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White Collar - January, 2014

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• Judge Won't Free Ex-NASA Contractor In Iran Satellite Case
• Judge In BP Spill Obstruction Case Needn't Recuse, US Says
• Christie Knew About Lane Closings, Ex-Official Says
• Ex-DOD Official Sentenced For Aircraft Bribery Scheme
• Device Co. Pleads Guilty To Hiding Toxicity Data From FDA
• Ex-Diamond Electric Execs Get Prison Time For Parts Cartel
• Disgraced Texas County Judge Arrested On NM Fraud Charges
• Watch Out, Affiliates Of Suspended Government Contractors
• Bitcoin Miners Exempt From Money Laundering Rules, US Says
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: McAndrews' Sharon Hwang
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Faegre Baker's Kathy Noecker
• Defense In Terror Case Can See FISA Docs, Judge Says
• Former ICAP-Unit Broker Gets 18 Months For Client Swindle
• Out-Of-State Nonprofits To Test Power Of NY Charities Law
• Terrorism Suspect Challenges Warrantless NSA Wiretapping
• Bitcoin Must Abandon Its Roots To Go Mainstream
• Feds Protest Separate Fraud Trials For 'Housewives' Stars
• CPA Can't Duck Jail Despite 6-Year Trial Delay: 6th Circ.
• Ex-Spector Gadon Atty Charged With Stealing Client Funds
• 3 More Charged In $190M ATC Medicare Fraud Scheme
• Prosecutors Say Pa. 'Kids For Cash' Builder Broke Plea Deal
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Norton Rose's Yvonne Puig
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Orrick's Laurie Strauch Weiss
• Former Pa. Senator Can't Appeal Mental Fitness Ruling
• Ex-CFTC Enforcement Director Rejoins Skadden In NY
• Workplace Culture: The Real Pathway To Change
• NJ Mayor's Unelected Cronies Ran Town, Ex-City Official Says
• Star Scientific Action Halted As Feds Pursue Ex-Va. Gov.
• Martoma Witness Calls SAC's Cohen 'Greatest Trader' Ever
• Telemarketers Sentenced For Fla. Time-Share Fraud
• Madoff Victims Look To Opt Out Of $543M JPMorgan Deals
• Prosecutors Want NY To License Virtual Currency Exchangers
• US Says Convicted NASA Contractor Could Be A Flight Risk
• Ex-Allscripts Audit Chief Accused Of Insider Trading
• 4th Circ. Adopts Broad Willfulness Test In Ammo Export Case
• The Bitcoin Boom: A Currency For Tax Evasion
• BP Federal Contracting Ban Should Stick, US Says
• Warrantless GPS Tracking OK Pre-Jones, 11th Circ. Rules
• Ex-Moore Capital Trader Faces Insider Trading Rap in UK
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Goodwin Procter's Joanne Gray
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Taft's Barbara Duncombe
• A Closer Look At Weatherford's Export Violations
• Ex-NJ Prosecutor Fights For Grand Jury Docs In Firing Row
• Prosecution Rests In Martoma Insider Trading Case
• 2nd Circ. Won't Narrow Kickback Law In Morgan Stanley Case
• BP Deepwater Supervisors Must Face Manslaughter Rap
• What Health Providers Can Learn From Recent OIG Report
• Melon Farmers Avoid Prison For Deadly Listeria Outbreak
• Pa. Man Can't Shake Oil Investment Fraud Charges
• DuPont Never Made Chemical Secrets Public, Expert Says
• NY Wants Bitcoin Rules To Foster Growth, Security
• Feds Want JPMorgan Discovery Halted Until 'Whale' Duo Tried
• 3 More Pilot Flying J Employees Cop To Fuel Rebate Scheme
• Supreme Court Passes On Mass. Pol's Corruption Appeal
• FATCA Agreements Raise Enforcement Issues, Tax Attys Say
• Jefferies Strikes $25M Deal To End RMBS Probes
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Young Conaway's Pauline Morgan
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Phelps Dunbar's Nan Alessandra
