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## US Bribery Law Can't Clear Korean Official, 9th Circ. Says

The Ninth Circuit upheld a South Korean earthquake researcher's money laundering conviction on Friday, saying the law that prohibits laundering the proceeds of certain foreign crimes imposes no special requirements when it comes to laundering connected to bribes.

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## 5th Circ. Says Judge's Dual Role On Bail Violates Due Process

The Fifth Circuit has ruled that it violates due process for a New Orleans judge to set bail for criminal defendants while also overseeing a fund that a portion of bail bonds goes toward, despite the fact that the fund was not responsible for the judge's own salary.

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## Ex-Fitness VP Gets 2 Months For Tipping Go-Private Deal

A former Life Time Fitness executive who triggered an insider trading scheme by leaking information about the gym's planned take-private announcement was sentenced Friday to 60 days in prison.

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## Scientists Ask Justices To Overturn $10.5M Fraud Conviction

Two scientists convicted of fraudulently obtaining $10.5 million in federal government grants have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review their sentences, saying that their actions did not harm anybody financially. Petition attached I Read full article »

## Ex-Locke Lord Atty's Crypto Trial Set For November

A New York federal judge on Friday set a November trial date for former Locke Lord LLP attorney Mark S. Scott, who is accused of laundering money in connection with a $400 million cryptocurrency scam, delaying the trial for about a month.

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## SECURITIES

The Second Circuit on Friday affirmed the approval of Petrobras' $3 billion securities class action settlement related to the Brazilian oil giants massive

## $3B Petrobras Settlement Clears Final Hurdle In 2nd Circ.



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Convicted Georgeson Adviser Gets 3rd Trial In Tix Swap Case A former Georgeson LLC adviser convicted of swapping expensive sports and concert tickets for peeks at shareholder voting data won another new trial, her third, when a Massachusetts federal judge ruled Friday that a jury trial, her third, when a Massachusetts federal judge ruled Friday that a jury should not have learned about another person pleading guilty to the same alleged scheme.

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## Ex-Pharmacy Owner Charged In $5M Fraud Scheme

The former owner of a shuttered New Jersey-based specialty pharmacy plotted to defraud the federal government out of $2 million and doled out kickbacks to a doctor in return for prescriptions that racked up another $3 million, federal authorities said Friday.

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## Ex-Chair Of Native Women's Nonprofit Charged With Fraud

The ex-chairwoman of a nonprofit that fights domestic and sexual violence against Native American women has been charged in Montana federal court with stealing federal grant money to make nonwork trips to Las Vegas and get paid double for a days work.

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## SFO Chief Warns Of Hard Choices In Economic Crime Probes

The head of Britain's Serious Fraud Office called on Monday for greater cooperation between international investigators as they tackle economic crime, as she warned law enforcers and attorneys that it is not always possible to gather sufficient evidence to convict individuals suspecting of criminal conduct.

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## UK Front For Philippines Crime Ring Forced Into Liquidation

A court has placed four companies into liquidation after they were found to be fronting for a boiler room scam that conned overseas investors out of almost $600,000 by fraudulently selling shares in pharmaceutical companies, a government agency announced Monday.

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## 3 Compliance Considerations After New DOJ Antitrust Policy

For the first time under the U.S. Department of Justice's antitrust criminal enforcement policy, a company that adopts an effective compliance program may completely avoid criminal liability. In light of this, companies are well advised to reevaluate their antitrust compliance programs, say Marc Siegel and Peter Julian of Jones Day.

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## New Best Practices Under E-Discovery Spoliation Rule

The amended Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 37(e) provides explicit criteria for imposing sanctions when electronically stored information has been lost during discovery, but courts are still not consistently applying the new rule,

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## Despite Recession Chatter, Lateral Market Sizzles In 2019

Lateral law firm recruitment activity rose in the first half of 2019 compared with 2018, with an overall 18% jump over a year ago and increases in the numbers of attorney hires across all tiers, indicating firms remain generally bullish in the face of renewed concerns about a looming recession.

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## When Justice Takes A Holiday

The word "holiday" in the U.K. usually conjures up images of relaxing off-work time and travel. But in the middle of a long-running court trial, an impending vacation creates pressure for lawyers — and possibly jurors.

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## DOL Pick Scalia Earned $6.2M At Gibson Dunn Since 2018

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP partner Eugene Scalia, President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the U.S. Labor Department, earned more than $6 million working at the corporate law firm since January 2018, according to a financial disclosure form filed Friday.

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## Twin Cities Firm To Merge With Taft Stettinius & Hollister

The Midwest-based firm Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP on Friday announced it will be merging with Minneapolis firm Briggs and Morgan, creating a combined firm with 12 offices and more than 600 lawyers.

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## Utah Reg Changes Could Allow Nonlawyers To Practice Law

Utah's Supreme Court has approved a path forward for regulatory changes that will create new opportunities for accounting firms, legal technology companies and other organizations to offer a wider array of legal services to consumers, according to an announcement by the court.

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## 8th Circ. Says Dues Collected By ND Bar Are Constitutional

The dues collected by North Dakota's bar association do not violate the First Amendment, as the group clearly spells out its payment fees and options for a relatively sophisticated audience of lawyers, the Eighth Circuit determined Friday.

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## The Top In-House Hires Of August

Legal department hires and promotions during the final full month of summer included high-profile appointments at American Airlines, Duke Energy and Walmart. Here, Law360 looks at these and some of the other top in-house announcements from the past few weeks.

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

A credit card processor must face the FTC's accusations that the company should pay for its alleged participation in an elaborate scam, and executives at a reverse mortgage provider were charged with overstating the value of bonds that served as collateral for loans. These are some of the stories in corporate legal news you may have missed in the past week.

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

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