Lawyers often hire other professionals – CPAs, psychologists, trial consultants, to name a few – expecting that notes and other records generated by those professional are protected, but this is not necessarily true. The Ninth Circuit recently found that the...
We begin with the basic premise that all government, even a popularly elected one, is by its very nature tyrannical in tendency. As a result, the ability to access governmental records anonymously is essential in the preservation of our freedom, as an indispensable...
Introduction Given today’s financial climate and increase in mortgage fraud investigations, we thought a basic mortgage fraud overview and areas to carefully scrutinize might be helpful. Statutory Framework When working on a mortgage fraud case, it is...
Comedian and faux TV pundit, Stephen Colbert, does this great bit on his show, The Colbert Report, where he praises political figures for doing something right and attacks others for doing something wrong. The bit is called, “Tip of the Hat, Wag of the Finger” and it...
