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New York Attorney Malpractice Blog
A Most Unique Judiciary Law 487 Claim
In what is this decade’s most unique Judiciary Law 487 claim, plaintiff in A.M.P. v Benjamin 2021 NY Slip Op 06589 Decided on November 24, 2021 Appellate Division, Third Department…
Proskauer Whistleblower Defense
SEC Awards $400,000 to Whistleblower Culpable In Fraudulent Scheme
By Steven J. Pearlman, Pinchos Goldberg
On November 23, 2021, the SEC issued an award of $400,000 to a whistleblower who voluntarily provided the SEC with original information that assisted the agency in bringing a successful…
New York Attorney Malpractice Blog
The Rare Fraud Cause of Action in Legal Malpractice
Generally speaking, fraud claims in a legal malpractice setting are dismissed as duplicitive of the legal malpractice claim. For years, litigants have used the longer statute of limitations period for…
Zalma on Insurance
Admitted Crop Insurance Fraud Perpetrator Tries to Limit Restitution
By Barry Zalma
Crooked Farmer Goes to Jail and Must Pay $2.5 Million in Restitution Defendant Ronnie Jolly pleaded guilty to crop insurance fraud, money laundering, and conspiring to defraud the United States…
Global Regulation Tomorrow
PSR consults on APP scams
On 18 November 2021, the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) issued a consultation paper setting out proposals intended to stop Authorised Push Payment (APP) scams. The PSR notes that APP scams…
The Fiduciary Litigator
Presentation: Trust Issues In Divorce Proceedings
By Winstead
David F. Johnson presented “Trust Issues In Divorce Proceedings” on November 17, 2021. This presentation covered trust issues that arise in divorce disputes, such as spouses creating an irrevocable trust,…
New York Commercial Division Practice
Fraud Claims Dismissed Based on the “As Is, Where Is, and With All Faults” Contractual Provision
Nobody likes fraud claims asserted against them. Thankfully for defendants, fraud claims are notoriously difficult to prove, and defendants often try to have these claims dismissed at the pleading stage.…
Rivkin Rounds
New FCA Amendments Pass Judiciary Committee and Advance to Floor Vote
By Jeff Kaiser
On October 28, the Senate Committee on the Judiciary approved for consideration by the full Senate the False Claims Amendments Act of 2021 (“FCA-2021”). The primary sponsor of the bill…
GovCon & Trade
DOJ Expands False Claims Act Reach into Cybersecurity
By Bass, Berry & Sims, Lisa Rivera
There is a new weapon in the Department of Justice’s (DOJ’s) already powerful False Claims Act (FCA) arsenal. In October 2021, the DOJ announced a new Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative, under…
The Right Coast
Metallurgist admits faking steel-test results for Navy subs | Miami Herald
A metallurgist in Washington state pleaded guilty to fraud Monday after she spent decades faking the results of strength tests on steel that was being used to make U.S. Navy…