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White Collar - May, 2021

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• Law360 Names 2021's Top Attorneys Under 40
• Trader Owes $23M In FINRA 'Short Squeeze' Arbitration Case
• ​​​​​​​Nev. Exporter Charged In Alleged Iran Export Conspiracy
• Elizabeth Holmes Wants 45-Page Questionnaire For Jurors
• SolarWinds Attackers Said To Return With Phishing Campaign
• Biden Science Adviser Approved By Senate
• 11th Circ. Upholds Convictions Of Ex-Balch Partner, Coal Exec
• Top Aide To Ex-Ill. Speaker Pleads Not Guilty To Perjury
• 'Varsity Blues' Mom Says Arrest Caused Serious Heart Trouble
• Court To Appoint Special Master For Giuliani Privilege Review
• COVID Rules Unlikely To Win Ex-Mayor New Corruption Trial
• Receiver's Rare Step Gives Investors New Hope After FBI Raid
• Ex-County Magistrate In Ga. Gets 5 Years For Theft, Cover-Up
• SEC Fine Highlights AML Reporting As Enforcement Priority
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• 5 Tips To Help Your 2021 Summer Associates Succeed
• Defunct Hedge Fund Accused Of Mishandling $1B In Assets
• Justices Stay Okla. Ruling In Tribal Reservation Murder Case
• Chinese Billionaire's 'Antics' Rankle Judge In $116M Loan Row
• Fla. Man's 17-Year Sentence Wraps $80M Medicare Fraud Case
• Thai Court Investigating Toyota Judicial Bribery Claims
• Feds Fight Parnas' Bid For Disclosure Of Giuliani Docs
• Insurance Exec Gets 2 Mos. For 'Varsity Blues' Testing Bribe
• Senate Panel OKs COVID Compassionate Release Bill
• NYC Real Estate Atty Being Investigated by Feds, Court Hears
• Italian Co. Cops To Role In $17.3M Turbine Export Scheme
• Ore. County Avoids $2.5M Suit For Destroying Hemp, For Now
• Weighing Ability To Pay Criminal Fines Amid FCPA Crackdown
• Investor Says Cred Ch. 11 Can't Block Third-Party Damage Suit
• Julius Baer Will Pay $79M To Settle FIFA Corruption Case
• Firms Should Use Surveys To Make Smart Legal Tech Choices
• Texas AG's Securities Fraud Suit Will Return To His Home Turf
• SFO Says ENRC's 'Hopeless' Suit Is Bid To Derail Graft Probe
• Avenatti Can't 'Maneuver' $250M Fox News Suit To State Court
• NCAA Prospect's Adidas RICO Suit An Air Ball, Judge Says
• Top Aide To Ex-Ill. Speaker Allegedly Lied To Grand Jury
• Bankrupt Girardi Firm Passes Off 86 Talc Cases Against J&J
• Ex-Netflix Exec Says Fraud Conviction Should Be Tossed
• Fla. Men Latest Charged For Bogus COVID Health Care Bills
• Mass. Pot Shop's Extortion Suit Survives Anti-SLAPP Appeal
• DOJ Takes Toyota Thai Bribery Probe To Texas Grand Jury
• DOJ Nominee On Track As GOP Blasts 'Defense Judges'
• Ex-Boston Police Sergeant Pleads Guilty To OT Fraud Scheme
• 'Varsity Blues' Parents Want Testing Case Moved To California
• Fla. Men Say Feds Can't Seize Fraud-Linked Ky. Skyscraper
• Ex-Staffing Co. Owner Looks To Duck Wage-Fixing Charge
• Biden Taps Obama Counterterror Chief To Lead DOJ Division
• Fraud Charges Cost Conn. Lawmaker Committee Posts
• Okla. AG To Resign Amid Reports Of Extramarital Affair
• Trump's Attys Insist House Committee's Doc Subpoena Invalid
• Dechert Says Atty Suffered Smear Campaign Over ENRC Work
• Ex-Bookkeeper Admits To Stealing $1.7M From Texas Firm
• Judge OKs Epstein Guards' No-Jail Pact With Prosecutors
