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| Subject: | 'Everybody In The Crosshairs' As DOJ Opioid Blitz Gets Real |
| Date: | Mon, 22 Jul 2019 07:45:15 +0000 |
Law360 White Collar¶
WHITE COLLAR¶
Monday, July 22, 2019¶
TOP NEWS¶
Analysis¶
‘Everybody In The Crosshairs’ As DOJ Opioid Blitz Gets Real¶
The U.S. Department of Justice’s newest indictment of a painkiller distributor and its executives strongly suggests that the agency has embarked on a calculated criminal crackdown after years of civil enforcement failed to ease the opioid epidemic.¶
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Craig Won’t Use Ukraine Report From Judge’s Firm At Trial¶
Ex-Skadden partner Gregory Craig indicated Friday he didn’t want to introduce at his upcoming trial a Ukraine-focused report authored by lawyers at the former firm of the D.C. federal judge overseeing his criminal case. Read full article »¶
Rep. Asks Feds If DOJ Policy Shielded Trump From Indictment¶
The head of the House Oversight Committee wants federal prosecutors to explain whether a U.S. Department of Justice policy that bars indicting a sitting president impacted the decision not to indict President Donald Trump following allegations that he violated campaign finance laws by paying off women he had affairs with.¶
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Ex-Credit Suisse Director Cops To Role In $2B Loan Fraud¶
A former Credit Suisse managing director on Friday admitted to his role in a bribery and investor fraud scheme involving $2 billion in loans to state-backed companies in Mozambique, telling a New York federal judge he conspired to defraud those who invested in the debt.¶
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Hooper Lundy OK To Rep Husband & Wife In ‘Varsity Blues’¶
A California couple charged in the nationwide college admissions case known as “Varsity Blues” told a Massachusetts federal judge they are comfortable having Hooper Lundy & Bookman PC represent them both, despite several concerns raised by prosecutors during a hearing Friday. Read full article »¶
Courts Bolster Compassionate Release Under First Step¶
Among the thousands of inmates released because of reforms under the First Step Act, a small group of prisoners have been granted compassionate release this year, many of them taking advantage of a new provision letting them make their case for release in court.¶
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| Caplin & Drysdale |
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| Covington & Burling |
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| Duane Morris |
| Edwards Pottinger |
| Eversheds Sutherland |
| Fenton Law Group |
| Foreman Friedman |
| Gerger Khalil |
| Gibson Dunn |
| Goodwin |
| Greenberg Traurig |
EFTA00083741¶
Palm Beach Sheriff To Probe Epstein Work Release¶
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The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office announced on Friday an internal investigation into the Florida department’s supervision of financier Jeffrey Epstein when he was jailed there a decade ago on sex crime charges, after a lawyer for some of Epstein’s alleged victims implied the accused child rapist had abused the privileges of his work release.¶
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SECURITIES¶
Judge Won’t Let HSBC Hong Kong Kill Discovery In Ponzi Suit¶
A New York federal judge on Friday said he would not reconsider his decision to order jurisdictional discovery for claims that HSBC’s Hong Kong affiliate aided a Ponzi scheme that pulled $37 million from investors’ pockets.¶
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Engine Maker Execs Inflated Revenues By $25M, Feds Say¶
An Illinois-based alternative-energy engine maker’s former executives got hit with criminal and civil securities fraud charges Friday over claims they engaged in an accounting fraud scheme that inflated company revenues by $25 million.¶
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CFTC Gets $2.9M Win Against No-Show Alleged Fraudster¶
A Texas federal judge granted the Commodity Futures Trading Commission a $2.9 million final judgment on Friday against an alleged fraudster who never appeared in the case or responded to the agency’s complaint.¶
Order attached | Read full article Ȧ
PUBLIC INTEGRITY¶
Ex-NSA Contractor Gets 9 Years For Classified Doc Theft¶
A former National Security Agency contractor was sentenced to nine years in prison on Friday after amassing a hoard of top-secret and other classified documents over the course of roughly two decades, the U.S. Department of Justice announced.¶
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Analysis¶
Massachusetts Cases To Watch: Midyear Report¶