• Year Of The Sting: Criminal Export Enforcement In 2013
• Perkins Coie Nabs Ex-SEC Chief Litigation Counsel In DC
• Texas Atty's Ex-Counsel May Have Aided Escape, Jury Hears
• US Atty Bharara Vows To Keep Up Money-Laundering Fight
• NJ Lawmakers Form Bridgegate Panel Amid GOP Protests
• Hospice Exec Charged In Alleged Medicare Scam
• Brazil Men Face Criminal Suit Over Burger King Insider Trading
• K&L Gates To Pay $23.8M To End Malpractice Suit
• FCPA Revolving Door Spins Again As MoFo Hires DOJ Head
• Contractor Gets 46 Months For Role In Nova Datacom Scheme
• Philly Traffic Court Official Cops To Ticket-Fixing Scandal
• Ex-DuPont Engineer Had Secret Company Files, Jury Told
• Bracewell & Giuliani Adds Ex-Andrews Kurth Trial Pro
• UK Antitrust Watchdog Brings Criminal Case Over Cartel
• Pa. State Rep. Charged In Ghost Hiring Scam
• Legal Feud Erupts Between Ex-NYPD Chief, A-Rod Lawyer
• CEO Of Bitcoin Co. Charged Over Silk Road Conspiracy
• Dechert Partner Joins Manhattan DA's New Leadership Team
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Crowell's Angela Styles
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: WilmerHale's Susan Murley
• Ex-NJ Comptroller To Lead Lowenstein's Integrity Practice
• High Court Rebuffs Ex-HealthSouth CEO's Bribery Appeal
• A Renewed Focus On Anti-Corruption Enforcement In India
• Android App Piracy Plot Triggers Historic Enforcement Effort
• Former Va. Gov., Wife Plead Not Guilty To Corruption Charges
• Port Authority Head Hires Genova Atty For 'Bridgegate' Probe
• Ex-Ill. Campaign Aide Gets Probation For HHS Bribe Scheme
• Conspirator In AT&T Hack Gets Probation
• King & Spalding Latest Buyer In Bustling Enforcement Market
• Even With DOJ Guidance, Banks Will Be Leery Of Legal Pot
• Takeaways From The 2013 Corruption Perceptions Index
• Businessmen Get Jail Time For Bribing Bronx Assemblyman
• Prominent Conservative Denies Campaign Finance Charges
• Oil Co. Exec Gets 30 Years For Defrauding Investors
• Synergy Auditor Can't Escape Suit Over Co.'s $1B Fraud
• White & Case Snags Former DOJ Anti-Bribery Ace
• Fraudster Found Guilty In Plot to Kill NY Judge, Prosecutor
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Hughes Hubbard's Beinecke
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Willkie's Margery Neale
• SEC Bars Ex-Analyst In Insider Trading Case Over IBM Deal
• Key Gov't Informant Grilled In NJ Mayor's Corruption Trial
• Conservative Writer Indicted For Illegal Campaign Donations
• Investor Who Lost In Madoff Fund Deal Can't Sue, Judge Says
• Cohen Real Target In Probe Of SAC's Martoma, Witness Says
• Patton Boggs Repping Christie Campaign In 'Bridgegate'
• Jailed EPA Brass Says Agency Trust Triggered CIA Spy Ruse
• 'Revenge Porn King' Charged With Conspiracy, Hacking
• Ex-Fla. Mayor Marono Gets Over 3 Years For Bribery Scheme
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Fluet Huber's Jennifer Huber
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Goldberg Segalla's Berdzik
• Food And Beverage Industry Outlook For 2014: Part 2
• SEC Examiner Mulling Settlement Of Ethics Charges
• SEC Cooperation Is Still More Art Than Science
• Stanford Receiver Asks High Court To Clarify Standing
• Lucchese Associate Wants More Wiretap Evidence At Trial
• Ex-Prof. Says Martoma Ditched Him After Tips Led To Trades
• McElroy Partner Won't Defend Christie Aide Due To Conflict
• Foley & Lardner Scores Litigation Pro In Bay Area Offices
• SEC In Settlement Talks With Ex-Level Global Trader
• Ex-UBS Exec's Criminal Tax Fraud Trial May Get Pushed Out
• Ex-BP Engineer Wants Judge DQ'd From Criminal Suit
• Holland & Knight Adds Ex-Manatt IP Litigator In Calif.