• Austrian Bankers Laundered $170M For Odebrecht, Feds Say
• Divided Senate Confirms Biden Pick For DOJ Civil Rights Post
• What Private Cos. Can Learn From Biden Cybersecurity Order
• Bannon Charges Tossed After Pardon Over Gov't Objections
• Don't Forget Due Diligence In Race For Lateral Associate Hires
• SEC Eyes Feds' Bid To Force Ex-Nomura Trader To Pay $1.2M
• 11th Circ. Affirms Fraud Convictions Of Fla. Contractors
• New Circuit Split Complicates Domestic Securities Test
• Judge Grants Speedy Discovery In Kossoff PLLC Bankruptcy
• Dechert Blasts ENRC's 'Conspiracy Theory' SFO Leak Claims
• Feds Want Multi-Year Sentences For Ex-Deutsche Traders
• Cannabis Entrepreneurs' Family Fighting Spills Into Court
• MiMedx Not A Victim, Can't Get $40M Restitution In Fraud Suit
• Feds Say Ex-Chadian Diplomats Took Bribes For Oil Contract
• Simon Property Can't Stop Discovery In Tenants' Fraud Suit
• Execs' Engine Revenue Scheme Inflated Books, Feds Say
• Ex-Worker Says PE Firms Can't Dodge RICO Pot Suit
• Ex-JPM Trader Tells 2nd Circ. Courts Decide Antitrust Rule
• Whistleblower Says Suit Over Firing Belongs In Calif.
• Jury Can Hear Some Evidence Of Elizabeth Holmes' Wealth
• Pardoned NJ Atty Not Held Liable Yet For Ex-Firm's Debt
• Investment Pro Who Fled U.S. To Dial Up NYC Trial From India
• UK Prosecutor Says Email Fraud Case Belongs In US Court
• Convicted Ex-NBA Player Denied 3rd Circ. Review Of Tax Bill
• Ex-SEC Whistleblower Chief Joins Arnold & Porter
• Epstein Guards Admit To Falsifying Records In Deal With Feds
• Attys Not Above Law, US Says In Bid For Giuliani Evidence
• Shkreli, Vyera Rip FTC Sanction Bid Over Alleged Phone Wipe
• Wyo. High Court Censures Atty For Conduct In Hemp Case
• Florida Tensions Cloud Path For Fed. Bench, US Atty Hopefuls
• 2nd Circ. Cuts Cord On Adelphia Execs' Conviction Challenge
• NY AG Allowed To Join Voter Suppression Robocall Suit
• NY Property Exec Pleads Guilty For Asbestos Releases
• FBI Intel Analyst Charged With Stealing Classified Info
• Gov't Authorities Should Assist Ransomware Targets
• HHS Advisory Highlights Need For Anti-Kickback Law Update
• GOP Lawmakers Look To Bar Visas For IP Thieves, Spies
• Manhattan DA Race Enters Final Stretch
• Anti-Money Laundering Risks Amid Rising NFT Popularity
• Ky. Real Estate Agents Indicted For Rigging Farmland Auction
• Loughlin, Husband Get Court OK For Post-Prison Cabo Trip
• Lessons In Civility From The Alex Oh Sanctions Controversy
• Baker Partner, Ex-Lobbyist Charged In Timber Ponzi Scam
• Ex-Insys CEO Escapes FCA Suit Over Opioid Bribes, For Now
• ICE To End Use Of Mass., Ga. Facilities Over Alleged Abuse
• Hacker Pleads Guilty To Stealing Pa. Hospital Workers' Info
• 'Varsity Blues' Parent Says Bad PR Killed His $187M Biz Deal
• DOJ Expands Poultry Probe With 2nd Corp. Indictment
• FCC Says New Prison Phone Reforms Are 'Critical' To Equity
• SEC Hits Broker-Dealer With 'Naked' Shorting Suit
• Navigating Development Bank COVID-19 Relief Probes
• Shoring Up Compliance Amid Change In Antitrust Tack
• Ex-Hotel Exec Can't Trim $13.8M Theft Ruling At 3rd Circ.
• Biz Record Admissibility Rule Must Adapt To An ESI World
• What US-French Securities Oversight Efforts Mean For Cos.
