Tag: Fraud
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Conrad Black
Conrad Black Conrad Moffat Black, Canadian-born British peer, Baron Black of Crossharbour, media baron, industrialist, journalist, historian and author. The spectacular rise and fall of media mogul Conrad Black is the stuff of which legends are made. But perhaps even more remarkable is the largely successful legal battle he waged from behind bars, effectively discrediting…
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Libor Manipulation
Libor Manipulation Scandal Libor Rate Manipulation Scandal Explained by Thomas Brom. (2012) Barclays admission that its financial traders sought to manipulate the London InterBank Offered Rate (LIBOR) set off a flood of civil anti-trust actions. But a pending motion to dismiss the consolidated cases asks, “What’s the legal harm in fixing an abstraction?” LIBOR –…
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Drafting complaints and incorporating the preceding allegations
Drafting complaints and incorporating the preceding allegations Almost every complaint I read includes language incorporating all factual allegations into each count. You know the language it’s the first sentence of each count and states something along the lines that “Plaintiff incorporates the allegations contained in the preceding paragraphs.” Have you ever wondered if that language…