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White Collar - February, 2014

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• Kluger Peretz Aided $130M Ponzi Scheme, 11th Circ. Hears
• Ex-Siemens Partner Tries To Ax Contract Fraud Case Midtrial
• NJ Court Officer Indicted For Stealing From Judgments
• Texas Lawyer Convicted For Role In $5M Stock Sale Scheme
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Holland & Knight's Anita Mosner
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Covington's Christine Haskett
• Right To Privacy Extends To Texts, Wash. High Court Says
• Persistence Pays Off For Creditors In SK Foods Bankruptcy
• Feds Say 2 Liberty Reserve Employees To Be Extradited
• Ex-Va. Gov.'s Attys Demand Details On Corruption Charges
• Contractor Gets 5 Years For $31M NASA Kickback Scheme
• Ex-SAC Manager Martoma Wants Conviction Thrown Out
• Update On Intent Standard For Criminal Export Violations
• Convicted Ex-Crowell Atty Disbarred By DC Court Of Appeals
• TD Asks 11th Circ. To Nix $67M Rothstein Scheme Verdict
• Madoff Aide's Bentley, $6.5M Dream House Shown To Jury
• Orlando & Braun Partner Denies Bankruptcy Fraud Charges
• 2nd Circ.'s Broad View Of Insider Trader's Civil Liability
• 5 Answers From The GOP Tax Proposal
• FRCP Discovery Amendments Prove Highly Controversial
• Shooter Of Fox Rothschild Atty's Son Wins Defense Coverage
• Pa. Developer Who Stole $1.1M Gov't Funds Gets 87 Months
• DOJ Nets $9M In First Ocean Shipping Cartel Plea
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Buchalter's Shawn Christianson
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Robins Kaplan's Hollis Salzman
• Pa. Commonwealth Court To Rehear Grand Jury Secrecy Case
• Telemarketers Keep 'Lion's Share' Of Donations, NY AG Says
• Jailed Va. Bank CEO Avoids Civil Penalty In SEC Settlement
• Texas Cops Need Warrant For Arrestee Cellphone Search
• TV Pitchman's Partners Can't Halt GIN Sale, 7th Circ. Says
• Ex-German President Acquitted In Bribery Trial
• Proskauer, Chadbourne Could Face Billions In Damages
• Former UBS Banker Pleads Guilty In Tax Probe
• Attorneys React To High Court's Stanford Decision
• SEC Caught In Crossfire In High Court's Stanford Ruling
• Ex-Sentinel CEO Didn't Defraud Customers, Atty Says
• 2 Sentenced In Sprawling Counterfeit Nike Import Scheme
• Vicis Capital To Pay $7.5M In Petters Clawback Settlement
• NJ Capital's Mayor Thrown Out Of Office Post-Conviction
• DOJ's Top Criminal Prosecutor To Step Down In March
• NY Fraud Law Brings Banks To Heel On 'Insider Trading 2.0'
• Health Fraud Crackdown Nets $4.3B In 2013, Feds Say
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Sedgwick's Stephanie Sheridan
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Pryor Cashman's Colleen Caden
• Ex-Penn State Chief Wins Libel Suit Stay Amid Criminal Trial
• Latham Snags Ex-Ropes & Gray White Collar Pro
• A Tale Of 2 Coasts: Handling Whistleblower Investigations
• High Court Says Law Firms Can't Avoid Stanford Ponzi Suits
• Police Can Search Homes If Objector Isn't There: High Court
• NJ Man Gets 22 Years For $200M Real Estate Ponzi Scheme
• DuPont Wins $18M In Atty Fees In Trade Secrets Suit
• Grand Jury Gets Last Word On Criminal Charges: High Court
• SEC Is Ready To Move From Rulemaking To Rule Enforcement
• Ex-Pittsburgh Top Cop Gets 1.5 Years Over Embezzlement Plot
• The Unstoppable Trailblazer: Judge Shira Scheindlin
