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A legal dispute over the $3.7 billion fortune of Russian tycoon Oleg Bourlakov has led to allegations of forgery and spying. Bourlakov's sister and brother-in-law have accused the CT Group, a private intelligence and lobbying firm, of hacking into their email accounts and falsifying documents to benefit Bourlakov's widow and daughter. The CT Group denies any wrongdoing and claims the accusations were filed without prior notice, preventing them from defending themselves in court. The conflict has resulted in a bitter legal battle, with both sides attempting to gain an advantage. [Extracted from the article]

The former president launched a line of high-top sneakers that cost as much as $399 in February. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Over 100 adverse event cases have been reported to the Food and Drug Administration since 2020 from counterfeit Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro and Zepbound products, including several hospitalizations and deaths. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses the lawsuits by Lexington Insurance as well as State National Insurance and a California youth baseball league which raise questions about captive insurance plan. Topics include a cross-claim filed by a Texas insurance agency in the Lexington suit, arguing it was not part of the scheme but was a victim, comments from insurance industry consultant Chris Burand on the cases and the types of problems they allege, and number of captive companies in the U.S. in 2021.

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(Bloomberg) -- Real Madrid will join a legal case against FC Barcelona that says the club paid millions of euros to a former referee to influence the outcome of its soccer matches. "We are working to optimize the terms and flexibility of the final financing structure", a Barcelona spokesman said by message on Sunday. [Extracted from the article]

The article offers information on the mothers in the Convict Diemens Land. Topics discussed include a nine-year-old Agnes Hall's mother and her accomplice in counterfeiting were arrested on a busy street in the crowded old town; mentions Agnes and other children reacted to being taken away from Scotland; and also mentions Anges and her sister Grace were growing to consciousness at the edges of poverty where criminal activities and lawful work were intertwined as part of the daily mix.

Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has partnered with luxury fashion brand Christian Louboutin to file a joint lawsuit against an individual running a counterfeiting operation in Mexico. The lawsuit, filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, alleges that the defendant violated Meta's and Instagram's terms of service by promoting and selling counterfeit Louboutin products on the platforms. Meta has been increasing its efforts to protect intellectual property (IP) by implementing new detection and removal measures, including image-matching technology. This collaborative legal action sends a strong message to counterfeiters and may serve as a deterrent for future IP violations. [Extracted from the article]

An interview with David Kanz, a pastor turned paper terrorist is presented. When asked about how did the conflict between his group Voice of Christian Youth America and Catherine Doyle began. He asserts that it started when she made a defamation lawsuit against them. He asserts that Gene Zimmermann advised him to go to court without a lawyer when he was indicted for forgery. He further relates that no one from his group has been with him during his trial.

The article discusses the lawsuit, Dollars & Sense Finance Ltd. vs Nathan, on forgery and land registration in New Zealand. The son of the respondent has forged the signature of his parents which was used as an instrument for mortgage. The case deals on the validity of the of the mortgage considering the rules under the Torrens system. The rules of the Torrens acknowledges the validity of forgery upon registration as long as it is not fraudulent, however, fraud can only impugn the registration.

The article presents news updates from banking law. On April 13, 1996, Ira Weinstein, a United States citizen, died from injuries he suffered from a suicide bombing by the Hamas terrorist group in Jerusalem, Israel. Approximately four years later, Weinstein's widow, children, and the co-administrators of his estate filed a wrongful death action against the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Iranian Ministry of Information, and senior Iranian officials under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act. In 1998, Margaret Lee submitted a fraudulent application to obtain a mortgage on her sister Nancy Chang's property in Greenwich, Connecticut. In support of the application, Lee prepared two power of attorney forms bearing Chang's forged signatures and allegedly authorizing Lee to mortgage Chang's property.

(Bloomberg) -- Facebook Inc. and Gucci filed their first joint lawsuit against an alleged online counterfeiter as the web giant and luxury brand move to crack down on the fraudulent practice. The individual, who isn't identified in the statement, used various Facebook and Instagram accounts to dodge prior enforcement actions by the platforms, and continues to promote her business selling fake Gucci goods, the companies alleged. [Extracted from the article]

Focuses on the forgery lawsuit filed against American artist J.S.G. Boggs by the Bank of England in Great Britain. Charges facing; Issue on the relations of money and art and value; Background on the case.

Presents information on Denny McLain, a former Detroit Tigers pitcher, who was arrested for committing forgery on people in Chesaning, Michigan. Detailed information on Chesaning; How McLain committed the forgery; Information on McLain; How McLain feels about his action; Comments from McLain.

