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Fraud is the making of false representations or engaging in deceptive behavior in order to unlawfully secure financial or personal gain. 
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HK Court Refuses Borrower’s Challenge to Enforcement of Arbitral Award in Favour of Moneylender

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In CCC v AAC [2025] HKCFI 2987, Sir William Blair, sitting as Deputy High Court Judge in the Hong Kong Court of First Instance (“Court”), rejected a borrower’s challenge to the enforcement of an arbitral award in favour of a...more

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Three Things to Know About Notices to Admit in New York

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In New York litigation, a well-timed notice to admit can sharpen the issues, trim trial time, and lock in key facts. But it’s a tool that must be used strategically. When used correctly, it can streamline document...more

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Venue Fatal in Crypto Fraud Case: An Important Legal Challenge Relating to Decentralized Platforms

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On May 23, 2025, the District Court for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) overturned a jury verdict against Mango Markets trader Avraham Eisenberg, granting a motion for judgment of acquittal based on venue...more

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Recent English High Court Decision Reveals The Obstacles In Obtaining Foreign Discovery For Use In US Litigation

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In Byju’s Alpha, Inc. v. Oci Limited, 2025 (EWHC 271) (KB), the claimant in Delaware proceedings seeking to recover assets and losses arising from fraudulent misappropriation learned that funds had been transferred to an...more

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Obtaining evidence in England for overseas court proceedings – a recent reminder

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A recent English High Court decision highlights a number of key issues when seeking an order to obtain evidence in England for use in overseas proceedings. In this case, the English court declined to make the orders which had...more

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Serving as a Procurement Fraud Whistleblower: What Evidence Do You Need?

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Whistleblowers play a key role in the federal government’s ongoing fight against procurement fraud. Government procurement fraud is extraordinarily costly; and, despite the government’s vast resources, detecting procurement...more

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Fifth Circuit Criminal Opinions: Insights and Analyses

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This is the first of a continuing series of summaries written by Jackson Walker partner, Joe Magliolo, and his colleagues, of new, published Fifth Circuit criminal opinions, with occasional forays into other subjects of...more

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Cracking the Code: How AI is Revolutionizing Forensic Investigations

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Picture this: A corporate investigator stares at a mountain of digital evidence—emails, chat logs, spreadsheets, and mobile device data. With a sigh, they prepare for weeks of painstaking manual review, knowing that the clock...more

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Florida Appeals Court Decisions Week of February 24 - 28, 2025

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U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals - USA v. Charles - sentencing - Miller v. Ramirez - qualified immunity, deferring ruling - Chapman v. Dunn - prison conditions, Eighth Amendment - USA v. Horn - securities...more

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

Second Circuit Affirms Order Compelling Disclosure of Attorney-Client Communications Subject to the Crime-Fraud Privilege...

On Feb. 7, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in In re Two Grand Jury Subpoenas Dated Sept. 13, 2023 affirmed the Southern District of New York’s order compelling a partner at a law firm and the firm to...more

Esquire Deposition Solutions, LLC

AI Expert’s Report Deemed Unreliable Due to “Hallucinations” Within

“The irony.” So wrote federal district judge Laura M. Provinzino when she rejected as unreliable an artificial intelligence expert’s report that was found to have contained three non-existent, AI-generated citations. The...more

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Affidavit Fails To Establish That A Material Undisputed Fact Was Not A Fact At All, Says The First Department

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In Katsorhis v. 718 W. Beech St, LLC, 2025 N.Y. Slip Op. 00211 (1st Dept. Jan. 15, 2025) (here), the Appellate Division, Second Department considered a fraud claim that the lower court sustained on the grounds that defendant...more

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Why Doesn’t the Crime-Fraud Exception More Frequently Swallow the Attorney-Client Privilege?

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Criminal defendants accused of white-collar crimes often deal with lawyers before and even while engaged in their alleged criminal misconduct. All or most lawyers have the vague notion that the attorney-client privilege can...more

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Court Holds That Mental Competence Claims Regarding The Execution Of Documents Containing Arbitration Clauses Should Be Determined...

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In In re Est. of Moncrief, certain parties alleged that the decedent was mentally incompetent, was unduly influenced, and was defrauded into executing certain documents that contained arbitration clauses. 699 S.W.3d 315 (Tex....more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Second Circuit Reiterates, in a Published Decision, That Defendant is Bound by Decision to Decline Oral Pronouncement of...

In United States v. Lewis, the Second Circuit (per curiam) affirmed the judgment of conviction of Chanette Lewis, who had pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371.  The...more

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(Apparent) Litigation by Ambush is Not a Good Tactic in the Business Court

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Prevailing at summary judgment is rare. Prevailing when there are competing motions on the same issue (fraud) is even rarer. In this opinion, Judge Davis granted the Defendants’ motion and denied the Plaintiff’s, ending the...more

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Unraveling the Money Trail: The Vital Role of Linguistics in Anti-Bribery Investigations

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Linguistics plays a crucial role in investigations under the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, a regulation focused on combating bribery and corruption in international business transactions. These investigations typically...more

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DOJ Messaging App Warnings Undermine Trust In Counsel

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In the last several months, the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice has been issuing increasingly ominous warnings to companies and executives about the consequences of not preserving ephemeral messaging and...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

The defense of involvement — as opposed to advice — of counsel

In its traditional form, the advice of counsel defense can validate conduct that might otherwise be considered criminal. But invocation carries a steep cost: The defendant must waive his privilege with the lawyer who gave the...more

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Auto Insurance Fraud Investigation: Perspectives from Experts in Accident Reconstruction

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As interest rates and financial pressures on families continue to mount, more and more drivers may be unable to pay their repair bill for damage they caused or for mechanical issues on their vehicles. A common response is...more

Goldberg Segalla

Supplier Defendant Succeeds in Opposing Punitive Damages

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Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles - In this asbestos action, the court considered various defense motions. Defendant Western Auto Supply company filed a request opposing punitive damages, arguing...more

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Essential Steps for Protecting Your Company in a Fraud Investigation

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Fraud is a pervasive issue that affects businesses, organizations, and individuals across various industries. Often, an organization is surprised to find itself a victim of fraud, especially when the perpetrator is a trusted...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

2021 Year in Review - Civil Fraud

Welcome to our 2021 round-up for civil fraud litigation, complex crossborder disputes and asset recovery. In this publication, we consider some of the key cases and developments in English law and practice from the past year...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Considering the Conduct of Two PPP “Fraudsters,” Bankruptcy Court Shows Its Teeth but Declines to Bite (For Now)

“Messrs. Woods and Wu are fraudsters,” Judge Christopher S. Sontchi declared in the opening salvo of his scathing opinion. According to the former Chief Judge of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, Woods...more

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Notice of Appeal - Winter 2021

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Precedential Opinions of Note - False Claims Act’s First-to-File Bar Permits Amended Complaint Adding New Relator - In re Plavix Marketing, Sales Practices and Products Liability Litigation (No. II) (September 1, 2020), No....more

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