Topic
Fraud Litigation
19 published works
Health Law Diagnosis
Fourth and Fifth Circuits Rely on Escobar to Render Important Fraud Decisions
By Conor Duffy
Recent decisions in the Fourth and Fifth Circuit Courts of Appeals demonstrate the central role that the Supreme Court’s Escobar decision continues to play in fraud litigation despite, or as…
MS Litigation Review & Commentary
Mikal Watts Case May Be Headed to Trial
As expected, Texas lawyer Mikal Watts and others were indicted by a federal grand jury on charges for fraud related to alleged shenanigans in the BP Oil Spill litigation. Here…
Internet, IT & e-Discovery
Facebook Sues Lawyers for Deceit and Malicious Prosecution for Representing Ceglia
By Peter Vogel
DLA Piper and a group of law firms are accused of conspiring “to file and prosecute a fraudulent lawsuit” on behalf of Paul Ceglia who fabricated evidence that he owned…
Healthcare Law Blog
Cloudy Skies Ahead for Providers? CMS’ Release of Medicare Billing Data Combined with Physician Payment Sunshine Act Data May Boost Fraud Litigation
By Barbara Taylor, Charles Kreindler
In February 2013, we reported (on our Healthcare Law Blog) that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the final rule for the Physician Payments Sunshine Act. In…
Mortgage Crisis & Financial Services Watch
LXBN TV Video Interview regarding Bank of America Lawsuits
Following up on my recent post on the cases, I had the opportunity to speak with Colin O'Keefe of LXBN TV regarding the recent fraud suits filed by the Department of Justice (DOJ)…
Mortgage Crisis & Financial Services Watch
Lehman: “You Gotta Know When”
On May 3, 2012, U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan in Manhattan refused to allow insurers for former officers and directors of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. to settle a fraud lawsuit…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Benham on Twombly/Iqbal and Rule 60(b)
By Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Professor Dustin Benham (Texas Tech) has posted on SSRN a draft of his article, Twombly and Iqbal Should (Finally!) Put the Distinction Between Intrinsic and Extrinsic Fraud Out of Its…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
How Far Would You Go to Gain a Trust Litigation Advantage?
According to prosecutors in Cambridge, Massachusetts, a former MIT professor and wealthy businessman named John J. Donovan Sr. "staged his own shooting to gain an advantage in a legal battle…
TortsProf Blog
Reliance in Fraud
A frequent concern in fraud litigation is the somewhat-fading requirement to show reliance. A forthcoming Arizona Law Review article (on SSRN) by John C.P. Goldberg (Vanderbilt), Anthony J. Sebok (Brooklyn),…