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From: White Collar Law360 <news-altglaw360.corn> To: Subject: US Bribery Law Can't Clear Korean Official. 9th Circ. Says Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2019 08:34:40 +0000 Importance: Normal Law360 White Collar WHITE COLLAR Tuesday, September 3, 2019 Follow Law360 TOP NEWS US Bribery Law Can't Clear Korean Official, 9th Circ. Says The Ninth Circuit upheld a South Korean earthquake researcher's money laundering conviction on Friday, saying the law that prohibits laundering the proceeds of certain foreign crimes imposes no special requirements when it comes to laundering connected to bribes. Opinion attached I Read full article » 5th Circ. Says Judge's Dual Role On Bail Violates Due Process The Fifth Circuit has ruled that it violates due process for a New Orleans judge to set bail for criminal defendants while also overseeing a fund that a portion of bail bonds goes toward, despite the fact that the fund was not responsible for the judge's own salary. Opinion attached I Read full article » Ex-Fitness VP Gets 2 Months For Tipping Go-Private Deal A former Life Time Fitness executive who triggered an insider trading scheme by leaking information about the gym's planned take-private announcement was sentenced Friday to 60 days in prison. Read full article » Scientists Ask Justices To Overturn $10.5M Fraud Conviction Two scientists convicted of fraudulently obtaining $10.5 million in federal government grants have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review their sentences, saying that their actions did not harm anybody financially. Petition attached I Read full article » Ex-Locke Lord Atty's Crypto Trial Set For November A New York federal judge on Friday set a November trial date for former Locke Lord LLP attorney Mark S. Scott, who is accused of laundering money in connection with a $400 million cryptocurrency scam, delaying the trial for about a month. Read full article » SECURITIES $3B Petrobras Settlement Clears Final Hurdle In 2nd Circ. The Second Circuit on Friday affirmed the approval of Petrobras' $3 billion securities class action settlement related to the Brazilian oil giants massive le"law360 Pro Say Podcast Listen to our new podcast here LAW FIRMS Arnold & Porter BCL Solicitors LLP BakerHostetler Bakke Grinolds Beveridge & Diamond Bird Marella Briggs and Morgan Bryan Cave Burglass & Tankersley Byrne & Partners Cleary Gottlieb Clifford Chance Coleman & Balogh Corker Binning Covington & Burling Davis Polk Davis Wright Tremaine Duane Morris Epstein Becker Green Foundry Chambers Gibson Dunn EFTA00032938 corruption scandal, providing a green light for the year-old deal to move forward. Order attached I Read full article » Convicted Georgeson Adviser Gets 3rd Trial In Tix Swap Case A former Georgeson LLC adviser convicted of swapping expensive sports and concert tickets for peeks at shareholder voting data won another new trial, her third, when a Massachusetts federal judge ruled Friday that a jury should not have learned about another person pleading guilty to the same alleged scheme. Order attached Read full article » HEALTH Ex-Pharmacy Owner Charged In $5M Fraud Scheme The former owner of a shuttered New Jersey-based specialty pharmacy plotted to defraud the federal government out of $2 million and doled out kickbacks to a doctor in return for prescriptions that racked up another $3 million, federal authorities said Friday. Complaint attached I Read full article » NATIVE AMERICAN Ex-Chair Of Native Women's Nonprofit Charged With Fraud The ex-chairwoman of a nonprofit that fights domestic and sexual violence against Native American women has been charged in Montana federal court with stealing federal grant money to make nonwork trips to Las Vegas and get paid double for a days work. 1 document attached I Read full article » SFO Chief Warns Of Hard Choices In Economic Crime Probes The head of Britain's Serious Fraud Office called on Monday for greater cooperation between international investigators as they tackle economic crime, as she warned law enforcers and attorneys that it is not always possible to gather sufficient evidence to convict individuals suspecting of criminal conduct. Read full article » UK Front For Philippines Crime Ring Forced Into Liquidation A court has placed four companies into liquidation after they were found to be fronting for a boiler room scam that conned overseas investors out of almost $600,000 by fraudulently selling shares in pharmaceutical companies, a government agency announced Monday. Read full article )> EXPERT ANALYSIS 3 Compliance Considerations After New DOJ Antitrust Policy For the first time under the U.S. Department of Justice's antitrust criminal enforcement policy, a company that adopts an effective compliance program may completely avoid