• Elmslie Aide Wants Resentencing Over Missing Testimony
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Dentons' Kara Baysinger
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Winston & Strawn's Joan Fife
• Madoff Aides' Trial Halted Due To Juror's Medical Issue
• Rajaratnam Takes Insider Trading Conviction To High Court
• Western Union Under Investigation For Fraudulent Transfers
• Ex-Siemens Ally Points To Associate In Contract Fraud Trial
• Ex-Madoff Aide Says She 'Never Knowingly' Committed Fraud
• Atty In Bid-Rigging Plot Deserved Disbarment, Court Says
• 5 Questions About The GOP Tax Proposal
• 7th Circ. Affirms Chicago Ponzi Schemer's 23-Year Sentence
• Poker Players Lose Supreme Court Bet
• Ex-Fuel Supply Co. Worker Pleads Guilty In Kickback Scheme
• China Lured Exec, DuPont Worker To Lift Secrets, Jury Told
• IRS Criminal Investigations, Conviction Rates Jump
• SEC Examiner Gets Deferred Prosecution Deal In Ethics Case
• Trenton Mayor Says Courts Can't Boot Him From Office Yet
• New Energy Opportunities In Mexico Raise FCPA Risks
• Ex-NFL Kicker Gets 7-Plus Years For $2M Ponzi Scheme
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Bingham's Debra Fischer
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Nossaman's Nancy Smith
• Claims Deadline For Madoff Victim Fund Extended
• 10th Circ. Upholds Ex-SEC Atty's Green Scheme Conviction
• Bridgegate Subpoenas Could Hit 5th Amendment Traffic Jam
• Criminal Atty Group Sues DOJ For Access To 'Blue Book'
• Trenton's Mayor Mack Can't Stall Hearing On His Ouster
• Halliburton Dodges Criminal Charges For Pa. Plant Violations
• Calif. Sen. Charged With Taking Bribes From Undercover FBI
• Ga. Real Estate Investor Cops To Bid-Rigging Scheme
• Ex-Texas Atty's Bid To Reverse 20-Year Sentence Rejected
• CORRECTED: Endo Inks $193M Deal Over Off-Label Lidoderm Marketing
• UK Atty Charged In Tax Scheme Can Depose Foreign Witnesses
• Ex-BDO Boss Says Arbitration Award Was Based On Fraud
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Ropes & Gray's Jane Goldstein
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Snell & Wilmer's Barb Dawson
• Law360 White Collar Editorial Advisory Board
• Paul Hastings Nabs Pfizer's Top Compliance Officer
• Exec. To Plead Guilty To Destroying Evidence In Antitrust Probe
• Accused Madoff Ponzi Pal Tight-Lipped On Witness Stand
• Panasonic Fined $4.7M In Canada For Auto Parts Bid-Rigging
• Philly Paper Slams Sprague's Bid To Revive Libel Suit
• 4th Circ. Lowers Threshold For Criminal Violations Of ITAR
• Madoff Interviews Show JPMorgan Knew Of Fraud, Suit Says
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Choate's Melissa Tearney
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Littler's Lee Schreter
• Ex-News Corp. Editor Beats Bribery Charge In Hacking Case
• Indian Tribe Embezzler Asks To Be Spared From Prison Time
• NJ 'Bridgegate' Class Action Plaintiffs Seek Certification
• Bridgegate Panel Sues Christie Cronies Over Subpoena Snubs
• Orlando & Braun Partner Charged With Bankruptcy Fraud
• Ex-Madoff Associate Testifies Media Scrutiny Wasn't Red Flag
• Ex-Contractor Denies Scheme To Send F-35 Docs To Iran
• Ga. High Court Holds Fire On $3M Glock Theft Case
• Citigroup Shakes Ex-Salomon Head's Theft Loss Suit
• Enfamil Maker Starts FCPA Probe Into China Unit
• Ex-Penn State Honchos Claim Breaches In Sandusky Probe
• Rothstein Associate Expected To Plead Guilty
• Ill. 'Revenge Porn' Bill Clears Committee Hurdle
