Requests Leniency For Cooperative Galleon Trader
• NJ Sting Informant Gets 6 Years For Bank Fraud
• SEC Warns Attys Over Repping Multiple Clients In Fraud Probes
• LA County Assessor Denies Tax Fraud Charges
• 3 Former GE Finance Execs Sentenced To 3-Plus Years
• UK Antitrust Reform Bill Heads To House Of Lords
• Meningitis Suits Stand To Benefit From FDA Criminal Probe
• Purported Consultant Cops To School District Kickback Plot
• Hartford Settles Suit Alleging Treasury Deputy Hid Extortion
• Ex-Eyak Exec Gets 7 Years In Prison For Bribery, Kickbacks
• US Slams Jailed Supplement Maker's Bid To Duck $450M Fine
• SEC Commissioner Says Current Caps On Fines Are Too Low
• Bank Fraudster Wants Insurer To Pay Past Defense Bills
• Kolon, Execs Charged With Stealing DuPont Trade Secrets
• Locke Lord Adds Ex-SEC Counsel With FCPA Expertise
• Serious Fraud Office's Serious Approach To Bribery Act
• LA Real Estate Assessor Arrested In Tax Fraud Scheme
• Alleged 'Rebecca' Fraudster To Be Held Without Bail
• Auction Crier Says Feds Owe More Info On Bid-Rigging Trial
• 2 NY Hospital Employees Get Prison For Kickback Scheme
• Send Gupta To Rwanda, Not Jail, Defense Says
• Ex-Crowell Atty Gets Up To 12 Years For $10M Theft
• Wal-Mart Hires Schlumberger GC To Lead Int'l Compliance
• Meningitis Victim's Widow Targets Drug Compounder
• 4 Key Issues In Launching A Global Telemedicine Program
• Eagle Eyes Fined $5M In Auto Light Price-Fixing Case
• US Seeks Prison For 3 In GE Muni Bond Bid-Rigging Case
• Aegis Unit Finance Chief Dodges Prison In $20M Books Fraud
• 3 USA Retirement Employees Charged In $28M Ponzi Scheme
• Ex-State Dept. Official Charged With Taking Afghan Bribe
• Ex-Purdue Execs Ask DC Circ. To Revisit HHS Ban Case
• DOJ Calls House Fast And Furious Suit A Political Dispute
• UK Halts Extradition Of Accused British Hacker To US
• 8th Circ. Keeps Ex-Minn. Lawmaker Convicted For Kickbacks
• Eagle Eyes Says Feds Violated Plea Deal In Price-Fixing Case
• Developer Gets 14 Years For Fraud Tied To Va. Bank's Failure
• UK Fraud Office Nixes Probe Into Icelandic Bank Collapse
• Pa. Judge Won't Force Discovery In Ex-Fumo Atty Libel Row
• Sham Financing For 'Rebecca' On Broadway Lands Man In Cuffs
• Annan, Gates Among 200 Seeking Leniency For Gupta
• Air Force Base Engineer Admits To Taking Bribes
• AU Optronics Ducks Dell's KO Blow In LCD Price-Fixing Case
• Ex-NY Senate Majority Leader Espada Cops To Tax Fraud
• $415M For Merkin Deal Is Not Madoff Estate Property: NY AG
• Exec Denies Bribes For NJ Port Terminal, Road Contracts
• Dechert, Others Can't Weigh In On K&L Gates Malpractice Case
• Mexico's Crackdown On Corruption In Gov't Contracting
• $205M Medicare Fraud Gets Health Care Manager 9 Years
• Akin Gump Lands Corporate Aces From Haynes And Boone
• Meningitis Outbreak Spurs Push For Compounder Crackdown
• Bus Contractor Admits To School District Kickback Scheme
• Refco Fraud Fooled Investigators, Ex-Mayer Brown Atty Says
• SEC Loses Bid For More Penalties In Conrad Black Case
• Feds Nab Entertainment Exec, Husband In $2.5M Theft Scheme
• Feds OK Eagle Eyes Leniency Request In Price-Fixing Case
• Navy Officials, Defense Contractors Sentenced In $6M Fraud
• Latham & Watkins Snags 3 Goodwin Procter Litigators
