By B. Colby Hamilton | August 18, 2017
Prosecutors said they were dismissing all charges, with prejudice, after reaching an agreement with counsel for the two defendants, Javier Martin-Artajo and Julien Grout.
By R. Robin McDonald | August 17, 2017
The SEC charges fraud organizers put some money aside to buy oil-drilling operations to make their high-earning scam appear real.
By P.J. D'Annunzio | August 17, 2017
A federal judge has ruled that the lead plaintiffs in a proposed class action stemming from the "kids-for-cash" scandal will be allowed to show a mediator confidential settlement agreements previously reached with other defendants as a means of aiding in determining the value of defendant Robert Powell's exposure in the case. It will then be up to the mediator to decide whether to disclose those agreements to Powell and his counsel.
By B. Colby Hamilton | August 17, 2017
Two former directors of an Orthodox religious school in Brooklyn are accused of executing a $3 million school meal reimbursement scheme in a five-count indictment unsealed in Brooklyn federal court Thursday.
By B. Colby Hamilton | August 16, 2017
A former IT employee of an unnamed multinational bank is accused by federal authorities of running a $5 million insider trading scheme with six other defendants, according to parallel suits filed in Manhattan federal court Wednesday.
By Cogan Schneier | August 15, 2017
Cooper & Kirk's Charles Cooper filed a new lawsuit this week on behalf of a convicted CEO to clarify which ex-cons should be allowed to purchase firearms.
By B. Colby Hamilton | August 15, 2017
International accounting firm KPMG agreed to a $6.2 million settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, regulators announced Tuesday.
By B. Colby Hamilton | August 15, 2017
Former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has his date in court—again.
By David A. Koenigsberg | August 14, 2017
David A. Koenigsberg writes that while six other circuits adopted what some call a "more lenient" pleading standard that permitted qui tam False Claims cases to go forward even when the complaint did not allege details of a false claim that was actually submitted, the Second Circuit had not directly addressed that issue until last month. The case provides guidance for how qui tam relators may satisfy the Rule 9(b) pleading standards in the absence of direct knowledge that false claims were actually submitted to the government.
By C. Ryan Barber | August 11, 2017
As its independent, single-director design continues to come under attack, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) this week trumpeted a judge's recent refusal to toss the agency's allegations that student loan servicer Navient Corp. mishandled payments and its communications with borrowers.
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