IRS Criminal Investigation Division Annual Report Identifies Over $10 Billion in Tax Fraud & Financial Crimes
The IRS have announced that financial fraud and other offences accounted for $10 billion in fraud including Goldman Sachs prosecution
RoboDebt Class Action Settles At Court Door For $112 Million
6 November 2020 – Gordon Legal announces today the settlement of the Robodebt Class Action, subject to the approval of the Federal Court of Australia. The settlement reached with the Commonwealth of Australia means that if approved by the Court, since the commencement of the Robodebt Class Action, more than $1.2 billion in financial benefit will
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Credit Card ‘Bust Out’ Scam Sees Man Receive 7 Year Sentence
LOS ANGELES – A Glendale man was sentenced today to 84 months in federal prison for running a series of “bust out” scams that defrauded more than 20 banks out of nearly $5 million by, among other things, using fraudulently obtained credit cards to buy millions of dollars in liquor and cemetery plots that were later sold
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Former Labor Law Chair At Tressler Joins Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck in NYC
(November 16, 2020, New York, NY) — Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck LLP (KDV), a leading national law firm, today announced that John Mancebo has joined the firm as a partner in its New York City office. Mancebo, who was previously Chair of Tressler LLP’s labor and employment practice group, adds to KDV’s growing labor & employment capabilities.
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New Counsels at Clifford ChanceCli
Clifford Chance is delighted to announce that Adelina Prokop and Mateusz Chruściak were promoted to Counsels on 1 November 2020. Adelina Prokop is an advocate who focuses on dispute resolution in commercial, financial and international law. Adelina specialises in particular in investment arbitration. Adelina has vast experience acting for clients in court and arbitration proceedings
Chapman Tripp: ‘COVID-19 has opened the Government’s cash faucet on infrastructure spend’
Chapman Tripp – Our latest Infrastructure – trends & insights publication reflects on the past two years and looks at what lies ahead for infrastructure in New Zealand. Pressure on all forms of infrastructure remains high with little evident physical progress since our 2018 publication What next for infrastructure?, but we may now be about to obtain
Is This The World’s Most Boring Man?
Bob Jones* – In the days immediately following the Presidential election, like many folk I was glued to television following the counting updates. This exercise revealed the world’s most boring man, conceivably in all of history, namely CNN’s Chief National Correspondent, John King. King, a circa 60 year old with a face totally devoid of
Russell McVeagh Works with EQC On New Natural Disaster Approach
Russell McVeagh has been working alongside the Earthquake Commission (EQC) on a project that will see EQC work in partnership with private insurers to improve customer experience and support New Zealanders through natural disasters in future. Announced last week, the partnership and new model will provide an improved, more collaborative approach to assist Kiwis claim for damages
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Lawyers – Are You Adequately Insured For Illness and Income Protection?
A recent report showed New Zealanders are under insured in several areas, including income protection and critical illness, two areas that are of critical importance to lawyers. This article looks at the issue from Medical Assurance Society. Life and income protection insurance helps build financial resilience for you and your family should the worst happen.
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Litigator-Turned-Software Publisher Develops ‘Two Bees’ App To Take The Sting Out of Costs Queries
Insurance barrister Steve Keall has had ample experience with clients discussing costs on civil claims, but the broad ‘best guess’ approach was not something that filled the bill for him, or the clients. He set about developing a smarter and accurate way to assess costs, developing an online calculator app that tallied costs under both