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• International Fraud Awareness Week Wrap-Up

  
  2Checkout.com — Authority: 421
  Fraud Awareness Week is every week at a successful e-commerce company. 2Checkout is not only aware of, but deeply invested in, mitigating risk on many levels. A few of those levels have been defined in this week’s articles. Many of you know that 2CO keeps our fraud detection and prevention methods necessarily quiet. ...
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• Another Common Reliance Theory Fails in Colorado

  
  ClassActionBlawg.com — Authority: 112
  In April, the Colorado Supreme Court decided  Farmers Ins. Exchange v. Benzing , 206 P.3d 812 (Colo. 2009), in which it rejected the “fraud on the market” theory of reliance in a consumer class action.  Now, Garcia v. Medved Chevrolet, Inc. , No. 09CA1465 (Colo. Ct. App., Nov. 12, 2009), the Colorado Court of ...
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• Preventing Fraud When Providing Intangible Services/Goods

  
  2Checkout.com — Authority: 421
  Fraud is prevalent in all Internet transactions, especially when the product is intangible. We have been in this industry long enough to see significant growth and development. We have also been here to see the growth and development of fraudulent activity. We would like to remind you that it is important to utilize ...
  2 days ago

• Sample 2Checkout Fraud Review

  
  2Checkout.com — Authority: 421
  Situation: A vendor selling PC to Phone services was being targeted by a fraud ring. This type of fraud is very tricky to catch. The orders appeared to look legitimate. The card BIN , billing addresses and I.P. addresses all matched. What tipped off the fraud analyst to further investigate this, was the spelling of ...
  3 days ago

• Actimmune MDL gutted

  
  Drug and Device Law — Authority: 559
  We confess, we saw it first on 360 - but we had to put our two cents in. The plaintiffs inability to plead fraud with particularity has just gutted the Actimmune MDL. As regular readers might remember, the Actimmune MDL involves allegations of off label promotion notable in that the FDA brought criminal charges ...
  3 days ago

• New Video: Protest Against Love Won Out in Birmingham, Alabama

  
  Truth Wins Out Blog — Authority: 564
  On Nov. 7th, Focus on the Family brought its absurd “ex-gay” roadshow Love Won Out to Birmingham Alabama. This is a conference that tries to help people “pray away the gay”. (Cue uproarious laughter) Truth Wins Out joined several local groups in protest. More than 50 people greeted conference attendees as ...
  3 days ago

• Fraud Protection for New Vendors

  
  2Checkout.com — Authority: 421
  One of the more challenging issues we have to work around involves new vendors. While we do have a wealth of knowledge and experience relating to the various types of fraud, it can prove somewhat more problematic to link this knowledge with a new vendor. First, we must understand our vendor and the aspects of their ...
  4 days ago

• A Safe Harbor In Arkansas

  
  Drug and Device Law — Authority: 559
  No, were not talking about the McClellan Kerr Project that turned Little Rock and Tulsa, of all places, into seaports. Were talking consumer protection lawsuits against pharmaceutical companies (arent we always). Weve mentioned a couple of times before that a lot of consumer protection laws contain "safe ...
  4 days ago

• Friendly Fraud – What is it?

  
  2Checkout.com — Authority: 421
  One of the biggest challenges facing online (card not present) merchants is “Friendly Fraud” . What do we mean by friendly fraud? The standard definition for friendly fraud is when a customer uses a credit card to make a purchase, and then disputes the charge with their credit card company once the item(s) are ...
  5 days ago

• On the Ground at Love Won Out in Birmingham, Alabama

  
  Truth Wins Out Blog — Authority: 564
  Today was Focus on the Family’s final Love Won Out road show, which took place in Birmingham, Alabama. Truth Wins Out’s Executive Director Wayne Besen joined more than 75 people to protest the misinformation being spread at the mega-church where the “ex-gay” extravaganza took place. If you like the fact that ...
  6 days ago

• Nursing Home Pharmacy Settles Kickback Charges

  
  NewsInferno — Authority: 532
  Drug giant Johnson & Johnson (J&J) continues to make news with a Justice Department investigation into accusations of Medicaid Fraud, announced Business Week. The Justice Department recently settled with Omnicare over kickback allegations to the tune of $112 million.The massive settlement concerned kickbacks ...
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• Class Action Lawsuit: AT&T wont refund bogus charges

  
  Chicago Bar-tender — Authority: 600
  A class action lawsuit has been filed against AT&T for alleged bogus and unauthorized directory assistance charges. Jeffrey Hickel says that when he noticed a $5.00 charge for "Network Connections USA" on his November 2008 phone bill, he called AT&T who "claimed ignorance of the charge." The customer ...
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• iPhone Class Action Lawsuit Claims Consumers Were Deceived Over MMS Capability

  
  NewsInferno — Authority: 532
  An iPhone class action lawsuit has been filed in Alabama by a consumer who claims Apple Inc. and AT&T Mobility LLC misrepresented the iPhone’s multimedia messaging service (MMS) capabilities. MMS capability is key for sending text messages accompanied by a photo, video or other form of media.The complaint, which ...
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• Freedom Baptist Church sued for defamation by former member

  
  Chicago Bar-tender — Authority: 600
  A drill team director is suing his former church for alleged false and defamatory statements that he inappropriately touched one of the youth. Charles Coleman was a drill team director at Freedom Baptist Church of the Greater Chicago Area before resigning from the position and joining another church ...
  2 weeks ago

• Swine Flu scams flooding the Internet

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 706
  Washington, Oct 23 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Fake swine flu medicines and adverts are flooding the Internet. Things like air “sterilizers”, a photon machine, supplement pills to boost the immune system, even Protective shampoos and face masks. And to top it all, even fake Tamiflu, which is used in the treatment of Swine ...
  3 weeks ago

• Lawsuit: Best Buy lies

  
  Chicago Bar-tender — Authority: 600
  A class action lawsuit was filed yesterday against Best Buy alleging that its "Price Match Guarantee" is a fraud. According to the complaint, the store has an undisclosed "Anti-Price Matching Policy" disseminated from corporate headquarters and there are even financial bonuses for denying price match requests.  The ...
  3 weeks ago

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