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White Collar - February, 2026

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• 2nd Circuit Says IRS Can Apply Foreign Biz Reporting Penalty
• Otterbourg Chiefs' $20M Suit Against Atty Nixed For Now
• Goldstein Testimony 'Solidified' Case, Juror Says
• 7th Circ. Rejects Firm's $237K Fee Bid From Investment Fund
• Calif. Bar Charges Atty With Misconduct In LA Utility Case
• SEC Issues Final Rules For Foreign Private Issuer Reporting
• Geofence Warrants Harm 'Privacies Of Life,' Amici Tell Justices
• AI-Assisted Arbitration Needs Safeguards To Ensure Fairness
• Developer Admits Stealing From Investors, On Hook For $13M
• White Collar Group Of The Year: Morrison Foerster
• Tricolor Noteholders Say Big Banks Ignored Auto Loan Fraud
• Ex-Morgan Stanley Pro's NBA Fraud Rap Falls Short, Jury Told
• Maduro Says Charges Must Be Nixed Due To US 'Interference'
• Goldstein Placed Under Home Confinement Until Sentencing
• Conn. High Court Snapshot: Transcripts, Signatures & Lyrics
• $100M AI Token Dump Suit Can't Be Heard In NY, Founders Say
• Exec To Pay SEC Fine Over Fake Berkshire Hathaway Deal
• NC Lawyer Gets At Least 4 Years For Real Estate Fraud
• Ex-Paxful CEO Charged Over Anti-Money Laundering Failures
• How The SEC's New 'User-Friendly' Manual Provides Uniformity
• 4th Circ. Revives Secrets Charges Against Ex-Deloitte Workers
• Reforms To Bank Agency Appeal Processes May Boost Usage
• Arete Wealth, GC Can't Slip SEC Claims In Offering Fraud Suit
• Longtime Civil Rights Attorney Joins DiCello Levitt In DC
• Senate Judiciary Advances Illinois US Atty
• White Collar Group Of The Year: Quinn Emanuel
• Ex-Exec. In $2B Denmark Tax Scheme Hid Assets, Court Told
• 'OnlyFake' Website Operator Cops To $1.2M ID Fraud Scheme
• Playing Piano Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Jefferies Faces Investor Fraud Suit Tied To First Brands Crash
• White House Cites Fraud, Freezes $259M In Minn. Medicaid
• Ex-Morgan Stanley Pro Abused NBA Players' Trust, Jury Hears
• AT&T Promptly Settles NYC Pension Funds Diversity Suit
• Crypto Hedge Fund Manager Charged With Tax Evasion
• CFTC Warns Against Prediction Market Insider Trading
• Jail Threat Impossible For Already-Jailed Insurance Magnate
• 11th Circ. Questions 'Problematic' Juror Removal In Tax Case
• FBI Searches LAUSD Headquarters, Superintendent's Home
• CFTC Taps Ex-SDNY Prosecutor To Lead Enforcement
• AI Trade Secret Conviction Highlights Espionage Risks
• 9th Circ. Nixes ID Theft Sentence In Medicare Fraud Case
• 11th Circ. May Bring Tectonic Shift To FCA Qui Tam Actions
• Tom Goldstein Guilty On Tax Evasion, 11 Other Counts
• Centene Says Filed Rate Doctrine Dooms RICO, Fraud Claims
• How To Counter 7 Logical Fallacies In Legal Arguments
• Recruiter, Gov't Ink $1.3M Deal Settling Student Loan FCA Suit
• Cat Cover Story In Ginsburg Health Hack Gives Judge Pause
• SEC's Morocoin Case Presents A Crypto Jurisdiction Dilemma
• Pakistan Native Pleads Not Guilty To $10M Healthcare Fraud
• Takeaways From CFPB's Retreat On Immigrant Fair Lending
• White Collar Group Of The Year: Barnes & Thornburg
• Democrats Cast Doubt On New DOJ Fraud Role
• Ga. GOP Operative Referred For Charges Amid Ponzi Probe
• Judge Won't Toss Copyright Suit Against Proud Boys Attorney
• Harvey Weinstein Swaps Attys As 3rd Rape Trial Looms
• Patterson Belknap Adds Ex-SDNY Prosecutor Maurene Comey
• Justices Set New Limits On Recess Testimony Talks
• SDNY's New Self-Report Policy Eases Path To Declinations
• Justices Urged To Restore 'Critical Limits' To SEC Sanction
• Feds' White Collar Crime Enforcement 'Retreat' Raises Alarms
• A 'Bank Is A Bank': Lender Denies Aiding $100M Trust Fraud
• Terraform Says Jane Street 'Insider Trading' Led To Ch. 11
• What DOJ's New Trade Fraud Push Means For Cos.
