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Friday, July 20, 2012

Increased Regulation and Enforcement of the Financial Industry and Government Crackdowns on SEC Violations by Texas SEC Violation Lawyer and Texas SEC Fraud Lawyer Jason Coomer

SEC Enforcement of SEC Violations and Securities Fraud Is On The Rise As Regional SEC Offices, the Department of Justice, and Some States Increase Efforts to Crack Down on Financial Fraud: SEC Fraud Lawyer Represents SEC Bounty Action Whistleblowers Including Evaluating SEC Bounty Actions and Protecting SEC Bounty Action Whistleblowers by Texas SEC Violation Lawyer and Texas SEC Fraud Lawyer Jason S. Coomer

The SEC appears to be changing from a financial industry insider bureaucracy that actually regulates the financial services industry.  The SEC and other government agencies are seeking out large corporations that are violating securities laws and going after criminals that have violated SEC regulations.  Several large cases are currently being investigated by the SEC, State Attorney Generals, and the Department of Justice.  Additionally, the SEC is offering large financial rewards to SEC fraud whistleblowers that are the first to properly expose securities fraud, investment fraud, SEC violations, and other forms of financial fraud.  Many SEC whistle blower cases are now being actively investigated and many more are being filed as whistle blowers discover that they can reap large rewards and be protected while having their case evaluated. 

Blamed over Stanford, SEC's Texas office plots comeback


"But in the past year the office has undergone a sort of corporate turnaround, with new leadership, a more inventive approach to policing market players, and a patched-up relationship with the SEC's headquarters in Washington."

"The Fort Worth office has also been entrusted with two of the agency's biggest investigations that former insiders say are the type of probes often run out of the SEC in New York or Washington.
The office is taking the lead on investigations into allegations of misconduct at Wal-Mart Stores Inc and Chesapeake Energy Corp, according to public filings and people familiar with the matter.
The probes are heating up, with lawyers from the SEC Fort Worth office making document demands for the past several weeks on Chesapeake and its chief executive as part of an inquiry into special financial perks, one person familiar with the investigation said."

"Overseeing the Fort Worth office revival is David Woodcock, a defense attorney from Austin who had never previously worked for the SEC or any other government agency."

New York and Connecticut probing banks over Libor manipulation


"New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has launched a probe into possible manipulation of the Libor benchmark international lending rates by global banks, his spokesman said on Sunday.
Schneiderman, along with Connecticut's Attorney General George Jepsen started the investigation six months ago into the possible rigging of Libor, the London interbank offered rate, New York Attorney General spokesman James Freedland told Reuters."

"The U.S. Justice Department is also building criminal cases against several financial institutions and their employees related to the manipulation of interest rates, The New York Times reported on Saturday.  The Times said cities, states and municipalities in the United States were trying to determine whether they suffered loses due to rate manipulation and some had filed suit. Given the broad scope of the Libor case and the number of institutions thought to be involved, the investigations could provide authorities with a "signature moment" to hold big banks accountable for misdeeds during the financial crisis, which hit global markets from late 2007, the newspaper said."

Texas SEC Fraud Lawyer Represents SEC Bounty Action Whistleblowers Including Evaluating SEC Bounty Actions and Protecting SEC Bounty Action Whistleblowers

Texas SEC violation lawyer, Jason S. Coomer, works with SEC fraud whistleblowers that are stepping up and blowing the whistle on securities fraud, investment fraud, SEC violations, and other forms of financial fraud.   In working with financial professionals, Jason Coomer commonly works with a team of lawyers that can confidentially evaluate a potential bounty action to determine if the whistleblower case is viable and may result in a recovery.  If you are aware of securities fraud or other financial fraud and need more information on this topic,  please feel free to contact Texas SEC Fraud Whistleblower Lawyer Jason Coomer via e-mail message  or go to the following web page: SEC Whistleblower Incentive Program Lawsuit Information

Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Financial Executives That Are Aware of Insider Trading and Other Violations of Securities Law Can Work With An Insider Trade Whistleblower Lawyer to Confidentially Explore A SEC Whistleblower Reward Bounty Action by Texas Financial Executive SEC Whistleblower Lawyer and SEC Bounty Action Whistleblower Lawyer Jason S. Coomer

