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## 2nd Circ. Rejects Immediate Stay In Trump Tax Subpoena Suit

The Second Circuit said Friday that it will consider President Donald Trump's

request to pause a decision allowing a Manhattan grand jury to subpoena his

tax records pending an appeal, but the court denied his request for an

immediate stay.

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## Loughlin Gets 2 Mos., Husband 5 Mos. In 'Varsity Blues' Case

Actress Lori Loughlin and her fashion-designer husband Mossimo Giannulli

were sentenced Friday to two months and five months in prison, respectively,

for their roles in the "Varsity Blues" college admissions scandal after

admitting to paying bribes to get their two daughters into the University of

Southern California as fake rowing recruits.

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## Feds Want Accused Chinese Spy Held As 'Extreme Flight Risk'

U.S. attorneys in Hawaii endeavored to convince a federal judge to deny bail to an ex-CIA agent accused of spying for China in a filing released Thursday, citing a "war chest of damning evidence" and calling him "an extreme flight risk."

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## Feds Say Maxwell Can't Use Criminal Discovery In Civil Suits

Federal prosecutors urged a New York federal judge on Friday to deny a request by Ghislaine Maxwell to let her file certain criminal discovery materials under seal in unspecified civil suits against her, arguing that Maxwell is attempting to "blur the lines between the criminal discovery process and civil litigation."

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## LA Blast That Injured Firefighters Sparks Criminal Charges

An explosion at a commercial property in downtown Los Angeles that injured a dozen firefighters earlier this year has sparked criminal charges against the building's owners and managers, the city attorney's office announced Friday.

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## COMPLIANCE

Feds Stress Risk Focus For 'Politically Exposed' Bank Clients

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## LAW FIRMS (cont.)

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network and federal banking regulators said Friday that banks should make sure their "politically exposed" clients receive customer due diligence that matches their risk levels but don't need to subject these clients to special extra scrutiny.

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## SECURITIES

## Traders Sue Scotiabank After $127M Spoofing Deal With DOJ

A pair of commodities traders sued Scotiabank on Friday after the Toronto- based bank admitted in a $127 million settlement with the U.S. government to an eight-year scheme to manipulate the market for precious metals futures contracts.

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## Fiat Chrysler Aims To Dump Investor Suit Over UAW Bribes

Fiat Chrysler on Friday urged a New York federal court to ditch a stock-drop suit accusing the automaker of concealing a scheme to bribe officials at the United Automobile Workers, insisting that none of its executives was aware of the bribery scheme and its financial disclosures therefore weren't misleading or inaccurate.

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## SEC Says There's 'No Dispute' Biotech Brass Broke Law

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday sought partial judgments against the chief executive officer and chief financial officer of biotechnology company Osiris Therapeutics Inc., telling a Maryland federal judge that there was no good faith argument to be made that the men didn't violate federal securities law by scheming to cook the company's books. 2 documents attached | Read full article >>

## SEC Sues Ex-Brokers For Role In $22M Belize Airport Ponzi

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission targeted two former brokers in New York federal court on Friday for the unregistered sale of securities to about half of the investor victims in a $22 million Ponzi scheme fronted by a purported airport project in Belize.

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## CFTC Seeks $572M From Vanished Crypto Fraud Suspect

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission is seeking a default judgment against apparent U.K. resident Benjamin Reynolds that would put him on the hook for $572 million after the agency alleged he stole 22,858 bitcoins in a Ponzi scheme-like fraud and failed to appear in the case.

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## Investor Claims Ohio Utility Played Role In $60M Bribery Plot

American Electric Power Co. Inc. is facing a proposed class action from an investor who says the utility's stock lost value after an Ohio newspaper ran an investigative report implicating AEP in a more than $60 million corruption plot.

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## LEGAL ETHICS

## Dallas Atty Hit With 6-Month Suspension For Misconduct

A three-judge panel of the Northern District of Texas has suspended a Dallas

criminal defense attorney from practicing before the court for six months,

finding she violated a judge's order to stop communicating with an ex-client

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## COMPANIES

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American Electric Power Co. Inc.

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and lied to prosecutors.

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## HEALTH

## NextHealth Marketer Charged In $60M Kickback Scheme

A pharmacy marketer has been charged in a $60 million health care kickback scheme, accused of helping a pharmacy and laboratory services company recruit physicians, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Read full article >>

## III. Doctors With Same Name Agree To End Trademark Fight

An Illinois federal judge on Friday permanently dismissed a case between a doctor and another physician of the same name, the latter of whom was accused of capitalizing off their similar names to run an opioid "pill mill" and tarnish the plaintiff's professional standing.

