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White collar practitioners will have plenty of water-cooler fodder in 2016 as the Manhattan district attorney makes a New Year’s resolution to retry the Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP case, U.S. prosecutors target corruption in international soccer and the Second Circuit wrestles with a landmark insider trading decision. Law360: acquitted

December 1, 2013 – Former Grant Thornton Tax Partner, A. Blair Stover, has entered into a settlement agreement with his former firm, ending a five year legal battle involving tax shelters. In December 2008, Mr. Stover filed a civil action against Grant Thornton LLP in Missouri, seeking the recovery of damages in excess of $6 Million related to legal fees, ...

A doctor convicted of accepting kickbacks in exchange for patient referrals as part of an elaborate scheme defrauding federal health programs at Chicago’s Sacred Heart Hospital was sentenced to three months in prison Tuesday over prosecutors’ objections. Law360: acquitted

A former vacation rental firm executive convicted in a $ 300 million Ponzi scheme urged a Florida federal judge Monday to acquit him or grant him a new trial, saying prosecutors failed to support many of their charges and that jurors acted on insufficient evidence and poorly worded instructions. Law360: acquitted

Adam Freedman has written an interesting piece on getting sued even though you may have been in the right. For instance, Freedman covers the case where a burger breaks into the home and is shot dead by the homeowner. The homeowner is then sued by the family of the burglar and then forced to pay a settlement, when they are ...

The investigation and prosecution of tax evasion has grown from a specialized subcategory of law enforcement into a first-tier policy concern, and the U.S. and foreign governments will not back down anytime soon. Banks must draw a clear line between present compliance and inappropriate past practices. Bankers and advisers must consider approaching the authorities, says former prosecutor Jay Nanavati now ...

Joseph Nacchio, the former Qwest CEO convicted of insider trading, has found legal victories difficult to come by for the past decade, but he won a $14.17 million jury verdict in Morris County on Jan. 7. Following several weeks of trial before Superior Court Judge W. Hunt Dumont, a jury found in Nacchio’s favor in a suit claiming he was ...

The decision by a pair of former top executives at Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP to press toward a new trial, in spite of plea offers on the table with little or no prison time, is a bold bet on avoiding the stigma and fallout of felony convictions against the threat of lengthy prison sentences. Law360: acquitted

The Fifth Circuit on Thursday upheld the conviction of former New Orleans Mayor C. Ray Nagin on charges related to a purported scheme that doled out contracts in exchange for bribes and kickbacks, rejecting Nagin’s claims that jury instructions regarding honest services fraud were in error. Law360: acquitted

A 44-year-old electrical engineer accused of stealing and distributing trade secrets to competitors after a Pasadena, California, aircraft avionics company fired him has been found guilty after a bench trial in California federal court, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California said Wednesday. Law360: acquitted — Read More