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A five-paragraph opinion by the New York Appellate Division suggests the potentially devastating consequences of ignoring the fine print of Directors & Officers Liability insurance policies. In Associated Community Bancorp., Inc., et al. v. St. Paul...

We know what you are thinking. Still? Five years later, he still makes the year’s Top 10 in Financial Fraud Law? How could that be? Here’s how: He orchestrated the largest Ponzi scheme in history, reverberating to this day. Criminal...

He saw “death as a holiday.” He targeted the terminally ill and the elderly. He stole millions of dollars. Federal prosecutors say that Joseph A. Caramadre, the president, chief executive officer, and majority owner of Estate Planning Resources...

As readers of the Financial Fraud Law Report and the Financial Fraud Law Blog certainly recall, JPMorgan Chase settled a couple of big, big Madoff-related cases some weeks ago, reaching a $2.05 billion settlement with federal prosecutors over its failure...

On the heels of J.P.Morgan Chase’s $2.05 billion settlement with federal prosecutors over its oversight of Bernard Madoff’s operations , U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Tom Coburn (R-OK) have introduced bipartisan legislation, the...

Approximately 11,000 investors who lost money in the Bernard Madoff Ponzi scheme indirectly through feeder funds, investment partnerships, bank commingled funds, family trusts, or other pooled investment accounts may soon see a recovery. The Madoff...

Perhaps no feeder funds to Bernard Madoff are more well known than those run by J. Ezra Merkin. Five years after the fall of Madoff, the actions by Madoff Trustee Irving Picard and his primary counsel, Baker & Hostetler LLP, against Merkin and his...

Much has happened in the five years since Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme unraveled and he was arrested. Here are five key Madoff facts as selected by the Financial Fraud Law Blog and the Financial Fraud Law Report : The trustee overseeing the...

The outsized breadth and scope of the Madoff Ponzi scheme has required an outsized effort to investigate it and to respond to it, and that has required attorneys – a lot of them, spending a lot of time, over the past five years. The law firm...

Of all the lawsuits brought against people allegedly involved in the Madoff Ponzi scheme, perhaps none are of as much interest as the actions involving Madoff family members. The most recent request for fees filed by Baker & Hostetler (B&H) explains...

The Financial Fraud Law Blog Top 10 countdown is nearing conclusion. You already have seen our picks for #10 down through #5, which we summarize below. Stay tuned for the final four picks, coming right after the New Year! We wish all of the readers...

When it comes to financial fraud law, a great deal of interest typically is focused on what the federal government does. But the Financial Fraud Law Blog and the authors of articles in the Financial Fraud Law Report also recognize the importance of state...

When we here at the Financial Fraud Law Blog think about financial fraud law, it does not take long before we think about the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Preet Bharara. In a little over four years as U.S. Attorney – following...

One of the very interesting aspects of the $2.05 billion settlement reached by J.P.Morgan Chase with federal prosecutors over the bank’s violation of the Bank Secrecy Act for failing to exercise proper oversight of Bernard Madoff’s business...

Almost five years to the day after Bernard Madoff was arrested in Manhattan, federal prosecutors in New York – yes, in New York – have charged a man with wire and mail fraud for allegedly operating a Ponzi scheme. The indictment alleged...