Steptoe & Johnson LLP’s lawyers knew all along that former BP Gulf of Mexico exploration chief David Rainey was innocent. Targeted over the truth of public statements after the Deepwater Horizon disaster, Rainey still had to convince a jury — and the way his lawyers at Steptoe went about it landed them among Law360’s White Collar Practice Groups of the ...

The New York County District Attorney’s Office on Wednesday shot back at efforts by former top executives at Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP to avoid a second trial on charges of conning lenders and investors out of over $ 100 million when the law firm collapsed, saying to let the leaders off would disregard the law. Law360: acquitted

A London jury on Wednesday acquitted five former brokers of plotting with convicted former UBS and Citigroup trader Tom Hayes to manipulate Libor, the U.K.’s Serious Fraud Office said. Law360: acquitted

The acquittal Wednesday of five brokers accused of plotting with a former bank trader convicted of manipulating Libor is a setback for the U.K.’s Serious Fraud Office, but the watchdog is unlikely to abandon its aggressive prosecution strategy for rate-rigging schemes. Law360: acquitted

The Second Circuit won’t rehear the case of two former employees of the New York state attorney general’s office facing a $ 4.7 million judgment for submitting misleading evidence against a dentist accused of Medicaid fraud. Law360: acquitted

A London jury on Thursday acquitted the sixth defendant accused by U.K. authorities of rigging a key benchmark interest rate, dealing a final blow to prosecutors who saw the other five defendants acquitted just a day earlier, according to media reports. Law360: acquitted

Morvillo Abramowitz Grand Iason & Anello PC persuaded a jury to acquit Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP’s former chairman of criminal charges following a grueling, four-month trial, then struck a favorable deferred prosecution deal, earning the firm a spot among Law360’s White Collar Practice Groups of the Year for 2015. Law360: acquitted

A Boston federal jury on Thursday convicted a real estate developer on a securities fraud charge for profiting off an insider tip from his country club pal, an ex-Eastern Bank Corp. executive, ahead of the bank’s acquisition of Wainwright Bank & Trust Co. Law360: acquitted

Former Bryan Cave LLP attorney Harvey Newkirk asked a New York federal judge Thursday to grant a retrial or reverse his criminal wire fraud conviction in connection with a failed bid to acquire Maxim magazine, arguing there was insufficient evidence to support the conviction. Law360: acquitted

No-fault automobile insurance fraud racketeer and stock boiler room ringleader Mikhail Zemlyansky was sentenced by a New York federal judge on Thursday to 15 years in prison and ordered to forfeit $ 29.6 million after a lengthy and often bitter hearing in which his defense counsel only grudgingly conceded his client’s guilt. Law360: acquitted