• 3 Cases Highlight SEC Distinction Between Exec, Co. Liability
• NC Justices Toss Lindberg's Bid To Stall $526M Judgment
• Ex-Fla. Rep., Lobbyist Can't DQ Prosecutor In FARA Case
• Key Details To Know As Judiciary Rules Face Decisive Votes
• AI-Generated Doc Ruling Guides Attys On Privilege Risks
• To Survive FCA Actions, Small Cos. Must Take Offensive Steps
• Former PSE&G Deputy GC, Ex-Prosecutor Approved As NJ AG
• White Collar Group Of The Year: A&O Shearman
• Ex-Pandemic Watchdog Cements Interim US Atty Role In Pa.
• SEC Secures Judgment Against Athlete-Targeting Fraudster
• Wells Fargo Denies Involvement In Alleged Fla. EB-5 Fraud
• DC Circ. Talks Sharks, Moats In Vertex HHS Kickback Appeal
• Zynex Faces Securities Suit Following Arrest Of Former Execs
• 7th Circ. Orders Deeper Probe Of $13M Fraudster's Severance
• Snow Delays Goldstein Deliberations Until Tuesday
• Feds Fight Ex-Judge's Bid For New Trial In ICE Arrest Case
• The Law Firm Merger Diaries: Leadership Strategy After Day 1
• The Challenges Of Detecting Event Contract Manipulation
• Justices Pass On Va. Voting Rights Restoration Case
• White Collar Group Of The Year: Covington
• DC Circ. Gag Order Rulings Reveal A Digital Privacy Paradox
• Justices Won't Review Russian's Fugitive Label
• Judge Blocks Release Of Mar-A-Lago Classified Docs Report
• Justices Won't Hear Appeal Based On Miranda Rights Hearing
• Justices Won't Review Conviction In $1B Renewables Fraud
• Justices Won't Review Sentence Of Bitcoin 'Peace Promoter'
• Supreme Court Won't Review NRA's Qualified Immunity Case
• Va. Judges Name New US Atty, But Blanche Says 'You're Fired'
• Fake Attys, Judges, Hearings: DOJ Alleges Immigration Scam
• Evolve Bank Freed From Fintech Yotta's Fraud Suit, For Now
• Wash. Man Admits To Role In $100M Oil Investor Crypto Con
• Epstein's Advisers Ink $35M Deal With Sex Trafficking Victims
• 'Fun Fun Fun' Was Fraud Fraud Fraud, Accountant Admits
• Dallas Jury Finds Ex-NFL Player Ran $328M Medicare Scheme
• SEC Says Tech CEO Hid Criminal Convictions, Misused Funds
• Record FCA Recoveries Signal Intensified Healthcare Focus
• Ill. Man Gets 33 Months For Threatening Judge In Trump Case
• PVC Pipe Buyers Want To Get Price-Fixing Discovery Moving
• NY AG's Zelle Fraud Suit Sent Back To State Court
• Clearing US Legal Hurdles To Biz Opportunities In Venezuela
• Reel Justice: 'Sentimental Value' And Witness Anxiety
• Kaiser Sues Insurers To Tap $95M D&O Policy For Fraud Deal
• Calif.'s Civility Push Shows Why Professionalism Is Vital
• 1st Circ. Backs $42M Penalty In Penny Stock Fraud Case
• Ex-Google Engineers Took Trade Secrets To Iran, DOJ Says
• Feds Rest In Ex-Morgan Stanley Adviser's NBA Fraud Trial
• DOJ Shifts FCA Focus From Anti-DEI To Antidiscrimination
• No Verdict Thursday In Goldstein Case
• Judge Hesitant To DQ Prosecutor In Fla. Foreign Agent Case