• Ex-Contractor Indicted For Scheme To Send F-35 Docs To Iran
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Anderson Kill's Pamela Hans
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Cozen O'Connor's Mayes
• Jones Day Atty's Vacation Won't Delay Va. Corruption Case
• IP Atty Loses Pyramid-Scheme Case Against Icahn, Top Banks
• Prof Says Ex-SAC Manager Got Details On Drug Study
• High Court To Take Piecemeal Approach On New Tech Privacy
• Texas Accounting Firm Accused Of Aiding Forex Schemer
• Ex-NFL Star, Mother Plead Not Guilty To NJ Mortgage Scheme
• NJ Gov. Quiet On Bridge, Sandy Aid Scandals At Inauguration
• Ex-Va. Gov., Wife Indicted On Public Corruption Charges
• White Collar Group Of The Year: Shearman & Sterling
• Lessons From Alcoa's Bahrain FCPA Bribery Case
• Ex-Halliburton Exec Ducks Jail For Deepwater Evidence Dump
• Spectranetics CEO Can't Shake False Statement Conviction
• Judge Not Racially Biased Against Investor, 2nd Circ. Says
• Goldman VP Can't Get Fees For Theft Case, 3rd Circ. Hears
• Contractor Again Faces FCA Suit After Execs' Guilty Pleas
• China Says IP Crackdown Led To 60K Arrests In 2013
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Alston & Bird's Nicki Carlsen
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Shackelford's Nicole LeBoeuf
• Rabobank Ups Anti-Money Laundering Efforts After OCC Exam
• Fla. Gov. Suspends Mayor After High Court Denies Her Appeal
• Wells Fargo Knew Of $30M Ponzi Scheme, 11th Circ. Told
• Judge Won't Bar PSU Atty's Testimony In Sandusky Cover-Up
• Professor Testifies He Tipped Ex-SAC Manager Martoma
• ATC Recruiter Cops Plea In $190M Medicare Fraud
• High Court To Tackle 1st Amendment Retaliation Fight
• 4th Circ. Reverses $631K Restitution Against 'Dr. Shine'
• Justices Take On Divisive Cellphone Search Question
• Former Georgia DOD Employee Indicted For Corruption
• Archer Daniels Faces Derivative Suit Over Ukrainian Bribes
• Ex-Moore Trader To Be Charged In UK Insider Trading Case
• NY AG Taps Head Of New Financial Crimes Bureau
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Jackson Kelly's Ellen Cappellanti
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Cole Schotz's Randi Kochman
• Practice Group Of The Year: Morrison & Foerster
• How To Prepare For NTSB Investigative Interviews
• 3 Cost-Cutting Resolutions Law Firms Can't Afford To Break
• US Seizes Record $28M In Bitcoins From Silk Road Server
• Ex-Jenkens Atty Seeks Acquittal Over Tax Shelters
• Calif. Attys Charged In Scheme To Seize And Rent Homes
• Farmers Of Tainted Fruit Say Prison Sentence Is Excessive
• Christie's Office Taps Gibson Dunn For 'Bridgegate' Probes
• White Collar Group Of The Year: Irell & Manella
• NJ Mayor Loses Bid To Revive Ponzi Defamation Suit
• Akerman Adds Ex-White House Atty To Miami, DC Offices
• 5th Circ. Strikes Tax Preparer's $3.7M Restitution Order
• Texas Bar's Action Against Ex-DA Heads To High Court
• NY Investment Manager Gets 15 Years For $5M Fraud Scheme
• BBC Equities Boss' Guilty Plea Accepted In $50M Fraud Case
• F1 Head Steps Down As German Bribery Trial Looms
• Koito To Pay $56.6M In Auto Parts Price-Fixing Plea
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Fox Rothschild's Resnick
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Roetzel's Erika Haupt
• Food And Beverage Industry Outlook For 2014: Part 1
• Lenity, Chevron Deference And Consumer Protection Laws
• 2 Sentenced For Foreign Military Aircraft Contract Bribes
• Dallas Atty Wants In On Oral Args In Case Against Ex-Client
• Abu Dhabi Bank Tries To Revive $40M Credit Suisse Row
• NJ Mayor's Atty Grills FBI Agent In Corruption Trial
• Ex-SAC Manager Had Early Read On Study, Court Hears
• 9th Circ. May Toss $16M HSBC Suit Over Madoff Investment
• Navy Contractor To Pay $6.5M To Settle Overbilling Charges
• NJ 'Bridgegate' Panel Taps Blagojevich Prosecutor
• FBI Nabs National Security Pro As General Counsel
