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Fraud
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D.C. Medical Malpractice Blog
Seven Insurers Suspend Medicare Marketing Following CMS, Senate Investigation
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced that seven private insurance companies offering private fee-for-service Medicare Advantage plans have agreed to suspend their marketing of those plans…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Accounting Firm Liable for Failing to Detect Fraud
A Florida jury has found accounting firm BDO Seidman liable for gross negligence in failing to detect a fraud at E.S. Bankest LLC, a Miami financial services firm. The accounting…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Former Majority Leader of Connecticut Senate Found Guilty in Fraudulent Investment Scheme
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today that on May 18, 2007, a federal jury found William A. DiBella, the former Majority Leader of the Connecticut State Senate, and his…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Hedge Fund Investors Charge UBS With Harm to Fund
Investors in failed hedge fund Wood River are suing prime broker UBS, saying it used confidential information about the fund's portfolio to make money for itself at the expense of…
M & A Law Prof Blog
Business Agreements and the Right to Lie
Jeffrey M. Lipshaw, a professor at Suffolk University School of Law and a visitor this year at Tulane Law School, has recently published an Article in the Delaware Journal of…
Pension Risk Matters
‘Til Jail Do Us Part? How Much Do You Know About Your Money Manager?
A recent news article chronicles another insider trading scam that highlights a dangerous variation of pillow talk. According to a May 11 article, "A husband and wife were arrested and…
Pension Risk Matters
Compensation CFO Gets Jail in Coin Gate
According to Business Insurance, the former Chief Financial Officer of the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation gets sixty-four months in jail. Involved in a rare coin investment scandal dubbed "Coin…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
When Fraud Is Your Life
By Ellen Podgor
That scam artists are willing to lie constantly is not really surprising, but it always amazes me to see how someone can develop so many different frauds. A press release…
New Jersey Law Blog
New Jersey’s Investigation of Student Loan Industry’s Dealings With Colleges and Universities
As the student loan scandal widens, it seems that most colleges and universities will have to examine and modify any existing internal policies that outline appropriate conduct between employees and…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Morgan Stanley Settles Best Execution Charges
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission today announced settled fraud charges against Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated (Morgan Stanley) for its failure to provide best execution to certain retail…