• Outcome Execs Argue High Court Ruling Ends Restitution Bid
• UBS Whistleblower To Get Full Retrial On Long-Running Case
• SEC Says Calif. Man Dragging Feet On Fraud Suit Settlement
• NYC Pension Funds Sue AT&T Over Proxy Proposal Exclusion
• Ex-ComEd VP Turned Fed Witness Gets Probation For Bribery
• Court Won't Seal FBI Documents In UM Coach Hacking Case
• Feds Say Miles Guo Can't Dodge $1.3B Fraud Forfeiture
• Feds Hit 7 People With COVID Relief, Mortgage Fraud Claims
• Staten Islander Cops To Obstruction In Gogic Juror Bribe Case
• Energy Startup Targets Binance, Banks In Loan Fraud Claims 
• Should Prediction Markets Allow Trading On Nonpublic Info?
• Ex-LA Atty Faces Possible Suspension Over Billing Scandal
• NY Judge Rejects 1st Amendment Challenge In FARA Case
• 9th Circ. Overturns Meth Sentence Over Enhancement
• Barnes & Thornburg Adds 35 Ballard Spahr Attys, 3 Offices
• Trivia Competition Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Ex-Cop Commissioner's RICO Suit Against NYPD, Adams Tossed
• Wash. Bill Reclassifying Insurance Fraud Clears State Senate
• Epstein Survivor Seeks Class Cert. In BofA 'Blind Eye' Suit
• Jury To Get Goldstein Case After Clashing Closing Statements
• Texas County Seeks Removal From Witness-Tampering Suit
• Trump Opposes Stay In Mar-A-Lago Case During Appeal
• Oklahoma Tribes' Bid For Indian Country Status Denied
• Clarifying A Persistent Misconception About Settlement Talks
• Law School's Missed Lessons: What Cross-Selling Truly Takes
• Former SEC Deputy Director Joins Paul Weiss
• Mass. Police Union Head, Lobbyist Get Prison For Kickbacks
• Jury Finds Ex-Coal Exec Guilty Of Authorizing Bribes
• Fulton County Slams 'Unjustified' Election Records Raid
• Goldstein Tax Trial Heads To Closing Args As Defense Rests
• Founders Made Fish Farming Co. Go Belly Up, Court Told
• Wash. Bank Ignored Ponzi Scheme Warnings, Investors Say
• CFTC Lands $1.3M Settlement In Immigrant Fraud Case
• Coal Exec 'Had No Ability' To OK Paying Bribes, Jury Told
• Tick, Tock: Maximizing The Clock, Regardless Of Trial Length
• AG Ends Pursuit Of RICO Case Against NJ Power Broker
• MLB Pitcher Sent 'Coded' Texts For Rigged Pitches, Feds Say
• FTC's Agent Probe Reveals Latest NCAA Growing Pains
• Crypto CEO Gets 20 Years For $200M Bitcoin Ponzi Scheme
• FinCEN Opens Online Portal For Whistleblower Tips
• Full 4th Circ. Asked To Rethink Visa Fraud Conviction
• 5 Cattle Trading Co. Workers Charged In $220M Fraud Scheme
• Suspect In Labor Scheme Probed By IRS Must Stay In Custody
• How State FCA Activity May Affect Civil Fraud Enforcement
• FinCEN Eases Beneficial Owner ID Rules For Banks
• Judges On AI: Practical Use Cases In Chambers
• Criminalizing Officials' Speech Erodes Trust In Justice System
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Skyline CEO Indicted Over Alleged Lies About AI, Other Tech
