In the News & Around the Blogosphere

Richard Mauer, NewsTribune, Ex-lawmaker seeks venue change for corruption retrial

Reuters, Court Rules Against Agility in Fraud Case Appeal (hat tip to Stetson's Brandi Palmer)

Mike Scarcella, BLT Times, Publisher Lines Up Support In Public Corruption Case

Gibson Dunn Adds Former Assistant U.S. Attorney to San Francisco Office - Winston Y. Chan will join the white collar defense and investigations practice 

Mike Salinero, TBO.com, Head Start employees in court today on fraud charges

DOJ Press Release, Justice Department and EPA Officials Focus on Environmental Justice in Newark, New Jersey

Declan McCullagh, CNET, DOJ: We Can Force You to Decrypt that laptop (with a hat tip to Donna Elm)

Mike Scarcella, BLT Blog, Prosecutors Support Scott Bloch In Fight To Withdraw Guilty Plea

DOJ Press Release, Armor Holdings Agrees to Pay $10.2 Million Criminal Penalty to Resolve Violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

Jenny Strasburg, WSJ, Ex-Hedge-Fund Trader Chiesi to Pay $540,000 in Insider Case; Bob Van Voris and Andrew Harris, Bloomberg Business Week, Galleon Insider Case’s Chiesi to Pay $540,000 in SEC Suit

SNR Denton, Freddie Mac General Counsel Robert Bostrom to Join SNR Denton as Co-Head of Financial Institutions and Funds Sector

Mark Hamblett, NYLJ, Ex-Kirkland & Ellis Partner Pleads Not Guilty to Tax Fraud

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