Author: Justin Lane

There’s little question that the GOP has gained a stranglehold on the Supreme Court and that BP may be about to be one of the greatest benefactors in history from such a relationship. Whether it’s Justice Roberts leaving injured consumers in the cold or the destruction of voting rights, it’s hard to not see this Court as more than stewards of corporate America. In the case of BP, the company has appealed the terms of its settlement in the Deepwater Horizon case. This agreement was entered into and the terms were full and well understood by BP at the...

  Sexualized violence is a problem for women and they are expressing their experiences using the hashtag #YesAllWomen on Twitter and other platforms. Some of the expressions are truly troubling. Some of them express insights into the truly pervasive and casual nature of the sexual stereotypes and stigmas that women are affected by each and every day. And some of them are drawing the fire from men who feel the need to defend themselves against what they perceive is an assault. It’s being missed by many though that the bringing up subjects and pointing out times that sexual injustice...

Florida has been the scene of a number of Medicare fraud schemes and scandals involving the over billing of the government for medical services. New reports from the New York Times detail that some physicians have been billing the government as much as three to four times more than a procedure is worth and making millions in the process. “Individuals committing Medicare or Medicaid fraud take from a pool of resources that people depend on for their healthcare,” commented Peter Mougey, a partner with the Levin, Papantonio law firm who practices in the areas of qui tam or whistleblower...

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is the government watchdog charged with oversight and policing Wall Street and the Big Banks. For years, it has been suspected that the SEC is less a watchdog and more of a trained housepet of the Big Banks. Now, that theory has been proven as Felix Salmon, finance blogger at Reuters, reports that the SEC has been caught colluding with banks of CDO prosecutions. “Once again, the SEC has demonstrated fraud is cheep,” commented Peter Mougey, a partner with the Levin, Papantonio law firm and director of the firm’s business torts and securities...

On Wednesday, Bank of America agree to pay upwards of $700 million for deceptive credit card practices that enrolled customers in unnecessary and expensive services. “Credit markets are important to consumers,” commented Christopher Paulos, an attorney with the Levin, Papantonio law firm and who practices with the firm’s business torts and securities litigation departments. “Aggressive and deceitful marketing strategies only serve to undermine people’s trust and confidence in the system while making unjustifiable profits for the banks and lenders.” The settlement totals $727 million and will be divided thusly. $268 million will be used to reimburse 1.4 million customers...