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Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
11 Signs Your Financial Advisor Is Robbing You Blind (And How To Stop It!)
Investing can be a complicated and confusing task. There are financial advisors in the field that are ready and willing to help, but not all of them have your best…
International Financial Law Prof Blog
Treasury’s Electronic Tax Administration Advisory Committee Issues 2017 Annual Report
The Electronic Tax Administration Advisory Committee (ETAAC) today held its annual public meeting and released its annual report to the IRS and the Congress, which includes numerous recommendations on improving…
La Revue
Précisions complémentaires sur le détachement temporaire de salariés en France
Nous avions évoqué dans un précédent article le renforcement des sanctions pour lutter contre la fraude au détachement temporaire de travailleurs en France, notamment par la Loi travail (Loi n°2016-1088…
ContractsProf Blog
“As Is” Clauses Don’t Grant You Immunity If You Commit Fraud — and Parol Evidence Can Help Prove It
A recent case out of South Dakota, Oxton v. Rudland, #28070 (behind paywall), is another case involving alleged fraud during the sale and purchase of a house, this one with…
International Financial Law Prof Blog
Middleman Pleads Guilty in Foreign Bribery and Fraud Scheme Involving Potential $800 Million International Real Estate Deal
Defendant Double-Crossed His Clients and Stole a $500,000 Bribe Intended to Influence a South Korean Company’s Sale of the Landmark 72 Building in Hanoi, Vietnam. The middleman in a foreign…
Blaneys Appeals
ONTARIO COURT OF APPEAL SUMMARIES (JUNE 19 – JUNE 23, 2017)
Good afternoon, Following are the summaries for this week’s civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario. In a lengthy administrative law decision in Law Society of Upper Canada…
International Financial Law Prof Blog
Serious Frauds Office charges Barclays and its Former CEO For Savings Itself Through Qatar capital raising case
The Serious Fraud Office charged Barclays Plc and four individuals with conspiracy to commit fraud and the provision of unlawful financial assistance contrary to the Companies Act 1985. In simplistic…
International Financial Law Prof Blog
Former U.S.. Naval Attaché and Military Advisor to the U.S. Ambassador in the Philippines Sentenced for Taking Bribes in Massive Navy Corruption Scandal
A Retired U.S. Navy Captain was sentenced in federal court to 41 months in prison for his role in a massive bribery and fraud scheme involving foreign defense…
Money Laundering Watch
“Sting” Money Laundering Scheme and Cooperating Client Ensnares Attorney
The District Court for the Eastern District of New York has denied motions for acquittal and new trial by a Florida attorney convicted at trial of assisting in an undercover…
Canadian Fraud Law
Mareva Injunctions – Ontario Court of Appeal Signals a More Flexible Test for Granting Worldwide Mareva Injunctions
By Sarah Petersen, Michael Nowina
The decision in SFC Litigation Trust (Trustee of) v. Chan, 2017 ONSC 1815 represents a step toward a more flexible approach when our courts are asked to consider whether a Mareva…