Courtesy of our friends at the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, please find below a list of the particularly relevant white collar related articles from last week.  To access the text of each story at its source website, click the hyperlinked listing below:

 –          “SOPA Who? FBI Charges Seven with Online Piracy,” The Wall Street Journal, January 19, 2012. [More coverage here]

 –          “The Benefits of an FCPA ‘Compliance Defense,’” Corporate Counsel, January 18, 2012.

 –          “Judge Throws Out Criminal Case Against Oil Companies For Killing Birds At Drilling Sites,” Forbes, January 18, 2012.  [Opinion here]

 –          “DOJ Collected $1 Billion-Plus in 2011 Antitrust Fines,” Corporate Counsel, January 17, 2012.

 –          “The FCPA Fiasco: Pressure Tactics In Corruption Cases Backfiring,” Forbes, January 17, 2012.