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News & Analysis as of May 22, 2013

DOJ Files First Criminal Action On CFPB Referral, CFPB Files Parallel Civil Suit

by BuckleySandler LLP on 5/17/2013

On May 7, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced mail and wire fraud charges against a debt settlement firm, its owner, and three of its employees. ...more

Levick Weekly - March 29, 2013: 6 Ways To Survive The U.S. Congress

by Peter LaMotte, Richard S. Levick, John Lovallo, Kathleen Wailes | LEVICK on 4/1/2013

In This Issue: - Financial Regulators Compete; JPMorgan Loses - Six Ways to Survive the U.S. Congress - How to Protect Your Brand from a Twitter Hacking - Blogs Worth Following - LEVICK In the News -...more

Bitcoins: Online Currency’s Uncharted Frontier

by Jeff Ifrah on 1/16/2013

Bitcoin – it sounds like a token you might use to play skeeball at a beachside arcade. It is actually a relatively new, virtual online “currency” being used for payments across the Internet. While some observers have noted...more

Nevada Secretary of State Cites Three Criminal Convictions As Warning To Crowdfunders

by Keith Paul Bishop | Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis... on 12/13/2012

The Nevada Securities Law (Chapter 90 of Nevada Revised Statutes) is administered and enforced by the Securities Division of the Nevada Secretary of State. Last week, Nevada Secretary of State Ross Miller issued this press...more

The Second Circuit on Fraud, the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, and Mass-Marketing

by The Kaiser Law Firm PLLC on 11/13/2012

If Mitt Romney is right that 47% of Americans think of themselves as victims, then the Second Circuit's opinion in United States v. Lacy may be deeply unpopular. Like Mitt Romney, Kirk Lacey and Omar Henry had a vision...more

Around the Virtual World - August 31, 2012

by Pillsbury Social Media, Entertainment &... on 8/31/2012

A weekly wrap up of interesting news about virtual worlds, virtual goods and other social media. In This Issue: - Police Embrace Social Media as Crime-Fighting Tool - LinkedIn's Profit Growth Leaves Social...more

Legislative Update Report No. 2012-07 - Apr 15, 2012

by Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP on 4/17/2012

In This Article: Federal Government Alberta British Columbia Manitoba New Brunswick Newfoundland Northwest Territories Nova Scotia Nunavut Ontario Prince...more

District Judge Orders Much-Reduced Sentence in Fraud Case

by Jeff Ifrah on 10/11/2011

A federal judge has made a major reversal in the case of Steve Warshak, the Berkeley Premium Nutraceuticals founder who was sentenced to 25 years for defrauding customers who bought his “male enhancement” pills, which were...more

TARP Used as Weapon Against Banks

by Sanford Millar on 9/21/2010

The United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York has snagged a further $733,000 from an Arizona - based bank allegedly involved in clearing financial transactions for global poker giant,...more