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Judge Dismisses Most Claims Against Bank Arising From Nadel Ponzi Scheme
TAMPA, Fla. - A federal judge in Florida on April 5 dismissed aiding and abetting claims the receiver of imprisoned Ponzi schemer Arthur Nadel brought against Wells Fargo Bank NA and Wachovia Bank NA,...
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Federal Judge Denies Default Judgment Against Ponzi Scheme Defendants
SEATTLE - Because the plaintiff in a Ponzi scheme suit seeks to hold certain defendants jointly and severally liable for the damages caused by the alleged scheme, awarding default judgment against...
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Consumer Doesn't Show Liability In ATM Fee Suit, Federal Judge Finds
INDIANAPOLIS - A federal magistrate judge in Indiana on March 27 granted a consumer's motion for summary judgment with respect to certain affirmative defenses asserted by a merchant alleged to have...
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Judge: Credit Cardholder Failed To Plead Any Violations Of Agreement
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge in California on April 16 granted a credit provider's motion to dismiss a credit cardholder's breach of contract lawsuit, ruling that the cardholder failed to properly...
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Federal Judge: Bank Properly Removed Credit Card Action
FORT MYERS, Fla. - A federal judge in Florida on March 4 denied a consumer's motion to remand her suit arising from FIA Card Services N.A. (FIA) and Bank of America N.A. (BoA) billing her for her late...
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Federal Judge Dismisses Unjust Enrichment Claim From Bank's Default Suit
MONTGOMERY, Ala. - A federal magistrate judge in Alabama on April 15 granted summary judgment to Wells Fargo Bank N.A. on its breach of contract claim but dismissed the unjust enrichment claim from a...
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Preliminary Approval Of Settlement In Autodialing Class Action Suit Denied
SAN DIEGO - A federal judge in California on April 15 denied a consumer's motion for preliminary approval of a class action settlement, ruling that the consumer failed to properly show how the...
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Antitrust Claims Dismissed From LIBOR Suit; Commodity Manipulation Claims...
NEW YORK - A federal judge in New York on March 28 dismissed federal antitrust claims brought by over-the-counter, bondholder, exchange-based and Charles Schwab plaintiffs against 16 banks involving...
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Hospital Owner, Executives Arrested For Medicare Scheme
CHICAGO - The owner, executive officers and four doctors associated with an Illinois acute care hospital were charged in a criminal complaint filed April 16 in Illinois federal court with participating...
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Patient Recruiter In Florida Sentenced For Part In Fraud Scheme
MIAMI - A patient recruiter who pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud was sentenced in a Florida federal court on April 2 to 36 months in prison (United States of America v. Vladimir Jimenez, No....
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Judge Denies Motion To Arbitrate No-Fault Claims
BROOKLYN, N.Y. - A New York federal judge on April 8 denied medical provider defendants' motion to compel arbitration of already-paid no-fault claims (Allstate Insurance Co. v. David Mun, M.D., et al.,...
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Default Judgment Is Proper Sanction, Judge Holds
DETROIT - A default judgment against health care defendants who refused to comply with repeated discovery requests in an insurer's fraud action is a proper sanction, a Michigan federal judge ruled...
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Arguments Raised 1st Time On Appeal Are Waived, Court Rules
DETROIT - The Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on April 8 upheld dismissal of an insurer's claims for conspiracy and Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act violations against several...
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Judge: Insurer's Denial In Arson Case Reasonable
ATLANTA - A liability insurer that denied a fire loss claim arising from arson was reasonable, a Georgia federal judge ruled April 3 (JC&C Inc. v. Peerless Indemnity Insurance Co., No....
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Insured Had No Insurable Interest In Property, Judge Holds
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - An Alabama federal judge on March 28 granted a commercial and general property insurer summary judgment in a declaratory judgment action arising from a fire loss claim, finding that...
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Judge: Issues Of Fact Preclude Summary Judgment On Rescission
SAN FRANCISCO - Issues of fact as to what an insurer knew and whether its decision to try to rescind a policy was timely preclude summary judgment, a California federal court ruled April 9 in a...
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Insurer Is Entitled To Rescind Policy, Judge Rules
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A professional liability insurer is entitled to rescind a policy based on an insured's material misrepresentations on the policy application, an Alabama federal judge ruled April 10...
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Bankruptcy Judge: Insurer's $378M Fraud Case Against JPMorgan Stayed
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The federal bankruptcy judge presiding over the Chapter 9 proceeding of Jefferson County, Ala., on April 15 ruled that an insurer who alleges that it was fraudulently induced to...
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YouTube Protected By Safe Harbor In Viacom Suit, New York Federal Judge Rules
NEW YORK - A group of copyright holders, headed by Viacom International Inc., failed to establish that YouTube Inc. violated the provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) related to...
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New Jersey NuvaRing Judge Grants Summary Judgment In 7 Bellwether Cases
HACKENSACK, N.J. - A New Jersey judge presiding over the state's centralized NuvaRing blood clot litigation on April 18 granted summary judgment in all remaining cases in the first group of bellwether...
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