Sentences with phrase «of fraud actions»

In court, his practice covers not only the general range of commercial disputes embraced in his arbitration practice but in addition he has appeared as Counsel in a number of fraud actions involving recovery of stolen property, Ponzi schemes, resolution of disputes between shareholders / joint venturers, breach of fiduciary duty, tortious conspiracy, professional negligence, structured financial products including Islamic finance.

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The system, which leverages «network insights, predictive capabilities, and both internal and external data sources,» will determine if a card account is at risk of fraud, and then quantify that risk to the issuer, allowing them to take action quickly to protect consumers and mitigate fraud losses.

But south of the border, U.S. regulators could apply a concept called «fraud on the market» — meaning if companies failed to disclose information affecting their stock price, plaintiffs could automatically launch a class - action suit.

On its website, the agency says it's taking «new steps and strong actions to protect taxpayers and help victims of identity theft and refund fraud.»

The class action suit accuses the state's major utility of fraud and providing false information to regulators.

«If they know something is not right and they endorse it, there could be all sorts of fallout, including SEC action and even criminal charges if there is evidence of fraud,» he says.

After claims of no problems as late as October, Olympus» alleged fraud has been followed in recent months with independent reviews that have been made public, condemning the company's actions.

The Briscoe Law Firm, PLLC is a full service business litigation and shareholder rights advocacy firm with more than 20 years of experience in complex litigation matters, including claims of investor and stockholder fraud, shareholder derivative suits, and securities class actions.

Rigrodsky & Long, P.A., with offices in Wilmington, Delaware, Garden City, New York, and San Francisco, California, has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars on behalf of investors and achieved substantial corporate governance reforms in numerous cases nationwide, including federal securities fraud actions, shareholder class actions, and shareholder derivative actions.

It will call on the departments of Labor, Justice, Homeland Security and State to take action to crack down on what the official called «fraud and abuse» in the U.S. immigration system to protect American workers.

Past opportunities include claims, judgements, private notes and financings, loans, distressed secondaries, derivative contracts and other financial instruments in a variety of situations such as insolvencies, class actions, frauds and insurance liquidations.

At a gathering of investors hosted by Barclays in New York, Dimon referred to bitcoin as a «fraud» and told a group of professional investors what would happen to JP Morgan traders taking bitcoin action: «I'd fire them in a second.

Tezos co-founders Arthur and Kathleen Breitman are reportedly hoping to use money raised in the company's token offering to pay their legal bills as they defend themselves against class - action lawsuits alleging fraud and the sale of unregistered securities.

On August 2, 2005, CIBC paid US$ 2.4 billion to settle a class action lawsuit brought by a group of pension funds and investment managers, including the University of California, which claims that «systematic fraud by Enron and its officers led to the loss of billions and the collapse of the company.»

Over the course of his 25 - year legal career, he has tenaciously fought for the rights of consumers, concentrating his practice on consumer lending and consumer fraud class actions.

«Plaintiff bring [s] this action as the public has a right to know about this fraud that is being perpetrated in Dearborn, Michigan, the community with the highest concentrations of Muslims in North America,» the lawsuit read in part, as obtained by CBS Detroit.

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The crackdown on PlexCoin represents the first decisive action taken by the security regulator's new cyber fraud unit, but is part of a much wider agenda to regulate ICOs.

Celebrity endorsers of initial coin offerings and other cryptocurrency products could soon face legal action as regulators continue to crack down on fraud.

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.

We are currently advancing this approach on behalf of a multitude of foreign and domestic public and private pension funds, limited partnerships, and investment trusts in securities fraud actions against BP plc relating to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010.

In recent years, defendants in Section 10 (b) actions in the Ninth Circuit have routinely cited to the Metzler line of cases to support an argument that loss causation is absent in any case where losses were sustained prior to the market learning the fact that defendants had committed fraud.

Former Managing Partner Marc Gross has over thirty years» experience litigating securities fraud and derivative actions, is a Vice President of the Institute of Law and Economic Policy, and frequently speaks at educational and legal forums on issues affecting shareholders.

Investors are able to seek the full amount of damages from the fraud, whereas a government action typically only seeks disgorgement.

Those cases include decisions addressing the jurisdiction of the SEC, the CFTC and bank regulators over newly created derivatives and other financial instruments; the scope of the definition of a «security»; the availability of private damage actions; extraterritorial application of U.S. securities and futures laws; the standards of liability for fraud and manipulation; electronic trading markets; and the scope of fiduciary obligations of brokerage firms and banks.

CFTC Chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo has made a point of taking an aggressive stance against fraud and manipulation in virtual currency spot markets, with the agency filing a number of enforcement actions similar to the fraud case against Patrick K. McDonnell.

