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Fraud
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Global Regulation Tomorrow
SFO publishes Serco Statement of Facts
By Andrew Reeves (UK), Neil O’May (UK), Pamela Reddy (UK), Thomas Hubbard (UK), Claudia Van Gruisen
On 28 April 2021, the SFO published the statement of facts relating to the DPA that it agreed with Serco Geografix Limited (SGL) back in July 2019. The publication was…
Napoli Shkolnik Blog
Convicted Fraudster Dead at 82, A Look at Other Scams
The man who defrauded some 30,000 investors out of an estimated $17 billion died in prison, apparently due to failing health. Madoff lived a seemingly charmed life for decades, starting…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Third Circuit panel explores curious loss calculations in federal fraud guidelines
A helpful reader made sure I did not miss the interesting Third Circuit panel ruling this past week in US v. Kirschner, No. 20-1304 (3d Cir. April 22, 2021) (available…
Hunton Insurance Recovery Blog
Insurer Denies Coverage for Deal Litigation Despite Bank Purchasing Runoff Coverage for Pre-Acquisition Alleged Wrongful Acts
By Geoffrey B. Fehling, Lawrence J. Bracken II
Hunton Andrews Kurth's insurance coverage team recently published a client alert discussing a D&O coverage dispute arising from a credit union’s post-acquisition fraud claims. Everest National Insurance Company has filed…
Faruki Blog
Court of Appeals Affirms Fraud and Breach of Contract Judgment for Faruki Client
On April 9, 2021, Jeff Ireland, Jason Palmer, and Melissa Watt prevailed on an appeal as the Second District Court of Appeals affirmed an overall judgment of nearly $3.5 million. Harris…
Zalma on Insurance
A Video Explaining Some “Hard Fraud”
By Barry Zalma
Hard Fraud is a Crime See the full video at https://rumble.com/vftjrz-a-video-explaining-some-hard-fraud.html and at https://youtu.be/-tySYDbnp24 The following types of fraud are premeditated and intentionally committed. Those who differentiate between types of…
Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog
Can Insurance Companies Avoid Appraisal by Alleging the Amount Claimed is Fraudulent?
By Chip Merlin
The new property insurance tactic to avoid payment and thereby delay or deny appraisal is to claim that the policyholder asked for too much and the claimed amount is fraudulent.…
Cleary Enforcement Watch
DOJ Concedes Error In Title 18 Insider Trading Convictions After Supreme Court’s “Bridgegate” Decision
By David E. Brodsky, Rahul Mukhi, Shannon Daugherty, Victoriya Levina, Farah Mokhtar
As discussed in our prior blog post, earlier this year the Supreme Court vacated and remanded the Second Circuit’s decision in a high-profile insider trading case, United States v. Blaszczak,[1]…
SEC Actions
SEC Resolves Two Fraud Cases
The Commission announced the resolution of two fraud cases this week. Once centered on fraud claims tied to a real estate crowd funding portal. SEC v. Skelley, Adm. Proc. File…
Securities Law Prof Blog
New Securities Law Articles in Print
The following law review articles relating to securities regulation are now available in paper format:Elizabeth F. Brown, The Continuum of Financial Products, 25 Stan. J.L. Bus. & Fin. 183 (2020).Darian…