• Hunton Atty's Alleged Stock Tip Sparks Criminal Probe
• Top Court Asks If $150M Saudi Currency Tangle Belongs In NY
• Privilege Can't Protect Pa. Turnpike Panel, Justices Rule
• Military Telecom Contractor Pleads Guilty To Bribery
• Former Ala. Atty Cops To Bilking $2.8M From Investors
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Steptoe's Mimi Addy
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Ballard Spahr's Mary Mullany
• The Captain Of The Mother Court: Judge Loretta Preska
• Ex-Gas Drilling Co. COO Pleads Guilty To $9M Fraud Charges
• Ex-PetroTiger CEO Cops To Colombian Bribery, Wire Fraud
• Ex-Madoff Associate Takes Witness Stand In Rare Move
• 3 Ex-Barclays Employees Charged Over Libor Conspiracy
• Union 'Goon Squads' Strong-Armed Philly Employers: Feds
• Trustees Group Backs Picard In 2nd Circ. Clawbacks Appeal
• Christie Campaign Chief Again Scoffs At Bridgegate Subpoena
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Kaye Scholer's Lori Leskin
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Hirschler's Courtney Paulk
• DeLay PAC's Attys Defamed Ex-Treasurer, DC Circ. Told
• Couple In $9.7M Defense Contractor Scheme Gets Prison Time
• How Italy's New Anti-Money Laundering Laws Affect You
• Ex-Jefferies Fund Head Must Pay $7.2M Loss, 2nd Circ. Rules
• NJ Pol's Secret Code Bolstered Evidence In Corruption Trial
• Ex-Prosecutor Asks NJ Panel To Probe Nixed Indictments
• Texas Judge At Center Of Bribery Probe Resigns
• Treasury, DOJ Clear Banks To Serve Marijuana Businesses
• Judge Won't Recuse Self From BP Spill Obstruction Case
• Veteran Tax Atty Pleads Guilty To Hiding $1.3M From IRS
• High Court Asked To Tweak Securities Fraud Sentencing
• 9th Circ. Urged To Revive $100M Bryan Cave Malpractice Suits
• Madoff Defendants Ask To Consolidate On Common Issues
• Pa. Gov. Wants AG To Investigate Chesapeake Gas Royalties
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Hughes Hubbard's Bassey
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Mitchell Silberberg's Coyoca
• NARAL, Ex-President End Dispute Over Misappropriated Funds
• Lloyd's Targets Tiffany Exec Over $5.4M Theft
• Deferred Prosecution Agreements — A New Tool For The UK
• 6 Tips For Creating Effective Trial Graphics
• Ex-Mass. Probation Head Wants Judge Off Bribery Case
• Fla. Supreme Court Clarifies Speedy Trial Recapture Rule
• NJ 'Bridgegate' Probe Panel Targets Nixed Rail Project
• Hartford Wants Out Of Firm's Wrongful Conviction Defense
• Wynn Can't Duck Joe Francis' Casino Debt Defamation Suit
• AUO Exec's Price-Fixing Conviction Should Be Upheld: DOJ
• Judiciary Restores Private Federal Defense Attys' Pay
• Prison Time Sought For Beanie Babies Inventor's Tax Evasion
• Convicted NJ Mayor Can't Keep Office Without Fight
• Texas Bar Sues State Rep. Over Client Referral Scheme
• Bridgestone To Pay $425M In Auto Parts Price-Fixing Dragnet
• Failed Maxim Magazine Acquisition Spurs Fraud Charges
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Goodwin Procter's Sharton
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Levenfeld's Patti O'Connor
• Court Split Likely To Lead To More FCPA Whistleblowing
• Ex-SEC Branch Chief Joins Steptoe's Securities Practice
• Avon Says FCPA Settlement Could Reach $132M
• Ex-KFI Recruiter's Jail Time Postponed During Appeal
• Fla. Atty Gets 6 Years For $300M Allied Vets Gambling Plot
• Sheppard Mullin Lands 3 Bingham White Collar, IP Partners
