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White Collar - December, 2012

183 articles

• NJ Lawmaker Indicted In $5.3M Fraud Case
• Jury Sides With CSX On Asbestos Lawyer Fraud Claims
• Former SAC Manager Won't 'Flip' In Insider Trading Case
• Next SEC Enforcement Chief Likely To Follow Similar Path
• US Says No Brady Violation In $136M Contractor Trial
• Departing SEC Enforcement Chief Graded 'Incomplete'
• 5th Circ. Says US Botched $43M Medicare Fraud Calculation
• 2nd Circ. Affirms $220M Madoff Trustee Deal With Levy Heirs
• Ex-Provident Execs Say Client Alerts Sink Ponzi Scheme Case
• Italian Court Voids Google Execs' Privacy Convictions
• Ex-NJ Township Housing Director Cops To Extortion Scheme
• NJ School Bribery Conspirators To Pay $4.3M Restitution
• Electronics Co.'s $30M Exports Broke Iran Embargo, Feds Say
• Ex-Anglo Irish CEO Arrested Over $183M Loan
• Ballast Nedam Reaches €17.5M Deal Over Bribery Allegations
• Government's White Collar Wish List For 2013
• SEC Enforcement Chief Khuzami To Step Down
• Ex-Banker Nabbed Over Role In $2B Olympus Accounting Scam
• Roofing Contractor Settles False Claims Suit For $3M
• Peter Madoff Gets 10 Years In Prison For Role In Giant Fraud
• Bulk Of MetLife, Other Insurers' Suit Over Madoff Feeder Nixed
• UBS Under Scrutiny For Possible Hong Kong Rate Misconduct
• Pa. Law Firm Wants Out Of Sandusky Civil Suit
• Zurich Bank Employees Being Probed Over Tax Shelters
• Eli Lilly Strikes $29.4M Settlement Over FCPA Claims
• Feds Nab 11th Plea In NJ Tax Lien Bid-Rigging Dragnet
• Beware Discovery In 3rd-Party Litigation Funding
• Deferred Prosecution Agreements Are Coming To The UK
• Regulators Push Reform Agenda Through UBS Libor Deal
• Peter Madoff Victims Urge Tough Sentence
• Expect More Libor Criminal Cases, Experts Say
• UBS Deal Shows Some Banks Still Too Big To Indict
• 3 Swiss Bankers Indicted In $423M US Tax Evasion Case
• Former Carter's Exec Pleads Guilty To Insider Trading
• Chinese Nationals Tried To Take US Military Tech, Feds Say
• DA Defends Power To Bring Charges Against Pa. Justice
• Trenton Mayor Denies Role In Extortion Scheme
• Convicted Ex-Pa. Speaker Says Due Process Rights Were Denied
• UK Prosecutors To Target Facebook, Twitter Threats
• Former Porsche Execs Charged Over Failed VW Deal
• FATCA Law Tightens Net On Undisclosed Foreign Assets
• Biremis Corp. Execs Fined Over Day Traders' Manipulation
• US Won't Charge Petraeus Biographer With 'Cyberstalking'
• Investors To Get $85M More From Merkin Funds
• Penn State's Sandusky Wins Child Molestation Appeal Hearing
• Seller Of Fake Diabetic Test Strips Gets 5 Years Probation
• DOJ Hits Record $1.1B Criminal Antitrust Fines In 2012
• AUO Exec Found Guilty Of LCD Price-Fixing
• Amgen Cops To Aranesp Misbranding, Will Pay $762M
• Ex-Winston Atty Gets Probation For Starr Celebrity Fraud
• Japanese Freight Co. To Pay $10M For Price-Fixing Scheme
• Medicare Fraud Ringleader Faces 30 Years For $63M Scam
• Breaking Down The Whistleblower Defense Dilemma
• Recent Surveys Highlight Anti-Corruption Trends
• AUO Exec 'Passionately' Price-Fixed With Rivals, Jury Hears
• 5th Circ. Upholds 7-Year Sentence In Dallas Bribery Scheme
• Ex-Goldman Coder Can't Collect $2.4M In Attys' Fees Yet
• Ex-NJ Mayor Admits To Tax Evasion Via Insurance Bribes
• Madoff Victim Blasts $220M Levy Settlement At 2nd Circ.
• Feds Seek Hard Time For Asbestos Fraudster At 2nd Circ.
