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Fraud
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New York Attorney Malpractice Blog
Legal Malpractice Decision Upheld On Appeal
Egnotovich v. Katten Muchin Zavis & Roseman LLP, 604101/06 , Decided January 23, 2008 ,Justice Bernard J. Fried NEW YORK COUNTY ,Supreme Court Plaintiffs joined a vacation club in which…
Delaware Corporate & Commercial Litigation Blog
Delaware Supreme Court Affirms Chancery on Claims Related to Auditor Malpractice
Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana v. General Re Corporation, et al., No. 451, 2009 (Del. Supr., Dec. 29, 2010), read Order here. The Delaware Supreme Court in a one-paragraph Order affirmed the…
Securities Law Prof Blog
New York Sues Ernst & Young Alleging Involvement in Lehman Fraud
As the Wall St. Journal earlier predicted, today the New York Attorney General sued accounting firm Ernst & Young LLP (“E&Y”), charging the firm with helping Lehman Brothers Holding, Inc. (“Lehman”) engage in…
The Conglomerate Blog: Business, Law, Economics & Society
Madoff Victims Get Holiday Surprise — $7 billion
By Gordon Smith
I didn't see this one coming! Trustee Irving Picard, who has recaptured less than $2 billion in the past two years to compensate Madoff victims, is expected to announce today…
Land Use Prof Blog
Federal Investigation into Nevada HOAs
Many suspected that local prosecutors delayed an investigation into Las Vegas homeowners associations because of the powerful people potentially involved. High-powered attorneys and former police officers may be implicated in a…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Notable concurrence from CJ Kozinski as Ninth Circuit reverse white-collar conviction
Main December 10, 2010Notable concurrence from CJ Kozinski as Ninth Circuit reverse white-collar convictionThe Ninth Circuit reverses a corporate CFO's conviction on fraud today in US v. Goyal, No. 08-10436…
Washington Energy Report
Former Utility Manager Pleads Guilty to Bribery, Fraud and Tax Charges
On Friday November 19, 2010, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced that James M. Woodason, a former department manager at Consolidated Edison of New York (“Con Edison”), pleaded guilty to…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
In the News & Around the Blogosphere
By Ellen Podgor
Goldie Blumenstyk, Chronicle of Higher Education, Criminal Trial of Former Dean Could Be a Preview of Fraud Case Against KaplanHarvey Silverglate, Forbes, When ‘Honest Services’ Prosecution Turns into PersecutionDOJ Press…
ContractsProf Blog
Reopening breach of K verdict for fraud
Over at the Volokh Conspiracy, an interesting breach of contract case involving bad faith on one side and fraud on the other. The legal issues are more procedural than factual, but…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Second Circuit “emphatically” rejects white-collar defendant’s complaints about loss calculations
Main November 30, 2010Second Circuit "emphatically" rejects white-collar defendant's complaints about loss calculationsAnyone involved in any federal white-collar sentencing disputes will want to be sure to check out the Second…