• Social Media Co. Tied To Bannon Duped Investors, Suit Says
• 'Varsity Blues' Dad Sees Bridgegate As Fraud Off-Ramp
• Pandemic-Era Jury Trial Innovations May Be Here To Stay
• GE, Angola Won't Face Energy Co.'s $1B Forgery Suit In NY
• BofA Atty Says Outside Biz Activities No. 1 Remote Work Risk
• NJ Federal Jury Trials To Resume Amid COVID Progress
• Investor Faces Uphill Battle To Revive ICO Case Against T.I.
• PetroSaudi Slams 'Overbroad' Bid For Piece Of $330M Award
• Rules For Warrant Execution In Private Homes Need Reform
• Movie Pirate Gets No Prison Time In Plot Twist
• Panasonic Whistleblower's SEC Award Exceeds $28M
• Lessons From COVID Securities Rulings On Dismissal Bids
• Robbins Geller Tossed From FIFA Suit For 'Fraud' On Court
• Deutsche Bank Americas GC To Lead Financial Crime Unit
• Legal Pot To Offer Minority Biz Openings, NJ Attys Told
• Feds Say NCAA Coach's Whistleblower Threat Was Extortion
• Ex-US Atty Rejoins Brownstein Hyatt As Denver Shareholder
• Jones Walker Adds Former Assistant US Atty In Miami
• NY Attorney General's Probe Of Trump Goes Criminal
• FTC Wants Shkreli Sanctioned For Allegedly Wiping Phone
• Ex-Doc Gets 59 Years For Unnecessary Surgeries, $21M Fraud
• Deutsche Bank Sued Over Forex Rigging By UK Currency Firm
• Doctor Can't Duck Medicare Ban For Obstructing Investigation
• House Vote Sends Explicit Ban On Insider Trading To Senate
• Esformes Says Trump's Clemency Blocks New Fraud Trial
• FirstEnergy Execs Say Bribery Suit Doesn't Allege Crimes
• Colo. Laws Can't Make It Harder To Prove Medical Pot Defense
• COVID Funds Among $2M In Pilfered Benefits, Feds Say
• DOJ, HHS Watchdog Warn Vaccines Must Be Free
• Justices Must Weigh Class Cert. Denial Stats In Goldman Case
• 1st Circ. Backs Asylum-Seeker's Conviction For Genocide Lies
• Lessons From SAP's Multiagency Illegal Export Penalty
• Bail Affirmed For 'Moorish Sovereign' Accused Of $14M Scam
• Judging A Book: Rodriguez Reviews 'When Machines Can Be Judge'
• King & Spalding Snags Ex-Enron Prosecutor From Bryan Cave
• British Oil Bribery Whistleblower To Be Extradited To Monaco
• Gaetz Associate Cops To Sex Trafficking, Will Work With Feds
• Donziger Declines To Mount Defense As Contempt Trial Wraps
• 1st Circ. Affirms False Statement Conviction In Vistaprint Case
• Kodak Says NY Has Threatened To File Insider Trading Suit
• Giuliani Wants 1st Look At Seized Evidence In Lobbying Probe
• Surgical Care Blasts DOJ Criminal Case Over Employee Pacts
• Texas Dentists Pay $3.1M To End Medicaid Fraud Claims
• Investor Attempts To Hold Cos. Accountable Are Working
• Shkreli Cos.' Ability To Pay Penalties Irrelevant, FTC Says
• OneCoin, 'CryptoQueen,' Financier In Default In $4B Fraud Suit
• Atty Cooperates Against Ex-CEO Charged With $100M Fraud
• Chauvin's Atty Says He Didn't Leak Plea To New York Times
• Stellantis Inks $5M Deal To End Investor FCA-UAW Bribes Suit
• Owner Of Flint Lube Maker Gets 1 Year For Waste Dumping
• Justices Limit New Trials For Non-Unanimous Convictions
• DOJ, Flynn Associate Spar Over Renewed Bid For A New Trial
• Biden's Cybersecurity Order Likely To Reach Beyond Gov't
