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Making Victims Whole in a Multi-Jurisdictional Civil Fraud Case

Multi-jurisdictional civil fraud matters often present multiple challenges that make the tracing and recovery of assets a complex, costly, and time-consuming investigative process. Making a fraud victim whole again requires...more

Tyson & Mendes LLP

NO WAY, PRO SE! The Consequences of Abusing the Judicial System as a Pro Se Litigant in Colorado

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Intolerable, vexatious, egregious, grievous. These are just some of the adjectives used by the Colorado Supreme Court to describe the actions of a now-disbarred attorney, in a 51-page opinion issued in GHP Horwath PC et al....more

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Newcomer Injunctions – a Tool in the Fight Against Crypto Fraud?

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On 29 November 2023, the UK Supreme Court (the “UKSC”) handed down its decision in Wolverhampton City Council and others (Respondents) v London Gypsies and Travellers and others (Appellants). In that case the UKSC thoroughly...more

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Frozen Crypto Assets and a Dissolved Company: The EC Court of Appeal’s Application of Convoy Collateral

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In its seminal decision in Broad Idea International v Convoy Collateral [2021] UKPC 24 (“Convoy”), a case which had its genesis in the BVI Commercial Court, the Privy Council delivered a ground-breaking exposition of the law...more

Patton Sullivan Brodehl LLP

“Business Judgment Rule” Applies to HOAs

California’s common law “business judgment rule,” as described by the courts, protects from court intervention “those management decisions which are made by directors in good faith in what the directors believe is the...more

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State Attorneys General Poised to Elevate Regulatory Scrutiny of Digital Asset Businesses

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The Attorney General Alliance (“AGA”) recently issued a collaborative White Paper that signals heightened scrutiny of digital asset businesses by state Attorneys General in coming years. Recognizing that it is “no longer...more

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Self-Dealing Lawyer Held Jointly and Severally Liable in Trade Secret Misappropriation

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The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed a judgment holding a lawyer jointly and severally liable for trade secret misappropriation and fraudulent transfer and enjoining any further use of the trade secrets...more

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Construction performance bonds: "extend or pay"

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"Extend or pay" provisions are sometimes used in construction performance bonds and bank guarantees as a way of ensuring that performance security is provided for the period it is needed. Can a beneficiary be stopped from...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] 10th Edition of Fraud, Asset Tracing & Recovery - January 24th - 25th, Miami, FL

ACI’s and C5’s 10th Edition of Fraud, Asset Tracing & Recovery Miami conference is returning on January 24 – 25, 2022 in person! Deemed as the foremost, can’t-miss event for the Fraud community, it gathers the pre-eminent...more

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AAA plc & ors v Persons Unknown: Cyber Activism or Blackmail?

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In recent years, demands for payments in cryptocurrencies have become the ransom of choice for cyber extortionists and other online frauds. The COVID-19 pandemic and resulting public health lockdowns precipitated an...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Appeals Court Rules That a Discharge Injunction Bars a Fraudulent Transfer Claim Based on a Non-Dischargeable Debt

A discharge of debt in bankruptcy “operates as an injunction against the commencement or continuation of an action, the employment of process, or an act, to collect, recover or offset any such debt as a personal liability of...more

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Wiley Consumer Protection Download (October 26, 2020)

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Welcome to Wiley’s update on recent developments and what’s next in consumer protection at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC). In this newsletter, we analyze recent regulatory...more

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EDNY Courts Enjoin Transmission of Fraudulent Robocalls

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The corona virus pandemic has presented new opportunities for fraud, particularly against the elderly and vulnerable, and these fraudulent schemes are often carried out through robocalls....more

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Vneshprombank v Bedzhamov: freezing orders, lavish lifestyles and the “ordinary living expenses” exception

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In Vneshprombank LLC v Georgy Bedzhamov and ors [2019] EWCA Civ 1992 the Court of Appeal reaffirmed the approach to ascertaining the "ordinary living expenses" of a respondent to a freezing injunction....more

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Trebled Damages Means No Injunction for Knock-Off Software

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The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed in part, reversed in part and remanded a district court finding that a defendant was liable for breach of a software license agreement and therefore infringed the...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The Class Action Chronicle - Spring 2014

This is the third edition of The Class Action Chronicle, a quarterly publication that provides an analysis of recent class action trends, along with a summary of class certification and Class Action Fairness Act rulings...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

MoFo New York Tax Insights - Volume 4, Issue 10 - October 2013

In This Issue: Despite Incorrect Advice from NYS Tax Department, Conference Request Held to Be Untimely; Corporate Officer Liable for Sales Tax Despite Creditor’s “Sweep Arrangement” with Corporation; Charter Yacht Not...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

Increased Availability of Health Care Data Means More Oversight and More Litigation

The increasing availability of health care claims and payment data may portend the future of government and private health care enforcement and litigation. ...more

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Watch Your Assets Part Three: Why and When to Seek Injunctions and Temporary Restraining Orders

In our last two posts, we identified best practices for ensuring that a company’s house is in order, including the use of narrowly tailored restrictive covenant agreements (Part I) and adopting a company culture and behaviors...more

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