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White Collar - September, 2014

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• Ex-Sen. Must Repay Funds Used To Fight Bathroom Arrest
• Pa. Insurance Agent Charged With Securities Fraud
• Nixon Peabody Can't Beat Jailed Ex-Partner's Defense Suit
• Revolving-Door Roundup: Simpson, Sidley, DLA Piper
• Morrison & Foerster Partner Nominated To DC Superior Court
• Alleged Facebook Scammer Fights Requests For Atty Docs
• 3rd Circ. Won't Rehear Ex-Goldman Coder's $2.3M Fee Case
• Germany Seeks Ringleaders In $171M Carbon Tax Scheme
• Trader In Simpson Thacher Insider Case Must Repay $3M
• Ex-Traders Call On Barclays To Keep Picking Up Legal Bills
• Prosecutors Ask Pa. High Court To Stay Ex-Justice's Sentence
• 10 Boutiques Giving Big Firms A Run For Their Money
• SEC In Settlement Talks With Evercore Insider Trader
• DOJ Wants Shipping Price-Fixing Suit Stayed Amid Trial
• DOJ Proposal Shows Focus On Individuals In Corporate Crime
• Atty Backs 'Golfing Buds' Defense In Insider Trading Case
• Firm Owner Admits Paying $1M In Bribes To JPMorgan, GMAC
• Pa. Jury Finds Ex-Bank Head Guilty Of Embezzling Funds
• Onyx Traders Can't Kill SEC's $4M Insider Trading Suit
• BNP Paribas Chair To Resign As Bank Moves Past Sanctions
• Fla. High Court Presses Gov. On Cleared Mayor's Suspension
• 11th Circ. Judge Leads Domestic Abuse Probe Into Ala. Judge
• Disbarred Atty Gets 3 Years Probation For Tax Fraud
• Univ. Counsel Gets Probation For Hiding Kickback Scheme
• The 4 Firms In-House Counsel Fear The Most
• Foundry Exec's Betrayal Triggered Inside Trades, Feds Say
• UK Charges Ex-Supermarket Tax Head With Insider Trading
• NY Lawyers Indicted In Referral-For-Cash Bribe Scheme
• Administrator Gets 68 Months For $6M Fla. Health Care Fraud
• Auto Parts Co. To Pay $26M Fine, Plead Guilty To Price-Fixing
• Lloyds Fires 8, Axes $4.9M In Bonuses Over Libor Rigging
• Murky Crime Policy Has Arch Facing HIV Scam Coverage Suit
• Should FIRREA Whistleblower Bounties Be Higher?
• Ex-NJ Mayor's Conspirators Get Combined 10.5 Years In Jail
• Ex-Pa. Justice Asks High Court To Review Criminal Conviction
• Holder To Nix Waiver Of Appellate Rights
• Medical Co. Owner Charged In $24M Medicare Fraud Scheme
• Rare Arrest Warrant In WL Gore Chancery Case Sent National
• Fox Rothschild Booted From Hacking Case For Client Conflict
• Ex-GSA Official Indicted Over Travel Spending
• 10th Circ. Reverses Sanctions On Tax Fraudster Couple
• Ex-Texas Judge Cops To Defrauding Social Security Agency
• Wilson Sonsini Staffer Eyes Swift Resolution To Charges
• Wynn Hits Chanos With Slander Suit Over FCPA Accusation
• Japanese Shipper To Pay $68M In DOJ Price-Fixing Plea
• Riley Cellphone Search Rule Is Slowly Sweeping The Nation
• Facebook Appeal Over User-Info Warrants Gets Green Light
• Fox Rothschild Says No Conflict In Hacking Case
• 5 Favorites To Succeed Attorney General Eric Holder
• Holder To Leave DOJ Emboldened To Tackle Corporate Crime
• Two Philly Judges Suspended After Colleague's Guilty Plea
• NY Disbars Atty For Stealing $9.3M From Client For Comics
• Blackwater Jury's Lengthy Talks Bode Well For Defense
• Head Of Defunct UK Betting Co. Arraigned On Ponzi Charges
• Ex-Fuel Co. Exec Fleeced Bank Of $30M, Feds Say
• Fla. Lobbyist Gets House Arrest In FBI Bribery Sting
• Ex-Atty Gets 7 Months For Ripping Off Bankruptcy Clients
• UK Extends Libor Manipulation Law To 7 More Benchmarks
