White Collar
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Federal prosecutors pushed back Monday against a mistrial bid by a California businessman who was convicted of participating in a $511 million renewable-energy tax fraud scheme, saying the man’s claims that it was wrong to bring jurors together during a global pandemic were overblown… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A financial manager who had previously scammed “Cool Hand Luke” actor Harry Dean Stanton lost a bid Monday at the Sixth Circuit challenging his 10-year sentence in a separate case in which he was accused of ripping off several senior citizens, including his own father… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Prosecutors urged a New York federal court Wednesday to reject a bid for compassionate release from prison lodged by notorious Ponzi scammer Bernie Madoff, who says he is expected to die soon because of complications from kidney failure… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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The Third Circuit ruled Wednesday that a district court erred when it granted summary judgment in favor of a hospice provider accused of bilking Medicare, nixing the lower court’s requirement for the plaintiffs to show an “objective falsehood” to proceed with their False Claims Act case… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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The panel in charge of disciplining Illinois attorneys recommended Tuesday that former Gov. Rod Blagojevich be disbarred for the offenses that led to his 2011 corruption conviction, a move that did not appear to faze him… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
Mike LaSusa 