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Fraudulent concealment is a common law doctrine that may be invoked to toll a statute of limitations. Under this doctrine, if a defendant has concealed his misconduct, then the limitations period shall start from the point when the plaintiff discovers his claim, or should have discovered it with due diligence. [ 1 ]
United States v. Throckmorton (98 U.S. 61) is an 1878 decision of the U.S. Supreme Court on civil procedure, specifically res judicata, in cases heard at equity.A unanimous Court affirmed an appeal of a decision by the District Court for California upholding a Mexican-era land claim, holding that collateral estoppel bars untimely motions to set aside the verdict where the purportedly ...
Commonwealth v. Hunt, 45 Mass. 111 (1842), was a case in the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court on the subject of labor unions.Prior to Hunt the legality of labor combinations in America was uncertain.
Tampering with evidence, or evidence tampering, is an act in which a person alters, conceals, falsifies, or destroys evidence with the intent to interfere with an investigation (usually) by a law-enforcement, governmental, or regulatory authority. [1]
The Court found that the claim need not be presented directly to the government, but that the false statement must be made with the intention that it will be relied upon by the government in paying, or approving payment of, a claim. [40] The Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009 reversed the Court's decision and made the types of fraud to ...
In the Boston Division - which includes all of Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island - "total reported losses in 2023 were $89,553,975," according to a statement from the FBI-Boston.
Fraudulent misrepresentation is defined in the 3-part test in Donohoe v Donohoe , where the defendant Donohoe was categorically declared completely fraudulent as he: (i) knows the statement to be false, [67] or (ii) does not believe in the statement, [68] [38] or (iii) is reckless as to its truth.
Turi urged individuals who suspect they have been a victim of immigration fraud to contact the attorney general’s office. “We conduct investigations and, if necessary, we file lawsuits,” he ...