• Affairs, Spending Come Out In Goldstein Cross-Examination
• Restaurant Group Alleges Ex-GC Embezzled, Shared Secrets
• Feds Charge 2 Foreign Nationals Over $10M Healthcare Fraud
• Law Firm Shouldn't Have To Give Up 1MDB Docs, Judge Says
• Chancery Mulls Contempt For Co. Refusing Legal Fee Demand
• Row Over Forensic Expert Testimony Hits NC High Court
• Top SEC Enforcer Sees Fewer Cases Over Common Violations
• Bipartisan Bill Targets Scam Ads On Social Media Platforms
• Symetra Settles AME Church Retirees' Mismanagement Suit
• Mass. US Atty Calls ICE Criticism 'Hyperbole,' Praises Agents
• Coal Exec Used 'Mr. Yen' To Talk Kickbacks, FBI Testifies
• 9th Circ. Judges Doubt AG-Picked Nevada US Atty Can Serve
• Prep School To Pay OFAC $1.7M Over Cartel-Tied Payments
• A Closer Look At California Financial Regulator's 2026 Agenda
• Investor Claims $250K Fraud In Project Tied To Magic Johnson
• NYC Politician Lander Gets Trial Date Over ICE Scuffle
• Takeaways From 1st DOJ Antitrust Whistleblower Payout
• NY Senators Criticize DOJ Over US Attorney Firing
• Trail Running Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Warhol, Pollock And Yogi Berra: Heists Leader Gets 10 Years
• Goldstein Says He Lost Millions On Poker In 2016
• NBA Pro Says He Would've Balked At Deal Over Adviser's Role
• Pfizer, SEC Reach $29M Deal In Insider Trading Fund Dispute
• Not 'Your Dad's DOJ': Recapping Year 1 Under Bondi
• SNAP Recipients Appeal In 2nd Circ. Over Card Scam Suit
• Paxful Sentenced To $4M Fine Over Compliance Failures
• SEC's Atkins Says ESG Fund Names Rule Is Under Review
• SEC Inks $150K Deal With Adviser In Cherry-Picking Case
• Shkreli Can't Add Wu-Tang Members To Fight With Crypto Co.
• Egypt's 'Social Law' Doesn't Endorse Bribery, Jury Told
• Bondi Touches On Judges, Fraud, Subpoenas At Fiery Hearing
• Atty Should Remain Jailed In Cyberstalking Case, Court Told
• 7th Circ. Denies New Trial To Convicted Tax Preparer
• Latham Adds Kirkland, Winston & Strawn Litigators In Texas
• Asphalt Cos. To Pay $30M To End FCA Testing Case
• Mass. AG Charges Medical Transport Co. With Billing Fraud
• Ex-Home Depot Exec Gets 3 Years For $2M Embezzlement
• 7th Circ. Mulls Taking Sides In Arbitration Enforcement Split
• 7th Circ. Mulls Outcome Health Execs' $1B Fraud Convictions
• NY Judge Says Diddy Assault Claim Is Time-Barred
• Fulton Election Raid Relied On Trump Allies' Testimony
• Tom Goldstein To Testify At Tax Trial Wednesday
• From Prison, Bankman-Fried Requests New Trial
• Former Teachers Union Leaders Get Prison For Stealing $2.6M
• HSBC Ignored $8M Pig Butchering Scam Warnings, Suit Says
• Ex-DOJ Fraud Prosecutors Launch DC White Collar Boutique
• SafeMoon CEO Gets Over 8 Years For Crypto Investor Fraud
• Feds Say 50 Cent's Liquor Boss Violated Fraud Plea Deal