• Work-Product Doctrine Can't Shield Pa. Senate, Court Says
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Holland & Hart's Liz Sharrer
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Anderson Kill's Rhonda Orin
• Dangerous Curves Ahead: Companion Regulatory Probes
• Health Care Related Prosecutions Will Rise In 2014
• Doctor Says He Tipped Former SAC Manager Martoma
• SEC's FCPA Unit Still A Work In Progress
• NJ Gov. Pledges Cooperation With 'Bridgegate' Probes
• Madoff Trustee's Supreme Court Case Puts DOJ In Bind
• Ex-Aeropostale Exec Can't Beat Convictions For $350M Plot
• Italy Latest To Target Tax Cheats By Signing FATCA
• NYT Reporter Takes Source-Shielding Case To High Court
• WilmerHale Nabs DOJ Antitrust Litigator For Palo Alto Office
• Top NJ Court Calls For Retrial In Choice Of Counsel Fight
• Beanie Babies Billionaire Skirts Jail Time For Tax Dodge
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Debevoise's Mary Beth Hogan
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Sanford's Katherine Kimpel
• Jury Convicts Bronx Assemblyman Of Bribery
• Former Rabobank Traders Targeted Over Libor Scheme
• JPMorgan's $218M Madoff Settlement Wins Initial Nod
• NJ Lawmakers Increase 'Bridgegate' Scrutiny
• Ex-Calif. City Manager Rizzo Pleads Guilty In Tax Scandal
• Wrongful Conviction Suit Against LA County Goes Ahead
• High Court Won't Disturb Ex-Fla. Official's Bribery Conviction
• VPs In $136M Highway Scam Get Prison Time
• 2nd Circ. Says Madoff Suits Can't Sidestep Ch. 11 Injunction
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Otterbourg's Melanie Cyganowski
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Epstein Becker's Joan Disler
• High Court Wants DOJ Opinion On Madoff Trustee Suit
• A Look Back At Insider Trading In 2013
• Bridgegate Won't Prevent NJ AG Hearing, Senate Leader Says
• Ex-Mayor Gets 6 Months For Gambling Scheme
• Feds Charge 7 In $50M Mortgage Fraud Scheme
• Supreme Court Urged To Take Winston Malpractice Case
• Texas Oil Surveyor Fined For Illegal Immigrant Conspiracy
• Ex-SAC Manager Martoma Sought 'Illegal Edge,' Jurors Hear
• NJ Mortgage Title Broker Gets 10 Years For Stealing $5.3M
• Ex-Chicago Official Gets 10.5 Years In Hospital Bribery Case
• San Antonio Defense Atty Accused Of Witness Tampering
• Jury Mostly Deadlocked In Charter School Fraud Case
• Convicted Pa. Judge Liable In 'Kids For Cash' Class Action
• Mintz Levin Nabs Health Care FCA Pro From Patton Boggs
• 8th Circ. Affirms Surgeon's 5-Year Tax Fraud Sentence
• Boutique Phoenix Firm Snags Ex-Skadden FCPA Pro
• NJ Discrimination Suit's Lessons To Employers Nationwide
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Wilson Elser's Publicover
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Fowler White's Rhea Law
• Document Preservation Notices — 4th Amendment Violation?
• US Probe Into NJ Bridge Debacle Faces Tough Odds
• Settlement Tax Breaks Will Continue Despite JPMorgan Deal
• 5th Circ. Says Trustmark Must Turn Over $2M To Stanford
• Corruption Trial Begins Against Trenton Mayor Tony Mack
• Leahy Floats Cyber Fix As Target Breach Fallout Continues
• Ex-SAC Manager Martoma Was Tossed From Harvard Law
• Ex-BP Engineer's Lawyers Slammed For Contacting Jurors
• Russian Anti-Corruption Compliance Concepts Are Familiar
• DOJ Civil, Criminal Cases Brought Over $8B In FY 2013
• Ex-Army Doc, Sgt. Admit To $8M Med. Supply Contract Scheme
• Feds Won't Appeal Ruling On Ex-Pa. Sen's Fitness For Trial
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Duane Morris' Sharon Caffrey
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Novak Druce's Katy Basile
• Feds Bar SAC Tipster From Securities Industry
• Alcoa, US Reach $384M Bahrain Bribery Settlement
• Ex-KFI Recruiter Gets 1 Year For Hacking, Secrets Theft
• Ex-Exec Gets Prison Over Cutting Machines Shipped To Iran
• Steve Cohen Testimony Barred From Martoma Trial
