February 14, 2013
General
The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) is the federal agency responsible for regulating the securities industry and for enforcing federal securities laws. The SEC protects the public against fraudulent and manipulative practices in the securities markets. Congress created the SEC Whistleblower Program as a way to offer incentives to those people who have […]
February 13, 2013
General
The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced on January 2, 2013 the first settlement involving potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Security Rule involving less than 500 patients. An Idaho-based hospice provider was found at fault due to the theft […]
February 7, 2013
General
On December 4, 2012, Acting Associate Attorney General Tony West announced that during the fiscal year 2012, The Department of Justice (DOJ) recovered a record $4.9 billion in settlements and judgments as a result of fraud prosecuted under the False Claims Act (FCA). During 2012, there were about 650 whistleblower, or qui […]
February 1, 2013
General
Jurisdictions in Which Berger Montague Lawyers are Licensed to Practice All states and jurisdictions have statutes that make it unlawful for persons to hold themselves out as attorneys unless they are licensed to practice in that state. All Berger Montague attorneys are licensed to practice law in the Commonwealth of […]
January 26, 2013
Canada News
Professors Stephen J. Choi and A.C. Pritchard have recently published a study finding that private securities litigation provides as a greater deterrent effect on securities fraud than do SEC investigations — when only one or the other has been filed. The study also finds that the best outcome for investors […]
January 11, 2013
Canada News
The U.S. Federal District Court for the Central District of California announced that Korean Air Lines Co., Ltd. settled charges of price-fixing fuel surcharges lodged by U.S. consumers. Judge S. James Otero has ordered that the parties attend a hearing on March 25, 2013 to explain the settlement. On behalf […]
January 11, 2013
Canada News
Boston University School of Law’s graduate program in banking and financial law is the oldest LL.M. program of its kind in the United States. The program offers both U.S. and foreign trained lawyers a review of banking and financial laws as well as the ability to register for courses offered […]
January 3, 2013
Canada News
Cy Moscow, partner of leading Detroit-based law firm Honigman Miller Schwartz & Cohn LLP, and adjunct professor at University of Michigan School of Law, has invited Andrew Morganti to lecture to third-year students in his advanced securities regulations course on the topic of shareholders’ rights litigation from the perspective of […]
December 26, 2012
Canada News
Morganti Legal, P.C., is proud to announce that it is relocating its Toronto office to 119 Spadina Avenue, on the northeast corner of Spadina and Adelaide Street West, Toronto, Ontario. The Toronto office is handling matters on behalf of consumers, investors and small business owners in the matters involving the […]