The food industry should be aware of and prepared to respond to new Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) regulations, a continued push for legislation requiring the labeling of genetically engineered food and an influx of new consumer fraud class actions directed at product labeling.

We expect to see more consumer fraud claims based on the violation of state labeling statutes given that courts are increasingly finding a private right of action under state law concerning the FDA's labeling requirements.

Plaintiffs, however, often attempt to bring consumer fraud actions based on violations of these federal ingredient label requirements.

The vast majority of case law in this area has held that such consumer fraud actions are preempted by the FDA and that there is no private right for an individual to bring a case in this area.

The firm represents clients in a wide variety of litigation and appellate matters, including matters involving real property, real estate finance, construction, development disputes and transactions, intellectual property disputes, business disputes, personal injury, fraud, shareholder disputes, and adversarial actions in bankruptcy court.

In recent years, we have witnessed an explosion in consumer fraud putative class actions focused on whether use of the claims «natural,» «all - natural,» «100 percent natural» or similar terms on a food product's label is false, misleading or deceptive.

Some in the European organic community are critical of the Action Plan, claiming that it's a PR strategy designed to make the public think that by introducing new regulations it will address trust issues, when in fact large - scale fraud problems are the reason behind mistrust.

talk about skewing the stats to fit your own conclusions... this is like a slap in the face to every real Arsenal fan... have you no shame, have you no dignity, have you no sense of right from wrong... if you think everything was so well orchestrated why is everyone and their brother laughing at the way in which we conduct business both on and off the field... either you're a paid hack or a delusional buffoon... regardless you can't be a genuine Arsenal fan because the difficulties facing this club having been going on for years and this latest episode in our pathetic recent history is but a glaring reminder of how far we have fallen... I'm not going to waste my time discrediting every single ridiculous statement you made in your love letter to Wenger, but if you write another article I will gladly expose you for the fraud you truly are... this club is in desperate need of a serious cleansing and for you to try and package this dog and pony show as a well - oiled machine is a direct insult to anyone who has supported this team during the supposed «lean» years... the deceptive and disrespectful manner in which this organization has treated it's fans is an abomination to supporters everywhere and for you to even try to justify their actions is akin to saying just shut - up and keep filling our pockets... so please crawl back under whatever stone you crawled out from under and think carefully before you spew this type of propaganda ever again

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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.

The three will be charged with involuntary manslaughter, as well as negligent sabotage, misleading the public, obstruction of justice, actions that may spread disease, fraud and conspiracy.

The former Member of Parliament for Asunafo South constituency, George Boakye, who was indicted in an alleged visa fraud by the UK High Commission in Accra, has threatened to take legal action if the commission fails to reverse the travel ban on him.

«However, the department could not even give us information as to the expected levels of fraud and corruption and the action they were taking to mitigate it.»

As a candidate for Erie County executive, I promised to take action, and I am proud to announce the creation of the Erie County Medicaid Anti-Fraud Task Force, which will have the sole purpose of rooting out the provider - level waste, fraud and abuse that exists within Medicaid.

«Medicaid represents the single largest cost to Erie County, and with the creation of the Erie County Medicaid Anti-Fraud Task Force earlier this summer, my administration intends to take aggressive action to root out the provider - level waste, fraud, and abuse that inherently exist within Medicaid,» said Poloncarz.

Lord Herschel in Derry v Peek explains fraudulent misrepresentation as follows «first in order to sustain an action of deceit, there must be proof of fraud and nothing short of that will suffice.

No 57300 DSP Mohammed Isa Hamman absconded from duty and deserted the Force on the 24th September, 2010 but contested the Bauchi central senatorial election in 2011 general elections under Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), and got suspected forged retirement letter dated 5th March, 2014, this means that for four years, he is still a Police Officer which made it a criminal act for him to contest election as a Police Officer in service and this is another fraud the Police is investigating against him.

Another hurdle to raising money: Dewald was convicted in Michigan on fraud and larceny charges connected to two of his political action committees formed during the 2000 presidential election between George W. Bush and Al Gore.

The TPU preserves affordable housing by detecting and curtailing patterns and practices of landlord fraud and harassment through audits, investigations, and impactful legal actions.

One wonders why they are silent now when a company whose leader stands under indictment for alleged actions of fraud against BOCES is in a multi-million dollar agreement with the school board?

The extortion and mail fraud charges are amplified by allegations of conspiracy to commit such actions, bringing the total number of complaints to five.

As the taxpayer's watchdog, one of Mark's first actions was to strengthen the office's Audit Division and shape it into an Inspector General - style organization that stops and prevents waste, fraud and abuse of county tax dollars.