• NJ Lawmaker Looks To Speed Removal Of Corrupt Officials
• Online Poker Fraudster's Atty Dodges Malpractice Suit
• NJ Justices Clarify Time Limit On Theft, Laundering Charges
• Manatt's DC Financial Group Lands Patton Boggs Atty
• 8th Circ. Won't Revive Fraudster's US Adversary Suit
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Ballard Spahr's Emilie Ninan
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Steptoe's Lucinda Low
• Ex-New Orleans Mayor Nagin Found Guilty Of Corruption
• As Exonerations Grow, States Make Them Harder To Win
• Greenberg Traurig Adds 4 Ex-Locke Lord Attys In Dallas
• Milbank Woos Back Ex-SEC Enforcement Co-Head Canellos
• DOJ Criminal Division Pick Lays Out Prosecution Priorities
• Biolitec Appeals $63M Sanction, CEO Arrest Order In IP Row
• Petters Feeder Fund Owner Found Liable For Securities Fraud
• Former Texas DA Gets 13 Years For Bribery Scheme
• Rothstein Associate Found Guilty For Role In $1.2B Fraud
• MBC Exec Gets 15 Years For $837M Insurance Scam
• Ariz. Credit Union Fraudster Asks 9th Circ. To Overturn Verdict
• Pepper Hamilton Barred From Defamation Row Due To Conflict
• 4th Circ. Affirms SEC Ban For Ex-Taylor Bean Chairman
• US Atty's Office In NY Recovered $4B In 2013
• Christie Campaign Can Spend Funds On 'Bridgegate' Costs
• 6th Circ. Nixes Retrial For Man Who Sold Old Parts To Navy
• How Litigation Funding Helped Knock Down State Farm
• HP Board Faces New Shareholder Suit Over FCPA Violations
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Ropes & Gray's Laurel FitzPatrick
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Baker Donelson's Donna Fraiche
• Waivers Of Appellate And Collateral Rights Are Distinct
• Accused In $1M Judicial Bribery Plot Get Time To Review Tapes
• Former Bechtel Exec Charged In Alleged Kickback Scheme
• 3rd Circ. Won't Scrap Musicland Investor's $31M Disgorgement
• DOJ To Lift Hiring Freeze After Budget Boost, Holder Says
• NJ Files Forfeiture Action Against Convicted Trenton Mayor
• IRS Slammed For Sloppy Tax Suit Against Convicted Fraudster
• King & Spalding Nabs White Collar Atty From DOJ
• Blagojevich Fundraiser Sentenced For Referral Bribe Scheme
• Ex-BofA Exec Cops To Muni Bond Bid-Rigging Scheme
• Lawyer Stole $2M From Jewish Cemetery, NY AG Says
• Camelot Group Boss Charged With $9M Theft From Investors
• EPA Enforcement Brings In $5.6B With Fewer Cases Pursued
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: FordHarrison's Tracey Jaensch
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: McManis' Neda Mansoorian
• Prescription Fraud, Diversion Will Keep Spotlight In 2014
• Dealers Sue Hitachi, Panasonic In Car Part Price-Fixing Row
• Trenton Mayor Convicted On 6 Charges Of Conspiracy, Fraud
• Toyota May Ink $1B Deal To End Defective Vehicle Probe
• Ex-DC Council Member Faces New Campaign Finance Claims
• Martoma Case Shows Insider Trading Defense Far From Easy
• NJ Court Finds No Reason For Warrantless Phone Tracking
• Alleged Silk Road Owner Pleads Not Guilty To Charges
• Charges Against Ex-Pa. Justice Constitutional, Court Hears
• Coblentz Patch Snags Ex-Latham & Watkins Partner
• Liew Wants Charges Over Stolen DuPont Trade Secrets Cut
• State Dept. Leaker's Atty Speaks Out After Guilty Plea
• Ex-UBS Exec Gets Tax-Conspiracy Trial Pushed Back
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: McAndrews' Nabeela Rasheed
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Crowell's Ellen Dwyer