Financial Executives That Are Aware of Insider Trading and Other Violations of Securities Law Can Work With An Insider Trade Whistleblower Lawyer to Confidentially Explore A SEC Whistleblower Reward Bounty Action by Texas Financial Executive SEC Whistleblower Lawyer and SEC Bounty Action Whistleblower Lawyer Jason S. Coomer

The SEC is offering large financial bounties to financial executives that properly blow the whistle on insider trading, stock manipulation schemes, and other violations of securities law.  These insider trading whistleblower rewards can be obtained by financial executives and other financial professionals with knowledge of illegal insider trading and other SEC violations. By working with a SEC Confidential Whistleblower Bounty Action Lawyer, a financial executive whistleblower can confidentially explore a bounty action and protect their career while evaluating a potential case.  This protection can be critical in protecting the whistleblower from potential retaliation.  For more information on confidentially exploring an SEC bounty action, please feel free to contact Confidential  Insider Trade Whistleblower Reward Lawyer Jason Coomer or go to the following web page: Financial Executive SEC Bounty Actions: Insider Trading Confidential Whistleblower Information. 

Financial Executives Confess: Sure, We Lie and Cheat - Forbes

"So more than half of all these financial executives can admit to being tempted by insider trading. Isn’t there any deterrence? Not according to these same executives. Only 30% feel that the Securities and Exchange Commission, or in England the Serious Fraud Office, “effectively deters, investigates and prosecutes securities violations.” Likewise only 29% believe that FINRA and the FSA, two more American regulators, do so."

"The survey goes on to find that 94% of executives would like to be whistleblowers under the terms of the SEC’s whistleblower program, but only 44% of them know about the program. That finding, of course, serves the interest of the law firm behind the survey, which is all about representing SEC whistleblowers."

Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Texas Health Care Professionals Are Needed to Expose Texas Health Care Fraud including Texas Medicaid Fraud and Texas Medicare Fraud by Texas Health Care Fraud Lawyer and Texas Health Care Fraud Whistleblower Lawyer

Texas Health Care Professionals Are Needed to Expose Texas Health Care Fraud including Texas Medicaid Fraud and Texas Medicare Fraud: These Texas Medical Professionals Can Work Confidentially Through A Texas Health Care Fraud Whistleblower Protection Lawyer To Determine the Validity of a Texas Health Care Fraud Whistleblower Lawsuit and Protect Their Career From Retaliation by Texas Health Care Fraud Lawyer, Texas Health Care Fraud Whistleblower Protection Lawyer, and Texas Health Care Fraud Whistleblower Lawyer

Health care fraud has reached an estimated $250 Billion per year and continues to increase.  As one of the most lucrative crimes in the United States, health care fraud criminal are finding new and different schemes to reap large profits from Medicare fraud, Medicaid fraud, Tricare fraud, and other health care fraud.  Texas health care professionals including chief financial officers, benefit coordinators, Medicare compliance coordinators, coding specialists, Medicare reimbursement managers, accountants, and other health care professionals are needed to step forward and to blow the whistle on health care fraud and hospital fraud that cost tax payers hundreds of Billions of dollars and threaten to take down the health care system.  

Texas Health Care Professionals Are Need To Expose Medicaid Fraud That Costs Taxpayer Billions of Dollars Each Year

The Texas Medicaid program costs about $30 Billion each year and is expected to continue to increase in the future.  Of this cost, it is estimated that Medicaid fraud costs are between Two Billion Dollars ($2,000,000,000.00) to Four Billion Dollars ($4,000,000,000.00) each year. 
There are many types of Medicaid fraud including:
  • billing Medicaid for X-rays, blood tests and other procedures that were never performed
  • falsifying a patient’s diagnosis to justify unnecessary tests;
  • giving a patient a generic drug and billing for the name-brand version of the medication;
  • giving a recipient a motorized scooter and billing for an electric wheelchair, which can cost three times more;
  • billing Medicaid for care not given;
  • billing Medicaid for patients who have died or who are no longer eligible for Medicaid;
  • billing Medicaid for care given to patients who have transferred to another facility;
  • transporting Medicaid patients by ambulance when it is not medically necessary;
  • requiring vendors to “kick back” part of the money they receive for rendering services to Medicaid patients (kickbacks may also include vacations, merchandise, etc.);
  • billing patients for services already paid for by Medicaid;
  • billing Medicaid for phantom patients;
  • double billing Medicaid for services;
  • upcoding services for increased Medicaid payments.
Medicaid fraud violates federal and state criminal laws and can result in significant fines and/or incarceration. Those convicted of fraud may also lose their status as Medicaid providers.  To prevent Medicaid fraud, Texas has enacted the Texas False Claims Act and Medicaid Fraud Prevention Act.

