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## Ex-SFO Boss Says Collusion Claims Were 'Drunken Boasts'

A former SFO chief defended his decision not to investigate "absurd" accusations that the agency fed insider information to help a Dechert attorney win work on high-profile fraud cases, testifying Tuesday that these were "probably the boasts of a man in drink."

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A Florida attorney accused of swindling NFL players out of their life savings also "engaged in a wide-ranging, long-standing, and brazen pattern and practice of manufacturing evidence" for concussion settlement payout claims, the settlement's special masters found in a recent decision to disqualify the lawyer and his former firm.

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## Manafort Banker Convicted Of Bribery

Former Federal Savings Bank CEO Stephen Calk on Tuesday was convicted of financial institution bribery and conspiracy, over allegations that the banker sought to exchange $16 million in loans to Paul Manafort for his help in getting a job in the administration of former President Donald Trump. Read full article »

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Feds Want 18 Mos. For Man Who Threatened Flynn Judge Federal prosecutors have recommended 18 months in prison for a man who threatened to assault and murder the D.C. federal judge overseeing the politically charged criminal case of ex-Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn.

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The Seventh Circuit upheld the conviction and sentence for the first trader ever found guilty of spoofing the commodities market for a second time Monday, rejecting his argument that conflicted counsel and newly acquired evidence were enough to receive a new trial.

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A longtime Coca-Cola attorney has been promoted to general counsel for North America, he said in a Linkedln post Monday, the latest change in the beverage giant's legal department this year.

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