In the News & Around the Blogosphere

Chicago Breaking News,Developer convicted of bribing alderman

John Heilprin, AP, Multimillion-dollar UN corruption case uncovered

Jeff Jeffrey, BLT Blog, Former Nixon Peabody Lawyer Settles With SEC in Insider Trading Case

DOJ Press Release,  Wachocia Enters into Deferred Prosecution Agreement; Mike Scarcella, law.com, Wachovia Bank Agrees to Pay $160 Million in Deferred Prosecution Agreement

Christopher M.atthews, Main Justice, Thornburgh: Prosecutors Threaten Business Liberties (w/ a hat tip to Ted Gest)

NYTimes, Bloomberg News,  Programmers Are Indicted in Madoff Case (w/ a hat tip to Ivan Dominguez)

Mark Rubinkam, Philly.com, Two Lackawanna officials indicted in corruption probe

Tresa Baldas, NLJ, law.com, Rep. Conyers' Wife Can't Afford a Lawyer for Sentencing Appeal

Portland Press Herald, AP, Feds use social media as friend to nab crooks (w/ a hat tip to Ted Gest)

DOJ Press Release, Former Purchasing Official at a New York City Hospital Pleads Guilty to Bid Rigging and Fraud

Jeff Jeffrey, BLT Blog, Arent Fox Adds Four Partners to White-Collar Practice (hat tip to Whitney Curtis)

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