There is always fraud; but in an economic downturn, fraud becomes more apparent and more fraud is discovered.  Recent high-profile situations, along with other systemic and isolated examples of fraud — from mortgage fraud to insurance fraud, call out for a resource that focuses on all of the legal issues surrounding financial fraud law. Since 2010, Mr. Meyerowitz has been keeping the world apprised of these financial fraud law developments as they happen.

Financial Fraud from a Legal Perspective: Highlights from the Blog of Steven A. Meyerowitz, Esq. lists and explains the Top 10 Financial Fraud Law issues of 2011. The winners (so to speak) range from Bernard Madoff (still of concern 3 years after his fall), insider trading, and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, mortgage foreclosures, and the use of federal and state prosecutors to attack financial fraud. General topic areas include:

• Looking Back, Looking Ahead
• Combating Fraud
• It’s a Crime
• Madoff Ponzi Scheme
• International Intrigue
• The Federal Trade Commission
• Mortgage-Related Fraud and Wrongful Foreclosures
• Health Care Fraud
• IP/Computer Fraud
• Insider Trading
• False Claims Act
• Securities Fraud
• Tax Fraud
• Fraud Everywhere…

This special report is designed to provide lawyers and other financial professionals with complete information on all types of financial fraud law. By understanding current trends and scams, you can be prepared and protect your clients from financial fraud.

About Steven A. Meyerowitz

Steven A. Meyerowitz is a graduate of Harvard Law School. Mr. Meyerowitz was an attorney for a prominent Wall Street law firm for nearly five years before founding Meyerowitz Communications Inc., a law firm marketing communications consulting company that works with some of the largest and most successful law firms in the country. He has written scores of articles on law firm marketing and management for publications including The New York Times and the ABA Journal, and is a columnist for the New York Law Journal, a contributing writer for The Pennsylvania Lawyer Magazine (published by the Pennsylvania Bar Association), Marketing Law Editor of Marketing Management Magazine (published by the American Marketing Association) and managing editor of the Federal Bar Council News. In addition, he is the author of a book on marketing, sales, and advertising law.See all works by Mr. Meyerowitz