• 5th Circ. Tosses Stanford Ponzi Investors' Claims Against SEI
• Racer Wants Monitor Nixed After High Court Win Against FTC
• Manufacturer Admin Gets 2.5 Years For $1M Credit Card Fraud
• SEC Commish Says Data Key To GameStop, Other Top Issues
• Swiss Insurance Group Will Pay $77M For Aiding Tax Evasion
• Mass. Condo Developer Cops To Hiding $1.2M From IRS
• CFTC Enforcement Predictions After Biden's First 100 Days
• Pardoned NJ Atty On Hook For Ex-Firm's Debt, Creditor Says
• 2nd Circ. Upholds Saks' Win In Shoe Seller's Race Bias Case
• Donziger Expects To Be Convicted Of Criminal Contempt
• Ex-NYPD Cop Gets Bail In Corruption Case Over Feds' Protest
• Hedge Funder Gets 4 Years After Stealing $2M From Investors
• 5 Steps For Law Firms Rethinking Flexible Work Post-COVID
• Frisco Atty To Serve 18 Months For Defrauding Client
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Ex-Mayor Convicted In Boston's 1st Big Trial Of Pandemic
• Donziger Might Have Avoided Charges By Appeals, Atty Says
• Gaetz Associate Will Plead Guilty In Sex Trafficking Case
• State Street To Pay $115M After Fed's $290M Overbilling Probe
• Insurer Freed Of $2M Jewelry Loss To Mobster's Fake J.Lo Vid
• Senate Panel Splits On Contentious DOJ Civil Rights Nominee
• Weed Fraudsters' Acquittal Bid Smoke and Mirrors, Feds Say
• Indivior Wants Ex-Worker's Retaliation Claims Thrown Out
• 2 More Boston Cops To Plead Guilty In No-Work OT Case
• Ex-CEO Must Face Charges In NJ Bank Fraud Scheme
• Assessing SPAC Risk After SEC Pumps Brakes On Market
• Ericsson To Pay Nokia €80M To Nix FCPA Probe-Related Claim
• Gibson Dunn Partner Questioned On 7-Figure Donziger Bills
• Jenner & Block Partner Appointed To Monitor UAW Deal
• 9th Circ. Revives Charges Over DOD Contract Fraud Scheme
• SEC Fines Broker $1.5M For Failure To Report Cybercrimes
• Feds Say Private Equity CEO Forged Docs To Get $95M Loan
• Investors Seek $6M Win In Suit Over Failed Hotel Project
• Ghislaine Maxwell Sex Trafficking Trial Set For November
• Real Estate Agent With Antitrust Violation Can Keep License
• 2 Charged For Roles In $650M Weed, Cattle Ponzi Scheme
• NJ Judge Shoots Down FCA Suit Over Lobbyist Payments
• Biden Orders IT Gov't Contractors To Report Data Breaches
• Father-Son Investment Duo Can't Duck SEC's Fraud Claims
• Firms Can't Shake RICO Suit Over Loan Scheme, Court Told
• DC Judge Sanctions Paul Weiss, Alex Oh In Exxon Case
• Ex-Electric Co. Controller Charged By Feds With $17M Fraud
• Greenberg Traurig Adds Ex-U.S. Atty In Houston
• Ex-TGP Exec Gets 3 Months For 'Varsity Blues' Exam Bribe
• Judge's Rebuke Of Mass. AG Has Lessons For All Attorneys
• Top EU Court Rules Double Jeopardy Ban Can Halt Arrest
• Elizabeth Holmes' Mystique Unlikely To Survive Looming Trial
• Gibson Dunn Atty Rebuts Donziger Privacy Concerns At Trial
• Gov't May Lean On Private Sector To Stop Next Critical Hack
• NJ To Resume In-Person Jury Trials As Virus Trends Improve
• Taxpayers Hold $2T Abroad In Tax Havens, IRS Official Says
• BitMEX Anti-Money Laundering Trial Set For March
• Court Tosses RICO Claims Against Cannabis Cos.
