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Fraud
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Canadian Fraud Law
When Should a Defendant Bring a Motion for Summary Judgment in Fraud Proceedings?
This is our third and final post on the complex fraud carried out by Norma and Ronald Walton, and the Ontario Court of Appeal decisions arising from their scheme. In…
Dallas Divorce Law Blog
Using Venmo as a Vehicle for Hidden Assets and Fraud in Divorce
Millennials have grown up, and while they were busy revolutionizing the technology sector with smartphone applications like Venmo, the law has not adapted to the changing realities of how people…
International Financial Law Prof Blog
Department of Justice Begins Second Distribution of Funds Recovered Through Asset Forfeiture Totaling $1.2 Billion to Compensate Victims of Bernard Madoff Fraud Scheme
The Department of Justice announced that the Madoff Victim Fund (MVF) began its second distribution of $504 million in funds forfeited to the U.S. Government in connection with the Bernard…
Canadian Labour and Employment Law
Employee’s Silence About Fraud Leads to $20 Million Civil Judgment for Employer
A recent decision from the Ontario Superior Court demonstrates the overlap between civil and criminal findings, and how an employer can use a criminal verdict to recover additional damages in…
ContractsProf Blog
Settlement agreements don’t release claims related to fraud around the settlement itself
A recent decision out of the Eastern District of Louisiana, In re Chinese-Manufactured Drywall Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 09-2047 (behind paywall), stems from a multi-district litigation over the sale of…
New York Attorney Malpractice Blog
Two Bombshells From the Second Department
Betz v Blatt 2018 NY Slip Op 02445 and 2444 Decided on April 11, 2018 Appellate Division, Second Department and are two extensively explained and well-reasoned decisions in the otherwise barren trust…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Couple Charged in Gravestone Scam Took $64k from Grieving Families, Police Say
Tunis and Georganne Selby, a North Carolina couple, were arrested and charged with obtaining property by false pretense and felony conversion. The pair ran Memorial Design Concepts, a company that…
Target Letter
Frightening Facts about Fraud and the Forever War
Did you know that, as of 2008, there’s a good chance the federal government can prosecute you for fraud against the U.S. whenever it wants to, regardless of the statute…
The Right Coast
Elizabeth Warren is a fraud | Power Line
Our friend Gail Heriot pointed to major flaws in the study. She noted that the study actually analyzed medically-caused bankruptcies, not bankruptcies caused by medical bills. As she explains: Illness…
The Right Coast
She went to prison for fraud and bad checks. Then courts around Philly let her manage the finances for elderly residents
Relatives of Edmund and Margareta Berg were shocked to learn, a little more than a year ago, that the court-appointed guardian handling the Fox Chase couple s finances had a record…