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## Fla. Telemedicine Schemers Cost Humana Millions, Suit Says

Humana Insurance Co. sued a Florida telemedicine company on Thursday for allegedly preying upon Humana members through a telemedicine scheme that billed the insurer for millions of dollars' worth of unnecessary prescription creams.

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## IMMIGRATION

## Feds Arrest Va. Man Over Alleged $21M H-1B Scam

A Virginia information technology business owner was arrested Thursday on charges of orchestrating a $21 million immigration fraud scheme that saw him using his companies to fraudulently obtain H-1B visas for foreign tech workers.

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## CONSUMER PROTECTION

## Pa. AG Hits Amazon Seller With Sanitizer Price-Gouging Suit

Pennsylvania's attorney general is seeking $1 million in penalties against a Philadelphia-based company accused of illegally jacking up the price of hand sanitizer it sold on Amazon.com as the coronavirus pandemic took hold in March.

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## EXPERT ANALYSIS

## Opinion

## Pandemic Is No Excuse To Limit Defendants' Trial Rights

Chicago federal prosecutors' recent argument that the pandemic compels two ex-Deutsche Bank traders to choose between their right to a speedy trial and the right to confront witnesses in person is not only inconsistent with current law but fundamentally unfair, say John Richter and Christina Kung at King & Spalding.

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## Why Remote Depositions Are Likely Here To Stay

As attorneys and their clients realize it is possible to conduct video depositions just as smoothly as in-person sessions while eliminating travel, catering and other costs, they will likely demand that remote procedures remain in place even after the pandemic is contained, says Darren Goldman at Becker & Poliakoff.

## Why Remote Depositions Are Likely Here To Stay (cont.)

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Financial Industry Regulatory
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FirstEnergy Corp.
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Google Inc.
Humana Inc.
Janus Henderson Group PLC
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Mazars LLP
Michelin Group
Microsoft Corp.
National Futures Association
Osiris Therapeutics Inc.
Skype Technologies SA
Spotify Technology SA
The Bank of Nova Scotia
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Rights Under Law
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# LEGAL INDUSTRY

Legend In Law: Liberty Mutual Insurance's James Kelleher Kelleher, chief legal officer for one of the largest U.S. insurers, has been named a Burton Awards Legend in Law, a distinction reserved for the top general counsel in the nation. Read full article >>

## BigLaw And The Ballot: The Pro Bono Fight For Mail-In Voting

With the U.S. presidential election looming and the coronavirus pandemic still raging, pro bono attorneys at BigLaw firms are increasingly jumping into court battles over mail-in voting that are moving at unprecedented speed.

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## 33-Year-Old Trump Judicial Pick Attacked Over Experience

Liberal advocates are lambasting President Donald Trump's youthful pick for a Florida federal judgeship, questioning the trial experience of a Jones Day associate who graduated law school in 2012 and would be the youngest federal judge in over 30 years.

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Stoel Rives Walks Back COVID-19 Cuts But Will Remain Wary Stoel Rives LLP has announced that it will partly roll back the salary reductions it implemented in the spring due to the COVID-19 pandemic, although the firm said that it will continue to "operate cautiously." Read full article >>

# LEGAL INDUSTRY (cont.)

## Lowenstein Securities Chair Forms New Firm With Colleagues

Lawrence Rolnick, the chair of Lowenstein Sandler LLP's securities litigation practice, is taking nine of his colleagues with him to start a new firm catering to the investment management industry, he told Law360 on Friday.

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## Calif. Atty Says Lewis Brisbois Cheated Him Of $1M Fee Award

A California attorney has filed a fraud suit against Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP, one of its partners and several other firms and attorneys who allegedly cheated him out of over $1 million in attorney fees from a settlement in a personal injury lawsuit.

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

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission came closer to a proposed rule that modifies its presuit conciliation process for settling bias claims against employers, and a new survey found that staff changes have affected a majority of in-house attorneys' workload. These are some of the stories in corporate legal news you may have missed in the past week. Read full article >>

# LEGAL INDUSTRY (cont.)

## 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 full article >>

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# LEGAL INDUSTRY (cont.)

## Podcast Law360's Pro Say: The Artistry Of The Courtroom Sketch (cont.)

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# LEGAL INDUSTRY (cont.)

## Podcast Law360's Pro Say: The Artistry Of The Courtroom Sketch (cont.)

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