• Ex-Simpson Thacher Clerk Rejects Insider Trading Plea Deal
• Attorney General Eric Holder To Step Down
• Saving Face: DOJ Prosecutes Executives Over Corporations
• 7th Circ. Lifts Injunction On Scott Walker Probe
• Abbott Buyout Target's Head Tipped Off Ex-Oriole, Feds Say
• BNP Asks For Sentencing Delay Until DOL Determines Status
• Lucchese Assocs. Want New Trials In Lender Takeover Plot
• 2nd Circ. Denies Ex-Jenkens & Gilchrist Head's Bail Bid
• NJ Lawmaker Seeks Criminal Probe Into Conrail Derailment
• $9M Tax Situation Lands 'Jersey Shore' Star In Court
• Philly Judge Pleads Guilty To Corruption Charges
• Exec Cops To Duping Hurricane Katrina Recovery Investors
• 2 More Plead Guilty In Pa. Ironworkers 'Shadow Gang' Case
• Staffing Co. Controller Gets Prison For $1.4M Embezzlement
• Ex-Investor Relations Exec Cops To Inside Trades On Birthday
• Corporate Probation May Follow An Antitrust Conviction
• WikiLeaker Manning Demands DOD Give Gender Treatments
• Peanut Corp. Verdicts Show Food Execs Aren't Safe From DOJ
• Brazil Alleges Embraer Execs Bribed Dominican Officials
• SEC Charges Two Florida Attys With Aiding Offering Fraud
• Ex-Atty Who Committed Fen-Phen Fraud Gets 20 Years
• General Cable Investigating FCPA Concerns In 4 Countries
• NJ Judges Defend Dinners With Indicted Official At High Court
• $8.3M Commodity Pool Runner Pleads Guilty To Ponzi Scheme
• Nixon Peabody Says It Didn't Owe Jailed Ex-Partner Defense
• Ex-L&L Energy CEO Pleads Guilty To Securities Fraud
• Ex-Official Faces Perjury Charges Over $200M La. Contract
• 4th Liberty Reserve Worker Pleads Guilty In $6B Scheme
• Conservative Pundit D'Souza Avoids Jail In Straw Donor Case
• Opportunities And Pitfalls In The Legal Cloud
• Deutsche Bank Execs Charged In Germany
• Food Fighters: DOJ, FDA May Be Coming For Executives
• The Rise of Coordinated Health Care Fraud Enforcement
• Aussie Gov't Panel Backs Reforms To Cartel Rules
• 'Out Of Context' Ruling Equates Fish With Docs, Justices Told
• 2 Union Workers Enter Guilty Pleas In 'Shadow Gang' Case
• NY Litigation Funder Awarded $33.5M In Kickback Suit
• Supreme Court Urged To Punt Ex-Duane Reade Execs' Appeal
• High Court Asked To Clarify 'Foreign Official' Under FCPA
• Ky. Judge Permanently Disbarred For Vote-Buying Scheme
• Accused Foundry Insider Can't Shake Tipping Charges
• Bankers Back Proposed Sanctions Against FBME Bank
• Perry Prosecutor Says Gov. Made 'Mockery' Of Courts
• BigLaw Atty's Alleged Tipster Tees Up 'Golfing Buds' Defense
• 6th Circ. Vacates Ponzi Schemer's 11-Year Sentence
• Former CCI Exec Takes FCPA Reach Fight To High Court
• Hedge Fund Owner Who Aided Petters Scam Must Pay $81M
• UBS Can't Shake $1.4B Bail In French Tax Evasion Probe
• A General Counsel's Top 10 Billing Tips
• Ex-BP Exec Faces Renewed Obstruction Charge In Spill Case
• Accountant Gets 40 Months For Texas Lender Takeover Plot
• Rothstein Lawyer, Broker Charged In $2.4M Fraud Scheme
• Texas Investment Adviser Gets 20 Years For Ponzi Scheme
• NY Man Arrested For $36M Bailout Loan Fraud Scheme
• Software Startup CEO Gets 27 Months For Securities Fraud
• Ex-Conn. Gov. Convicted In 2nd Corruption Scandal
• Auditing Co. Can't Ax Broker-Dealer's Suit Over $66M Fraud
• Judge Convicted Of Corruption Faces Disciplinary Charges
• Peanut Execs Found Guilty In Landmark Salmonella Trial
• USAID Contractor Seeks To Revive Suit Against US In DC Circ.