The article reports on a formal motion filed by the lawyers of Alger Hiss, who was found guilty of perjuring himself in testimony about former U.S. Communist courier Whittaker Chambers in 1950, for a new trial in February 1952. The move of his lawyers aim to prove that Chambers has damaged the evidences presented to the court using a technique of forgery by typewriter. According to his lawyers, they are ready and willing to demonstrate the technique since a typewriter engineer has helped them develop a machine that can forge documents.

Captain Jacques Sadoul, sent to Russia as member of a French military mission before the Soviet Revolution, remained when the other members of the mission retired, and wrote letters to his chiefs in France giving sympathetic reports of the Bolshevists. Georges Clemenceau thereupon had him indicted, charged with "intelligence with the enemy," tried in absentia, and sentenced to death by a court martial in 1919. After the French government had recognized Soviet Russia Sadoul returned to France inviting arrest. He was retried by a martial at Orleans in April; the dossier was found to be crammed with forgeries and third-hand rumors. The article presents Sadoul's trial as described by the author.

This section offers news briefs on U.S. marketing as of September 1955. Federal Judge Alexander Holtzoff reversed the Federal Trade Commission's quantity discount ban in the automotive tube and tire industry. Minute Maid agreed to dispose of three frozen juice concentrate plants to comply with the government's antitrust ruling. Monsanto Chemical Co. filed its first lawsuit against fraudsters and forgers of its trademark.

The article discusses the court case 300 Broadway Healthcare Center LLC v. Wachovia Bank NA et al. and PNC Bank NA wherein the trial court denied the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) S 3-420 rule giving stance to the proposed forged check drawer to sue the bank due to conversion. The court reasoned out by defining conversion as taking away of the property of someone else. However, it was reversed by the appellate court as the common law negligence claims were denied by the former court.

The article features the decision of the court on the forgery case of real estate statesman Frank H. Graves Jr. in the San Francisco, California. In the whole duration of the case, he never confessed his involvement in the case because he was not advised of his rights to counsel and silence and the police. The Supreme Court ruled that police failure to advise a suspect of his rights to counsel and silence invalidates his confession even if he does not ask for a lawyer.

This article reports on the conviction of Clinton Jencks, international representative of the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers, of falsifying a Taft-Hartley non-Communist affidavit in 1954. Jencks became the second labor leader to be convicted of the charges. A federal jury in El Paso, Texas, found Jencks guilty and sentenced him to five years in prison.

The article discusses actress Tallulah Bankhead's appearance at the New York City District Attorney's (D.A.) office in December 1951. Bankhead filed a complaint against her maid for allegedly raising her checks and committing larceny for the amount of 4,284 U.S. dollars. The defense counsel contended that the maid had been forced to forgery after Bankhead had borrowed money from her to buy alcohol and illegal drugs.

The article reports on the fake violins, which was offered around the world. It says that Italian violin connoisseur Giovanni Iviglia and the Italian government organized the Advisory Bureau for Purchasers and Owners of Italian String Instruments in Zurich, Switzerland, which investigated several violins bought by buyers. Furthermore, Iviglia and the Swiss court charged Bern dealer Henry Werro, a former president of Swiss Violin Dealers Association, guilty of falsifying labels and forgery.

The article focuses on Maurice O'Regan, an Irishman who was acquitted in the case on forging three checks worth of 34,400 dollars. It states that O'Regan became butler of Francis Henry Grenville Peek, however, his services have ended when he became a lover of Caroline Peek. It mentions that the checks were given by Caroline Peek as a payment for the services he rendered. It adds that the court had apologized to O'Regan for putting him in jail for eight months.

This article discusses the decision of the Supreme Court of Alabama in the forgery case Lessley vs. the State in 1923. The court ruled that it is possible to forge a signature by simply making a cross in the place where the signature should be. It held that Bob and Lila Casper would have been liable if the forgery had not been found.

The article focuses on the legal counsel's decision to withdraw from representing former Pakistani Prime Minister Mian Nawaz Sharif in the lawsuit filed by National Accountability Bureau (NAB). It talks about the NAB filing corruption charges against the former Prime Minister. It tells about Nawaz Sharif being accused of forgery, corruption and hiding of offshore assets.

The article reports on the conviction of Rudolf Elmer, whistleblower and former employee of private banking firm Julius Baer Group Ltd., for Swiss bank secrecy law violation. It mentions that Elmer has transmitted data on their clients to journalistic organization WikiLeaks which led to its publicity. It also notes his forgery of letter to Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel in 2007.

Natixis sued Marex in London over losses on lending deal Access World -- a wholly-owned subsidiary of Switzerland-based miner and trader Glencore -- warned customers in January that it had found forged receipts for nickel in its warehouses in Asia circulating in the market. "The $30 million of receipts in Natixis' claim represents the full extent of Marex's involvement in the receipts business", the company said. [Extracted from the article]