In the News & Around the Blogosphere

DOJ Press Release, Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Guilty Plea of Danielle Chiesi to Insider Trading Charges; Victor Li, Am Law Daily, law.com, Galleon Defendant Chiesi Pleads Guilty to Fraud Counts; Peter Lattman, Chiesi Pleads Guilty in Galleon Insider Case; Dominic Rushe, Guardian, Former Bear Stearns trader pleads guilty in insider trading case

David Bario, NLJ, law.com, Three legal advocacy groups file amicus briefs supporting Rubashkin

DOJ Press Release, Minnesota-Based St. Jude Medical Pays U.S. $16 Million to Settle Claims that Company Paid Kickbacks to Physicians

Florida AG Press Release, Attorney General Pam Bondi Announces Selection of Economic Crimes Director

DOJ Press Release, Two Owners of Houston Health Care Company Plead Guilty to Alleged $5.2 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme

Karin Matussek, Bloomberg, First Ex-Siemens Executive to Stand Trial in Munich in Corruption Scandal

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