criminal liability. In light of this, companies are well advised to reevaluate their antitrust compliance programs, say Marc Siegel and Peter Julian of Jones Day. Read full article » New Best Practices Under E-Discovery Spoliation Rule The amended Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 37(e) provides explicit criteria for imposing sanctions when electronically stored information has been lost during discovery, but courts are still not consistently applying the new rule, Goldberg Segalla Gordon & Rees Graves Garrett Hangley Aronchick Jenner & Block Jones Day Kilpatrick Townsend Kingsley Napley Kirkland & Ellis Latham & Watkins LeClairRyan Linklaters Locke Lord Mayer Brown Milbank LLP Morgan Lewis Morrison & Foerster O'Melveny & Myers Pepper Hamilton Perkins Coie Pomerantz LLP Quinn Emanuel Reed Smith Robbins Geller Skadden Taft Stettinius Three Raymond Buildings White & Case Willkie Farr WilmerHale COMPANIES Abeona Therapeutics Inc. American Airlines Group Inc. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees American International Group Inc. American Overseas Group Ltd. Bank of America Corp. Boston Celtics Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. Cable News Network Inc. Capital One Financial Corp. Carnival Corp. Chevron Corp. Duke Energy Corp. El Polio Loco Inc. Facebook Inc. GlaxoSmithKline Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Google Inc. EFTA00032939 with some simply ignoring it in favor of inherent authority, say Matthew Hamilton and Donna Fisher at Pepper Hamilton. Read full article » LEGAL INDUSTRY The 2019 Regional Powerhouses The law firms on Law360's list of 2019 Regional Powerhouses are handling some of the biggest deals and most high-profile courtroom battles across eight states, offering clients regional expertise and making a lasting impact on the law at the state and local level. Read full article » Despite Recession Chatter, Lateral Market Sizzles In 2019 Lateral law firm recruitment activity rose in the first half of 2019 compared with 2018, with an overall 18% jump over a year ago and increases in the numbers of attorney hires across all tiers, indicating firms remain generally bullish in the face of renewed concerns about a looming recession. Read full article » Feature When Justice Takes A Holiday The word "holiday" in the U.K. usually conjures up images of relaxing off-work time and travel. But in the middle of a long-running court trial, an impending vacation creates pressure for lawyers — and possibly jurors. Read full article » DOL Pick Scalia Earned $6.2M At Gibson Dunn Since 2018 Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP partner Eugene Scalia, President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the U.S. Labor Department, earned more than $6 million working at the corporate law firm since January 2018, according to a financial disclosure form filed Friday. Read full article » Twin Cities Firm To Merge With Taft Stettinius & Hollister The Midwest-based firm Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP on Friday announced it will be merging with Minneapolis firm Briggs and Morgan, creating a combined firm with 12 offices and more than 600 lawyers. Read full article » Utah Reg Changes Could Allow Nonlawyers To Practice Law Utah's Supreme Court has approved a path forward for regulatory changes that will create new opportunities for accounting firms, legal technology companies and other organizations to offer a wider array of legal services to consumers, according to an announcement by the court. Read full article » 8th Circ. Says Dues Collected By ND Bar Are Constitutional The dues collected by North Dakota's bar association do not violate the First Amendment, as the group clearly spells out its payment fees and options for a relatively sophisticated audience of lawyers, the Eighth Circuit determined Friday. Read full article » The Top In-House Hires Of August Legal department hires and promotions during the final full month of summer included high-profile appointments at American Airlines, Duke Energy and Walmart. Here, Law360 looks at these and some of the other top in-house announcements from the past few weeks. Read full article » Johnson & Johnson L'Oreal SA Life Time Fitness Inc. Linkedln Corp. Major Lindsey & Africa Minnesota Twins Minnesota Vikings Motion Picture Association of America Nardello & Co. Novo Nordisk NS PNC Financial Services Group Inc. Petrobras PricewaterhouseCoopers International Ltd. Purdue Pharma LP Retail Industry Leaders Association Inc. Rolls-Royce S&P Global Inc. SAP AG Spotify Technology SA State Bar Association of North Dakota Suntrust Banks Inc. Transamerica Corp. UBS AG Uber Technologies Inc. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Warner Bros. Washington Nationals Wells Fargo & Co. 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