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Category Archives: Fraud
Can CEO’s learn something from Dolphins owner Stephen Ross’s problems with the NFL?
Earlier this week, multibillionaire and longtime Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross was found to have violated the league’s tampering rules in a scheme described as “unprecedented in scope and severity” by commissioner Roger Goodell. It’s hard for someone like me … Continue reading
Posted in CEOs, Complaints Against Executives, Corporate culture, Fraud, Non-Competes, Sports contracts
Tagged cheating, executive, executives, fraud, NFL, Roger Goodell
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C-Suite Lessons from Ghosn’s Nissan Ouster
For Carlos Ghosn – one of the highest-flying chief executives in the world (literally) – home has been a 50-square-foot cell since Japanese authorities announced a series of vague allegations against him for underreporting his compensation and misusing company property. … Continue reading
Posted in CEOs, Complaints Against Executives, Confidential Information, Corporate culture, Criminal Prosecutions, Executive Compensation, Fraud
Tagged CEO, CEOs, employment, executive, executive compensation, executive contracts, executive employment, executive employment lawyer, executives, Joe Ahmad
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Whistleblowers Receive Whopper Payouts as SEC Proposes New Rules to Limit Future Awards
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced two large whistleblower payouts last week, bringing the total paid-out bounty for the program to more than $320 million since it was created as part of the 2011 Dodd-Frank Act. The $39 million … Continue reading
Posted in Business Continuity, Complaints Against Executives, Dodd-Frank, Fraud, Whistleblowers
Tagged Dodd-Frank, executive employment, executive employment lawyer, executives, Joe Ahmad, Joseph Ahmad, legal, litigation, SEC, whistleblowers, whistleblowing
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Avoiding IP Theft On The Job
Most executives would never dream of stealing from their employers, but many put themselves at risk of being accused of that very thing in the course of their workday. Most such actions—such as emailing files to their personal email address … Continue reading
Posted in CEOs, Complaints Against Executives, Executive contracts, Fraud, Legal, Litigation, Trade Secrets
Tagged executive employment lawyer, Houston, Joe Ahmad
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Radio Shack Knew of Monster Risk When Hiring Exec
A few weeks ago, I wrote about the phenomenon of individual executives being held criminally liable for the acts of their employers. Now, we have a case that opens the possibility of the opposite happening: an executive who is the … Continue reading
Posted in Criminal Background Checks, Criminal Prosecutions, Fraud, Legal
Tagged Dawn Callahan-Kettlewell, InkStop, Radio Shack
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