• Some Basics About Sarbanes-Oxley

    Say it fast five times: Sarbanes-Oxley, Sarbanes-Oxley, Sarbanes-Oxley, Sarbanes-Oxley, Sarbanes-Oxley… If you’re like me, you’re sick of hearing these words. Lots of people, however, don’t have the first idea what the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 is really about. I think […]

  • The REAL “Flip This House” is coming back!

    You heard it right! Not those scam artists from San Antonio and Atlanta. This is “The Real Deal.” Quite literally. Richard Davis, his sidekick Ginger, and the rest of the Trademark Properties team are going back on the air (this […]

  • Microsoft Vista and Office 2007 banned…

    According to InformationWeek, The U.S. Department of Transportation has banned upgrades to Microsoft Windows Vista, Internet Explorer 7 and Office 2007. This ban will be for an indefinite period of time. According to InformationWeek: The agency has an “indefinite moratorium” […]

  • Dennis Troha indicted on federal charges

    Dennis Troha has been federally indicted on one count of fraud and one count of making a false statement to the FBI. It is alleged that Troha used a business entity called Johnson Houston Partners to give family members over […]

  • Federal Charges Against Insiders at UBS and Morgan Stanley

    According to today’s Wall Street Journal: Federal authorities have charged 13 individuals on insider trading charges in connection with two separate schemes to trade on inside information about analyst recommendation changes before they became public and pending mergers and acquisitions, […]

  • Auditors have a duty to correct a false audit report

    This information was posted Monday on Blawgletter: The Second Circuit today held an auditor potentially liable for federal [tag]securities fraud[/tag] if it doesn’t correct a false or misleading report on its [tag]audit[/tag]. The court said: The precise issue on appeal […]

  • Restraining Order Issued Against Michael McGee (Jackson)

    Milwaukee alderman Michael McGee (Jackson) has been issued a restraining order for harassing Leon Todd, a man involved in the effort to recall McGee/Jackson and to expose him for the thug and scofflaw that he is. McGee/Jackson is notorious for […]

  • Online steroid ring busted

    Two facilities in Florida were raided in a steroid bust, and four people were arrested as a part of it. The raids happened at two Signature Pharmacy stores, and the company officials arrested were charged with criminal diversion of prescription […]

  • McAfee’s former general counsel indicted

    Kent Roberts, the former general counsel at McAfee Inc. (fka Network Associates) was charged with seven criminal counts of fraud, nine months after being fired for improper handling of stock options. The charges include manipulating the value of his own […]

  • Starting a Business — And Not a Legal Battle

    How to quit your job, compete with your old boss, and not get sued Entrepreneur.com By Geoff Williams Some bridges are merely burned. Others are scorched. Elaine Browne and her business partners, Federico Lupo and Dario Arias, knew the latter […]