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Fraud
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Business Immigration Insights
Anti-Fraud Enhancements to E-Verify Announced by DHS
DHS announced the expansion of the E-Verify system with regard to new hires presenting US passports and passport cards during the I-9 process identification and employment eligibility process. This new…
Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest
SEC Proposes Rule Prohibiting Fraud, Manipulation and Deception in Connection with Security-Based Swaps
By Ross Pazzol
Co-authored by Janet M. Angstadt On November 3, the Securities and Exchange Commission proposed a new rule under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Exchange Act) that is intended to…
New Jersey Law Blog
Stark & Stark Shareholder Comments on EMI Fraud Case
Scott I. Unger, Shareholder in Stark & Stark's Litigation Group, was quoted in the November 5, 2010 New York Post article, Hands down loser: Jurors rule in favor of Citi…
Securities Law Prof Blog
SEC Proposes Anti-Fraud Rule in connection with Security-Based Swaps
The SEC today voted unanimously to propose a new rule to help prevent fraud, manipulation, and deception in connection with security-based swaps, pursuant to its authority under Dodd-Frank to regulate security-based swaps. The…
ContractsProf Blog
Students sue colleges, claiming they were promised jobs
Students who enrolled at MedVance Institute in hopes of getting jobs in the health care field are suing, claiming damages for "breach of contract, fraudulent misrepresentation, unfair and deceptive trade…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Conrad Black Seventh Circuit Remand Opinion
By Ellen Podgor
Oh well. Nobody ever accused Judge Posner of being subtle. Bottom line: the Seventh Circuit upholds the obstruction of justice and two fraud counts and sends one count back for retrial.…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
In the News & Around the Blogosphere
By Ellen Podgor
Daniel Wise, law.com, NYLJ, AIG's Greenberg Found Liable for Fraudulent ActionGinny LaRoe, law.com, The Recorder, Federal Prosecutors Want to Ditch Remainder of Silicon Valley Economic Espionage Case (hat tip to…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Dodd-Frank Rules Could Create Multiple Corporate Headaches
By Ellen Podgor
Guest Blogger - Philip HilderCritics are complaining that a likely downside to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act will be a tsunami of complaints from gold digging…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Mini-Madoff” gets mini-sentence that should still be a functional life sentence
Main October 22, 2010"Mini-Madoff" gets mini-sentence that should still be a functional life sentenceAs detailed in this Reuters piece, which is headlined "Mini-Madoff Nadel Sentenced to 14 Years Prison," another…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Federal Judge Refutes Justice Department’s Criticism Over Sentencing”
Main October 20, 2010"Federal Judge Refutes Justice Department's Criticism Over Sentencing"The title of this post is the headline of this effective new article in today's New York Law Journal, which…