 Texas Health Care Fraud Whistleblowers Can Protect Themselves From Potential Retaliation and Increase Their Ability to Recover a Reward by Working with a Texas Health Care Fraud Whistleblower Protection Lawyer

By coming forward as the original source of specialized information of health care fraud these health care fraud whistleblowers may receive large economic rewards for being the first to file on these health care fraud scams and are helping taxpayers recover large amounts of money from companies committing health care fraud. However, it is often beneficial for these health care fraud whistleblowers to hire a health care fraud whistleblower lawyer to help protect them from potential retaliation and help prepare the disclosure to increase the probability of a recovery.

For more information on a potential Health System Health Care Fraud Lawsuit, Health Care Coding Fraud Lawsuit, or other Health Care Fraud Whistleblower Lawsuit, feel free to contact Texas Health Care Fraud Whistleblower Lawyer Jason Coomer via e-mail message or go to the following web pages: Texas Health Care Fraud Whistleblower Lawyer, National Whistleblower's Resources and Information: Health Care Fraud, or  Texas Hospital Health Care Fraud Whistleblower Lawsuits

Sunday, July 15, 2012

A Texas Inheritance Lawyer Can Help Families Protect Their Wealth by Austin Texas Inheritance Lawyer

A Texas Inheritance Lawyer Can Help A Family Protect Their Wealth including Transferring Texas Land, Texas Businesses, Texas Family Homes, Texas Mineral Interests, and Other Texas Real Estate as Well as Help Families Collect Unclaimed Property from the State, and Stocks, Insurance, Bank Accounts, CDs, and Royalties From Large Corporations by Austin Texas Inheritance Lawyer Jason S. Coomer

Inheritance is the practice of passing wealth upon the death of an individual to family or other loved ones.  Inheritance laws in Texas, allow parents to pass Texas land, Texas businesses, Texas real property, stocks, jewelry, and other wealth to their children and people that they love upon their death.  It is estimated that in the United States over $200 Billion each year is passed down through state inheritance laws to heirs and beneficiaries.  The amount of wealth that will be passed through inheritance is expected to increase in the next 20 years as Trillions of Dollars in wealth is passed on through inheritance to families and loved ones.

Under Texas Inheritance law, Texas courts use wills, trusts, and intestate laws to determine who are proper heirs and beneficiaries to vast amounts of wealth including Texas real estate and other property.  Those families that have a Texas inheritance lawyer have a better understanding on what their inheritance rights are under Texas inheritance law and are often better able to protect their family wealth and claim family assets.  Those families that do not know their inheritance rights are at risk to lose substantial family wealth

A Texas Inheritance Lawyer Can Help Families Claim Unclaimed and Lost Wealth Including Real Estate, Oil Interests, Bank Accounts, & Stock
 
In addition to what is inherited, there is a significant amount of unclaimed wealth including bank accounts, houses, oil interests, safety deposit boxes, stocks, and other wealth that is forgotten about.  In our modern society families don't always live close and some wealth is lost or forgotten.  Death or incapacity is not always anticipated and many people will unfortunately loose track of stocks, bank accounts, oil interests, and other wealth.  It is a good idea to keep a safety deposit box with an inventory of all your assets and have people that you trust that can get access to your safety deposit box should something happen to you.
 
It is also becoming more common for family members not living close to a recently deceased relative to not know how to handle a probate matter or clear title to property.  In these instances it is good to find a local Austin Inheritance Attorney that can assist the probate process. 

