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<body bgcolor="white"> <div align="left"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="500"> <tr> <td colspan="2" valign="top"> <center> <a href="AF_frm.htm" target="_top">About the Firm</a> | <a href="fca_f.htm" target="_top">The False Claims Act</a> | <a href="wr_f.htm" target="_top">Whistleblower's reward</a> | <a href="caintr_f.htm" target="_top">Have a case?</a><a href="story_f.htm" target="_top"><br> Whistleblowers' stories</a> | <a href="resman_f.htm" target="_top">Resources</a> | <a href="what_f.htm" target="_top">What's new</a> </center> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#333366">Fraud law course</FONT> </td> <td valign="top"><img src="../../GIF/PC_url.GIF" width="143" height="14" align="right"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><font size="5"><b> </b></font> <p>Two of Phillips & Cohens San Francisco attorneys, Eric R. Havian and Stephen L. Meagher, teach a course on fraud (including the False Claims Act) which is offered at Stanford University Law School. They have taught a similar course at the University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law. </p> <p>The course description for <i>Economic Crime at the Millennium: Evolving Remedies for Fraud</i> notes:</p> <p>Since the 1970's, there has been an explosion of sophisticated fraudulent schemes. From the Savings & Loan debacle to the Wall Street securities scandals to the cybercrime of the 1990's, purveyors of late-20th Century snake oil have devised increasingly subtle and complex means by which to deceive their victims into parting with money or property. This course will trace the evolution of those schemes, as well as society's efforts to deter and punish the visionaries who devise them. The class will consider the relative effectiveness of criminal sanctions; regulatory oversight and sanctions; and private civil remedies, including citizens acting as "private attorneys general" under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act. The course will be a mixed lecture and class discussion format with occasional guest speakers. In the past, guests have included members of the judiciary; prominent plaintiffs securities fraud and criminal defense attorneys; and members of the executive branch of the federal government involved in the formulation and implementation of anti-fraud policies.<BR><BR> <CENTER><FONT SIZE="1">© 1998 Phillips and Cohen. All rights reserved<BR> <A HREF="../FRM/cred_f.htm" TARGET="_top">Credits</FONT></A></CENTER> </td> </tr> </table></div> </body>