Corporate America has been rocked recently by revelations of hacking into company-wide computer systems from overseas, including concerns that the unlawful conduct is state-sponsored. The more likely and immediate threat to all corporate systems, however, is the damage that can be done by individuals within or recently departed from a company. A prime example of… Read more »
Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network, Inc. is a client-centered organization that provides leadership, funding, and support to improve the availability and quality of civil legal aid and direct legal services for low income people and victims of domestic violence in Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network consists of fourteen civil legal aid programs helping those who… Read more »
On Thursday, DOJ announced criminal charges against five individuals relating to the manufacture and distribution of salmonella-tainted peanuts and peanut products by the now defunct Peanut Corporation of America (PCA). The charges against the owner and president of the company, a food broker, and three individuals involved in the operation of the company’s Blakely, Georgia… Read more »
No we don’t bear news of a revival of the 1974 hit by Carl Douglas. Actually, that would be old news. Douglas re-recorded “Kung Fu Fighting” in 1998, and it shot to 8 in the UK, but I digress. More to the point, on Wednesday the Supreme Court, echoing its decision more than 50 years… Read more »
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania recently held in Blackman v. Lincoln National that the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act (“PHRA”) does not cover employees who neither reside nor work in Pennsylvania. While that conclusion may seem obvious and logical, the decision may have a broader impact on employers. Plaintiff, Kathy Blackman, was… Read more »
DOJ has announced that Lender Processing Services Inc. (LPS) has agreed to pay $35 million in criminal penalties and forfeiture to address its participation in a six-year scheme to prepare and file more than 1 million fraudulently signed and notarized mortgage-related documents. The settlement follows the November 2012 felony guilty plea by Lorraine Brown, the former… Read more »
The two men who played key roles in the perpetuating R. Allen Stanford’s $7 billion ponzi scheme were each sentenced to 20 years in prison on Thursday. Gilbert T. Lopez Jr. had served as chief accounting officer of Stanford Financial Group Company, and Mark J. Kuhrt had been the global controller of Stanford Financial Group Global… Read more »
In the appeal of former Pennsylvania State Senator, Vincent J. Fumo, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has ordered Fumo to pay a larger share of the restitution to one of his victims. With its decision, the Court rejected the arguments raised by Fumo in his appeal and only partially granted the… Read more »
Joseph D. Mancano will present, “The False Claims Act,” at the Chester County Bar Association’s CLE in Chester County, PA on February 12, 2013.
Douglas K. Roseblum presented, “From Investigation to Immunity and Beyond: The Basics of Criminal Practice,” at the J. Willard O’Brien American Inn of Court on February 12, 2013 in Philadelphia, PA.