• Ex-UAW Prez Williams Gets 21 Months In Embezzlement Case
• SEC Brought 75 Crypto-Related Actions In 7.5 Years
• NYPD Cops Charged With Stealing Victim Info For Injury Attys
• JPMorgan Whistleblower's Rigging Suit Axed By Mass. Court
• Texas Pharma Co. Settles Opioid Whistleblower Suit For $2.8M
• Caribbean Banks Ask To Leave Ch. 11 Behind
• Former Trump College Booster Gets Prison For Posing As Atty
• Renowned Philly Defense Atty Joins Montgomery McCracken
• DLA Piper Launches State AG Practice Led By Ex-Gov't Attys
• Font Considerations To Give Your Legal Briefs An Edge
• Nigeria Wins JPMorgan US Docs Disclosure In $875M Suit
• Donziger Calls Contempt Charge Overreach As Trial Begins
• SEC Hands Out $22M Award, Settling Whistleblower Spat
• Forfeiture Suits Over PrivatBank Loan Scheme Paused
• Cohen Milstein Rips Paul Weiss, Alex Oh's 'Half Apologies'
• FBI Outs Ransomware Cartel Behind Colonial Pipeline Hack
• 1st Circ. Agrees Ex-Tech Firm Execs 'Instrumental' In Scheme
• DOJ, SEC Probing Geothermal Co. Bribery Claims
• UMiami Pays $22M To Settle Medicare Overbilling FCA Suit
• California Feds Decry Avenatti's Bid For Trial Delay
• Jury Convicts Parts Buyer Of Violating Iran Trade Embargo
• Jury Hears Ex-Mayor Guilty Of 'Disgusting' Conduct In Fraud
• Ex-NY Cyber Pro To Be EDNY's 1st Black Female Magistrate
• Make Profitability Management Part Of Your Law Firm Culture
• Split 4th Circ. Won't Ax Evidence From Honduran's Arrest
• 'Varsity Blues' Cost Me 'Life's Work,' Ex-TPG Exec Tells Court
• Norton Rose Adds Jackson Walker, Walmart Attys In Texas
• Trump Appointee Expected To Get Plea Deal In Riot Case
• 1MDB Sues Deutsche Bank, Others For $23B Over Scandal
• FDA Dr. Says Stem Cell Clinics' Study 'Just A Bunch Of Words'
• Feds Broaden Bribery Case Against Ex-Cook County Official
• Alex Oh Says She Rues 'Breakdown Of Civility' In Exxon Case
• Calif. Atty Avoids Prison For Lies About Fake GM Settlement
• Feds Tread Lightly On Giuliani Devices After 'Taint Team' Flak
• Ex-EDNY Acting US Attorney, DOJ Boss Joins Bracewell
• NJ Justices To Mull Constitutionality Of Remote Jury Selection
• Greenberg Traurig Lands Longtime Boston Federal Prosecutor
• Ex-BigLaw Atty Gets Prison For Conduct In Bankruptcy Case
• Disbarred Mass. Atty Gets 2 Years For Pilfering From Trust
• Dermatology Case Tapped As Bellwether In Generic Drug MDL
• Feds Can't DQ Ex-CFTC Adviser From Spoofing Case
• NY AG Moves To Halt Crypto Firm After New Investor Claims
• Pa. DA Resigns As He Cops To Intimidation, Prostitution Rap
• NY Judge Says Avenatti 'Not As High-Profile As He Once Was'
• Latham Snags National Security Expert From V&E
• 5th Circ. Rips Texas Judge For Hostility Toward DOJ Attys
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• From Ecuador To SDNY, Donziger's Path To A Criminal Trial
• Clinics' Stem Cell Treatments Endanger Patients, DOJ Says
• Ex-Theranos CEO Vies To Shield Jury From Wealth, Reportage
• Ex-Fla. Rep. Gets New Trial After Removal Of Faith-Led Juror
• NY AG Aims To Join Suit Over Calls Targeting Black Voters
• GOP Sens. Want Cuomo Probed Over Nursing Home Deaths
• Alex Oh Lawyers Up In Exxon Case After Brief SEC Stint
• Health Care Giant Strikes $10M False Claims Deal With DOJ
• Blue Cross Unit Wants To Lead If Shkreli Faces New Suits
• 1st Circ. Hints Insys Execs' Convictions Will Stand
