Topic
Misrepresentation
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SEC Actions
Broker Settles Action Based on Selling L Bonds By Making Misrepresentations
Regardless of how sophisticated an investor is, the complexity of the securities markets can at times result in an investor being deceived. A good example, is one of the Commission’s…
Legal Profession Blog
Trauma-Related Violations Result In Proposed Suspension With A Dissent
An attorney's failure to properly file a document and subsequent false statements have led to a proposed six-month suspension with three months stayed by a Hearing Committee of the Massachusetts…
Canadian Lawyer Mag
Ontario Court of Appeal affirms that misrepresentation induced entry into mortgages
Appeal court adjusts remedy in case alleging fraud relating to a construction contract
Zalma on Insurance
Lies on Application Voids Policy
By Barry Zalma
An Insurance Company Can Avoid Liability On The Policy By Showing That The Insured Misrepresented A Material Fact Post 5018 See the full video at https://rumble.com/v6qiz1u-lies-on-application-voids-policy.html and at https://youtu.be/XZvAkj_PaWc Rescission…
The D&O Diary
SEC Files AI-Washing Enforcement Action Against Restaurant Technology Company
In what may be the SEC’s first AI-washing enforcement action against a reporting company, on January 14, 2025, the agency brought a settled enforcement action against Presto Automation, a restaurant…
New Jersey Insurance Coverage Litigation
Be careful with your insurance policy application
By Gene Killian
Filling out an application for a commercial insurance policy is a drag, and the temptation is to rush through the process. After all, you have more important things to do,…
China Law Insight
通谋虚伪意思表示致合同无效，所取得财产应返还？且慢！——合同编通则司法解释对于通谋虚伪意思表示认定思路初探
By King & Wood
作者：陈永昌 陈天宇 在笔者团队近期接触到的一起买卖合同纠纷案件中，客户与相对方签订了大宗商品买卖合同，约定：客户向相对方出卖符合约定的工业原料，相对方则向客户支付相应货款。合同签订后，相对方向客户支付了足额的货款，但客户迟迟未向相对方交付相应货物的提货凭证。因此，相对方以客户为被告，向人民法院提起诉讼。审理过程中，客户提供相应证据并提出抗辩，主张案涉大宗商品买卖合同系虚构交易，实际上是有关主体开展的借贷法律关系，客户仅是被动成为虚构交易环节之一，客户已经将相对方交付的货款转交上游公司，其不负有向相对方交付货物的义务，而相对方应当向其下游买方主张货款。 阅读更多
Legal Profession Blog
Interview Notes At Issue In Bar Charges
The North Carolina State Bar has filed a complaint alleging misconduct on the part of an attorney in representations he made in responding to a bar investigation.The allegations arising from…
Legal Profession Blog
Stolen Valor
The Ontario Law Society Tribunal Hearing Division has imposed a four-month suspensionIn Law Society of Ontario v. McKöena, 2024 ONLSTH 91, we found Dennis Kashmeel Keevantoza McKöena, (the Lawyer), misrepresented himself as an…
Legal Profession Blog
Disbarment In South Carolina
A significant number of client-related findings of misconduct led the South Carolina Supreme Court to order disbarment of an attorney.AdditionallyDuring ODC's investigation, Respondent candidly disclosed his long history of substance…