The quota scheme is intended to give greater control of the legal aid budget and ensure only expert firms do the work.
Hire only small, expert firms where you can demand to work with the principals.
An expert networking firm had put the two men together.
SAC, for instance, was a top client of the Gerson Lehrman Group, a top expert network firm.
Mr. Fleishman, 42, worked for Primary Global Research, a so-called expert networking firm.
Her former employer, Primary Global, is the expert network firm hardest hit by the investigation.
He also helped with the conviction of Winifred Jiau, a former consultant for an expert network firm, prosecutors said.
The government's complaint details how Dr. Gilman hid his communications about the trial from the expert network firm.
He also had a consulting deal at the time with an expert networking firm, which connected hedge funds, including FrontPoint, with industry experts.
Her trial was the first involving an expert network firm, a niche Wall Street business that connects investors with industry experts.
She is a former consultant at Primary Global Research, a so-called expert network firm that connects Wall Street traders to industry experts, including public company employees.
