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## TOP NEWS

Ex-Katten Atty Gets 18 Months In Prison For Shkreli Fraud Former Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP attorney Evan Greebel on Friday was sentenced to 18 months in prison over allegations that he aided now- imprisoned former pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli in defrauding Retrophin Inc. Read full article >>

## Prenda 'Porn Troll' Atty Pleads Guilty To Fraud Charges

A former attorney who filed thousands of copyright suits over pornography in an elaborate scheme known as Prenda Law reached an agreement Friday to plead guilty to federal fraud and money laundering conspiracy charges. Read full article »

## Manafort Judge Talks Threats In Not Releasing Jurors' Names

The Virginia federal judge overseeing the Paul Manafort trial on Friday revealed he has received threats during the case and expressed concern that revealing the names of jurors deliberating the fate of the former Trump campaign chair could put their "peace and safety" at risk. Read full article >>

## Mueller Wants Up To 6 Months In Prison For Ex-Trump Aide

Special Counsel Robert Mueller on Friday recommended a prison sentence of zero to six months for the former Trump adviser who pled guilty to lying to investigators about his interactions with individuals alleged to have ties to the Russian government during his time working for the campaign. Read full article »

## Feds Fire Back At Sheldon Silver's Post-Conviction Bail Bid

Federal prosecutors on Thursday rejected as "baseless" a request by Sheldon Silver to stay free while appealing his conviction and seven-year sentence for political corruption, telling a Manhattan federal judge that the jury that convicted the former New York Assembly speaker had clear instructions. Read full article >>

## 11th Circ. Affirms Sentence For Disability Group's Ex-CEO

An Eleventh Circuit panel on Friday backed a five-year prison sentence given to the former chief executive of a Florida organization that operated programs for the developmentally disabled who had been convicted of scheming to divert clients' Social Security benefits. Read full article >>

## SECURITIES

2nd Circ. Won't Revive Madoff 'Feeder Fund' Class Action



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## LAW FIRMS

Allen & Overy
Anderson Kill
Baker Donelson
Bartlit Beck
Boies Schiller
Butler Rubin
Chaffetz Lindsey
Cleary Gottlieb
Cohen Milstein

Cohen Seglias
Cooley
Coots Henke
DLA Piper
Epstein Becker Green
Fish & Richardson
Fox Rothschild
Gibson Dunn
Greenberg Traurig
Hinshaw & Culbertson
Hogan Lovells
Hughes Hubbard
Jomarron Lopez
Katten Muchin

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A three-judge panel of the Second Circuit rejected an effort by investors in two so-called feeder funds that were linked to Bernie Madoff's fraudulent investment scheme to revive their class action against the funds' managers, auditors, consultant and administrator, ruling Friday that a lower judge was right to dismiss the case. Read full article >>

## US Takes Ex-HSBC Trader's Extradition Win To Top UK Court

The U.S. is appealing the denial of extradition of a former HSBC foreign exchange trader to the U.K.'s highest court, prosecutors said Thursday, to face charges in New York alleging he and a colleague defrauded bank client Cairn Energy PLC by trading ahead of a $3.5 billion forex deal for the Scottish oil and gas developer. Read full article >>

## Dutch National Gets 17 Years For $2.5M Investment Schemes

An Illinois federal judge on Thursday sentenced a Dutch national to 17 years in prison in an international criminal fraud case that saw the man cop to procuring more than $2.5 million through fake investment schemes between 1998 and 2010. Read full article >>

## Ex-Constellation CEO Says He Is Victim In Stock Fraud Suit

The ex-CEO of bankrupt Constellation Healthcare Technologies Inc. Thursday asked a New Jersey federal court to dismiss claims he engaged in securities fraud, alleging he is the victim of an investor's takeover scheme. Read full article >>

## LEGAL ETHICS

## Fraudster's Ex-Wife Gets Email Hunt Paused In Atty Tryst Suit

An Indiana federal court on Friday temporarily paused discovery for emails

sent by the ex-wife of an incarcerated hedge fund manager in his suit

claiming that his attorney had an affair with his wife while representing him in

his criminal case, but refused to halt discovery all together. Read full article >>

## Analysis

## Despite Abuse Horrors, Attys Feel Duty To Defend The Church

Despite horrific details in a recently unveiled grand jury report about sexual abuse suffered by more than a thousand victims at the hands of Catholic clergy in Pennsylvania, attorneys who have represented the church say that public scorn hasn't swayed them from their duty to provide a vigorous defense. Read full article >>

## SPORTS

Analysis
NCAA Reforms Fail To Fix Basketball's Corruption Problem

The NCAA recently enacted a set of sweeping reforms that provide modest benefits to the small percentage of student-athletes who pursue a professional basketball career, but experts say the changes do not adequately address the serious issues at the center of a federal corruption probe into college basketball. Read full article >>

## EXPERT ANALYSIS

## Extra Protection For Press In Law Enforcement Investigations

When the FBI seized a New York Times journalist's phone and email records

earlier this year, the press was outraged. The authority to seize documents

from a reporter has a higher threshold of approval than for normal

investigations, and the failure to follow those requirements has a unique

statutory remedy, say Thomas Barnard and Macy Climo of Baker Donelson

Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC. Read full article >>

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## Extra Protection For Press In Law Enforcement Investigations (cont.)

