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White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Plea in Bidrigging/Fraud Case
By Ellen Podgor
A press release of the Government here, reports that "[a] former maintenance manager at the General Electric Company’s Waterford, New York plant [ ] pleaded guilty to bid rigging and…
Antitrust Law Blog
Consumer Protection Highlights
The FTC highlighted its ongoing partnership with state and local law enforcement officials in its campaign to combat fraud and stop exploitation of the Hispanic community during the Hispanic Law…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
That Other Southern Jury Reaches A Verdict
By Ellen Podgor
The jury in the case of Senator Charles Walker reached a decision after deliberating 20 hours, according to the Atlanta Jrl. Constitution here. We previously discussed this case here, a…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Greenberg’s Focus on AIG’s Stock Price
By Ellen Podgor
While it is hard to feel much sympathy for former American International Group CEO Maurice Greenberg, who viewed regulations as a pest to be swatted rather than a guide to…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Everything in Birmingham, Alabama Isn’t Scrushy
By Ellen Podgor
While the jury will continue to deliberate on the charges pending against Richard Scrushy, after questioning the judge as to what happens if they all can't agree (see AP in…
ContractsProf Blog
Cases: Liquidated damages subsumed in fraud
An unpublished California decision shows some offbeat damages calculations in a case involving a liquidated damages clause in a fraud situation.Two men, Tumanjan and Capazzola, owned Dante's Inferno, a sports…
ContractsProf Blog
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A plaintiff who pleaded fraud and deceptive trade practices arising out of a Ford Explorer SUV that rolled over found himself tossed out, because he should have proceeded on a…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Perelman Awarded $850 Million in Punitive Damages From Morgan Stanley
By Ellen Podgor
The Florida jury that awarded Ronald Perelman damages of $604.3 million for being defrauded by Morgan Stanley (see earlier post here) in connection with his sale of Coleman Co. to…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Closing Arguments in Scrushy Trial-Part I
By Ellen Podgor
Closing arguments have started in the Scrushy trial with the prosecution calling the accused the "the quintessential micromanager." (see AP in Birmingham News here) Clearly the government is trying to…
ContractsProf Blog
How Economics Can Help Spot Fraud
Did Iraq Cheat the United Nations? Underpricing, Bribes, and the Oil for Food Program BY: CHANG-TAI HSIEH and ENRICO MORETTI Document: Available from the SSRN Electronic Paper Collection: http://papers.ssrn.com/paper.taf?abstract_id=689383.This article…