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Fraud
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Insurance Litigation & Regulatory Law Blog
Ninth Circuit Rules Complaint Must Allege Conduct Amounting To Fraud With Particularity Under Heightened Pleading Requirements of FRCP 9(b) Even If Complaint Solely Alleges Violations of Consumer Protection Statutes And Contains No Fraud Claim
By Lee Cirsch
In Kearns v. Ford Motor Company, --- F.3d ----, 2009 WL 1578535 (9thCir. June 8, 2009), plaintiff William Kearn sued Ford for alleged violations of California’s Consumers Legal Remedies Act…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Merkin’s Art Collection to be Sold and Funds Placed in Escrow Pending Resolution of New York AG’s Suit
STATEMENT FROM ATTORNEY GENERAL ANDREW CUOMO ON THE SALE OF J. EZRA MERKIN'S ART COLLECTION:"Earlier this morning in New York State Supreme Court, my Office submitted a stipulation and order…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Should SCOTUS or USSC resolve circuit split on who counts as a fraud victim?
Main June 30, 2009Should SCOTUS or USSC resolve circuit split on who counts as a fraud victim?The National Law Journal has this new piece noting a circuit split over who…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Commentary on Madoff Sentence
By Ellen Podgor
150 years (see here) - more than a lifetime is the sentence given to Bernie Madoff by Hon. Denny Chin. It was clear that the 12 years requested by defense…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
In the News & Around the Blogosphere
By Ellen Podgor
Andrea Chang, LATimes, 3 acquitted in Ralphs lockout case -A federal jury finds the supermarket executives not guilty in a scheme to rehire locked-out workers using false Social Security numbers.…
Oregon Construction Law
False Claims Act For Oregon
By Marcus Eyth
Construction contractors working on Oregon procurement projects beware (including general contractors, subcontractors and suppliers). Oregon is on the verge of passing the state equivalent of the federal False Claims Act (31 USC 3729). The Oregon…
GlobalTort
CSX Moving Towards Trial on Claims Against West Virginia Asbestos Plaintiff’s Firm Peirce, Raimond & Coulter and Radiologist Ray Harron
By Kirk Hartley
An article by Steve Korris in the Madison County Dail Record provides an update on CSX's lawsuit targeting the Pittsburgh-based Peirce, Raimond plaintiff's law firm and radiologist Ray Harron, one…
Elder Law Prof Blog
Now this is weird…
A New York man has been arrested for impersonatinghis dead mother in order to claim $115,000in social securitybenefits and rent subsidies. Thomas Prusik-Parkin, 49, isaccused by prosecutors of regularly dressing…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Bernie Madoff’s many victims vent in letters to sentencing judge
Main June 16, 2009Bernie Madoff's many victims vent in letters to sentencing judgeAs detailed in this New York Times article, headlined "Fraud Victims Want Maximum for Madoff," some victim of…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Justice Stevens refuses to grant bail for Conrad Black
Main June 12, 2009Justice Stevens refuses to grant bail for Conrad BlackIn this post at SCOTUSblog, titled "Black loses bail plea — for now," Lyle Denniston reports that "Supreme Court…