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Fraud
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Labor Law Prof Blog
Recently-Published Scholarship
23 Hofstra Labor & Employment Law Journal (Winter 2006)ArticlesCreola Johnson, Credentialism and the Proliferation of Fake Degrees: The Employer Pretends to Need a Degree; The Employee Pretends to Have One,…
Whistleblower Law Blog
Road construction Fraud settlement nets $11.75 million to the government
There are a million ways to rip off the government. That is why the Qui Tam law’s (Federal False Claims Act) language is so broad. Yesterday I blogged about an…
Whistleblower Law Blog
Amerigroup gets hammered in Qui Tam suit
I don’t know why, but I just love it when big corporate powers get hammered. Maybe you don’t read the Chicago Sun Times newspaper or keep up with Qui Tam…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
There Goes $1.58 Billion
By Ellen Podgor
Investor Ronald Perelman won $1.58 billion in compensatory and punitive damages from investment bank Morgan Stanley on a fraud claim in 2005 in large part because the firm's e-mail production…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Two High-Profile Trials Begin
Two high-profile trials got underway this week. First, the trial, in Chicago, of Lord Conrad Black, accused of looting millions of dollars from the company he formerly controlled, Hollinger International,…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Conrad Black Trial
By Ellen Podgor
After a one day delay, the trial of Conrad Black proceeded to opening statements. (See Chicago Tribune here). Canadian Press is following this trial closely. (See Toronto Globe & Mail…
New York Attorney Malpractice Blog
Huge Municipal Fraud and Legal Malpractice
Agency’s Former Counsel Held Liable in Contracting Scheme // C.A. Says Conflict-of-Interest Statute Allows Recovery of Payments to Independent Contractor KENNETH OFGANG, of Metro News-Enterprise reports: "The former counsel for…
Media Law Prof Blog
Conrad Black’s Trial Gets Underway
As the Conrad Black trial opens in Chicago, the first witness is Gordon Paris, an investment banker and former colleague. Read an article about the trial in the Media Guardian…
Chicago IP Litigation
Allegations of Fraud on the Patent Office Meet the Walker Process Fraud Requirements Allowing an Antitrust Counterclaim
Abbott Labs. v. Mylan Pharms., Inc., No. 05 C 6561, 2007 WL 625496 (N.D. Ill. Feb. 23, 2007) (Kendall, J.). Judge Kendall denied plaintiff's, Abbott, Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6)…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Perspective on The Past Week’s Stories
The SEC is mounting another offensive on insider trading. The SEC described as "brazen" the group of Wall St. professionals who engaged in a longstanding scheme to profit in inside…