As A Texas Inheritance Lawyer, Jason Coomer, Commonly Works With Families To Transfer and Protect Family Wealth

Texas Inheritance Lawyer, Jason Coomer, handles inheritance issues, intestate issues, trust lawsuits, and probate matters in Travis County, Williamson County, Fayette County, Bexar County, and Hays County.  He also handles larger inheritance cases across Texas including Dallas County, Harris County, Fort Bend County, Bexar County, and Tarrant County.  For questions on Texas Inheritance and Protecting Family Wealth, please feel free to e-mail Texas Inheritance Lawyer Jason S. Coomer or feel free to go to the following web pages: Central Texas Lake Travis Real Estate Probate Lawyer or Texas Real Estate, Oil Royalty Rights, and Mineral Interest Inheritance Attorney Lawyer Webpage.

Thursday, July 12, 2012

Many Families have Spread Out Across The United States and Throughout the World, Therefore it is Often Helpful to Hire a Texas Probate Lawyer to Assist with the Texas Probate Process and to Handle Texas Inheritance and Estate Issues by Texas International Inheritance Lawyer and Texas International Probate Lawyer Jason S. Coomer

Families With Texas Real Estate, Wealth, and Inheritance Often Need Assistance From an International Texas Probate Lawyer to Assist with the Texas Probate Process and to Handle Texas Inheritance and Real Estate Probate Issues by Texas International Inheritance Lawyer and Texas International Probate Lawyer Jason S. Coomer
Many families have spread out throughout the United States and around the World.  For some families, gone is the time where several generations live with in a few miles of each other in the same town, city, or county.  This lack of proximity can make it difficult, when a family member in Texas passes away.  For these families, it is often necessary to hire a Texas international probate lawyer to help transfer family wealth.  A Texas international inheritance lawyer can help transfer Texas real estate including Texas mineral interests, Texas lake front real estate, Texas commercial property, Texas family farms, and other Texas inherited real estate to rightful heirs or beneficiaries. 

A Texas probate lawyer can help "out of town" relatives  through the probate process and make sure that their loved one's wishes are fulfilled.  A Texas probate lawyer can be extremely helpful when relatives and loved ones want to focus on the grieving process instead of learning Texas Probate Law and navigating Texas Probate Courts.  Hiring a Texas contested probate lawyer can also be extremely important when someone has tried or may try to unlawfully take estate assets that do not belong to them. 

For more information on Texas probate real estate and inheritance matters, please feel free to send an e-mail message to Austin Texas Probate Lawyer and Austin Texas Inheritance Lawyer Jason S. Coomer or go to the following web page: Texas Real Estate Probate Lawyer and Texas Real Estate Inheritance Lawyer.

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

FEMA Fraud Whistleblowers and HUD Fraud Whistleblowers Are Needed To Expose Massive Government Contractor Fraud Against FEMA and HUD by Texas FEMA Fraud Lawyer and HUD Fraud Whistleblower Lawyer

FEMA Fraud Whistleblowers and HUD Fraud Whistleblowers Are Needed To Expose Massive Government Contractor Fraud Against FEMA and HUD by Texas FEMA Fraud Lawyer and HUD Fraud Whistleblower Lawyer

HUD fraud, FEMA Fraud, Ginnie Mae Fraud, FEMA Fraud, VA fraud, and Disaster Relief Fraud are on the rise as some fraudulent government contractors are fraudulently stealing money that should help people recover from disasters and money that is intended to help provide homes for families.  These corrupt government contractors are taking advantage of government programs and stealing from United States tax payers and families that are entitled to good homes.  To prevent these fraudulent actions, the Department of Justice is cracking down on HUD fraud, FEMA Fraud, Ginnie Mae Fraud, FEMA Fraud, VA fraud, and Disaster Relief Fraud including offering large financial rewards to successful whistleblowers and relators that properly expose significant fraud schemes.

In order to properly expose government contractor fraud and collect a government contractor whistleblower reward, it is often important for HUD fraud whistleblowers, FEMA Fraud whistleblowers, Ginnie Mae Fraud whistleblowers, FEMA Fraud whistleblowers, VA fraud whistleblowers, and Disaster Relief Fraud whistleblower to hire a  FEMA fraud whistleblower lawyer or HUD fraud whistleblower lawyer to help build a qui tam whistleblower lawsuit.  