• Feds Argue Russian Billionaire Lacks Yacht Ownership
• 'Pig Butchering' Fugitive Gets 20 Years For $73M Crypto Scam
• Coal Exec's Co-Worker Says Emails Hinted At Egypt Bribes
• NC Justices Told Not To Disturb Lindberg's $122M Penalty
• Judge Questions Timing Of Case Against Harvard Researcher
• Elections Mean Time For Political Law Compliance Checkups
• Holland & Knight Adds US Atty Who Quit Amid 'Blue-Slip' Ire
• DOJ Pushes To Revive Comey, James Indictments
• No 2nd Circ. Rehearing On $4M 'Bridgegate' Legal Fee
• Calif. Judge Blocks State's Push To Unmask Federal Agents
• Malpractice Claim Assignability Continues To Divide Courts
• Senate Confirms Burrows As DOJ Policy Chief
• AI Docs Sent By Exec To Attys Not Privileged, Judge Says
• Ex-Morgan Stanley Pro Scorns Key NBA Witness In Fraud Trial
• Sentencing Commission's Reform Ideas May Cut Prison Time
• DOJ's Antitrust Deputy Chief Rejoins Baker McKenzie
• Feds Want Bannon's Contempt-Of-Congress Conviction Axed
• Cooperation Helps Ease 2 Sentences In NJ Ponzi Scheme
• Goldstein's Defense Questions Missing Tax Emails
• Fifth Third Aided Ex-Mayor's $1.8M Theft, Ill. Village Claims
• DOJ Scraps Criminal Antitrust Fragrances Probe
• Renewable Fuel Co. Owner Cops To $6M Tax Credit Scheme
• DOD Employee Denies Laundering Millions For Scammers
• Courts' Rare Quash Of DOJ Subpoenas Has Lessons For Cos.
• Ex-NC City Council Member Enters Plea Deal For COVID Fraud
• Coal Exec Knew Egyptian Broker Paid Bribes, Jury Told
• Lloyd's Settles $5M Dispute Over Trenton Arrest
• SEC Seeks To Enforce $27M Order In NFL, NBA Player Fraud
• Ex-Fla. Rep., Lobbyist Want Maduro To Testify At Trial
• Fla. Real Estate Developer Looks To Escape PE Fraud Suit
• Brooklyn Adviser Settles SEC's $4.1M Affinity Fraud Claims
• Contractor Owner Fights Perjury Charges Tied To Bankruptcy
• Prediction Markets Expand Wall St. Cops' Insider Trading Beat
• Ex-MLB Star Puig Convicted Of Lying About Gambling Ring
• Protecting Sensitive Data During Congressional Inquiries
• Where PCAOB Goes Next After A Year Of Uncertainty
• Ex-Ballard Spahr Atty, Rendell Aide Reinstated To The Bar
• Former Pa. Atty Gets 4 Years In Prison For Tax Evasion
• Weathering FINRA's Scrutiny Of Foreign Small-Cap Issuers
• $3M FanDuel Fraud Probe Nets 2 Conn. Arrests
• 5th Circ. Nixes 50-Year Ponzi Sentence Due To Misinformation
• Graham Pushes Bill To Allow Suits Over Smith Investigations
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Football Coaches Throw Support Behind FTC's Agent Probe
• 5th Circ. Mulls Families' Rights In Boeing-DOJ 737 Max Deal
• Trump's Seattle US Atty Stays On For Now Via Title Swap
• Billionaire Lewis' Pilots Ink SEC Deals Over Insider Trading
• NYAG's Insider Trading Case A Power Grab, Judge Told
• NY Times Article Excerpts Admitted In Goldstein Trial
• SEC Data Contractor To Pay $1.5M Over Faked Audit Cert.