Kirkland & Ellis
Kleinbard LLC
Kline & Specter
Kobre & Kim
Lackey Hershman
Latham & Watkins
Littler Mendelson
Mayer Brown
Meyer Darragh
Mintz Levin
Morgan Lewis
Nelson Mullins
Paul Hastings
Proskauer Rose
Quinn Buseck
Quinn Emanuel
Reed Smith
Robins Kaplan
Saul Ewing
Selendy & Gay
Senniger Powers
Sidley Austin
Skadden
Stinson Leonard
Stradley Ronon
Vladeck Raskin
Weitz & Luxenberg
White and Williams
Williams & Connolly
Willkie Farr
WilmerHale

COMPANIES

Adidas AG
Airbnb Inc.
American Civil Liberties Union
Apple Inc.
Archdiocese of Washington
Bank of America Corporation
CBOE Holdings Inc.
Cairn Energy PLC
Consumer Federation of America
Democratic National Committee
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Epic Systems Corp.
Facebook
Google Inc.
HSBC Holdings PLC
Kelly Services, Inc.
London Stock Exchange Group
PLC

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## Judging A Book: Lipez Reviews 'Last Great Colonial Lawyer'

In his new book, "The Last Great Colonial Lawyer: The Life and Legacy of Jeremiah Gridley," Charles McKirdy argues that Gridley-someone I had never heard of-was the last great colonial lawyer, and that his cases illuminate his times. The author largely substantiates both claims, says First Circuit Judge Kermit Lipez. Read full article >> LEGAL INDUSTRY

## Feature 3rd Circ. Oral Argument Dip Troubling, Chief Judge Says

The Third Circuit appellate bar is trying to reverse a troubling decline in oral arguments before its panels, which its Chief Judge D. Brooks Smith in an exclusive interview with Law360 says could have been brought on by a "stunning" increase in pro se filings he traces to the Great Recession of the late aughts. Read full article >>

## Quinn Emanuel Says Ex-Partners Can't Duck Fee Arbitration

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP reiterated on Thursday in New York court that its former partners who launched Selendy & Gay PLLC cannot escape arbitrating a dispute over a clause in their partnership agreement requiring them to remit fees earned from clients they took to their new firm. Read full article >>

## Feature
3 Reasons Attys Should Learn A Foreign Language

Becoming fluent in a foreign language may seem daunting, but the challenge can offer big rewards, including career opportunities and personal satisfaction, for attorneys willing to take it on. Here, Law360 looks at three reasons why lawyers should learn languages other than their own. Read full article »

## Stinson Leonard Grows In St. Louis With IP Boutique Tie-Up

Stinson Leonard Street LLP continued its expansion streak Thursday, announcing plans to acquire 28-strong St. Louis intellectual property boutique Senniger Powers LLP, following up on two new office openings earlier this year. Read full article >>

## Kavanaugh Will Meet With Top Senate Opponent

U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh will come face-to-face with his opposition Monday as he sits down with Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., the ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and the lawmaker leading the fight against his confirmation. Read full article >>

## Ex-Clerk Says NY Courts Protected Judge Who Harassed Her

A former law clerk has accused the New York state judicial system of

covering up for a judge who she says sexually harassed her, allegations she

made in a suit filed in federal court against the jurist and 16 other judges,

administrators and attorneys. Read full article >>

## Feature

## GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

The Sixth Circuit ruled the Fair Labor Standards Act doesn't on its own thwart arbitration agreements, consumer groups fought back against industry attempts to amend a hastily enacted landmark privacy law in California and British police warned of an increase in cryptocurrency fraud. These are some of the stories in corporate legal news you may have missed in the past week. Read full article >>

## In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360

For those who missed out, here's a look back at the law firms, stories and expert analyses that generated the most buzz on Law360 last week. Read

Microsoft Corporation
Monsanto Co.
NBCUniversal Inc.
National Basketball Association
National Collegiate Athletic
Association
New York Times Co.
New York University
PayPal Inc.
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Quicken Loans Inc.
Retrophin Inc.
Robert Half International Inc.
State Bar of California
The American Law Institute
The City University of New York
The ERISA Industry Committee
Turing Pharmaceuticals AG
USA Basketball
Villanova University
WeWork LLC
Yahoo! Inc.

## GOVERNMENT AGENCIES

Federal Bureau of Investigation
Food and Drug Administration
Internal Revenue Service
Judicial Conference of the United
States
Massachusetts Legislature
Securities and Exchange
Commission
Social Security Administration
U.S. Attorney's Office
U.S. Department of Justice
U.S. Supreme Court

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## GOVERNMENT AGENCIES (cont.)

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