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The Right Coast
Elizabeth Holmes of Theranos will blame Sunny Balwani and allege domestic abuse. Could it work?
Jury selection for the trial of Elizabeth Holmes, founder and CEO of the disgraced blood-testing startup Theranos, began on Tuesday. Federal prosecutors have charged Holmes with multiple counts of fraud…
California Construction Law Blog
Homeowner’s Claims Defeated Because “Gravamen” of Complaint was Fraud, not Breach of Contract
By Garret Murai
Be careful what you wish for or, as in the next case, what you plead. In Vera v. REL-BC, LLC, Case Nos. A155807, A156823, and A159141 (June…
Future Lawyer
Fraudsters Have Been Around For Hundreds Of Years.
By rickgeorges
There's a little con man in every human. Related StoriesYou Are The Last Man On Earth - What Do You Do?Playing Chess Against A Computer Is More Interesting With Real…
Healthcare Law Blog
The Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery Calls For Increased Funding and Expanded Jurisdiction In Its Quarterly Report To Congress
On July 30, 2021, the Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery (“SIGPR”), Brian D. Miller, submitted his quarterly report to Congress. SIGPR was created as an independent watchdog of the…
PrawfsBlawg
Misha and the Wolves
Main Tuesday, August 17, 2021Misha and the WolvesI watched Misha and the Wolves on Netflix over the weekend. I had not known this story. From the mid-'90s to 2008, Misha…
For Purpose Law Group Blog
Social-Services Nonprofit: Pervasive Fraud Alleged
Behind its facade as one of San Diego’s most prominent and powerful social-services agencies, Volunteers of America Southwest (VOASW) was poised for a spectacular collapse. Throughout the month of May…
Workplace Privacy, Data Management & Security Report
As Facial Recognition Technology Surges, Organizations Face Privacy and Cybersecurity Concerns, and Fraud
By Maya Atrakchi, Jason C. Gavejian, Joseph J. Lazzarotti
Facial recognition technology has become increasingly popular in recent years in the employment and consumer space (e.g. employee access, passport check-in systems, payments on smartphones), and in particular during the…
Delaware Corporate & Commercial Litigation Blog
Chancery Observes Rare Exception to General Rule that Breach of Contract Claim Cannot Be Bootstrapped into a Fraud Claim
A recent Delaware Court of Chancery decision provided a thorough examination of the titular topic in connection with allegations of fraudulent enticement to invest. In Sehoy Energy LP v. Adriani,…
Motiva Business Law
Justifiably Defrauded?
Attorney Shakfeh recently published an article in the Illinois Star Bar Journal about a recent court case, District of the Illinois Appellate Court’s September 2020 decision in Metropolitan Capital Bank…
ContractsProf Blog
New York Case Law Round-up: Puffery and Account-Stated
Above Gotham, by Anthony Quintano, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia CommonsIn Coppelson v. Serhant, Coppelson and other plaintiffs bought an investment property from Serhant, a real estate broker in Manhattan.…