VC Firm Wins Gender Based Failure to Promote / Wrongful Termination Case
Last week a half male/half female jury determined that Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (“Kleiner Perkins”), one of the country’s most prominent venture capital (“VC”) firms, did not discriminate...
View ArticleThe Results Are In For the 2014 AICPA Trends in Forensic and Valuation...
The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (“AIPCA”) recently released the findings of its most recent Survey on International Trends in Forensic and Valuation Services (“Survey”). The...
View ArticleMassive Fraud in the Middle East
The New Yorker magazine recently ran a scathing review of the collapse of The International Banking Corporation (“TICB”), the largest credit default and potential Ponzi scheme ever experienced in the...
View ArticlePro-Athlete Lending Firm is an Alleged Ponzi Scheme
A Florida based financial advisory involved in professional athlete lending has been charged with defrauding its clients. On April 7th the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) charged William D....
View ArticleThe Cancer Fund of America and Its Related Charities Are Called a Fraud
An alleged fraud was recently uncovered at The Cancer Fund of America and its related entities, including The Breast Cancer Society and The Children’s Cancer Fund of America. James Reynolds and his...
View ArticleInvestors Accuse Ernst & Young Accused of Being Complicit in Bribery Scandal
CtW Investments Group (“CtW”), which represents a group of minority shareholders in Wal-Mart, has accused the firm’s external auditor Ernst & Young (“E&Y) of having had early knowledge of...
View ArticleA Classic Coase Solution to a Modern Problem: The CrossFit Dispute
A recent Wall Street Journal (“WSJ”) article brought to my attention a very “2K15” problem, urbanites in many of the nation’s big cities are struggling to deal with the annoyance of living next to...
View Article“Blurred Lines” Infringement Verdict Is In
The copyright infringement case brought by the estate of Marvin Gaye against the popular musicians Robin Thicke, Pharrell Williams, and “T.I”, as well as their respective record companies, was decided...
View ArticleInvestors Allegedly Defrauded by ITT Technical Institute Executives
On Tuesday May 12, 2015 the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) charged the CEO and CFO of ITT Educational Services Inc. (NYSE: ESI) with fraud. The company which runs a popular nationwide...
View ArticleCanada Audits Dubious Senator Expenses At Great Cost
The recently released report by the Canadian Auditor General details numerous incidents of inappropriate spending by members of the Canadian Senate. The report investigated 116 current and former...
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