• Newman, Chiasson Found Guilty Of $70M Trades On Dell Tips
• 4th NJ Official Indicted In Employee Misuse Probe
• Insurer Tells 3rd Circ. 'Kids For Cash' Facilities Not Covered
• Barclays Says FERC Manipulation Claims Won't Fly In Court
• Allianz To Pay $12.3M To Settle Indonesian Bribery Claims
• Investigator Prison Bound For Info Theft In HP Leak Probe
• 3 Hot Topics For Business Litigators To Watch In 2013
• Man Cops To Selling Fake Biofuel Credits In $42M Fraud
• Gupta Fights Goldman's Bid For $7M In Fees
• Chevron Closing In On $150M Brazil Oil Spill Settlement
• Judge Set 'Impossible Standard' For In-House Attys, ACC Says
• $12M Deal Frees Ex-IndyMac CEO From FDIC Mortgage Suit
• Jury Finds El Paso Businessman Guilty In Kickback Case
• 4th Circ. Backs Massey Employee's Conviction Over Explosion
• HSBC Won't Face $265M Suit Over Flatotel Fraud
• La. Man Charged With Bribery In $3.2M Afghanistan Contract
• Orthofix To Pay $42M To End DOJ Medicare Fraud Case
• US Wants Peter Madoff To Get 10 Years In Prison
• New Pa. Bill Aims To Scrutinize Harrisburg Debt
• Madoff Victims Lose Bid For Homeowners Policy Coverage
• 22 British Phone-Hacking Victims Settle With News Corp.
• Diversion Scheme Faked Origin Of $440M In Drugs, US Says
• UK Charges Weavering Capital Founder With Fraud, Forgery
• Caronia And The 'New' 1st Amendment Safe Harbor
• FCPA Guide's Lessons For Life Sciences Companies
• Ex-NY Senate Leader Can't Dodge Fraud Charges
• Ex-Wells Fargo Banker Indicted In $11M Insider Trading Case
• Ex-Primary Global Exec Asks 2nd Circ. To Toss Conviction
• NJ Lawyer Admits To Embezzling From Firm, Clients
• 4th Circ. Finds No Email Privacy Issue In Bribery Conviction
• Ex-Penn State VP To Sue School's GC Over Sandusky Probe
• Siemens Sued For $1.5B Over Alleged Mexican Oil Bribes
• Provident's Ex-CFO Indicted Over $485M Investor Fraud
• Paperwork Errors May Suggest To The Gov't There Is Fraud
• Tremont's Owner Beats Madoff Investor Suit
• White Collar MVP: Orrick's Michael Madigan
• Ex-Mizuho Banker Gets 32 Months For Inside Tips To Lovers
• A Fresh Look At Diversity In ADR
• Investors Admit To Foreclosure Auction Bid-Rigging Scheme
• White Collar MVP: Crowell & Moring's Janet Levine
• Ex-Hotel Owner Pleads Guilty In $500M Fraud Case
• Taiwanese Woman Cops To Weapons-Grade Fiber Export Plot
• Tiger Asia Pays $60M To End DOJ, SEC Insider Trading Probes
• Top Deutsche Bank Execs Eyed In German Tax Evasion Probe
• Pfizer Pays $55M For Off-Label Promotion Of Wyeth's Protonix
• $1.9B HSBC Money Laundering Fine Shows Prosecutors' Limits
• 'Secret Pipeline' Made Dell Traders Rich, Feds Tell Jury
• SEC Supports Inflation Adjustment For Madoff Victims
• Ex-NYC Pol Gets 2 Years For Using Nonprofit Cash In Campaign
• 3rd Circ. Broadens Crime Exception To Atty-Client Privilege
• Ex-BP Exec Gets Deepwater Obstruction Trial Bumped
• 2nd Ex-Birdsall Exec Charged In Political Donation Probe
• Ex-Trader Pleads Guilty In $141M MF Global Loss Case
• Ex-Kirkland Atty's Mental Health Considered In Fraud Suit
• NY Appeals Holds Investors Can't Claim Phony Madoff Gains
• Conrad Black Taking Fight With SEC To 7th Circ.