• Broker Cops To Relaying Simpson Thacher Clerk's Inside Tips
• 'Bonusgate' Atty Foreman Disbarred By Pa. Supreme Court
• Ex-Mayer Brown CIO's Sentencing Delayed Again Over E-Book
• Ex-Owner of Mass. Trading Co. Gets 9 Years For Forex Fraud
• FCA Free Speech Defense Tested In DOJ-PhRMA Fight
• UK Appeals Court Upholds Innospec Bribery Convictions
• Criminal Division Wants In On FCA Whistleblower Complaints
• GSK Fined Record $489M For Bribery In China
• New, Final DEA Drug Disposal Rules Are Shady On Details
• BMO Harris Socked With $24B Suit Over Petters Ponzi Scheme
• DLA Piper To Pick Up Former DOJ Tax Head In October
• Perry Prosecutor Faces Reopened Witness Tampering Case
• Barry Bonds Fights Obstruction Verdict Before Full 9th Circ.
• Ex-Detroit Public Library Honcho Gets 10 Years For Bribery
• Greenberg Traurig, Alvarez Agree to Slash TelexFree Fees
• SEC Targets 8 Over Penny-Stock Fraud, Banker Charged
• 2nd Circ. Tosses Iraq's Suit Over $10B Oil-For-Food Scheme
• Hitachi, Mitsubishi Execs Indicted Over Auto Parts Cartel
• Defense Contractor Gets 7 Years On Espionage Charges
• Provident Escapes Suit Over Credit Cutoff After Bribery Plea
• 4 Hot Issues In 3rd-Party Due Diligence
• Atty Eyed In Cemetery Theft Faces Escrow Larceny Charges
• Pa. High Court Snubs Ex-State Senator's Corruption Appeal
• Wife-Abusing Fed. Judge Needs To Step Down, Say Senators
• Freddie Mac Sues Deloitte For $1.3B Over Taylor Bean Fraud
• Holder's Whistleblower Proposal Omits Key To SEC's Success
• Ex-Goldman VP Asks 3rd Circ. To Rehear $2.3M Fee Case
• Renewed DOJ Fraud Focus Should Worry Bank Execs
• NJ High Court Takes Hard Line On Attorney Bribery
• DOJ Urges FCA Attys To Aid Criminal Fraud Cases
• DOJ To Target Individuals Over Financial Fraud, Holder Says
• Chile Eyes Jail Terms, New Fine Ceiling For Antitrust Breaches
• Insurer In Judge Murder Plot Charged With Faking Records
• Wilson Sonsini Scandal Brings Unwanted Glare To M&A Group
• Feds Push 7th Circ. To Imprison Beanie Babies Creator
• Pa. Man Pleads Guilty To Exporting Lab Equipment To Syria
• Tolling Provision Is Only Worth The Language That's Written
• Holder Calls For Higher Awards For Wall St. Whistleblowers
• Ex-Execs Face New Charges Over $300M RE Ponzi Scheme
• Ex-Dewey Controller Reaches Partial Deal With SEC
• CFTC Pulls SAC Capital's Registrations Over Criminal Action
• DLA Piper Snags Ex-Kirkland & Ellis Atty For NYC Practice
• Philly Building Collapse Defendants Face Joint Criminal Trial
• NJ AG Wants Doc In Insurer Outsourcing Case Sanctioned
• NJ Lawmakers Target Spousal Privilege In Criminal Trials
• PG&E, Calif. Officials Colluded On Rate Row Judge: Emails
• Criminal Antitrust Policy: Bigger Sticks, Smaller Carrots
• Ex-Mayer Brown CIO Should Get Prison Time, Prosecutors Say
• Wilson Sonsini Tech Worker Charged With Insider Trading
• Bandfield Confirms Aggressive FATCA Enforcement Tactics
• Ropes & Gray Adds NY Prosecutor To Hong Kong Team
• Ex-Dewey Head Says DA Can't Show Conduct Was Criminal
• Payment Service Owner Cleared In Illegal Pharmacy Case
• Feds Want DLA Piper, Kasowitz Docs In Facebook Scam Case
• Houston Investor-Relations CEO Charged With Insider Trading
• DOD Contractor Charged In Turkish Shell Co. Scheme
• OECD Eyes Bitcoin, Tobacco Smuggling As Tax Crime Issues
• Convicted Insider Traders Ordered To Pay £3.25M In UK Case
• Drivers Ed Fraudsters Took NY For A Ride, Prosecutors Say
• OPINION: Why Didn't McDonnell Plead Guilty?
