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White Collar Crime Prof Blog
More on the Team Communications Fraud Case
By Ellen Podgor
Guest Blogger - Professor J. Kelly Strader writes - As previously reported here and in the Los Angeles Times (here), the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles recently announced the…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Hollywood Producer & Former T.V. Company CEO Indicted
By Ellen Podgor
A press release of the Central District of California tells of "[a] Hollywood producer, who founded and was the chief executive officer of a publicly-traded television production and distribution company,"…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
Fraud and Abuse in the Nonprofit Sector
Yesterday we reported about increasing occurences of private inurement and excess benefit transactions in nonprofit organizations. We have also previously opined that instances of private inurement and/or excess benefit transactions…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Why people fake their death
In Missing Persons, published in the March 2008 issue of The Estate Analyst, Robert L. Moshman, Esq. discusses different instances where people have faked their own death:Sometimes people fake their…
Securities Law Prof Blog
AB Volvo Settles FCPA charges
The SEC settled Foreign Corrupt Practices Act books and records and internal controls charges against AB Volvo in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. AB Volvo is…
Securities Law Prof Blog
SEC Files Complaint in Alleged Stock Touting Scheme
The SEC filed a civil injunctive action in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida against two penny stock promoters, Robert M. Esposito and Gregory A.…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Ninth Circuit (unpublished) reversal for procedural unreasonableness
Main March 15, 2008Ninth Circuit (unpublished) reversal for procedural unreasonablenessThis Los Angeles Times article provides the full story of this unpublished Ninth Circuit ruling, which reverses a below-guideline sentence. Here…
Podiatry Malpractice Blog
NY Podiatrist Arrested For Allegedly Billing Dead Patients (New York)
A Long Island podiatrist was arrested and charged with bilking federal and state healthcare programs by billing them for treatments on patients who had died. Dr. Alan Cantor was arraigned…
The Trademark Blog
TTAB Decision Re Attorney Signing Declarations and Fraud On The PTO
TTABlog commentary here.: In a case "similar to Medinol," the Board granted Petitioner's motion for summary judgment on the ground of fraud as to four registrations owned by Respondent, finding…
New York Attorney Malpractice Blog
Narrow Exception for Privity in Legal Malpractice
The general rule is that one may not sue an attorney, unless that attorney was working for you. Privity is the concept that the attorney was hired by you, and…