• Charges Against Pa. Justice Unconstitutional, Atty Says
• UK Authorities Arrest 3 In Libor-Rigging Probe
• White Collar MVP: Dechert's Andrew Levander
• Ex-Drilling Co. Exec Indicted In $5.4M Embezzlement
• US Pushes Tough Prison Term For Barge Owner's $22M Oil Spill
• HSBC To Pay Record $1.9B Fine In Money Laundering Probe
• Contractor Admits Defrauding US, JPMorgan Over Iraq Cop Cars
• White Collar MVP: Reed Smith's Eric Dubelier
• CFPB, DOJ To Join Forces On Fair Lending Enforcement
• Standard Chartered To Pay $327M In New Iran Sanctions Deal
• High Court Won't Hear Costa Rican Utility $18M FCPA Appeal
• Recovering Damages When FCPA Prosecution Misfires: Part 2
• Mass. Pharmacies Now Under Greater Scrutiny
• Hevesi Atty Urges NY To Rule On Retiring Judge's Ethics
• Miami Businessmen Charged In $40M Investment Fraud Scheme
• Man Who Sold Old Parts To Navy Sentenced To 4 Years
• Law School Friends Deny IBM Tip Trading Charges
• White Collar MVP: Cooley's Michael Attanasio
• Ex-BP Exec Wants Delay In Obstruction Trial Over Gulf Spill
• Flailing At The Definition Of A 'Foreign Official'
• Free Speech Protects Unapproved Drug Marketing, 9th Circ. Told
• AUO Execs No Longer 'Fugitives' After Bail Extended
• Picard Fights Efforts To Revive Picower Suits In 2nd Circ.
• New Orleans' US Attorney Quits Over Deputies' Online Posts
• Disputed Evidence Gets In Dell Insider Trading Trial
• Texas Atty Sentenced To 3.5 Years For Bribing State Judge
• Trenton Mayor Indicted In Alleged Extortion Scheme
• Penn State Sandusky Cover-Up Hearing, Trial Postponed
• Feds Collect $300M In NJ Civil And Criminal Cases In 2012
• Landmark 2nd Circ. Decision Means Victory For Pharm Cos.
• Rolls-Royce May Face Prosecution in UK Bribery Probe
• 2nd Circ. Grants Gupta Speedy Appeal
• $104M Whistleblower Award — A Sign Of Things To Come
• Feds Charge 4 Over Carbon Fiber Exports To Iran, China
• AUO Execs Guilty Of Price-Fixing Now 'Fugitives,' Judge Says
• Feds Wrap Case In $70M Dell Trading Tips Trial
• Ex-Mutual Benefits Exec Deemed Mentally Fit For Trial
• Judge Pares Counterclaims In Ponzi Scheme Coverage Row
• PE Firm Founder Dodges Jail In NY Pay-To-Play Scandal
• Motor Oil Exec Pleads Guilty In Iran Export Scheme
• FBI Arrests Rogue Trader For $1B Apple Stock Fraud Scheme
• Will Rakoff Opinion Impact Decision On Steven Cohen?
• AUO Exec Was LCD Rivals' 'Man On The Inside,' Jury Told
• Judge Releases Barclays From Criminal Sanctions Case
• Ex-World Health CEO Gets 130 Months For $40M Fraud
• NY Fed Contractor Gets Home Confinement For Code Theft
• Army Proposes Contracting Ban For NJ Lawmaker
• Jury Convicts Spammer For Role In Pump-And-Dump Scheme
• 2nd Circ. Grants Gupta's Bail Bid
• Ill. County Official Gets Tax Trial Pushed Back
• Hospital Tech Pleads Not Guilty In Hep C Outbreak Case
• Atty Convicted Of Bribing Judge Gets Mail Fraud Count Nixed
• Iranian, American Admit To Aerospace Export Plot
• Madoff Trustee, Feeder Funds Reach $24M Settlement
• Beware Interaction Of Federal, State Criminal Sentences
• Ex-MLB Star Dykstra Gets 6 1/2 Months For Bankruptcy Fraud
• Judge Bars AUO Exec's Death Threat Email In LCD Trial
• 2nd Circ. Shields Drugmakers From Gov't Marketing Probes
• RE Moguls Sue UK Fraud Office Over Icelandic Bank Sting
• Ex-Engineering Exec Cops To Evading NJ Pay-To-Play Rules
• Chinese Co. To Pay $3M For Nuclear Export Violations
• Philadelphia County Judge Dead In Apparent Suicide
• News Corp., Murdochs Seek Exit From US Suit Over Hacking
• GCs Name Most Arrogant Law Firms
• 3rd Circ. Backs Fraudster's 20-Year Sentence For $930M Scam
• Recovering Damages When FCPA Prosecution Misfires: Part 1
• Supreme Court Won't Examine Fen-Phen Atty's Fraud Conviction