• Problems With Volume Of Commerce In Antitrust Sentencing
• Fla. High Court Puts Mayor's Suspension Case On Fast Track
• NJ Atty Charged With Practicing With Suspended License
• Ex-Penny Stock CEO Barred, Fined In SEC Settlement
• Bush Atty Who Tried To Kill Skadden Spouse Gets 15 Years
• OPINION: Pro Bono May Help Diversity Recruiting Efforts
• Feds Slam Ex-Jefferies Trader's Bail Bid In 2nd Circ.
• Ex-Dentons Montreal Tax Head Hit With Extortion Charges
• Ex-Pennsylvania Judge Charged For Fixing DUI Case
• Madoff Aide Warns Of 'Gender Disparity' In Jail Locations
• Swiss Gov't Rules Disgorgements, But Not Fines, Deductible
• Esquenazi In Korea: Identifying Instrumentalities Abroad
• 5th Circ. Lets Stanford Receiver Claim $32M From Investors
• NYC DA Indicts 8 In $290 Million Stock Pump & Dump Scheme
• HP Russia Pleads Guilty to Bribery, Will Pay $58.8M Fine
• Gucci Great-Grandson Under House Arrest For Asset Transfer
• Don't Let Wife Abuser Hear Cases, Judge Blogs To 11th Circ.
• Ex-McDermott Atty Gets 13 Months For Not Reporting Taxes
• Ex-Liberty Reserve Tech Chief Pleads Guilty In $6B Case
• Stanford Investors Want SEC Negligence Claims Revived
• Ex-NY Assemblyman Skirts Prison For Lying In Bribery Probe
• 'Kids For Cash' Defendant Wants Plaintiffs' Attys Sanctioned
• Pharmacist In Meningitis Outbreak Case Pleads Not Guilty
• Suspect Arrested In Boston Scientific Atty's Shooting Death
• Ex-Duane Reade CEO Can't Duck $7.6M Fraud Restitution
• How Research Efficiency Impacts Law Firm Profitability
• 5 Insights From Ford General Counsel David Leitch
• OPINION: SEC's Pay-To-Play Rule Should Be Upheld
• Dreier's Jailed Founder To Testify In $137M Adversary Fight
• US Seeks Up To 16 Months For Filmmaker's Illegal Donations
• Gov't Work Leads To BigLaw Success, Female Litigators Say
• Bizarre Madoff Appeal Reaches 2nd Circ., Spurring US Reply
• Aussie Watchdog Tweaks Leniency Policy To Boost Detection
• Former Greenberg Litigator Joins Seyfarth In NY
• TierOne Bank Exec Pleads Guilty To Role In Securities Fraud
• Ex-Munger Tolles Attys Open LA White Collar, Appeals Firm
• Ex-Airline Exec Gets Reduced Sentence In Kickback Scheme
• Ex-RedFlex Chief Denies Role In Chicago Bribery Scheme
• 7th Circ. Springs Jailed Sav-Rx Exec, Finding Entrapment
• Best Business Planning Practices For Lawyers
• Scott Walker Probe Not Politically Biased, 7th Circ. Told
• Stanford Investors Face Uphill Climb In Battle With SEC
• 2nd Circ. Revives NYC's RICO Suit Against Cigarette Dealers
• NJ Must Defend Prosecutor Over Damage Of Seized Property
• 11th Circ. Eyes 'Comedy Of Errors' In Mortgage Fraud Trial
• NJ Engineer Admits Lying In US Army Contract Bid
• Feds Charge Six In $500M Offshore Penny-Stock Scheme
• Jailed NASA Contractor Wants Rehearing In Iran Satellite Case
• Chesapeake Energy Must Face Trial On Racketeering Charges
• Blagojevich Fundraiser Fights Fraud Conviction On Appeal
• Bharara Looks To Rebound As Foundry Insider Trial Begins
• House Passes Bill To Up Penalties For Tax Return ID Theft
• Microsoft Admits Contempt, Sets Up Appeal On Email Warrant
• 6th Circ. Agrees Tax Evader Can't Demand Refund From IRS
• NY Judge Sticks With Evidence Ban In Goldman IP Theft Row
• Silk Road Discovery Not Result Of NSA Spying, Feds Say
• Jailed Sav-Rx Exec Was Victim Of Entrapment, 7th Circ. Hears
• Ex-SAC Trader Martoma Gets 9 Years For $275M Scheme
• Ex-UCB Exec To Plead Guilty To Hiding $65M In Loan Losses
• DOJ Names Schulte Roth Atty Head Of Criminal Appeals, Fraud
