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Document Fraud
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Federal Securities Law Source
SEC Finds That FINRA Altered Documents and Orders It To Undertake Remedial Measures
On Thursday, October 27, 2011, the SEC entered a Cease-and-Desist Order against FINRA, which, according to the SEC's Press Release, included a finding that "certain documents requested by the SEC’s…
Legal Profession Blog
Michigan Supreme Court Denys Review In False Documents Case
The Michigan Supreme Court denied review in a case where the Attorney Discipline Board had increased a suspension from 60 to 120 days. The attorney had been conviction of driving while…
Legal Profession Blog
A Period Of Suspension Proposed
The Illinois Review Board has recommended a suspension of five months and a professionalism course for, among other things, misconduct by the attorney who represented the plaintiff in an employment discrimination case.…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Judges Sentencing Order Calls for Twenty Seven Years for Head of Iowa Kosher Meat Plant
By Ellen Podgor
The Hon. Linda R. Reade issued a sentencing memorandumin the case of Sholom Rubashkin who is scheduled to be sentenced tomorrow. The case arose from a raid of his plant…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Asylum Seekers charged with Document Fraud have their Cases Tossed
Two African women who sought asylum in the United States only to be arrested at the Canadian border lost federal appeals Monday to have their cases tossed Linda Malenge, a…
ImmigrationProf Blog
How Florida Sheriff Uses Documents Law Against Immigrants
Sheriff Wendell Hall of Santa Rosa County, Fla., uses false-documentation laws to round up undocumented immigrants. The NY Times has provided this video.bh
ImmigrationProf Blog
Postville Continues: 270 Convicted of Criminal Charges
The N.Y. Times reports that In temporary courtrooms at a fairgrounds, 270 undocumented immigrants were sentenced this week to five months in prison for working at a meatpacking plant with…
Legal Profession Blog
Accuse At Your Own Risk
An attorney who served as trial defense counsel in a criminal matter alleging two counts of custodial interference was alleged to have violated several ethics rules. His client was cross-examined…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Fraud Prosecutions in Massachusetts
Mike Underwood reports in the Boston Herald:Immigration officials rounded up 27 people yesterday in an effort to smash a suspected document and benefit fraud operation in Chelsea. Seven people,…
The Trademark Blog
Proportional Spacing in the Early Seventies
Volokh explores the legality of forging documents for political purposes and finds few laws on point (clearly forging documents for commercial gain would break all kinds of laws - as…