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Fraud
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White Collar Crime Prof Blog
In the News and Around the Blogosphere
By Ellen Podgor
Allan Lengel, Tickethewire.com, Uncertainty Abounds When it Comes to Appointments of U.S. AttorneysJohn Pacenti, Daily Business Review, law.com, Black Market Peso Exchange at Issue in Kuehne Money-Laundering CaseDOJ Press Release,…
Sentencing Law and Policy
A victim’s perspective on a possible plea deal for Bernie Madoff
Main March 7, 2009A victim's perspective on a possible plea deal for Bernie MadoffThis ABC News article provide an effective victim-centered perspective on the developing new that Bernie Madoff may…
Idaho Criminal Defense Blog
Can You Sue A Developer For Fraud – Idaho Department of Finance Does It All The Time
Let's say that you invest a cool hundred thousand or so into a real estate project and the developer who takes your check deposits that check into his or her…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Shortcuts on FCPA Due Diligence Today Will Be Costly Tomorrow
By Ellen Podgor
Guest Blogger, Sharie A. Brown of DLA Piper -The current financial crisis and market volatility understandably focuses corporate executives and their employees on corporate survival and improved financial performance. In…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Fraud is the “In” Crime
By Ellen Podgor
The message is loud and clear - the DOJ has a growing number of alleged fraud cases dropping in its lap. The cases in some instances show an unraveling of…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Statement From Chairman Schapiro on Proposed Budget for SEC
The following is a statement from SEC Chairman Mary L. Schapiro regarding the President's FY 2010 budget request for the SEC, which represents a 13 percent increase over its FY…
Securities Law Prof Blog
SEC Expected to Get 13% Increase in 2010 Budget
The Wall St. Journal reports that the SEC will receive a 13% increase in funding in the 2010 budget, bringing it to just over $1 billion. The funds will be…
Podiatry Malpractice Blog
Podiatrist arrested for distributing CDS (LA)
A podiatrist in Shreveport, Louisianna and his office manager turned themselves into the Caddo Correctional Center. 60-year-old Podiatrist Dale Fazio, D.P.M., is being charged with the unlawfull distribution of controlled substances and 49-year-old Leighton Fazio…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
In the News & Around the Blogosphere
By Ellen Podgor
David Scheer & Alison Fitzgerald, Bloomberg, Stanford Attorney’s Withdrawal ‘Screams Fraud,” Spurred SEC Clifford Krauss, Phillip L. Zweis & Julie Crewell, NYTimes, U.S. Accuses Texas Financial Firm of $8 Billion Fraud…
Legal Profession Blog
Treble Damages For Lawyer Fraud
In answering two questions certified by the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, the New York Court of Appeals held that a lawyer who had filed a…