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DLA Piper

Supreme Court Paves The Way for Increased Enforcement by Rejecting “Economic Loss” Requirement for Fraud Charges, Broadening...

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For the last decade and more, the federal courts have grappled with the precise parameters of the federal wire fraud statute (and analogous criminal statutes). Among other things, there has been a Circuit split for some...more

Paul Hastings LLP

Supreme Court Poised to Narrow Materiality

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The materiality standard in fraud cases may soon shift dramatically if the comments of Supreme Court justices during a recent oral argument are any indication. A rollback of the materiality standard would be the latest in a...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

New York Federal Court Grants Bank’s Motion to Dismiss in Wire Fraud Case Involving Elderly Customer

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On December 18, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York granted a bank’s motion to dismiss the complaint in a case involving wire transfers of an elderly customer who was the victim of an internet scam....more

Robson & Robson, P.C.

Civil RICO In Pennsylvania Business Divorce Cases: A Hammer Without A Nail?

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When legal disputes between owners of closely held companies turn the corner past “Let’s resolve this issue without litigation” and head toward “See you in court,” the owners and their lawyers typically begin jockeying for...more

Zuckerman Spaeder LLP

Sentencing in Government Contracting Fraud Cases When There is No Actual or Intended Loss

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In government contracting fraud cases with no actual or intended loss, defense attorneys should be on the lookout for prosecution attempts to invoke the “government benefits rule” to estimate “total gain” as an alternative...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

Insurance Update - June 2021

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Insurance coverage litigation often centers on the interpretation of specific terms and phrases in an insurance policy. In our June Insurance Update: The Illinois Supreme Court decides whether disclosure of biometric...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Depository Financial Institution Liability: Tough Lessons Learned About Fraudulent Electronic Funds Transfers

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A federal district court in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania recently issued a prescient opinion upholding traditional contract principles in this fast-moving technological age of electronic financial transmissions. ...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Your daily dose of financial news - The Brief – 7.7.16

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Disgraced Wall Street scion Andrew Casperson has pleaded guilty to federal wire and security fraud charges related to his Ponzi-like scheme in which he bilked nearly $40 million from friends and a private foundation....more

Burr & Forman

I Meant it at the Time: Second Circuit Reverses $1.2BN FIRREA Judgment

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It’s hornbook law that a later intentional breach of contract, alone, doesn’t equal promissory fraud. Holding it therefore cannot establish mail or wire fraud, the Second Circuit reversed the Government’s $1.2 Billion FIRREA...more

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