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Daily Business Review

Is Bank of America Spending Over Six Figures — and Rising — to Fight $75K South Florida Suit?

Palm Beach Circuit Judge Lisa S. Small issued a rebuttable instruction, telling the jury that "Bank of America's records are not reliable."
5 minute read

The Recorder

Former Autonomy CFO Found Guilty After 3-Month Fraud Trial

A 12-member jury returned a guilty verdict against Sushovan Hussain on all 16 counts of wire and securities fraud after a three-month trial and one week of deliberations.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Ex-Purchasing Director for Staten Island DA Pleads Guilty to Theft of Govt. Funds

A former procurement director for the Staten Island District Attorney's Office has pleaded guilty to running a 10-year scheme in which he racked up more than $440,000 on the DA's credit cards through purchasing personal items and transferring funds to his own bank account.
2 minute read

Daily Business Review

How Accounting Claims Can Be Game-Changers in International Litigation

Imagine that your client invested in a foreign partnership, and the “partner” ran off with the funds. Or maybe your client relied on the wrong offshore wealth adviser, or placed funds with the wrong trust company.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Chartwell Accountant Sentenced for Embezzling From Firm

Mark Miehlke admitted to stealing from Chartwell Law Offices to buy computers, gun parts and tickets to Billy Joel and Disney's "Frozen on Ice."
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

South Florida Attorney Sued by DOJ for Alleged $35M Tax Scam

Attorney Michael L. Meyer, who holds law licenses in Kentucky and Indiana, is accused of running the scheme for 19 years.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

TRUSTS & ESTATES / WEALTH MANAGEMENT

This supplement covers will contests based on undue influence, estate-planning using IRAs, and the tax aspects of cryptocurrency.
1 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Tax Consequences of Cryptocurrency Transactions and Correcting Historical Noncompliance

Promises from the government to impose civil penalties and pursue criminal sanctions are not veiled threats.
14 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Estate and Tax Planning Use of Trusts for Qualified Plan Assets

The goal is to enable the trustee to defer income taxes on the benefits while coordinating the requirements of the client, the trustee, the plan administrator and the IRS.
9 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Pa. High Court Greenlights Noneconomic Damages for Whistleblower Cases

Whistleblowers fired for reporting government waste can recover for noneconomic damages, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday, in a decision that could open the door to suits that previously were not viable.
4 minute read

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