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Fraud
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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…
Hackensack New Jersey Criminal Law Blog
Lyndhurst NJ Plumber Accused of Stealing $600K from Co-op in Fort Lee, New Jersey
A Lyndhurst New Jersey man was indicted for allegedly defrauding a Fort Lee NJ co-op. The 48-year-old suspect was employed as a plumber at the Colony co-op, which is located…
Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest
FINRA’s NAC Strengthens Sanction Guidelines Related to Fraud and Suitability
By James Van De Graaff, Janet M. Angstadt, Ross Pazzol, Timothy D. Kertland
On May 12, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority announced that the National Adjudicatory Council (NAC) revised its Sanction Guidelines to call for tougher sanctions against those who commit fraud or…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Reinstatement 500 Miles Away?
There is a great article in the Washington Post Blog which discusses a Whistleblowing plaintiff's attempts to achieve adequate recovery. The plaintiff had gone to federal authorities with allegations of…
Legal Profession Blog
License Foreclosure Imminent
The California State Bar Court Review Department has concluded that disbarment is the appropriate reciprocal sanction found to have engaged in fraud in federal bankruptcy court. Lynne Margery Romano was suspended…
International Financial Law Prof Blog
San Diego County Lawyer Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison for Defrauding Thousands of Distressed Homeowners in Loan Modification Scheme
Two defendants were sentenced today for their roles in defrauding more than 3,000 homeowners across the nation through a sham law firm in Oceanside, California. Dean Gregory Chandler, the former…
Securities Law Prof Blog
IOSCO Publishes Results of Survey on Anti-Fraud Messaging Employed by Regulators
Details are available here.
ContractsProf Blog
Unbridled Growth and Companies that Never Learn
This week, Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer famously filed suit against Wells Fargo claiming that the bank's high-pressure sales culture set unrealistic quotas, spurring employees to engage in fraudulent…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Federal indictments and a plea deal in New Jersey “Bridgegate” scandal
Main May 1, 2015Federal indictments and a plea deal in New Jersey "Bridgegate" scandalAs reported in this CNN piece, headlined "Bridgegate: 1 guilty plea, 2 indictments and 'liars'," a couple…
China Law Blog
The Fake China Law Firm Scam
By Dan Harris
Way back in 2006, I wrote about fake China law firms in China: Where Even The “Law Firms” Are Fake. In that post I talked about fake Chinese lawyers taking…