• Texas Bar Tells State High Court DA's Office Hid Evidence
• Swiss Asset Manager Indicted In Tax Evasion Sweep
• Embattled NJ Mayor Was Victim Of Overeager Feds, Atty Says
• Feds Inch Closer To SAC's Cohen As Martoma Convicted
• Wynn Asks 9th Circ. To Toss Joe Francis' Defamation Suit
• A Review Of Health Care Enforcement In 2013: Part 2
• 10 In Calif. Charged In IRS' Tax Return Dragnet
• Accounting Co. Can Be Sued Over Madoff Losses: NY Court
• Pa. Turnpike Commission Beats Claims It Fired Whistleblower
• Atty Faces New Charges In $32M Money-Laundering Plot
• Citgo Fined $2M Over Refinery Emissions, Bird Deaths
• Hospital Slams Staffing Co.'s Bid To Toss Negligence Suit
• Ex-SAC Manager Martoma Found Guilty Of Insider Trading
• Lobbyist Gets 1 Year In Fla. Corruption Case
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Wendel Rosen's Pamela Mintzer
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Hodgson Russ' Yalamanchili
• 'Rebecca' Publicist Drops Counterclaims In Producers' Suit
• Rothstein Says Associate Did Not Know About $1.2B Scheme
• Defense Can Bring Back US's Madoff Witness, Judge Rules
• Martoma Awaits Verdict As Jury Mulls Defense Testimony
• FCA Perils Mount For Drugmakers As DOJ Gets Personal
• Defunct RE Firm Heads Ran $110M Ponzi Scheme, FBI Says
• A Review Of Health Care Enforcement In 2013: Part 1
• ZeekRewards Head Pleads Guilty In $850M Ponzi Scheme
• Obama To Nominate Dechert Partner To 3rd Circ.
• Evidence 'Tsunami' Backs Ex-Jenkens Atty Verdict, US Says
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Taft's Margaret Lawson
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Frankfurt's Barbara Shiers
• UK Government Steps Up Anti-Bribery Enforcement
• 7th Circ. Affirms $413M Judgment In Business Park RICO Suit
• NJ Mayor Used Code To Conceal Corruption, Prosecutors Say
• Ex-Siemens Execs Fined $1.5M Over $1B Bribery Scheme
• UK Releases Sentencing Guidelines For Corporate Offenses
• Martoma Jury Ends 1st-Day Deliberations With No Verdict
• Marine Base 'Godfather' Cops To Contract Bribery Charges
• Caesars Casino Must Return $1.5M Wagered By Ponzi Schemer
• Gibson Dunn Adds Ex-UBS In-House Atty To NY Office
• Edwards Wildman Investigations Pro Heads For NYC Watchdog
• NJ Justices Grill Atty Who Wants Wiretapping Law Clipped
• Former Fla. Appeals Court Chief Judge Joins Diaz Reus
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Michelman's Mona Hanna
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Baker Donelson's Linda Klein
• Madoff Judge OKs Trustee's $543M JPMorgan Settlements
• Feds Urge Jury To Convict Ex-SAC Trader Martoma
• Mich. Pharm Resold Drugs In $60M Fraud Scheme, DOJ Says
• In-House Counsel Name Client-Friendly Litigators
• Emails Barred As Evidence In DuPont Trade Secrets Case
• GCs Name Best-Of-The-Best Attys
• SEC Wins Final Fraud Claim Against Amerindo Co-Founders
• NJ 'Bridgegate' Panel Still Waiting On Subpoena Docs
• DOJ Probes Goldman, Others On Libya Deals
• Japanese Auto Parts Co. To Pay $6.9M Over Price-Fixing Plot
• Former Top NY Dem Hit With New Charge Over City Biz Stake
• 5 Anti-Corruption Developments To Expect This Year
• NY Recovered $851M In Medicaid Fraud And Abuse Last Year
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Holwell Shuster's Dorit Black
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Gibbons' Christine Amalfe
• Baker Botts Adds White Collar Ace To New York Office