• Coal Exec's Bribery Trial Aligns With New FCPA Priorities
• Kalshi Taps White & Case Alum As Enforcement Head
• Fake Case Pulled From Toshiba Malicious Prosecution Suit
• SDNY Chief Says Office Has Eye On Prediction Markets
• MLB Star's Assistant Strikes Out In Agent Fraud Case
• Klobuchar Alarmed By Exodus Of Prosecutors In Minnesota
• Trump Admin Finalizes Rule Facilitating Federal Worker Firings
• Defunct Gov't Contractor Found In Contempt Of Asset Freeze
• Ga. Law Firm's CTA Challenge 'Hypothetical,' Feds Argue
• Teaching Logic Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Goldstein Accountant Admits Tax Return Errors
• NBA Star Tells Of Fury Over Ex-Morgan Stanley Pal's Fraud
• Dark Web Drug Market Operator Gets 30-Year Sentence
• SEC Cases May Rise After 'Unprecedented' 2025, Attys Say
• Clemency Was 'Broken' Long Before Trump. Can It Be Fixed?
• Fintech Exec Wins Toss Of $150M Fraud Case After Mistrial
• Law School's Missed Lessons: Practicing Resilience
• Takeaways From The DOJ Fraud Section's 2025 Year In Review
• Trump Bid To Move NY Appeal Faces 'Fatal' Error, Judge Says
• O'Melveny Supreme Court Ace Joins Hecker Fink
• Ex-Top Public Corruption Prosecutor Rejoins King & Spalding
• First Brands Creditors Seek To Hire Nardello For Fraud Probe
• 2nd Circ. Backs Block On Hundreds Of Geico Collection Cases
• Feds Vow New Effort To Protect Privacy Of Epstein's Victims
• Ex-NFL Player Convicted For $200M Medicare Fraud Scheme
• Ex-Fed Adviser Acquitted Of Espionage Conspiracy Charge
• ImmunityBio Stockholder Targets Soon-Shiong In Chancery
• Martin Shkreli Countersues, Adds RZA To Wu-Tang Fight
• Ex-SPAC CEO Cops To Defrauding Lottery.com Investors
• Atlanta Housing Exec Admits Role In Section 8 Fraud
• Ex-BofA Banker Cops To Role In Medicare Fraud Scheme
• Convicted Oil Trader To Remain Free On Bond During Appeal
• Sealed Letter Halts Sentencing Of 50 Cent's Ex-Associate
• Novartis, Sandoz Face New Generic-Drug Price-Fixing Suit
• SNAP Case 'Tip Of The Iceberg' In Anti-Fraud Effort, Feds Say
• Limiting Worker Surveillance Risks Amid AI Regulatory Shifts
• Musk Can't Dodge SEC's Twitter Share Buy-Up Suit
• Feds Fight Cyberstalking Atty's Bid For Pretrial Release
• 2nd Circ. Keeps Credit Suisse Collapse Suit Out Of US Courts
• Haynes Boone Adds Ex-SDNY Atty From Winston & Strawn
• Queens Defenders Ex-Director Admits Embezzling Over $100K
• Thompson Hine Adds 6 Financial Services Attys In Chicago
• How Selig May Approach CFTC Agricultural Enforcement
• NBA Star Says He Didn't Know Of Ex-Adviser's Self-Dealing
• Investors File $150M Florida Suit Against PE Fund Managers
• Broker-Dealer Fined $750K Over Text Message Recordkeeping
• Ga. Adviser To Pay SEC $13M Over Elder Fraud Claims
• Ex-Goldstein Employee Claims Accountants Made Mistakes
• Lindberg Ordered To Pay $526M To Deceived Insurers
• Jury Finds Real Estate Co. Founder Liable In SEC Fraud Case
• Traditional FCA Enforcement Surges Amid Shifting Priorities
• IT Exec Can't Shake False Billing Conviction, 4th Circ. Rules
• How 2 Tech Statutes Are Being Applied To Agentic AI
• Fenwick Reaches Deal In FTX Crypto Scam Suit
• Fla. Financial Adviser Gets 20 Years For $94M Fraud
• NYC Bar Opinion Warns Attys On Use Of AI Recording Tools
• Oil Trader Wants Prison Date Delayed Over $1.7M Forfeiture
• Akin Gov't Investigation Pros Move To Simpson Thacher In DC
• The Biz Court Digest: Dispatches From Utah's Newest Court
• Wollmuth Maher Picks Up Attys From Paul Hastings, SDNY