Topic
Misrepresentation
289 published works
Zalma on Insurance
A Video Explaining Grounds for Denying a Claim
By Barry Zalma
Misrepresentation or Concealment of a Material Fact See the full video at https://rumble.com/vqdepg-a-video-explaining-grounds-for-denying-a-claim.html?mref=6zof&mrefc=2 and at https://youtu.be/N-70RoGOFbY To constitute fraud, an insured must have concealed or misrepresented a material fact with…
Law Times News
Court clarifies role of public correction in secondary market misrepresentation claims
Judge imposed unduly onerous standard for establishing public correction, court said
Legal Profession Blog
Tarred Heel
A summary of a recent disciplinary order from the web page of the North Carolina State BarPeter Romary of Hillsborough communicated with various City of Greenville officials in an effort to…
Legal Profession Blog
“There Are Not Two Truths, But Only One”
The New Mexico Supreme Court has censured an attorneyWilliam Ferguson, an Albuquerque personal injury lawyer, purchased a Ferrari for his personal use that he registered to his company, Motiva Performance…
ContractsProf Blog
New York Case Law Round-up: Puffery and Account-Stated
Above Gotham, by Anthony Quintano, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia CommonsIn Coppelson v. Serhant, Coppelson and other plaintiffs bought an investment property from Serhant, a real estate broker in Manhattan.…
Minding Your Business
Honesty is the Best Policy: Federal Circuit Affirms Vacatur of Judgment Due to Material Misrepresentations
By Marc Palmer
The United State Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently affirmed a decision by the United States District Court for the Central District of California, setting aside a judgment and…
New York Attorney Malpractice Blog
Misrepresentation, Yes Deceit, No.
The headline is somewhat misleading. There may have been deceit, but for Judiciary Law § 487 purposes, the deceit did not take place during a litigation. Pszeniczny v Horn 2021…
Compliance Building
The One with Failing to Meet Investment Criteria
Knight Nguyen Investments raised millions from its retail investor clients to invest in securities that met the firm’s investment criteria: (a) always allocate “secured” capital to attract at least 10%…
Legal Profession Blog
From This Moment On
A losing candidate for judicial office has been reprimanded by the Florida Supreme Court.The Bar’s complaint pertained to Respondent’s conduct in running for Marion County Judge against incumbent Judge Robert…
Regulatory Oversight
The FTC Takes Down Beam Financial Mobile Banking App
By Carlin McCrory, Timothy Butler, Keith J. Barnett, Matthew White, Troy Jenkins
Beam Financial, Inc. (Beam), a mobile banking app, will be banned from offering any service that may be used to deposit, store, or withdraw funds, and must give a full…