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Restitution
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Corporate Governance & Internal Investigations Advisor
Insufficient Evidence of Actual Losses Frustrates Company’s Restitution Bid under MVRA, Court Rules
The Mandatory Victims Restitution Act of 1996 (“MVRA”) provides that defendants convicted of crimes committed by “fraud or deceit” to compensate victims for the full amount of their losses. The…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Senate unanimously passes child porn restitution bill to fixParolineproblems
Main February 16, 2015Senate unanimously passes child porn restitution bill to fix Paroline problemsAs report in this article, last week the U.S. Senate finally passed a bill to restructure the…
Legal Profession Blog
Kids First, Lawyer After
The California State Bar Court Review Department has recommended a two-year suspension with a minimum of nine months actual suspension and the balance stayed on probation conditions.The attorney also must make…
International Financial Law Prof Blog
MF Global Holdings Ordered to Pay $1.212 Billion in Restitution for Unlawful Use of Customer Funds and $100 Million Penalty
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has obtained a federal court Consent Order against MF Global Holdings Ltd. (MFGH) requiring it to pay $1.212 billion in restitution or such amount…
The D&O Diary
Professional Liability Insurers Must Pay $30 Million Settlement of Restitutionary Overdraft Fee Claims
On December 16, 2014, in an interesting ruling that undoubtedly will stir up a great deal of debate, District of Minnesota Judge Paul Magnuson, applying Delaware law, granted U.S. Bancorp’s…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
SCOTUS on Misinterpreting Statutes
By Tracy Thomas
I was cited recently by the Second Circuit in Central States SE & SW Areas Health & Welfare Fund v. Gerber Life Ins., 771 F.3d 150 (2d Cir. Nov. 14,…
Antitrust Law Blog
The Ninth Circuit Holds That Res Judicata Bars State Recovery of Restitution for Members of a CAFA-Compliant Class Action
In California v. Intelligender, LLC[1], the Ninth Circuit ruled that final judgment in a CAFA-compliant class settlement barred the State of California from seeking restitution on behalf of members of the…
PropertyProf Blog
Who Owns Adam & Eve?
From the LA Times:The Norton Simon Museum is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review what its attorneys call a "profoundly misguided decision" by a federal appeals court that has…
Legal Profession Blog
Agreement With Lender Liability Company Draws Suspension
The California State Bar Review Department has proposed a suspension of sixty days and with reinstatement conditioned on restitution to the injured clients of an experienced attorney with no prior…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Third Circuit finds “reprehensible” conduct regarding victim restitution not grounds for revoking supervised release
Main August 22, 2014Third Circuit finds "reprehensible" conduct regarding victim restitution not grounds for revoking supervised releaseA Third Circuit panel yesterday handed down an interesting ruling in US v. Bagdy,…