The Securities Exchange Commission (“SEC”) charged Chicago investment fund manager, Neal V. Goyal, for the Ponzi scheme in which he used investor monies to purchase himself houses and businesses for him and his wife. SEC fraud charges also named Blue Horizon Asset Management and Caldera Advisors, Goyal’s firms. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern […]
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MICHAEL V. FAVIA IS NOW OF COUNSEL TO FULL-SERVICE BUSINESS LAW FIRM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MICHAEL V. FAVIA IS NOW OF COUNSEL TO FULL-SERVICE BUSINESS LAW FIRM Professional Licensing Law And Litigation Attorney, Michael V. Favia Joins the Full-Service Business Law Firm of Quintarios, Prieto, Wood & Boyer, P.A. as an Of Counsel Attorney CHICAGO – Professional licensing law and litigation attorney, Michael V. Favia, is now […]
Read more...Real stories: Medical mistakes and misdiagnosis, some causing death!
Everyone! A recent news article, Misdiagnosis Threatens Potentially Everyone[1], and the aptly titled article should cause us all to put our critical thinking caps on for a moment, consider that doctors are people too, and make mistakes. The recent study published in a medical insurance industry journal reports that nearly 12 million people who go […]
Read more...Injuries from potholes and street repairs: About municipal liability and the Tort Immunity Act.
Spring weather means road construction and pothole repair on many Northern Illinois roadways. The city of Chicago may be paying closer attention to dangerous conditions after a recent Cook County Court awarded $2.7 million to a postal worker who ruptured his ACL in March 2008. The injured worker, was “not able to see the sinkhole […]
Read more...False Claims Act lawsuits and the whistleblowers who share in recoveries
The False Claims Act[i] is the federal law used to prosecute those who make fraudulent claims for payment through government programs. The majority of false claims are made by government contractors engaged in work connected with government spending programs such as health care and military programs. Also referred to as the “Lincoln Law” the False […]
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