Topic
Restitution
424 published works
Drug & Device Law
D. Mass. Applies Causation Analysis to Curtail Restitution
The major sporting event this time of the year is the NCAA basketball tournament. Our money is on Villanova University, because that is where we sent a lot of our…
International Financial Law Prof Blog
FDIC Announces Settlement with The Bancorp Bank, Wilmington, Delaware, for Unfair and Deceptive Practices
Harmed consumers to receive approximately $1.3 million in restitution The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) announced a settlement with The Bancorp Bank, Wilmington, Delaware, relating to unfair and deceptive practices…
Business and Commercial
France Returns Nazi Looted Art To Descendants Of Rightful Owners At The Louvre Museum
In recent art world news, three paintings by Flemish master Joachim Patinir were formally handed over to the descendants of Herta and Henry Bromberg at the Louvre Museum by French…
SDNY Blog
Judge Preska: Disputed Picasso Will Stay at the Met
Yesterday, Judge Preska dismissed a suit seeking to reclaim Picasso's "The Actor" from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The suit alleged that the painting was sold under duress in the 1930s…
Subject to Inquiry
Supreme Court to Review Reimbursements for Internal Investigation Costs
By Government Investigations Group
Earlier this month, the Supreme Court agreed to resolve a circuit split over when the costs of an internal investigation can be recovered under the Mandatory Victims Restitution Act (MVRA).…
Legal Profession Blog
The Straight Face Test
The Indiana Supreme Court imposed a suspension of at least three years as bar discipline for a counterfeiting convictionRespondent endorsed a check payable to a third party, siphoned off $10,000…
Legal Profession Blog
No Disbarment For Misappropriation
Dan Trevas reports on the web page of the Ohio Supreme CourtThe recently retired Niles city law director was suspended for two years, with one year stayed, by the Ohio…
Legal Profession Blog
Farm Fee Suspension
The Ohio Supreme Court has indefinitely suspended a convicted attorney for taking a client's farm as his fee rather than honoring his promise to sell the farm, deduct his fee and…
Other
Holocaust Survivor’s Heirs’ Claim Against Spanish Museum For Return Of Nazi Looted Painting Can Go Forward Rules Ninth Circuit
In recent art world news, last week the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that a holocaust survivor’s heirs can seek the return of a Nazi…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Wondering about judicial “wild-ass guesses” when considering child-porn restitution sinceParoline
Main June 20, 2017Wondering about judicial "wild-ass guesses" when considering child-porn restitution since Paroline Long-time readers may recall a period about five year back when I was regularly blogging about…