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Fraud
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New York Attorney Malpractice Blog
Professionals in the Middle of Legal Malpractice
Gardner v Leitgeb & Vitelli, LLP ;2012 NY Slip Op 50282(U) ;Decided on February 17, 2012 ;Supreme Court, Suffolk County ;Emerson, J. presents an interesting story of parents v. children,…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Thoughtful response to Judge Rakoff’s call to scrap fraud guidelines
Main March 16, 2013Thoughtful response to Judge Rakoff's call to scrap fraud guidelines Wes Porter, who is now a law professor but was before a senior trial attorney for the…
Legal Profession Blog
Not CyberStudy But CyberFraud
The Minnesota Supreme Court has disbarred an attorney as a result of federal convictions that included mail and wire fraud.The scheme involved a corporation that the attorney and his mother…
Food Safety News
Criminal Trial of PCA Executives Officially Deemed "Complex"
By Dan Flynn
The government and the four accused executives associated with the now defunct Peanut Corporation of America have agreed that the case they are involved in is complex and the ticking…
TortsProf Blog
WSJ on Asbestos Claims and Fraud
A front page article in yesterday's Wall Street Journal reported on a WSJ investigation into the state of asbestos litigation. The article, "Asbestos Claims Rise, So Do Worries About Fraud,"…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Judge Rakoff calls for fraud guidelines to be “scrapped in their entirety” in favor of a “non-arithmetic, multi-factor test”
Main March 11, 2013Judge Rakoff calls for fraud guidelines to be "scrapped in their entirety" in favor of a "non-arithmetic, multi-factor test" As reported in new press accounts here and…
Finance & Bankruptcy Law Blog
Lenders Beware – Oral Statements may Trump Written Agreements
By Kristy Young The California Supreme Court recently held that a borrower may rely upon oral promises to support a fraud claim against its lender even when such oral promises…
From the Ground Up
Buyer Really Beware
A Washington Court of Appeals had harsh words for the sellers of a house who concealed rot damage and did not disclose the defect to the buyers, calling their acts…
Employment Law Worldview
Spanish Criminal Court acquits employee for not sufficiently dishonest €8m fraud
Mr. Leopoldo was an Administrative Assistant in the grocery department at Caprabo, a very well-known Spanish supermarket chain. He contacted a very small plastic bags supplier, Maya de Serveis SL,…
The Appellate Strategist
Don’t Panic – The Fall of Pendergrass and Restoring the Full Fraud Exception to the Parol Evidence Rule May Not Be as Bad as You Think.
In Riverisland Cold Storage, Inc., v. Fresno-Madera Prod. Credit Ass., S190581, the unanimous California Supreme Court recently overturned the widely criticized Pendergrass rule, thus restoring the full breadth of the fraud…