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Fraud
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Whistleblower Protection Blog
Record Recoveries under False Claims Act
The Justice Department confirmed in a release issued on December 4 that it has been a record year for recoveries from the False Claims Act. In fact 2012 garnered…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Nails does not get nailed at federal sentencing for bankruptcy fraud
Main December 4, 2012Nails does not get nailed at federal sentencing for bankruptcy fraud Serious baseball fans my age likely still have the 1986 playoffs deeply etched in their memories…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
In the News & Around the Blogopshere
By Ellen Podgor
DOJ Press Release, Former Fair Financial Company CEO Sentenced In Indianapolis to 50 Years in Prison for Role in $200 Million Fraud SchemeTwo Other Fair Financial Executives Sentenced Today for…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Fraud sentencing of National Lampoon CEO no laughing matter (though recommended sentence are funny)
Main November 30, 2012Fraud sentencing of National Lampoon CEO no laughing matter (though recommended sentence are funny) A notable white-collar sentencing took place in federal court in Indiana today, as…
Health IT Law Blog
HHS Inspector General: Medicare EHR incentive program lacks adequate safeguards against error and fraud
The HHS Inspector General this week reported the results of its recent investigation to “verify the accuracy of professionals' and hospitals' self-reported meaningful-use information, as well as eligibility and payment…
Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog
Citizens and the Art of Deflection
John Rollins doesn’t understand public service; at least that’s what he implied at the last Citizens Property Insurance Corporation (CPIC) Board workshop – the same workshop that was supposed to…
The Appellate Strategist
Business and Commercial Issues Will Dominate the Upcoming Calendar of California Supreme Court
On December 4, 2012, the California Supreme Court is scheduled to hold oral arguments in Los Angeles on six matters, five of which are civil matters addressing a variety of…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Attorneys Plead to Fraud Charges in Profiting from Variable Annuities On Lives of Terminally-Ill
Two Rhode Island lawyers, Joseph Caramadre and Raymond Radhakrishnan, pleaded guilty to fraud in federal district court, for selling variable annuities to help investors profit off the deaths of terminally ill…
Pennsylvania Fiduciary Litigation
Federally Indicted Estate Planning Attorney Pleads Guilty
Attorney Jospeh Caramadre and his associate Raymour Radhakrishnan were to be tried for a scheme of defaruding dying individuals and make more than $15 million. On November 20, 2012 they…
M & A Law Prof Blog
Bingham on Big Boy Language
By CorporateAcquisitions MergerLawBlogger
Bingham just issued this interesting Legal Alert on Pharos Capital Partners, L.P. v. Deloitte & Touche.In that case, on Oct. 26, 2012, the United States District Court for the Southern District…