FraudBlawg, Government Intervenes in New Hospice Fraud Qui Tam Case

Leslie Wayne, NYTimes, A Promise to Be Ethical in an Era of Immorality

Joe Ryan, New Jersey News/Star Ledger, Defense lawyer says prosecutors overstated case

Allan Lengel, ticklethewire.com, Press Spokesman Channing Phillips Named Interim D.C. U.S. Attorney; Joe Palazzolo, BLT Blog, Phillips Is Named Acting U.S. Attorney in D.C.

Sheri Qualters, NLJ, law.com, Mass. Lawyer Sentenced to 87 Months for Money Laundering, Obstruction of Justice

Polyana da Costa, Daily Business Review, law.com, Business Development
Green-card deal lures foreign investors

Chicago Tribune, Ald. Carothers, developer accused of corruption; DOJ Press Release here

DOJ Press Release, Aventis Pharmaceutical to Pay U.S. $95.5 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations

Jon Katz, 4th Circuit: Trial courts may not presume reasonableness of Guidelines sentences

DOJ Press Release, Defense Contractor Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud in Connection with the Procurement of a Bullet-Proof Vest Contract in Iraq

Brian Baxter, American Lawyer, law.com, Weil Partner Takes the Stand in Refco Case

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Bob Johnson, Motgomeryadvertiser (AP), Siegelman will remain free until August

Phillyburbs.com, AP, NJ congressmen seek Christie testimony on monitors

Emile Lounsberry & Robert Moran, Magid out as interim U.S. Attorney in eastern Pa.

Lynne Marek, National Law Jrl, 7th Cir. bar president discusses high court's decision to review Conrad Black's conviction

Joe Palazzolo and Amanda Bronstad, U.S. attorney picks are under way -Some Senate Republicans want a say in who gets selected

Robert Trigaux, St Pete Times, Attorney passionate about the law, whether as prosecutor or defender (interview of L.T. Lafferty)

DOJ Press Release, Former Home Depot "Product Merchant" Pleads Guilty

PR Newswire, Akerman Senterfitt Expands White Collar Crime and Government Investigations Practice in Washington D.C.

Boston Herald,(AP), Ted Kennedy picks 1st woman for state’s US Attorney

Trading Markets, WellCare Announces SEC Resolution

Benjamin Weiser, NYTimes, U.S. Attorneys Named for Manhattan and New Jersey

DOJ Press Release, Five Defendants Sentenced in Puerto Rico Corruption Case

DOJ Press Release, Minnesota Hospitals to Pay U.S. $2.28 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations

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Martha Neil, ABA Jrl News Now,Ark. Lawyer in Hot Water Over $9M Settlement-Funds Shortfall

DOJ Press Release, Swedish National Charged with Hacking and Theft of Trade Secrets Related to Alleged Computer Intrusions at NASA and Cisco

DOJ Press Release,U.S. District Court Judge Sentenced to 33 Months in Prison for Obstruction of Justice

DOJ Press Release, Justice Department Withdraws Report on Antitrust Monopoly Law

Ben Hallman, American Lawyer, law.com, W.R. Grace Acquittal in Asbestos Trial a Victory for Longtime Kirkland Counsel

Brian Baxter, American Lawyer, law.com, Davis Wright, K&L Gates, Thompson & Knight Ensnared in Ponzi Probe

Howard Mintz, Mercury News, Brocade's Reyes hopes to reverse stock options backdating convictions

Noeleen G. Walder, NYLJ, law.com, Madoff Bankruptcy Trustee Seeks $500 Million Clawback

Charlie Savage, NYTimes, Elite Unit’s Problems Pose Test for Attorney General
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Mark Baker, TBO.com (AP), John Edwards acknowledges federal probe

DOJ Press Release, Former Head Securities Trader for Lancer Group Hedge Funds Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Mail, Wire and Securities Fraud

Chris DaAngelo, The Western News, Prosecution drops its case against Walsh ("The government dismissed all charges against Robert C. Walsh Monday afternoon in the W.R. Grace & Co. federal trial in Missoula"); Laura Lundquist & Will Grant, Grace Case, A Joint Project of the School of Law & the School of Journalism, Week 10: Two defendants walk, defense promises short case as they take the field

Josh Gerstein, Politico, Stevens judge wants evidence rules changed

Jeff Jeffrey, BLT Blog, Morrison & Foerster Picks Up Top DOJ Official

Chronicle of Higher Education, Grand Jury Indicts Florida Lawmaker and College President

DOJ Press Release, Five Charged in $70 Million “Dream Home” Mortgage Fraud Scheme

Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, How Madoff Became an Equal Opportunity Thief

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DOJ Press Release, President of Long Island Defense Contractor Pleads Guilty to Customer Allocation 

DOJ Press Release, Computer Administrator Pleads Guilty to Hacking Former Employer’s Computer System

Steve Levin, Fraud With Peril, Government dismisses cases against AIPAC lobbyists. 

