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Fraud
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Michigan Estate Planning Law Blog
Scam Involving Property Deeds
By TJ Wall
For the past several months, we have received several phone calls from frantic clients who have received an official-looking letter from a company called “Property Transfer Services” which contained language…
Global Regulatory Enforcement Law Blog
UK Proposes Corporate Sentencing Guidelines
By Eoin O'Shea
For the first time, the UK has proposed a specific and detailed sentencing regime for corporations involved in bribery, fraud and other economic crimes. Of course, individual executives who commit…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
Woman Arrested for Larceny in Connection with Boston Marathon Victims’ Fund
CNN reports that 26-year-old Audrea Gause of Troy, N.Y., was arrested on a Massachusettsfugitive warrant on charges of larceny. She reportedly received $480,000 from TheOne Fund Boston after claiming she suffered…
North Carolina Business Litigation Report
NC Business Court Dismisses All Of Brazilian Plaintiff’s Claims
The Plaintiff in Martinez v. Reynders, 2013 NCBC 35, had all of her claims dismissed last week in an Opinion from the Business Court. The case illustrates why you might want to…
SBM Blog
What To Do When Your Law School Atrium Is Named After A Convicted Felon
Indiana University McKinney School of Law in Indianapolis shows how it's done after alumnus William Conour is convicted of wire fraud: Rescind the resolution naming the atrium. Remove the alumnus's…
InsureReinsure
UK: Approach to Fraudulent Devices Criticised
In Versloot Dredging v HDI [2013] EWHC 1666, Popplewell J has criticised the Privy Council decision in Stemson v AMP [2006] UKPC 30 and the Court of Appeal decision in…
Inside Global Tech
FTC, FCC Testify Before Senate On Robocall Fraud
Yesterday, the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety and Insurance held a hearing entitled, “Stopping Fraudulent Robocall Scams: Can More Be Done?” The hearing takes place two weeks…
Legal Profession Blog
By Swindle
The Minnesota Supreme Court has suspended an attorney for at least 30 days with reinstatement on probation for five years.The attorney was admitted in 1997. In 2009, she was charged…
Securities Law Prof Blog
SEC Suspends Trading in 61 Shell Companies
The SEC suspended trading in the securities of 61 empty shell companies that are delinquent in their public filings and seemingly no longer in business, the SEC's second-largest trading suspension. Thinly-traded dormant microcap…
Government Contracts & Investigations Blog
Common Sense Prevails Once Again: District Court FCA Ruling Serves As Reminder That Whistleblowers Need to Prove Recklessness Too
By Christopher Loveland and Jonathan Aronie While multi-million dollar False Claims Act (FCA) settlements paid by Government contractors get the lion’s share of the press, those with an attentive eye…