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Food Safety News
Last Two PCA Defendants to be Sentenced Tomorrow in Georgia
By Dan Flynn
Sentencing hearings scheduled in federal court tomorrow in Albany, GA, at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. ET will all but conclude the trial court’s work in the Peanut Corporation of…
Hackensack New Jersey Criminal Law Blog
Father, Son Charged with Theft by Deception, Get Prison Time for Stealing from Bergen County NJ Widow
Two men recently received prison sentences for stealing $175,000 from a Bergen County widow. According to authorities, the fraud and theft crimes were committed in 2010. The two suspects, a…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Appeal Continues In Nina Wang False Will Case
The defense team of a disgraced feng shui master who was convicted of falsifying a will of billionaire Nina Wang argued before an appellate court that the conviction should be…
International Financial Law Prof Blog
Costa Rica’s ‘Wet Noodle’ Regulations Perpetuate Call Center Scams
"Stamping out call center boiler room scams has been described like a continuous game of Whack-A-Mole. Costa Rica's weak regulation and lack of resources is making it a hot spot…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Bank Reportedly Spends $1.2 Million Fighting Case Rather Than Settle for $200,000
NPR this morning has a story entitled "When Cyber Fraud Hits Businesses, Banks May Not Offer Protection." It describes some instances in which small businesses that had their bank accounts drained…
International Financial Law Prof Blog
CFTC Orders Forex Capital Markets, LLC to Pay More Than $843,000 for Supervision and Record-Production Violations and for Violating a Previous Commission Order
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today filed and simultaneously settled charges against Forex Capital Markets, LLC (FXCM), a registered Futures Commission Merchant, for failing to diligently supervise its officers’, employees’,…
New York Attorney Malpractice Blog
No Legal Malpractice Alleged; A Lot of Fraud Claimed
How does continuous representation interplay with claims of fraud by attorneys? Hansen-Nord v Youmans 2015 NY Slip Op 31684(U) September 1, 2015 Supreme Court, New York County Docket Number: 651924/2014 Judge:…
Health Industry Washington Watch
House Energy & Commerce Committee Schedules Hearing to Review Medicaid Program Integrity Legislation
On September 11, 2015, the House Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Health will hold a hearing to discuss legislative proposals intended to reduce Medicaid waste, fraud, and abuse. Bills to…
New York Attorney Malpractice Blog
The Everpresent and Luring Fraud Shadow to a Legal Malpractice Claim
Fidelity Natl. Tit. Ins. Co. v Smith Buss & Jacobs, LLP March 17, 2015 Appellate Division, First Department is a reminder that behind many legal malpractice cases there lurks the…
M & A Law Prof Blog
Court finds fraud in Dole deal
By CorporateAcquisitions MergerLawBlogger
Vice Chancellor Laster just released his post-trial opinion in Dole. You'll remember that in Dole, Murdock, the CEO, structured the transaction to include all of the structural protections required under…