• JPMorgan's $2B Madoff Deal Wins Judge's OK
• Senators Seek More Clarity On Fed. Agency Settlements
• Ex-DuPont Engineer, Businessman Stole Secrets, Jury Hears
• Expansion Of DOJ's International Reach On The Horizon
• NJ Biz Falsely Won $1.2M In VA Contracts, DOJ Says
• Perkins Coie Snags Ex-Colo. High Court Judge In Denver
• US Urges Prison Time For Tax-Evading Beanie Babies Creator
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Arnstein's Kathleen Gilligan
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Faegre Baker's Maureen Maly
• JPMorgan's $2.6B Deal In Madoff Cases A Warning For Banks
• Ex-Rep. Renzi Denied Bail Pending Corruption Appeal
• Paterno Estate's Suit Over NCAA's $60M Fine Greenlighted
• 1st Circ. Backs Couple's Tax Fraud Convictions
• Brocade Insider Trading Case Survives Dismissal Bid
• ArthroCare To Pay $30M To End $400M Securities Fraud Probe
• Four Plead Guilty To $20M Medicare Fraud In Miami
• Nippon Seiki To Pay $4.6M In 1st Auto Parts Settlement
• Whistleblower Ruling May Make Workers Clam Up
• Hospital Sues Staffing Cos., Jailed Tech In Hep C Outbreak
• Ex-UBS Exec Pleads Not Guilty In $20B Tax Fraud Case
• NYPD, FDNY Retirees Charged In 9/11 Disability Fraud
• NJ High Court Urges Clear Rundown Of Sentencing Factors
• Ex-Pa. Sen. Ruled Mentally Unfit To Face Corruption Trial
• Ex-Aviation Co. Exec Avoids Prison For BCI Bribes
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Quarles & Brady's Sarah Coyne
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Fox Rothschild's Brett Axelrod
• 'Ponzi Scheme' Applies To DBSI Case, Prosecutors Say
• Expect More SEC Scrutiny Of Defense Attorney Conduct
• JPMorgan Admits Lapses In $2.6B Madoff Settlements
• More NJ School Bribery Conspirators Sentenced
• RBS Japanese Unit Sentenced With $50M Fine In Libor Case
• 11th Circ. Affirms Convictions In $42M Pump-And-Dump Case
• PetroTiger Execs Charged With Bribing Way To $39M Pact
• Ex-NJ Mayor Gets 6-Month Prison Sentence For Tax Evasion
• Jury In SAC Trader's Trial Won't Hear About Fainting
• Fla. Gov. Sued Over Delay In Lt. Gov. Appointment
• 11th Doc Pleads Guilty In NJ Lab Referral Kickback Scheme
• Akin Gump Adds FCPA Expert From Latham & Watkins
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Ideal Legal Group's Evie Jeang
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Akin Gump's Christine LaFollette
• Sex, Bribes And Gov't Contracts: The Fat Leonard Scandal
• A Look Inside The SEC's Accounting Quality Model
• Canada Competition Bureau Drops Its Libor Investigation
• Smith Pachter Adds 3 White Collar Attys From Jenner & Block
• Former Texas County Judge Gets 4 Years In Corruption Case
• Calif. Real Estate Investors Cop To Auction Bid-Rigging
• Madoff Funds Drop Deutsche Bank Suit Over $1.6B Debt
• SEC's Canellos To Leave Enforcement Post
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Choate's Brenda Jarrell
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Bond Schoeneck's Ginny Robbins
• Modernization Of Montenegro's Anti-Corruption Efforts
• FCPA Predictions For The New Year
• When File Type Matters In E-Discovery
• Beanie Babies Creator Wants No Prison Time For Tax Evasion
• Ex-SAC Trader Wins Key Documents From Star Gov't Witness
• Criminal Charges For XTO Fracking Spill Advance In Pa.
• NJ Mayor Renews Wiretap Challenge After Co-Defendant's Plea
• 11th Circ. Upholds Suspension Of Contractor Affiliates
• Fugitive Bank Exec Arrested In $21M Fraud Case
• New Mayor Taps Dorsey Veteran For Top NYC Legal Job
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Ulmer & Berne's Patty Shlonsky
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Fish's Cynthia Walden
• The Year Ahead In Pro Bono
• Top 10 Compliance Trends For The New Year
• Law360 Names Law Firms Of The Year
• 10 New Year's Resolutions To Boost Firm Gender Diversity
• White Collar Cases To Watch In 2014
• Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year