• Union Says ERISA Blocks Convicted Official's Benefits Case
• Ex-Mayor's Fraud, Bribery Case Nears End As Defense Rests
• Trump Doc Subpoena Should Be Upheld, House Panel Says
• 4 Trends In Discoverability Of Litigation Funding Documents
• Ex-Theranos CEO Blasts Government's Expert Witness Plan
• Ex-Calif. Officials Each Get 2 Years In Pot Permit Bribe Row
• Butler Snow Ends Appeal After $9.5M Timber Scam Settlement
• Ransomware Scourge May Be Nearing Its Breaking Point
• Sens. Urge FinCEN To 'Promptly' Roll Out Corporate Database
• Ex-Venezuelan Oil Exec Gets 2 Years For Aiding $1.2B Scheme
• DOJ Says Antitrust Rules Are No Different For Employers
• Judge Seeks Teva's Take On Morgan Lewis Conflict Claim
• Harvey Weinstein Accuses Jose Baez Of Legal Fee Fraud
• Colombian Man Cops To Laundering Bribes For Brazilian Pols
• Zoom Criminal Hearings Constitutional, Mass. Top Court Rules
• 8th Circ. Says TPS Grant Does Not Constitute An Admission
• High Court's AMG Ruling Could Hinder FDA Enforcement
• Expect Increasing Scrutiny Of Wage-Fixing, No-Poach Deals
• Mass. Mayor Took Cash Bribe Stuffed In Clipboard, Jury Told
• Duff & Phelps Says It's Not Liable For $789M Ponzi Claims
• Ex-Fulton County DA Faces Sexual Discrimination Suit
• Ex-Alden Shoe Exec Admits $30M Theft, Faces 4-Year Term
• MiMedx Slams Quinn Emanuel Fees As 2 Other Firms Settle
• Nigeria Seeks US Compliance Docs In $875M JPMorgan Suit
• Feds Want Special Master To Review Seized Giuliani Records
• Judge Blasts Barr As 'Disingenuous' In Mueller Report Filings
• Ex-Theranos CEO's Defense Emerges In Pre-Trial Battle
• Gibson Dunn Says Donziger Is Abusing Subpoenas
• Insurance Broker Wants Union Health Fund's Fraud Suit Axed
• 20-Year-Old Robbery Blocks Bid For Asylum, 3rd Circ. Says
• Ex-Mayor's Allies Arranged $25K Bribe Drop-Off, Jury Told
• Watchdog Drops Suit Over Online Court Access In Pittsburgh
• Ex-CEO Ducks Prison After Helping Feds In Stock Fraud Probe
• Pot Delivery Biz Owner Cops To Tax, Laundering Charges
• DOJ Plans To Retry Remaining Charges Against Esformes
• Girardi's 'Real Housewife' Targeted By Lawyers, Critics
• Texas Atty Gets 15 Years For Cheating Drug Trafficking Clients
• Ex-US Atty Joins K&L Gates' Investigations Practice In NC
• 7 Lessons For Young Lawyers Starting Their Careers
• Ghislaine Maxwell Trial Delayed After Sex Trafficking Charges
• Lawmakers Urge Yellen To Stiffen Reporting For Hedge Funds
• No Error In Illegal Reentry Arrest, 8th Circ. Rules
• 4th Circ. Divided Over Convicted W.Va. Justice's New Trial Bid
• Feds Stand By 1MDB Link In $330M PetroSaudi Forfeiture Suit
• Fiat Chrysler Engineers Defend RICO Bribery Suit
• Associate Tells Of Mass. Mayor's $250K Pot Shop Bribes
• Jury Got Ex-JPM Trader's Conviction Right, Feds Tell 2nd Circ.
• Fla. Investment Adviser, Va. Atty Convicted Of $25M Scheme
• How Justices' AMG Ruling Affects Privacy And Cybersecurity
• Poultry Execs Can't Get More Info From Prosecutors
• Surgeon's Alleged Scheme Brings $33M In DOJ Settlements
• Dechert Brings Back Ex-DOJ Atty For White Collar Litigation
• Justices End Madoff Investors' Fight For $41M In Ponzi Profits
• Archegos Fallout Is A Wake-Up Call For Banks
• Feds Want Harsher Prison Terms In Meningitis Outbreak Case
• SEC's Peirce On Crypto Ambitions, GameStop's Lessons