All posts tagged "fraud"
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2.2KCFPBFifth Circuit Finally Tells Banks that Professional Liability Insurance Doesn’t Cover Blatant Fraud, Forgery and Extortion
Judge Stephen Higginson opined for the 2-panel at the 5th Cir., and held that it was the bank’s wrongful certification to HUD...
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3.1KAppellate JudgesEx-Lawyer Burt Burnett Receives a Big Bonus from a Specially Appointed Judge. No Jail Time. Zero. Nada.
Former Personal Injury Lawyer Burt Burnett receives a 10 year, interest free repayment plan and no jail time. Texas justice, for lawyers.
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2.6KEditors ChoiceTexas Courts Conclude Unanimously; As a Lyin’ Texas Lawyer Mark A. Cantu is Still Disbarred
Texas supreme court remanded to the 13th COA, to consider Cantus remaining issues. Justice Gina Benavides for the Court affirmed disbarment.
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1.7KAppellate JudgesDavid Correia’s Goodwin Lawyer William Harrington Fails In Attempts To Seal Documents
The bottom line is whether civil or criminal, there are very rare reasons or circumstances for filing under seal. This S.D. NY...
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2.2KAccelerationNo Glossin’ Required on a Void Order Sayeth The Constitution. Fraud By The Court Commands Reversal.
The Supreme Court has repeatedly held that federal courts possess the inherent power to vacate their own judgments upon proof that a...
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4.9K1Deed of TrustJudge Vegina “Gina” Hawkins Foreclosure Training Shown in Video Evidence
Judge Gina Hawkins of Broward County, Fl., puts employee in a chokehold after learning her docket papers were not ready. She's now...
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3.6KLawyer ComplaintsMeanwhile in NJ, a Thievin’ Lawyer is Disbarred, Disbarred Again and Whacked with a Criminal Court Case
Lawyer Bert Lundberg did a terrible deed. He finched $71,000 that was a homeowner(s) deposit for their precious new abode. Imagine.
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2.7KDeutsche BankJPMorgan Employees Caught Thievin’ Again. This Time it’s PPP Loans.
More than 500 JPMorgan employees got assistance from taxpayers aimed at helping businesses through the pandemic. Dozens of them shouldn’t have
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3.3KLawyer ComplaintsBig Law Firms DLA Piper and Fox Rothschild Accused of Turning A Blind Eye for Easy Cash
The receiver for investment funds accused of operating as a Ponzi scheme has sued DLA Piper and Fox Rothschild for allegedly facilitating...
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3.4KFederal LawFifth Circuit Judge Edith Brown Clement Understands the Various Badges of Fraud in Law. The Caveat is Lawyers Are Immune
An individual badge of fraud is not conclusive, but a concurrence of many badges in the same case will always make out...
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2.7KEditors ChoiceTexas Bankruptcy Lawyer Finches $88k in Client Funds and Is Not in Jail nor Disbarred
On July 6, 2020, Richard Otto Habermann agreed to a five-year partially probated suspension, 6 months active, remainder probated.
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4.1KAppellate JudgesJudge Werlein Jr Sentences Tax Preparer to 9 years Jail but No Mention of the 3 Money Laundering Law Firms Who Aided and Abetted in Criminal Fraud
The jury heard that Fields fraudulently obtained $3,097,974.19 in tax refunds from the IRS and kept approximately $1,302,271.75 for himself.
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2.6KAppellate CircuitThe Petrobras Scandal Sidebar Arbitration Agreement is Decided At the Fifth Circuit and the Decision is Correct.
Petrobras relies on a Fifth Circuit opinion to support that the district court should have considered the public policy issue. This cannot...
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3.9KAppellate CircuitThe Petrobras Scandal Resulted in the Largest Foreign Class Action Settlement in History. Meanwhile in Texas, Fifth Circuit Judge Catharina Haynes is bias towards Petrobras
Broken Robes: Judge Catharina Haynes of the Fifth Circuit has a financial interest in the outcome of the Cadenas case in Texas....
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3.5KEditors ChoiceIn 2020 the ABA President Asked for Rebellion in Austin. This is Another Example of Why the Profession Has Become Tyrannical
American Bar Association President Judy Perry Martinez incited rebellion at the House of Delegates at the 2020 ABA Midyear Meeting in Austin,...
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4.8KEditors ChoiceD.C. Lawyer Robert M. Schulman Too Big To Jail or Even Disbar as a Convicted Felon. Defund The Bar.
Buried: In this case, the convicted felon lawyer has consented - how noble - to a conveniently backdated suspension. He is not...
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3.0KLaws In TexasAnother Law Firm With A Plague Of Ethical Issues – DLA is Left Looking for the Pied Piper
This strident double-dealing by Ferrellgas’ trusted counsel - DLA Piper - shocks the conscience, according to the suit, filed in state court...
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3.6KLaws In TexasTexas Lawyers Con Existing Client to Loan One of Law Firms Clients Money, Which Went Right Back to Law Firm in Attorney Fees
Ex-Client Lodges $1.3M Fraud Suit Against Texas Law firm Foley & Lardner, inc. 2 H-town Lawyers. Lots of conflicts in this legal...
