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Rahman Ravelli | United Kingdom | 24 May 2023
Civil Fraud and Summary Judgement
The issue of fraudulent misrepresentations inducing a party to enter into a share purchase agreement once again came before the court in Clearcourse…
Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP | USA | 23 May 2023
Supreme Court Overturns Two Government Contracting Fraud Convictions: Decisions Unlikely to Slow Federal Enforcement Efforts
On May 11, 2023 the Supreme Court, in a pair of unanimous decisions, narrowed the scope of key federal fraud statutes that, among other things…
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP | USA | 22 May 2023
The American Rule Stands? Appellate Court Remands for Prevailing Party to Segregate Between Recoverable and Non-Recoverable Fees
Another week, another fee-shifting case. This ones involves a 28-unit condo project in the Houston Heights neighborhood of Houston (see 2017 Yale…
Reed Smith LLP | USA | 17 May 2023
Presidential pardon does not undo criminal conviction or support corporate indemnification
We have a weak spot for criminal cases. We also have a weak spot for doom-scrolling, inevitably provoked by the country’s insane politics over the…
Ironbridge Legal | Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore, etc. | 11 May 2023
Victims of fraud may recover loss from their bank: the Quincecare duty in Australia
According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2.1 million Australians experienced personal fraud in 2020-21. In 2022, the ACCC said that…
Edmonds, Marshall, McMahon | United Kingdom | 9 May 2023
‘The system is broken’: The UK government has unveiled its new Fraud Strategy for 2023
In the wake of calls for immediate reform of the current (broken) system for dealing with fraud, the UK government has unveiled its new Fraud…
ENSafrica | United Kingdom | 9 May 2023
Strengthening compliance: Understanding the UK’s upcoming "Failure to Prevent Fraud" offence
On 11 April 2023, the UK Government confirmed the inclusion of a new "failure to prevent fraud" in the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill…
Stibbe | Netherlands | 5 May 2023
Annulment of contract: mistake and fraud
A contract, once entered into, gives parties a sense of security. After a period of close negotiation, agreement is reached and the signing of the…
McDermott Will & Emery | USA | 3 May 2023
Healthcare Regulatory Check-up | March 2023
This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights significant regulatory activity for March 2023. We discuss several criminal and…
Rahman Ravelli | United Kingdom | 27 Apr 2023
Knowledge of VAT Fraud
A cellphone company director lost his bid to challenge a £1.7 million-plus award against him for VAT fraud when the High Court said he had actual…
