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New York Law Journal

When the Government Searches Your Hard Drives

In their White-Collar Crime column, Robert J. Anello and Richard F. Albert review recent decisions that provide reason for hope that, in the digital age, the courts may breathe a bit more life back into the Fourth Amendment after years of cutting back on its protections.
12 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Big-D Drama Unfolds With John Wiley Price Indictment

Big public corruption cases are career high points for most federal prosecutors, and this will be one for Northern District of Texas U.S. Attorney Sarah Saldana, whose office is handling Price's case, said Matt Orwig, a former U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Texas who is now a partner in the Dallas office of Jones Day.
3 minute read

Law.com

In Feds vs. FedEx, Both Sides Can Pack a Punch

The government says the company could be fined up to $1.6 billion for aiding online pharmacy sales, but FedEx lawyers Cristina Arguedas and Allen Ruby are ready to rumble.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Pair Sentenced for Stealing Emory Law Students' IDs

A federal judge has sentenced an Atlanta man and a Dunwoody woman to prison after they pleaded guilty to stealing identities of law and medical students at Emory University and the University of Georgia in order to apply for student loans, the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia announced Friday.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Stepping Up Your FCPA Compliance Program

When the Feds come knocking about Foreign Corrupt Practices Act violations, companies should be able to prove that they've taken the right compliance measures.
5 minute read

The American Lawyer

Where the Battle Stands Between Chevron and Its Foes

Despite Chevron's victory in its racketeering suit, Steven Donziger and the Ecuadorean plaintiffs haven't given up.
2 minute read

The American Lawyer

Judge Stays Insurer's Case Against Dewey Defendants

A federal court judge in Iowa has granted a stay in Aviva Life and Annuity Company's civil suit against three former Dewey & LeBoeuf executives while also allowing an interlocutory appeal to proceed to the Eighth Circuit.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

SEC Pays Whistleblower $400K

A whistleblower who first tried to report wrongdoing internally got a $400,000 award from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the agency announced on Thursday.
1 minute read

Law.com

Broker Who Exploited Dying Patients Settles SEC Charges

A broker charged with scouring nursing homes and hospices for terminally ill patients so wealthy clients could reap death benefits from annuities contracts agreed to pay $850,000, admit limited wrongdoing and be barred from the securities industry, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced Thursday.
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

Hospital, Medical Firm CEOs to Plead Guilty to Kickbacks

Two key players in what federal prosecutors have described as a massive scheme to defraud Georgia's Medicaid program are slated to plead guilty to charges that they negotiated kickback payments to prenatal clinics that steered undocumented Hispanic women to local hospitals for deliveries of their babies.
7 minute read

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