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Fraud
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Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog
Former Director of Hi-Rise Engineering is Indicted in New York
By Chip Merlin
Former director of Hi-Rise Engineering, Matthew Pappalardo was indicted on a 50-count indictment stemming from Hi-Rise’s role in altering their engineering reports to defraud policyholders from monies owed due to…
Reverse & Render
Fraudulent Transfers Made With Actual Intent to Hinder, Delay or Defraud Creditors Permit Piercing the Corporate Veil for Contract Debts
Texas law greatly restricts the use of alter ego or fraud to pierce the corporate veil and hold shareholders liable for a corporation’s contract debts. A shareholder may only be…
Elder Law Prof Blog
A Day in the Life of Phone Scams
I'm house-sitting in Phoenix this summer, and I've been gobsmacked, to use a good British word, to realize exactly how many unwanted callers manage to circumvent the home's do-not-call registrations.…
Morristown New Jersey Criminal Law Post
Morris County Authorities Arrest Owner of Roxbury Go-Go Bar Accused of Fraud, Credit Card Theft
Authorities recently arrested five men accused of committing credit card theft and other fraud offenses in Roxbury, NJ. The Morris County Prosecutor’s Office spent three months investigating the suspects and…
Cruise Law News
German Court Sentences Bogus Doctor to Three Years in Jail
By Jim Walker
Today, a German Court sentenced a nurse, who had worked aboard a cruise ship as a doctor, to three years in jail. News agency dpa reported that the Berlin state…
The Trademark Blog
Text of Trump University Decision – Plaintiff Defeats Trump’s MSJ
Plaintiff may bring Rico and Fraud claims. Trump seems to need to thread a needle. He has to argue that he is insufficiently involved with Trump University to avoid RICO…
Securities Compliance Sentinel
Why treating customer complaint with therapeutic neglect always fails
By Joshua Horn
When faced with a customer complaining through a letter or email, it is human nature to try to appease the customer with a conciliatory response or no response at all.…
Structured Settlements 4Real® Blog
Sovereign Funding Group Faker David Springer’s Linkedin Job History Inconsistent With Legal Testimony
By John Darer
by Structured Settlement Watchdog David Springer, of Mt Airy MD, formerly CEO of settlement purchasing broker Sovereign Funding Group, achieved notoriety for what a Maryland Judge called "using questionable business…
International Financial Law Prof Blog
“The Impact of Empathy and Selfism on Whistleblowing Intentions”
Journal of Accounting, Ethics and Public Policy, Vol. 17, No. 3, 2016 JESSICA LYNN HILDEBRAND, PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP TARA J. SHAWVER, King's College (Wilkes-Barre, PA) The Association for Certified Fraud Examiners…
Meaningful Discussions
Federal Circuit Finds ASBCA had Jurisdiction over a Government Affirmative Defense of Fraud—Which the Court Also Characterized as a Defense of Prior Material Breach—and Affirmed the Board’s Grant of Summary Judgment to the Government Based on that Defense
The Federal Circuit recently affirmed the ASBCA’s grant of summary judgment to the Government based on the Government’s affirmative defense that the court described both as a defense of fraud…