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International Financial Law Prof Blog
For-Profit Education Company to Pay $13 Million to Resolve False Claims for Federal Student Aid
Settlement Resolves Allegations and Administrative Claims Involving Schools in Five States Education Affiliates (EA), a for-profit education company based in White Marsh, Maryland, has agreed to pay $13 million to…
Food Safety News
Iowa Judge Denies Motions to Dismiss, Halal Beef Trial Scheduled to Start July 7
By Dan Flynn
Chief U.S. District Court Judge Linda R. Reade signed an order Tuesday dismissing defendant William B. Aossey Jr.’s request for dismissal of 12 of 19 charges prior to the July…
China Law Blog
Fake China Law Firms are the Real Deal
By Dan Harris
Since 2006, we have been writing about fake China law firms. See China Where Even The “Law Firms” Are Fake. In that post we talked about fake Chinese lawyers taking money…
PropertyProf Blog
Texas Trying to Crack Down on “Adverse Possession Abuse”
From the Dallas Morning News:The Texas Senate unanimously passed a bill, HB 2590, Tuesday afternoon aimed at cracking down on scammers who abuse the state’s adverse possession laws to acquire…
Banking, Finance and Securities
Super fraud – APRA releases guidance on prevention and response
On 10 June 2015, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) released the final version of its Superannuation Prudential Practice Guide SPG 223 – Fraud Risk Management (SPG 223) following consultation…
Triage Health Law
OIG Warns Physicians Regarding Noncompliant Agreements
Tuesday, the OIG released a fraud alert advising physicians to ensure their compensation arrangements, such as medical director agreements, reflect fair market value for bona fide services the physicians actually…
Canadian Fraud Law
Ontario’s Highest Court affirms the concept of Investigative Receiverships, but with note of caution
In Akagi v. Synergy Group (2000) Inc. ("Akagi"), the Ontario Court of Appeal set aside a series of ex parte orders made by Toronto's Commercial List Court granting broad investigative powers…
The Divorce Asset Hunter
Two Bites at the Apple to Catch the Worm: reopening divorces in cases of fraud
This week, the U.K. Supreme Court is reviewing the cases of Alison Sharland and Varsha Gohil to determine whether a spouse can reopen a divorce case in instances of fraud…
The Faculty Lounge
The Dewey LeBoeuf Trial Begins
Students of BigLaw Behaving Badly will have noticed that the trial on financial fraud charges of three top managers at the failed Dewey LeBoeuf firm has begun. Former Firm Chair…
Sentencing Law and Policy
US District Judge John Gleeson finds extraordinary circumstances to order expungement of old federal fraud conviction
Main May 28, 2015US District Judge John Gleeson finds extraordinary circumstances to order expungement of old federal fraud convictionRegular readers are likely to recall the remarkable series of opinions issued…