InHouseBlog

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Sterling Miller’s recent piece illuminates the issues involved and provides practical guidance for in-house counsel at all levels in an organization: “…expectations regarding the responsibilities of in-house counsel to spot and stop corporate malfeasance have changed dramatically over the past two decades.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 15, 2021

To the extent a corporate actor violates either civil or criminal law in a manner that implicates environmental justice or the climate crisis, corporations should be aware that my division is paying particular attention to these issues.”.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

Indian law students are reporting for JURIST on law-related developments in and affecting India. Here Apoorv Vats, a second-year student at NALSAR University of Law, files from Hyderabad.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Researchers at the Quattrone Center, based at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, created what they said was a unique dataset of 4,644 opinions in which allegations of misconduct were raised in the more than 1.5 million judicial opinions published between 2000 and 2016 by federal and state courts in Pennsylvania.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 23, 2022

The law has been used in famous cases , including the Rodney King case in Los Angeles. It is often more difficult to prove criminal nonfeasance (the failure or omission to perform an obligatory duty) as opposed to misfeasance (wrongful performance of a lawful act) or malfeasance (intentional conduct that is wrongful or unlawful).

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Intelligize Blog

JUNE 6, 2023

Additionally, the Justice Department has prodded corporations to develop their own clawback policies for recapturing compensation awarded to executives involved in malfeasance. Intelligize subscribers can access dozens of memos from law firms regarding the DOJ initiative via the Intelligize platform.)

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InHouseOps

AUGUST 1, 2022

27 years ago, I was working as a trial attorney for a law firm in Alabama when I was recruited by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Corporate malfeasance, embezzlement, things that were happening inside very large corporations that required attention. Tom Davis: I’ve been a licensed attorney for over 27 years.

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InHouseOps

JULY 2, 2021

In determining severity, we look at the amount of money at issue, the number and type of victims, and whether the malfeasance is ongoing or stopped,” said a securities regulator in North America. Third-Party Support is Rare, but Seemed to be Dictated by Country Size.

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JURIST

MAY 21, 2021

million) in “extremely atypical financial transactions” involving a law firm where Salles is a stakeholder. . “Operation Akuanduba”—named for the indigenous deity Akuanduba —formally began in January, when the Federal Police had reported the suspicious existence of $14.2 million reais (USD $2.7

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LexForti

JUNE 2, 2022

Third-party funding is rather a new concept and was adapted by many legislations only recently due to the illegality of the doctrines of maintenance and champerty in common-law jurisdictions in the past. The concept of TPF, though accepted explicitly by the law of the land, has two sides to it similar to the way of a coin.

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Three terms ago in Seila Law v. Congress created the agency to consolidate the responsibilities spread across several agencies to enforce financial consumer-protection laws and issue new rules governing predatory business practices. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., A list of this week’s featured petitions is below: Alaska v. United States.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 3, 2022

Under California law (which is not the least bit unusual on this point), both of the spouses are jointly responsible for that judgment, even though David was much more directly involved than Kate in the repairs and renovations related to the deficient disclosures. A fact pattern worthy of a law-school classroom. What’s not to love.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

SB 40 establishes more stringent expectations for lawyers to report professional malfeasance , particularly when such activities could adversely affect clients and cast aspersions on an attorney’s integrity, competence or ethical standing.

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The Crime Report

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

The reported conduct includes lying to police, misidentifying drug samples or certifying substances as illegal under state law—including a piece of a nut—when they were not drugs. there has been a violation of state criminal law by Ms. That citation refers to the state’s obstruction of justice law. 268, 13B,” the letter states.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 5, 2022

Law enforcement officials who appeared with DeSantis expressed frustration with Warren for not prosecuting certain crimes. Under Florida law, a governor can suspend state officials for wrongdoing that includes neglect of duty, incompetence, malfeasance, drunkenness or commission of a felony.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 21, 2023

There is a spirited debate growing among law professors over the claim that former president Donald Trump is disqualified under the 14th Amendment from holding office. Various law professors have argued that Trump is already barred, even without a charge or conviction for insurrection or even incitement. 6 attack on the U.S.

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SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Three terms ago in Seila Law v. LLC involves how to determine the law to be applied under federal admiralty law in a maritime contract case. The district court concluded that, consistent with the contractual choice-of-law provision, New York law governed and barred Raiders’ Pennsylvania-law-based counterclaims.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 23, 2021

He explained that last year’s decision on the CFPB director, Seila Law v. In Seila Law , the court struck down restrictions that said the CFPB director can be removed only for “inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance while in office.” Consumer Financial Protection Bureau , “is all but dispositive” in this case.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

In 2020, the cancelation of parades and the reduction of travel has led to a very different legal profile of holiday mishaps and malfeasance. Of course, no one would confuse a bottle of Chardonnay with a Turkey, but that does not seem to matter under our increasingly absurd copyright and trademark laws. ————————————————————.

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Foley Hoag LLP

JULY 20, 2020

3744, the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act, signed into law on June 17, is the first major piece of legislation aimed at punishing China for its violations of minority rights in the Xinjiang region. He also signed into law H.R. He also signed into law H.R. human rights objectives to forced labor abuses in Xinjiang. Although H.R.

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