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Securities Law Prof Blog
Conference and Commentary on Stoneridge Investors
Case Western Reserve University School of Law, in connection with its Stoneridge Investors conference today (webcast live beginning at 8:45 a.m.), has an excellent site with the amici briefs and…
Securities Law Prof Blog
SEC Charges Broker with Swindling 9/11 Widow
On October 4, 2007, the SEC filed a civil injunctive action in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York charging a broker with fraudulently misappropriating…
Drug & Device Law
Warner Lambert v. Kent – What’s At Stake
By Bexis
Ever since the Supreme Court granted certiorari in Warner Lambert v. Kent the other day, we’ve been thinking about what’s at stake. We’ve seen the case described by Bloomberg as…
Securities Law Prof Blog
SEC Cracks Down on Municipal Bond Market Fraud
The SEC instituted settled enforcement actions against two broker-dealers and their CEOs for fraudulent auction practices in the municipal bond market. The Commission issued Orders against Philadelphia-based Regional Brokers, Inc.,…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Commission Proposed to Investigate Iraq-Afghanistan Contracting
By Ellen Podgor
Senators Dan Webb and Claire McCaskill have proposed the creation of a Commission on Wartime Contracting to investigate allegations of fraud and abuse in the award of contracts and the…
TortsProf Blog
“King of Torts” Pleads Guilty To Fraud
The South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports that Louis Robles, once known as the "King of Torts" for his plaintiff's personal injury work, plead guilty last week to federal mail fraud charges. …
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Hsu to Be Charged with Fraud and Campaign Finance Violations
By Ellen Podgor
Norman Hsu, previously known for his fundraising on behalf of Democratic party candidates and a bizarre train trip to Colorado, will be indicted on fraud and campaign finance charges, according…
The Contingency
Eighth Circuit Reinstates Punitive Award for Termite Fraud
Today the Eighth Circuit revived a jury's award of actual and punitive damages against Orkin Extermination for fraudulently representing the effectiveness of a termite treatment in the home of a…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Not quite sentencing the dead
Main September 14, 2007Not quite sentencing the deadThis sentencing item from the AP wires seems fitting for a Friday afternoon:Prosecutors [in Indiana] are investigating whether a phony obituary was placed…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
T&E Lawyer Drains Client’s Estate, Arrested Playing Video Poker in Casino
The following is from Kim Martineau, Lawyer Arrested at Casino Suspected of Siphoning Money from Elderly Woman's Estate, Hartford Courant, July 19, 2007:A Wallingford attorney accused of draining the estate…