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Fraud
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Commercial Case Notes
Accounting Malpractice Claim Based on Failure to Discover Client’s Not Defeated by Fact that Accountant Was Not Engaged to Perform an Audit
By John Lundin
On April 4, 2024, the First Department issued a decision in 1650 Broadway Assoc., Inc. v Sturm, 2024 NY Slip Op. 01864, holding that an accounting malpractice claim based on…
Regulatory Oversight
Powers Combined: FTC Report Recommends Enhanced Collaboration With State AGs
By Ashley L. Taylor, Jr., Clayton Friedman, Blake Christopher
"Today's consumer protection challenges require an all-hands-on-deck response, and our report details how the FTC is working closely with state enforcers to share information, stop fraud, and ensure fairness in…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Privacy Tip #393 – Phishing, Smishing, Vishing and Qrishing Schemes Continue to Dupe Users
The recent increase in smishing and vishing schemes is prompting me to remind readers of schemes designed to trick users into providing credentials to perpetrate fraud. We have previously written…
Legal Profession Blog
Former State Senator Seeks Reinstatement
A petition for reinstatement to the North Carolina State Bar has been filed by an attorney disbarred in 2018The United States Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina described…
Legal Profession Blog
Lifestyles Of The Rich, Famous And Convicted
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals ordered the interim suspension of an attorney based on a criminal conviction.In re Sara J. King. Bar No. 1033988. March 29, 2024. King…
Global Regulation Tomorrow
New Risk and Resilience podcast: Fraud
By Katie Stephen (UK), Alan Bainbridge (UK)
In the latest podcast in our Risk and Resilience series, which focuses on removing risk in the banking sector, we focus on fraud and specifically on key recent developments that…
Religion Clause
Fraud and Negligence Claims Move Ahead Against Church Over Mistreatment of Members
In Ramirez v. World Mission Society, Church of God, (D NJ, April 1, 2024), plaintiff brought suit in a New Jersey federal district court against various defendants, including a church and…
Investigation Counsel
‘Crypto King’ associate wipes iPhone, hands over $1M in bank drafts payable to Aiden Pleterski
By Kpm19830514
An associate of Whitby, Ont., self-described “Crypto King,” Aiden Pleterski, handed over more than $1 million in bank drafts payable to Pleterski last month in response to a civil search warrant. Colin…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Various takes on how much time Sam Bankman-Fried will likely serve on his 25-year federal prison sentence
The federal sentencing of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried to 25 years in prison for his frauds last Thursday has already generated a lot of discussion in blog comments, in various…
Law Times News
‘Fraud’ does not include constructive fraud under the Arbitration Act: Ontario Court of Appeal
The well-established legal meaning of fraud includes elements of deceit and dishonesty: court