• UK, Canada Finance Ministers Reaffirm Tax Evasion Fight
• Foreign Agents Registration Act — Back In The Spotlight
• Gov. Perry Aims To Nix Indictment Over Ethics Unit Veto
• Tax Shelter Funds Blast US Bid To 'Create New Law'
• Madoff Trustee Wants 2nd Circ. Review of Merkin Decision
• Allstate Fraud Suits Put NY No-Fault Reform On Front Burner
• 3 Hedge Fund Managers Get Prison For $40M Ponzi Scheme
• Goldman's Vague Corporate Titles May Still Cost It Millions
• Ex-Foundry Exec Rejects Plea Deal In Insider Trading Case
• 5 Things To Watch For At Ex-SAC Trader's Sentencing
• SEC Gives Up Fight To Make SIPC Repay Stanford Victims
• Taiwan, Corning Push 9th Circ. To Rehear AUO Case
• 2nd Vendor Indicted In Ga. DOD Kickback Scheme
• 9th Circ. Affirms Tax Consultant's Impersonation Conviction
• Auditor Can't Slip Investors' Madoff Malpractice Claims
• Texas Bar Wants Ex-DA Disbarred Over Bribery Scheme
• SEC Wins Permanent Bans In Microcap Kickback Scheme
• DOJ's Civil Division Head Promoted To Acting No. 3
• 5 Insights From AT&T General Counsel Wayne Watts
• Convicted Oil, Gas Investment Fraudster Faces Disbarment
• CDC Official Gets Nod To Testify At PCA Salmonella Trial
• Ex-National Lampoon CEO's Sentence Largely Upheld
• Ex-Wine Co. Exec Gets Jail Time For Tax Evasion
• Bitcoin Exchangers Plead Guilty, Avoid Laundering Charges
• Ex-A&P Exec Gets 3 Years Over $1M Ticket Sales Scheme
• Document Storage Tips: Inside The Email Vault
• Medical Clinic Worker Can't Avoid 10-Year Term For Fraud
• Market Rumors: Hootsuite, Alibaba, ChiNext
• FTC Patent Troll Study To Disappoint Some, Wright Says
• Cozen Adds Ex-Kleinberg Kaplan Litigation Partner In NY
• Former MillerCoors Employee Guzzled $13.3M, Suit Says
• 11th Circ. To Rehear Warrantless Cell Tracking Case En Banc
• Staffing Firm Escapes Suit Over Tech Who Spread Hep C
• Ex-Va. Gov. McDonnell, Wife Found Guilty Of Corruption
• SAC's Martoma Can't Shake Conviction As Sentencing Looms
• Pharmacist In Meningitis Outbreak Case Arrested At Airport
• French Court Springs Ex-SocGen Trader Kerviel From Prison
• Parmalat Ordered To Pay $431M To Citigroup
• 3rd Circ. Upholds Extortion Conviction Of Ex-NJ Deputy Mayor
• 'Girls Gone Wild' Founder Tries To Avoid Civil Contempt Jail
• 10th Circ. Boots Ex-Grant Thornton Tax Partner's RICO Appeal
• Hunt Continues For Boston Scientific Atty Shooter
• Convicted Ponzi Schemer Pleads Guilty To Facebook IPO Scam
• FTC's Joshua Wright Takes Aim At 'Stale' Thinking
• Texas Woman Admits Sending Illegal Donations To Rep. Grimm
• Clinic Owner Tied To MLB Doping To Plead Guilty In Oct.
• AUSA Who Prosecuted SAC Trader Decamps For Milbank
• Conducting A Braintrust Review Of The Complex Case
• 3rd Circ. Reverses $2.3M Legal Fee Award For Ex-Goldman VP
• Ex-Jefferies Trader Hit With SEC Suit After Guilty Verdict
• The Glass Slipper: Searching For The FCA Case That Fits
• Pot Stock Puffery And Regulating An Illicit Industry
• Rothstein Trustee Gets Judge's Nod For Up To $37M Payout
• Hi-Tech Execs Ordered To Jail For Contempt Of Recall Order
• Ex-Mayor Says Miami Lakes Has No Business In His Appeal
• Gov't Fights Ex-Alstom Exec's Bid To Toss FCPA Charges
• Simpson Thacher Nabs DOJ's Criminal-Fraud Chief
• SAC's Cohen Sees SEC Case Delayed Again
• NY's Rep. Grimm Set To Face Tax Evasion Trial After Midterms
• Credit Suisse Reportedly Probing Trader Misconduct
• LA Says Hotel Log Views Exempt From Facial Privacy Claims
• SC AG Says Tax Records Are Fair Game In Criminal Cases
• 3rd Circ. Curtails Review For Error At Sentencing