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Fraud
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New York Attorney Malpractice Blog
Continuous Represenation and Fraud in Malpractice
This is an Appellate Division 1st Department case, in accountant malpractice, not legal, but the lesson is similar. No continuous representation, as each tax year was different, staute of limitations…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Just Another Fraud?
By Ellen Podgor
Fraud Update alerts us to a press release of the Middle District of Tennessee that reports that:". . . a resident of Atlanta, Georgia and Orlando, Florida, was convicted by…
Mass Tort Litigation Blog
WSJ on Double-Dipping in Asbestos Trusts
By joetort
Interesting commentary in the Wall Street Journal detailing alleged fraudulent double-dipping in multiple absestos trusts -- Trusts Busted: The seamy underside of asbestos litigation, by Kimberly A. Strassel. Here's an…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Milberg Weiss Prosecution Meanders On
By Ellen Podgor
The trial of plaintiff class action firm Milberg Weiss on conspiracy, RICO, and fraud charges is set to begin in January 2008. At a scheduling conference with U.S. District Judge…
Federal Construction Contracting Blog
Contract Claim Designed to "Get the Government"s Attention" Found to be Fraudulent
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded an $88 million contract for the construction of a fifty-three mile road around a tropical island in the North Pacific. During contract performance, the…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Government Concedes Error in Enron Broadband Conviction
By Ellen Podgor
The government's effort to convict executives from Enron's Broadband Unit on fraud charges suffered another blow when prosecutors conceded error in four of the five counts of conviction of Kevin…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Playing Both Sides in High Profile Cases
By Ellen Podgor
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York announced the arrest of Michael Lair for allegedly defrauding lawyers in two civil cases by telling them that he…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
FEMA Frauds
By Ellen Podgor
Although Hurricane Katrina has come and gone, one area continuing is prosecutions arising from FEMA frauds. In the past week, there have been press releases from the DOJ Katrina Task…
Sentencing Law and Policy
The dominance of loss in white-collar sentencing
Main November 2, 2006The dominance of loss in white-collar sentencingI am about to head into a day talking about ways to simplify the federal guidelines, and I suspect that "loss"…
La Revue
L’action paulienne fait peau neuve
Par cette décision, la Cour de cassation redéfinit les effets de l’action paulienne, dont on connaît l’utilité pratique. Le créancier peut, en son nom personnel, attaquer les actes réalisés en…