In the News & Around the Blogosphere

Lyle Denniston, Scotus Blog, Two Argument Changes Set - Skilling Case Moved Up to March 1

David Ingram, BLT Blog, Former Office Manager in U.S. Senate Indicted

Press Release, Department of Treasury, U.S. Treasury Department Announces Joint $536 Million Settlement with Credit Suisse AG

Brad Heath, USA Today, Fraud Prosecutions Fell as Crisis Loomed

Larry Ribstein, Ideoblog, The real backdating scandal

Ray Rivera, NYTimes, Ex-Councilman Miguel Martinez Sentenced to 5 Years in Theft of $106,000

NYTimes, AP, 26 Arrested in Three States in Medicare Fraud Schemes; DOJ Press Release, Medicare Fraud Strike Force Expands Operations into Brooklyn, N.Y.; Tampa, Fla.; and Baton Rouge, La.

Tom Hays, law.com (AP), Billionaire Hedge Fund Manager Indicted in Insider Trading Case; DOJ Press Release, Hedge Fund Manager and New Castle, LLC, Employee Indicted in Galleon Insider Trading Case

Mike Koehler, FCPA Professor, Siemens...The Year After 

Erik Larson, Bloomberg, SEC Seeks Dismissal of Madoff Victims Negligence Suit

DOJ Press Release, Manhattan U.S. Attorney Charges Two Lawyers in [Alleged] $3.9 Million Mortgage Fraud Scheme

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