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- Spurned Law Firm States a Claim for Breach of Fiduciary Duty Against Departing Partners Says the Fourth Department
action in situations where it may be impossible to state in detail the circumstances constituting a fraud
- In Focus: Class Action Lawsuits
Through the years, numerous class action lawsuits have been brought involving securities fraud, corporate and federal law enforcement organizations have the ability to investigate and punish cases involving fraud
- Documentary Evidence, Breach of Contract and Common-Law Indemnification
Phipps also cross-claimed against SG Blocks for (i) indemnity; (ii) common law contribution; (iii) fraud
- First Department Rejects Errors in Contract Interpretation as a Basis for Vacating An Arbitration Award
will vacate an arbitral award for the following reasons: (1) the award was procured by corruption, fraud
- Oral Agreements, Emails and The Motion to Dismiss Based on Documentary Evidence
included additional causes of action seeking recovery for breach of fiduciary duty, common law tort and fraud
- Senators Grassley And Wyden Introduce Bill To Improve Incentives And Protections For Irs Whistleblowers
“Whistleblowers are a crucial line of defense against waste, fraud and abuse,” said Wyden in a joint helped the IRS recover more than $3 billion for the taxpayers that otherwise would have been lost to fraud “Tax whistleblowers may be easily identified within their firms as having specific knowledge of tax fraud Takeaway: If enacted, the bill will strengthen the power of the IRS to fight tax fraud under its whistleblower number of submissions the IRS considers per year, and the concerns whistleblowers have about reporting fraud
- Court Finds Conflicting Inferences And Credibility Issues Too Great To Satisfy Summary Judgment Burden
Distributors, LLC (“UB”), commenced the action against the defendants, asserting causes of action sounding in fraud UB alleged that the defendants fraudulently obtained payments from it under the Returnable Container alleged that sudden and drastic shifts in the defendants’ empty container redemption volume indicated fraudulent
- Court Addresses Related Agreements with Forum Selection Clauses that Designate Different Venues for Dispute Resolution
forum selection clause “to be unreasonable, unjust, in contravention of public policy, invalid due to fraud
- Update: U.S. Ex Rel. Able V. U.S. Bank: The Supreme Court Denies Petition For Writ Of Certiorari In Public Disclosure Case
allegations in the subject qui tam action even though the prior disclosures do not reveal the specific fraud Instead, only disclosures alleging “that a particular had committed a particular fraud in a particular
- Does An Agreement Really Have To Be In Writing?
Even if these elements are present, the agreement must still satisfy the statute of frauds. In New York, the statute of frauds is found in General Obligations Law § 5-701 through 5-705. That by Their Terms are “Not To Be Performed Within One Year From The Making Thereof”: The statute of frauds Boening , the Court of Appeals provided examples of oral agreements that fell outside the Statute of Frauds possibility of its being terminated earlier does not remove the contract from the scope of the statute of frauds
- Different Case, Same Result: State Court Denies Motion to Stay Parallel Securities Act Claims
the EDNY Action filed an amended complaint, prior to the appointment of a lead plaintiff, and added a fraud
- DOJ Announces Policy Change; Will Seek Dismissal Of Qui Tam Actions Lacking Merit
Department”) would change its qui tam policies, Michael Granston (“Granston”), Director of the Civil Fraud
