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Corporate crime update - 21 March 2013 - Australia

Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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Australia
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March 21 2013

A former broker from Hogan and Partners Stockbrokers Pty Ltd, Jonathan Kur, was sentenced in the Perth District Court on 21 February 2013 to four

A leasing transaction under negotiation becomes securities fraud

Dorsey & Whitney LLP
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USA
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January 14 2013

The Commission filed financial fraud actions against a computer services company, its CFO and the CFO of the operating subsidiary where the fraud

HMO rent is not proceeds of crime

Anthony Gold Solicitors
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United Kingdom
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September 11 2012

Where an HMO landlord is prosecuted for not having an HMO licence he has, of course, committed a criminal offence

Financial fraud alert

Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
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USA
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August 14 2012

This action stems from the alleged fraudulent offer and sale of unregistered securities for the purchase of distressed real estate for investment

A big departure in the Big Dig

Day Pitney LLP
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USA
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August 1 2012

Boston's Big Dig was the most expensive highway project in history and was replete with cost and scheduling overruns, leaks, flaws, the use of substandard materials and criminal prosecutions

Middle east update - July 2012

Dentons
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Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Turkey, United Arab Emirates
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July 17 2012

This Update is produced on a monthly basis

Emails can satisfy the signature requirement of the Statute of Frauds

Burns & Levinson LLP
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USA
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July 13 2012

Most of us know the basics of the Statute of Frauds: Certain contracts, including those pertaining to real estate, goods worth more than $500, and guarantees, as well as those that can’t be performed within one year, must be in writing and signed in order to be binding

Seventh Circuit affirms “clear trend” against RESPA Section 8 class actions

Jorden Burt LLP
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USA
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June 4 2012

Perhaps signaling an increased unwillingness of courts to certify putative class actions premised on alleged violations of Section 8 of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA), the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the district court’s denial of class certification where plaintiffs alleged a title insurer made illegal kickbacks to real estate attorney title agents in violation of both RESPA (12 U.S.C. 2607) and the Illinois Consumer Fraud Act