In the News & Around the Blogosphere

Tiffany M. Joslyn, Research Counsel -White Collar Crime Project, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, In the Wake of its Loss in US v. Stolt-Nielsen SA, the DOJ Antitrust Division Releases New Guidelines for its Leniency Program

Joe Palazzolo and David Ingram, Legal Times (law.com), What to Watch for at Attorney General Nominee's Hearing -Holder enjoys much support, but it's not all friendly faces in the Senate

DOJ Press Release, Rite Aid Corporation and Subsidiaries Agree to Pay $5 Million in Civil Penalties to Resolve Violations in Eight States of the Controlled Substances Act

Scott Horton, American Lawyer, Legal Times.com, The Blanket Option: Who Pardons Next?

Evening Sun (AP), Fed judge in Pa. to hear Wecht motions on Jan. 29

Dan Levine, The Recorder, law.com, Calif. Defense Attorney Accused of Money Laundering

Amanda Bronstad, National Law Journal, Two Milberg kickback defendants set to report to jail

Stephen Gandel, Time Magazine, Why is Bernie Madoff Still Free?

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