Boston courthouses have been hopping as spring has turned to summer and high-profile white collar cases, the anticipated verdict in a landmark education and employment case, and a pair of cases dealing with courthouse immigration arrests have been filling up the Bay State’s dockets. Here, Law360 highlights some of the most important cases to watch in the second half of 2019.¶
CYBERSECURITY¶
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The number of targeted ransomware attacks has skyrocketed in the past year as new attackers have increasingly emerged, cybersecurity giant Symantec Corp. said in a recent report.¶
Targeted Ransomware Attacks Soar, Symantec Reports¶
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Fraud Ring Posing As Gov’t Officials, DHS Watchdog Warns¶
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| Hooper Lundy |
| Husch Blackwell |
| Irell&Manella |
| Jones Day |
| Katten Muchin |
| Kirkland&Ellis |
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| Littler Mendelson |
| Loeb&Loeb |
| Markus/Moss |
| Mayer Brown |
| McDermott Will |
| McElroy Deutsch |
| Miller&James |
| Morgan Lewis |
| Nixon Peabody |
| Pepper Hamilton |
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| Todd&Weld |
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| Troutman Sanders |
| Ward&Hagen |
| Weil Gotshal |
| Wilentz Goldman |
| Willkie Farr |
| WilmerHale |
| Zeichner Ellman |
| Zuckerman Spaeder |
COMPANIES¶
| American Bar Association |
| American Media Inc. |
| AmerisourceBergen Corp. |
| Baltimore Ravens |
| Bank Policy Institute |
| Barnes & Noble Inc. |
| BlueCross BlueShield of Illinois |
| Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. |
| Burford Capital LLC |
| Carnival Corp. |
| Chevron Corp. |
| Cigna Corp. |
| Credit Suisse Group AG |
EFTA00083742¶
The Department of Homeland Security’s watchdog has issued an alert about a scheme by an Atlanta-based transnational fraud ring that poses as government procurement officials to steal electronics from unsuspecting contractors.¶
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After Delay, Pa. Programmer Pleads To Siemens Sabotage¶
A Pittsburgh-area computer programmer pled guilty in federal court Friday to planting code that would deliberately break programs he’d written under contract with Siemens Corp., after his previous plea hearing was halted in June amid disagreements over whether his motivation should have been considered.¶
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TRANSPORTATION¶
2nd Circ. Revives NYC Taxi Drivers’ Unfair Suspension Suits¶
The Second Circuit ruled Friday that New York City’s practice of summarily suspending licenses for taxi drivers who’ve been arrested but not yet convicted deprives them of due process by denying them meaningful opportunities to challenge their suspensions.¶
Opinion attached | Read full article Ȧ
HEALTH¶
7th Circ. Affirms 5-Year Sentence For Chiropractor’s Fraud¶
The Seventh Circuit on Thursday upheld a five-year sentence for an Illinois chiropractor found guilty of health care fraud, saying he failed to show evidence of an error that could have gotten him a lighter sentencing recommendation.¶
Opinion attached | Read full article Ȧ
4 Arrested Over $10M Medicaid Fraud Via NYC Pharmacy¶
A New York City pharmacy owner and three of her managers were arrested over a multifaceted scheme that included bribing customers to have their HIV drug prescriptions filled there and over $10 million in Medicaid fraud, the New York attorney general announced Friday.¶
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ENVIRONMENTAL¶
Judge Chides Carnival Execs To Take Lead On Pollution Fixes¶
A frustrated Florida federal judge pressed Carnival Corp. leaders Friday to demonstrate their commitment to changing the company’s approach after agreeing last month to pay $20 million for violating a previous settlement for illegal dumping.¶
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TAX¶
Banque Bonhôte Pays DOJ $1.2M More Over US Accounts¶
Switzerland-based Banque Bonhôte & Cie SA agreed Friday to pay $1.2 million extra to the U.S. for failing to disclose eight U.S.-related bank accounts with approximately $33 million in assets when it first struck a nonprosecution agreement in 2015.¶
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Sens. Seek Info On Appraiser In Easement Donation Probe¶
| Google Inc. |
| HSBC Holdings PLC |
| Hertz Global Holdings Inc. |
| Honeywell International Inc. |
| Humana Inc. |
| Independence Blue Cross Inc. |
| Instagram Inc. |
| International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers |
| Major Lindsey & Africa |
| McKesson Corp. |
| NASDAQ OMX Group Inc. |
| NFL Enterprises LLC |
| National Association of Letter Carriers |
| New Jersey State Bar Association |
| New York Times Co. |
| Northeastern University |
| Petrobras |
| Power Solutions International Inc |
| Princess Cruise Lines Ltd. |
| Princeton University |