• Ex-Aircraft Repair Co. Owner Charged With Using Shoddy Parts
• Contractor Gets 1 Year For Iraq Kickback Plot
• Securities Fraudster Gets 23 Years For $14M Scheme
• UK Antitrust Reforms Get Murkier With New Cartel Defenses
• Ex-Mayer Brown Partner Faces Retrial In $1B Refco Fraud
• UK Bribery Act Guidance Sheds Little Light On FCPA
• SEC's $180M Disgorgement Bid For Ex-Sunwest CEO Fails
• What's At Stake In The Rajaratnam Appeal
• Peregrine CEO To Stay Jailed Before $100M Fraud Sentencing
• Megaupload Loses Bid To Toss Criminal Copyright Case
• UK Fraud Office Hardens Stance On Self-Reporting Rules
• Contractor Gets 2 Years For Role In $23M Iraq Kickbacks Plot
• Ex-McGuireWoods Atty Can't Cut 3-Year Fraud Sentence
• Dewey Criminal Probe Gains Steam But Hurdles Remain
• Medicare Fraud Suspects Often Hospitals, Suppliers: GAO
• Eagle Eyes Seeks Reduced $5M Fine In Price-Fixing Scheme
• No Jail For Ex-NY Pension Fund Exec In Corruption Scandal
• Alcoa Settles Alba's $1B Racketeering Suit For $85M
• Suspension And Debarment Under 2012 Appropriations Act
• Former SEC IG May Have Had Conflicts Of Interest, Report Says
• Jury's Role In Sentencing To Get Supreme Court Review
• Little Slack For FCPA Self-Reporters Shows Need For Guidance
• Phone Recordings Admissible In Ex-UBS Execs' Trial: Judge
• Rethinking The Private Sector's Role In Cybersecurity
• Ill. Political Insider Gets 1 Year In Shakedown Conspiracy
• 5th Circ. Won't Review Scruggs Son's Misprision Conviction
• Florida West Must Give DOJ Docs In Price-Fixing Case
• ING, Others Beat Out Investor's $15M Madoff Loss Suit
• DOJ Flip-Flop On 'Foreign Official' Baffles FCPA Attys
• Feds Bust 91 In $430M Medicare Fraud Crackdown
• FDA, Interpol Shut Down 18K Illegal Pharmacy Sites
• Peregrine CEO's Guilty Plea Accepted By Judge
• J&G Exec Can't Interview Jurors For Tax Shelter Retrial
• Rothstein Pal Gets 4 Years For Role In $1.2B Fraud
• Online Poker Payment Processor Gets 5 Months In Jail
• NJ Lawmakers Want Forced Suspension For Indicted Pols
• Daily News Libel Subpoena Improper, Ex-Fumo Atty Says
• Feds Bust Network That Sold $50M In Weapons Tech To Russia
• New Anti-Counterfeiting Options In Albania
• Ex-Crowell Atty Admits To Stealing $10M From Clients
• Ex-Madoff Employees' Not-Guilty Pleas Set Up Fall 2013 Trial
• Abbott Labs To Pay $700M In Depakote Criminal Case
• Covington Lures Former Federal Prosecutor From Mayer Brown
• Final 2 Ex-Krahl Employees Plead Guilty In Billing Fraud Case
• Fund Exec In Facebook Fraud Jailed After Guilty Plea
• FCPA Attys Leery As DOJ Drags Feet On Guidance
• Miami Docs Get 10 Years In $200M Medicare Kickbacks Scheme
• Stakes Are High For Companies Negotiating CIAs
• Ex-Madoff Employees Hit With New Fraud, Tax Charges
• Ex-Deutsche Exec Charged By UK In Insider Trading Case
• DOJ Wants Florida West's Financials In Price-Fixing Case
• Facebook Fraud Fund Manager Expected To Plead Guilty
• Customs Officer Cops To Impersonating Embassy Official
• Supreme Court Rejects Appeal From Ex-Agriprocessors CEO
• NJ Housing Official Gets 30 Months For Campaign Cash Fraud
• Ex-Orthofix Manager Charged In False Medicare Claim Scheme
• Supreme Court Seeks SG's Input On Stanford SLUSA Cases
• What Happens Abroad No Longer Stays Abroad