A Kentucky Law firm receiving kickbacks for referring business to real estate and mortgage broker businesses is sued by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Joint Ventures were discovered. On October 24, the CFPB announced the filing of a lawsuit against a...
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Month: October 2013
Breach of Fiduciary Responsibility Claim Gets Trumped
In some cases, a breach of Contract of Contract or another primary claim can trump a secondary Breach of Fiduciary responsibility claim.Judge focuses Dubai bank claims versus ING over investment lossesFriday, October 25, 2013 6:59 p.m. CDTBy Joseph AxNEW YORK...
Texting Someone Who Is Driving? Better Not – You Could Be Sued
The era of lawsuits surrounding texting distractions has begun. Be careful of when and who you text!September 11 2013. Submitted to Lexology by Stikeman Elliott LLP. http://www.lexology.com/A New Jersey court of appeal has moved texting liability to...
City in Iowa Suing its Attorney for Failing to Properly Analyze Federal False Claims Act suit
An attorney and his law firm are being sued for legal malpractice for not properly analyzing a suit brought against the city Were they just not particularly good lawyers or did they actually commit legal malpractice?Expert witness...
Game Company’s Bankruptcy, Who Has Fiduciary Responsibility?
Did the Rhode Island Governor really interfere with a Game Company's ongoing financing? Curt Shilling / 38 Studios PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The former head of Rhode Island's economic development agency is accusing Gov. Lincoln Chafee of forcing the video game company...
Julia Child Foundation sues Williams-Sonoma
Did a major retailer really use the name and likeness of a famous person repeatedly, even naming a Contest after this person, without any prior approval or licensing? From Lexology.com by Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP, September 26 2013 Williams-Sonoma...
Financial Advisor Conflict of Interest
Failed to Disclose to Clients His Own Stake in SecuritiesPays $2.9 Million in Alleged Securities Sale Conflict-of-Interestwsj.com 9/18/13, Tess StynesA partner at a New York-based hedge fund adviser agreed to pay more than $2.9 million to settle charges that he...