Julie Kay, Daily Business Review.com, On Appeal Reputed mobster loses $13 million jury award

Chronicle of Higher Education, Brothers Indicted in Huge College Spam Scheme

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David Voreacos, Bloomberg, UBS Says U.S. Wants Bank to Break Swiss Criminal Law (Update2)

AM Law Litigation, law.com, San Francisco Judge Tosses Civil RICO Cases Against Genentech, InterMune for Alleged False Marketing

Erica Orden, NY Magazine, White Collar TV

DOJ Press Release,  Dutch Airline Executive Agrees to Plead Guilty for Fixing Prices on Air cargo Shipments – Martinair Holland Executive Agrees to Serve Jail Time

DOJ Press Release,Korean Executive Agrees to Plead Guilty and Serve One year in Prison for Participation in LCD Price-Fixing Conspiracy -To Date, Four Companies Have Agreed to Plead Guilty and to Pay More Than $616 Million in Fines and Nine Executives Have Been Charged

WTYV.com, Former west Alabama county commissioner convicted of felony ethics violation

Diane Bartz, Reuters, U.S. Senate nears vote on financial fraud bill

Martha Brannigan, Miami Herald, IRS going after offshore banks' client lists

John Latingua, Palm Beach Post, TARP's top cop a familiar face — he's from Boca

Law.com (AP), N.Y. Investment Adviser Indicted in $413 Million Ponzi Scheme

Sheri Qualters, National LJ, Foreign affairs -As enforcement goes global, so do white-collar crime lawyers.

Lynnley Browning, NYTimes, Swiss Ask U.S. to Drop Demand for Names of UBS Customers
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Alana Roberts, Daily Business Review.com, Attorney-Client Privilege – Miami Attorney Refuses to Release all Stanford Documents to Receiver

DOJ Press Release, Promoter of Fraudulent Tax Defiance Scheme Pleads Guilty to Mail Fraud

Tom Hamburger & Ralph Vartabedian, LATimes, Tennessee financial advisor is indicted in TARP-related Ponzi scheme

Bob Johnson, LA Times, 75 former attorneys general ask Holder to investigate conviction of former Alabama governor; Editorial, NYTimes, The Seigelman Case

Mark Hamblett & Noeleen G. Walder, NY L.J., law.com, New Charges in Dreier Case as Hearing Airs Forfeiture Issues 

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Joe Palazzolo, BLT Blog, Stevens Six Lawyering Up — Big Time

John Council, National LJ, law.com, Three former U.S. attorneys launch new law firm with John Ashcroft

Amanda Bronstad, National LJ, Former GC of Peregrine Systems Sentenced to One Day in Custody, Six Months of Home Detention

DOJ Press Release, Illinois Refuse Container Repair Company Executives Indicted in Conspiracy to Defraud the City of Chicago

Robbie Brown, NYTimes, Mississippi Mayor Faces Re-Election and a Trial

Kate Phillips, NYTimes, Senate Approves Select Panel to Investigate Financial Crises

John Schwartz & Charlie Savage, NYTimes, Review of Governor’s Conviction Sought

Sarah N. Lynch, WSJ, Senators Seek To Boost SEC Enforcement Budget By $20M

Amir Efrati, WSJ, Post-Stevens, Other Defendants Trying to Join the Brady Bunch

Thomas Withers, Federal Criminal Defense Blog, Roy Black on the Castroneves Trial

Jennifer Liberto, CNN Money,Bailout cop busy on the beat -Neil Barofsky, who is overseeing the $700 billion TARP, says he has 20 criminal probes and calls for changes to prevent fraud.

DOJ Press Release,Subsidiaries of Swedish Company, Trelleborg AB,Agree to Plead Guilty and Pay $11 Million in Criminal Fines

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