| Purdue Pharma LP |
| QUALCOMM Inc. |
| Rochester Drug Cooperative Inc. |
| Siemens AG |
| Silverfleet Capital LLP |
| Spotify Technology SA |
| State Bar of California |
| Symantec Corp. |
| Twitter Inc. |
| Virage Capital Management LP |
| Weaver LLP |
| Yale University |
| YouTube Inc. |
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES¶
| Central Intelligence Agency |
| Commodity Futures Trading Commission |
| Department of Commerce |
| Drug Enforcement Administration |
| European Commission |
| European Union |
| Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council |
| Federal Bureau of Investigation |
| Federal Reserve System |
| Federal Trade Commission |
| Food and Drug Administration |
| Internal Revenue Service |
EFTA00083743¶
Senate Finance Committee lawmakers said Friday they requested information from an Alabama real estate licensing board about an appraiser who is alleged to have participated in abusive conservation easement transactions that resulted in $1.8 billion in federal tax deductions.¶
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PEOPLE¶
Money Moves: Covington, Weil, Eversheds Sutherland¶
Covington & Burling LLP snagged a lobbying firm’s formal general counsel, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP added to its London office and Eversheds Sutherland is building out its banking team after a record year — this is Law360’s latest roundup of personnel moves in the banking arena.¶
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LEGAL INDUSTRY¶
Exclusive¶
Ailing NFL Players And The Lawyer They Say Swindled Them¶
The inside story of how an avaricious lawyer, an ex-con and an unlicensed doctor preyed on NFL players in hopes of getting rich off the league’s landmark concussion settlement.¶
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Why Some Straddle The Line Between Law Firm And GC Gigs¶
Some lawyers take the rare step of simultaneously holding roles at law firms and corporate legal departments. It can mean balancing time commitments and watching out for conflicts, but also richer portfolios of experience for those lawyers — and cost-effective options for companies.¶
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Law Firms Are Getting Less Of The Corporate Legal Pie¶
Corporations are moving more work in-house and have increased their reliance on alternative legal service providers, and that trend is expected to continue, according to the results of a survey released Thursday. Read full article Ȧ
Justice Gorsuch Tells Law Student: Work Hard, Be Kind¶
Since being sworn in as a U.S. Supreme Court justice in 2017, Justice Neil Gorsuch has already penned several significant opinions for the high court. But on Thursday, a very different piece of his writing drew the attention of thousands online — a letter he sent to a law student who had asked for his advice.¶
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U. S. District Judge Jerome B. Simandle, a former chief of New Jersey’s federal bench who championed one of the nation’s busiest courts amid its ongoing judicial vacancy crisis, has died at 70 after a battle with liver cancer, the Association of the Federal Bar of New Jersey and a longtime colleague said Friday.¶
Former NJ Chief District Judge, 70, Dies After Cancer Battle¶
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Do Atty Hopefuls With Criminal Records Get A Fair Shake?¶
Attorney hopefuls must undergo a “moral character” screening that is supposed to protect the public from unscrupulous lawyers, but a new report from Stanford has found that the way bar examiners evaluate criminal records often has little to do with that purpose.¶
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Judicial Conference of the United States¶
National Labor Relations Board¶
National Reconnaissance Office¶
National Security Agency¶
Securities and Exchange Commission¶
U. S. Attorney’s Office¶
U. S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit¶
U. S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit¶
U. S. Department of Homeland Security¶
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U. S. Department of Labor¶
U. S. Department of the Treasury¶
U. S. District Court for the District of Maryland¶
U. S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts¶
U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York¶
U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia¶
U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois¶
U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida¶
U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York¶
U. S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania¶
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency¶
U. S. House of Representatives¶
U. S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement¶
U. S. Navy¶
U. S. Senate¶
U. S. Supreme Court¶