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In the News & Around the Blogosphere

David Beasley, Bloomberg, Ex-HealthSouth CEO Scrushy Loses Appeal of $2.88 Billion Civil Judgment

Robert Barnes, Wash Post, Recent decisions amount to a dressing down for 9th Circuit

Artur Davis, MarketWatch, Court could redefine insider trading-Commentary: Vague laws invite overreaching

Kyros & Pressley, LLP, SEC Whistleblower Blog, Five travel expense related FCPA violations

Ann Woolner, Bloomberg, Wall Street’s Ways Make Jury Selection Tricky (w/ a hat tip to Linda Friedman Ramirez)

Mike Scarcella, BLT Blog, Roger Clemens Waives Defense Attorney Conflict

Mike Scarcella, BLT Blog,  D.C. Judge: Scott Bloch Must Spend At Least One Month in Jail 

DOJ Press Release, Former Senate Office Manager Convicted in $75,000 Wire Fraud Scheme

DOJ Press Release, Maxwell Technologies Inc. Resolves Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Investigation and Agrees to Pay $8 Million Criminal Penalty - Enforcement Actions by DOJ and SEC Result in Penalties and Disgorgement of Approximately $13.65 Million

DOJ Press Release, Former Controller of a Miami-Dade County Telecommunications Company Sentenced to 24 Months in Prison for His Role in Foreign Bribery Scheme

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Outgoing Statewide Prosecutor William Shepherd Joins Holland & Knight's White Collar Defense Team

A Press Release from the law firm of Holland & Knight reports that William Shepherd, who served seven years in the Office of the Attorney General of Florida, and was appointed in 2007 by former Attorney General Bill McCollum as Florida's Statewide Prosecutor has joined the offices of Holland & Knight as part of their white collar defense team.Shepherd was responsible for leading eight offices throughout Florida in the investigation and prosecution of multi-circuit criminal activity.

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Indicting In - House Counsel

Mike Scarcella, BLT Blog, has an article about a sentencing of an in-house counsel - Former In-House Counsel of Buddy's Carpet Gets Prison for Tax Fraud. Will be see more of this with Dodd-Frank?  The role of gatekeepers can be difficult as they serve a client internally, but also have a larger master in the government.

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