by Christopher Katers, Esq. [Ed. Note: The following is a guest post by colleague and personal friend, Christopher Katers. I have enjoyed working with Christopher on a previous multi-million fraud case in Missouri. We team up with his firm to team up on high dollar and complex fraud cases and other business litigation. Chris is […]
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Companies Brace For More Whistleblower Claims
by Brian Mahany According to a recent and well respected study conducted by Fulbright & Jaworski, corporate general counsels are bracing for a record number of whistleblower complaints this year. In 2010 and 2011, 22% of the respondents said they had faced allegations brought by a whistleblower. That number increased by a third to 29% […]
Bank of America – Still Too Big To Care (Wisconsin Foreclosure Post)
by Brian Mahany It’s been several months since we wrote a mortgage foreclosure post. Our hope was that the recent national settlements and court approved monitors would help big banks clean up their mortgage messes. Unfortunately, we see little progress. Although the total number of foreclosures is down, the ones that remain are often a […]
Crowd Funding For Whistleblower Efforts
by Brian Mahany Crowd-funding has yet go main stream yet and many such efforts are scams. One that gets our attention and admiration, however, is being run by Edward Seidel. He hopes to ultimately raise $2 million to fund the investigation of whistleblower claims. Investors would have the opportunity to share in any future awards. […]
Dow Chemical Suffers Billion Dollar Tax Shelter Loss – Accounting Malpractice
by Brian Mahany When will they learn? Three times this month we have reported on big banks and corporations that have suffered major court defeats after attempting to claim questionable tax deductions. This week’s IRS victory against Dow Chemical is just one more nail in the coffin of abusive tax shelters. Wall Street bad boys […]
OFF TOPIC POST – Two Santa Cruz Police Officers Killed In Line of Duty
by Brian Mahany Just a few days ago I was in the Superior Court of Santa Cruz, California. After court and on my way to the airport, I stopped to meet my good friend Evy Brown, executive director and publisher of whistlewatch.org, a leading whistleblower advocacy group. A few minutes ago, Evy told me that […]
Mike Tyson Sues Investment Advisor – Celebrity Fraud Post
by Brian Mahany We have seen this headline far too many times, former star athlete or musician accuses agent or stockbroker of fraud. Although fraud occurs daily in our life, it makes headlines when a celebrity is the victim. Unfortunately, because of their celebrity status, many athletes, actors and musicians find themselves the target of […]
BONY To Pay $114 Million To Defrauded Investors – Fraud Recovery Blog
by Brian Mahany Our firm concentrates in fraud recovery. Frequently the frauds we handle involve Ponzi schemes. By the time the fraud comes to light, there are very few assets to recover. Some victims rely on court appointed receivers. Sometimes that works but often the result is a recovery of just pennies on the dollar. […]
MetLife Home Loans Sued in Overtime Beef
by Brian Mahany Recently we have seen a spate of complaints against mortgage brokers and lenders. And its not just our office that is seeing the spike in claims. Nationally, since the financial meltdown of 2008, the number of overtime suits has increased by 37%. Many Americans have been pushed to the brink of insolvency. […]
The Tie Between Political Corruption and Violations of the False Claims Act
by Brian Mahany The federal false claims act was enacted during the Civil War to help a weak and struggling federal government recoup its losses from a multitude of government contractors who sold rancid rations, faulty gun powder and bad equipment to the Union Army. It’s purpose wasn’t to fight government corruption but in the […]
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