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Misrepresentation
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Securities Law Prof Blog
FINRA Fines Deutsche Bank Securities $7.5 Million for Negligent Misrepresentations about Subprime Securities
FINRA fined Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. $7.5 million for negligently misrepresenting delinquency data in connection with the issuance of subprime securities. FINRA found that Deutsche Bank Securities negligently misrepresented and underreported the…
California Employment Law Update
Alien Employee Who Was Induced To Come To The U.S. Was Properly Awarded Unpaid Wages
By Tony Oncidi
Singh v. Southland Stone, U.S.A., Inc., 186 Cal.App.4th 338 (2010) Gurpreet Singh moved from India to California to work as a general manager for Southland Stone. After Singh resigned and…
Eminent Domain and Real Estate Valuation
Study Reports Increase In Mortgage Fraud And Misrepresentation
By David Snyder
According to a study by the LexisNexis® Mortgage Asset Research Institute, reported mortgage fraud and misrepresentation increased 7 percent from 2008 to 2009.
Class Action & Mass Torts
California’s Fourth Appellate District Holds That Named Plaintiffs In Putative Class Actions Alleging Misrepresentation And Deception Under The UCL’S “Unlawful” Prong Must Plead Actual Reliance
On April 19, 2010, California’s Fourth Appellate District decided two companion cases – Durell v. Sharp Healthcare, --- Cal.Rptr.3d ----, 2010 WL 1529322, Cal.App. 4 Dist., April 19, 2010 (NO.…
Idaho Criminal Defense Blog
“I Would Like To Have Been Notified.” Fraud By Silence.
A few years ago I caught a radio interview of a Canadian hockey coach who had been fired, but not told so by his team before it was reported in…
Drug & Device Law
Tis The Season To Be Jolly?
By Bexis
Sometimes (not that often) we run across a decision that so blatantly misses controlling precedent that we have to wonder who was asleep at the switch, the court or counsel. …
Delaware Corporate & Commercial Litigation Blog
Delaware Supreme Court Affirms Trial Court’s Determination of Damages Awarded for Breach of Contract and Misrepresentation, as Well as Liability on Assignor Despite Assignment
Reserves Development LLC v. Crystal Properties LLC, (Del. Supr., Nov. 4, 2009), read opinion here. Although this is an appeal from a Delaware Superior Court decision, prior decisions of the Delaware…
The D&O Diary
An Interesting Auction Rate Securities Suit Dismissal
In a ruling with potential significance for the other remaining auction rate securities lawsuits, on September 17, 2009, Southern District of New York Judge Lewis A. Kaplan granted the defendants’…
British Columbia Insurance Blog
An agent who fills out an insurance application form for a client may be liable for any misrepresentations in the application
An Insurer and the insurance Agent who sold the policy at issue both appealed a judgment requiring the Insurer to pay the full amount of a life insurance policy and…
British Columbia Insurance Blog
Misrepresenting the indentity of the prinicipal operator of a vehicle can invalidate the insurace
Mr. Teap had been involved in six at-fault motor vehicle accidents. When renewing the insurance on his 2000 BMW under his company name, he stated that there was no principal operator…