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Fraud
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The Contingency
Rewards of RICO
The Third Circuit's decision in In re Avandia Marketing, Sales Practices & Product Liability Litigation, No. 14-1948 (3d Cir. Oct. 26, 2015), accepts a path-breaking fraud-on-the-intermediary theory under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt…
International Financial Law Prof Blog
Operators of Alleged Tech Support Scam Settle FTC Charges, Will Surrender Money and Property
The operators of an alleged tech support scam agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they tricked consumers into paying millions of dollars for technical support services they did…
International Financial Law Prof Blog
Fake kidnappers cause genuine loss
by Bridget Small, Consumer Education Specialist, FTC Phone scammers spend their days making trouble. They waste our time, tie up our phone lines and harass us with ugly language. Some do much,…
Morristown New Jersey Criminal Law Post
Former Mount Olive Attorney Allegedly Committed Identity Theft, Fraud in Real Estate Closing
A lawyer who used to practice law in Flanders NJ allegedly impersonated another lawyer so that he could steal more than $75K. According to Morris County NJ prosecutor, the 47-year-old…
La Revue
Nouvelle variante des « fraudes au président », les « fraudes à la CNIL »
Nous vous invitons à lire l'alerte diffusée par la CNIL sur son site. « Vigilance - faux appels passés au nom de la CNIL » www.cnil.fr
La Revue
Multiplication des cas de « fraudes au Président », la vigilance est de mise
La période estivale a encore une fois été propice à une forme particulière d’escroqueries, en vogue depuis quelques années : la fraude au Président.
Legal Profession Blog
Close Enough To Disbar
The New York Appellate Division for the First Judicial Department disbarred an attorney convicted in federal courtRespondent's conviction stems from his participation in a scheme by which he and others…
FCA Update
Fourth Circuit to Rule on Use of Statistical Sampling to Prove FCA Liability
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has agreed to hear an interlocutory appeal on the use of statistical sampling as a means of proving liability under the…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Convicted Guardianship Attorney Passes Away Before Sentencing
An attorney that was convicted of defrauding the people that he was supposed to protect passed away before he could be sentenced. Paul S. Kormanik was supposed to appear in…
New York Attorney Malpractice Blog
When there is Fraud in Addition to Legal Malpractice
In the distant past, breach of contract cases against attorneys carried a 6 year statute of limitations, but that all ended long ago. A claim of fraud is also due…