ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER A recent ruling in a California Appellate Court has major implications for medical malpractice cases. In Keys vs. Alta Bates Summit Medical Center, plaintiffs’ counsel scored a major victory for...
Author: Ingrid Evans
ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER In the first-ever action against a company for stifling the whistleblower process, the Securities and Exchange Commission reached a settlement with Houston-based engineering and construction company KBR...
What Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) v. Stiefel Laboratories Tells Us About SEC Jurisdiction Over Private Entities
April 2, 2015
ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER The recent Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) v. Stiefel case shows that private entities are subject to Securities & Exchange Commission enforcement, say California securities fraud lawyers....
ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER The Supreme Court’s March 2014 decision in Lawson v. FMR LLC serves as a reminder that the SEC does exercise enforcement jurisdiction over private entities, say San Francisco securities fraud...
National Center on Elder Abuse Warns Senior Citizens to be Aware of “The Grandparent Scam”
March 31, 2015
ATTORNEY NEWSLETTER The National Center on Elder Abuse wants to make the public aware of “The Grandparent Scam,” a scam targeting the elderly. The Grandparent Scam attempts to get an elderly person to wire a large...