Sentences with phrase «civil fraud action»

Instructed in some of the largest civil fraud actions heard in England in recent years, including the US$ 1 billion Fiona Trust litigation and CNA Insurance Company Ltd v Willis Ltd (both of which are referred to in greater detail in the Commercial Litigation section below).

Not exact matches

Although in the civil enforcement action the SEC got a $ 12 million default judgment, the U.S. Attorney got a guilty plea for one good, old - fashioned count of wire fraud.

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Specifically, he asserted the following causes of action: «(1) counts one and two - fraudulent concealment and fraud; (2) count three - civil conspiracy; (3) counts four and five - negligence; (4) count six - negligent misrepresentation; (5) counts seven and eight - negligent hiring and retention; and (6) count nine - wrongful death and survival.

A joint probe by Schneiderman and Connecticut AG George Jepsen into whether their states incurred losses as a result of interest - rate manipulation by banks in the LIBOR scandal could lead to civil enforcement action, including possible breaches of antitrust and fraud laws.

The joint probe by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen could lead to civil enforcement action, including possible breaches of antitrust and fraud laws, the officials said.

Any deliberate misrepresentation of facts in such a grant application renders each signatory liable to both criminal charges - on allegation of fraud - and civil action.

«Under President Clinton, the Department of Justice brought and won a civil RICO action against the tobacco industry for its fraud.

Laura has successfully argued a motion to dismiss a federal securities fraud class action, examined the expert witness and conducted the post-trial argument on evidentiary and valuation issues in an appraisal action in Delaware Chancery Court, and obtained a favorable federal jury verdict after a multi-day prisoner civil rights trial.

These agencies investigate and file civil regulatory actions involving violations ranging from unregistered offerings to securities fraud.

During his 21 - year legal career, Mr. Goldberg has litigated hundreds of cases in federal and state courts throughout the United States involving claims of retaliation, discrimination, wrongful termination, fraud, defamation, breach of fiduciary duty, and breach of contract, as well as commercial contract disputes, civil RICO, ERISA, trade secrets and restrictive covenants, corporate governance disputes, minority shareholder disputes, partnership disputes, Madoff counseling and defense, advancement and indemnification proceedings, whistleblower actions (SOX and CEPA), executive compensation counseling, litigation, and arbitration, international litigation and arbitration, antitrust litigation and arbitration, products liability litigation, environmental and toxic tort litigation, and securities fraud.

Securities fraud, for instance, can give rise to criminal liability and to civil liability in parallel private actions.

Prior to joining Williams Montgomery & John, he practiced for four years at another Chicago - based civil litigation firm where he represented real property developers, motor vehicle dealers, lending companies, food manufacturers and family owned businesses as both plaintiff and defendant in commercial litigation matters involving breach of contract, fraud and disputes under the Uniform Commercial Code, and defended his clients in consumer class action litigation.

Less than a year into silk, Nathan Pillow QC is already taking the lead on major cases, specialising in substantial civil fraud and asset recovery actions.

Commercial Litigation — Lead attorney in international fraud and breach of contract action resolved in client's favor on summary judgment including recovery of all attorneys» fees; Served as first - chair defending a loan servicer in complex civil litigation involving declaratory judgment action and cross-claims for commercial torts; Second chair for seven day jury trial involving claims for indemnification and statutory business conspiracy; Won summary judgment as the lead counsel on behalf of a charitable trust in litigation over a commercial lease termination; Represented financial institutions in commercial tort actions; Represented finance company in AAA Arbitration.

One of the cases presented to me at this moot was Kathryn Leah Smithen v. Law Society of Upper Canada, dealing with an applicant who «disclosed a criminal history of 38 or 39 convictions for fraud - related offences between 1979 and 1993, several outstanding civil judgments, two judgments entered against her in actions involving fraud, two terminations of employment for cause, and two declarations of bankruptcy.»

A former U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri, Jim is regularly lead defense counsel in class action and civil litigation matters, including SEC fraud and healthcare fraud in False Claims Act (FCA) litigation.

From advising law firms and lawyers in major civil and investigatory litigation and disciplinary actions to representing companies and executives in securities fraud and SEC enforcement actions, Graeme is consistently ranked among the top litigators in Washington, DC, for commercial litigation.

Howell's practice focuses on the representation of clients in high - stakes government investigations and enforcement actions involving alleged securities and accounting fraud, healthcare billing and recordkeeping improprieties, bribery and corruption, and violations of the Civil False Claims Act.

Lawyers of our Civil Fraud Recovery Group have experience with these industries, and are intimately familiar with the complicated legal regime that regulates fraud prosecutions and civil actions to recover assets or money lost through deCivil Fraud Recovery Group have experience with these industries, and are intimately familiar with the complicated legal regime that regulates fraud prosecutions and civil actions to recover assets or money lost through decivil actions to recover assets or money lost through deceit.

Over more than two decades, Ken has litigated noteworthy cases in a range of fields that include class action defence, securities and broker - dealer litigation and regulatory defence, corporate and shareholder disputes (including oppression and winding up cases), defamation, civil fraud litigation, disputes over contracts, injunctions, professional liability litigation, employment litigation and cross-border litigation issues.

Olivia also advises organizations on civil securities fraud actions and commercial disputes.

In addition to using the valuable time of FSCO, fraud cases involving paralegals have an obvious effect on lawyers pursuing civil actions because civil claims are not within the scope of practice for paralegals.

For research projects on adverse civil trial outcomes in state courts and securities fraud class actions in federal courts, for instance, DecisionSet ® collaborated with Martin Asher of The Wharton School and Blakeley McShane of The Kellogg School of Management.

You require experienced, senior counsel in a civil action for recovery of monies in a case of investment fraud.

``... the tort of civil fraud has four elements, which must be proven on a balance of probabilities: (1) a false representation by the defendant; (2) some level of knowledge of the falsehood of the representation on the part of the defendant (whether knowledge or recklessness); (3) the false representation caused the plaintiff to act; (4) the plaintiff's actions resulted in a loss.»

The Civil Frauds Unit brought a number of significant civil actions alleging financial and healthcare fraud and collected hundreds of millions of dollars in settlements for fraud relating to faulty lending practCivil Frauds Unit brought a number of significant civil actions alleging financial and healthcare fraud and collected hundreds of millions of dollars in settlements for fraud relating to faulty lending practcivil actions alleging financial and healthcare fraud and collected hundreds of millions of dollars in settlements for fraud relating to faulty lending practices.

We have lawyers experienced in civil fraud recovery actions and in the defence of fraudulent claims.

The leading case on civil fraud in Canada is the Supreme Court of Canada decision in 2014 in Hryniak v. Mauldin, 2014 SCC 7, and in that case civil fraud is defined this way ``... the tort of civil fraud has four elements, which must be proven on a balance of probabilities: (1) a false representation by the defendant; (2) some level of knowledge of the falsehood of the representation on the part of the defendant (whether knowledge or recklessness); (3) the false representation caused the plaintiff to act; and (4) the plaintiff's actions resulted in a loss.»

Just be mindful that filing a false insurance claim or misrepresenting material information can be considered fraud and subject to criminal or civil legal action.

CFTC only has enforcement jurisdiction to investigate and, as appropriate, conduct civil enforcement action against fraud and manipulation.

Additionally, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced civil fraud charges against the pair in a related action.

For a claim for justice, you need to work with a Florida real estate lawyer to pursue your claims for fraud, breach of contract, and other civil causes of action.