For more information on this topic, please feel free to contact Texas HUD Fraud Whistleblower Lawyer and FEMA Fraud Whistleblower, Jason Coomer, or go to the following web page: HUD Fraud Whistleblower Lawsuit, FEMA Fraud Lawsuit, and Disaster Fraud Qui Tam Lawsuit Information.



Tuesday, July 10, 2012

The Travis County Probate Court Website by Austin Texas Probate Lawyer and Travis County Probate Lawyer Jason S. Coomer


The Travis County Probate Court Has A Helpful Texas Probate Website by Austin Texas Probate Lawyer and Travis County Probate Lawyer Jason S. Coomer

The Travis County Probate Court has a Texas probate information website that is helpful for both Travis County probate lawyers and persons going through the probate process or a guardianship issue in Travis County.  The Travis County Probate Court Website provides basic information on uncontested probate matters, guardianship matters, probate fees, executor guidelines, administrator guides, court requirements, probate hearing submission forms, and other Texas probate information.  The Travis County Court Web Site does not provide legal advice and is no substitute for an Austin Texas Probate Lawyer that practices in the Travis County Probate Court.  Persons needing to probate a Travis County will, file a Travis County suit to determine heirs, or needing to file a guardianship in Travis County should still hire their own Austin Texas Probate Lawyer to provide legal advice and help them with Travis County probate matters.

For Travis County guardians and Travis County executors, the website provides basic information regarding their fiduciary duties under Texas probate law and Texas guardianship law.  By working with an Austin Travis County Probate Lawyer and reviewing the Travis County Probate Court's web site, an Austin Texas executor and Austin Texas guardian can often avoid problems legal problems including a potential removal, damages, or loss of a bond.

The Travis County Probate Court websit can be found at the following web address:
http://www.co.travis.tx.us/probate/

Austin Texas Probate Lawyers and Travis County Probate Lawyers Commonly Use The Travis County Probate Web Site

As an Austin Travis County Probate Lawyer, Jason S. Coomer commonly uses the Travis County Probate Court Website to keep updated on the Travis County Probate Court's latest policies and forms for Travis County will probate cases, Travis County guardianship cases, and Travis County suits to determine heirs.  The Travis County Probate website also provides information on Travis County CLE Programs designed for lawyers that practice in the Travis County Probate Court.  Many other Travis County Probate Lawyers use the Travis County Probate Website to keep updated on the court's policies and procedures.

Travis County Probate Lawyer Jason S. Coomer Helps Families, Heirs, Beneficiaries, Executors, and Administrators With Travis County Probate Proceedings and Travis County Contested Probate Lawsuits by Travis County Probate Lawyer Jason S. Coomer
 
Travis County Probate Lawyer Jason Coomer helps families, heirs, beneficiaries, executors, and administrators move Travis County real estate, Texas mineral interests, lake houses, and other Texas real estate through probate in Travis County, Texas.  He helps the rightful heirs and beneficiaries of money, bank accounts, stocks, bonds, gold coins, life insurance, oil interests, real estate, and other property through the Texas probate process in the Travis County Probate Court and other probate courts in the Austin and Central Texas area. For questions about a Texas probate matter in the Central Texas and Austin area including the Travis County Probate Court, please feel free to e-mail Travis County Probate Lawyer Jason S. Coomer or go to the following web page: Austin Texas Probate Lawyer and Austin Texas Inheritance Lawyer.


Monday, July 9, 2012

Texas Corporate Jet Abuse Lawyer Information by Attorney, Jason S. Coomer

Dozens of jets operated by publicly traded corporations made 30% or more of their trips to or from resort destinations.

When an officer, executive or employee of a company that has access to these multimillion dollar jets, helicopters or planes abuse their privileges by misusing these aviation vehicles to take personal trips or vacations to resort destinations it is considered corporate jet abuse.  A Wall Street Journal review of FAA flight records found that dozens of jets operated by publicly traded corporations made 30% or more of their trips to or from resort destinations, sometimes more than 50%. Often, these were places where their top executives own homes. The review covered nearly every jet flight in the U.S. over the four-year period from 2007 to 2010.

If you are aware of corporate jet abuse, company plane misuse or are a shareholder of a company that has been defrauded by corporate jet abuse, feel free to submit an inquiry or send an e-mail to Texas corporate jet abuse lawyer, Jason S. Coomer.  He represents Texas businesses, international businesses, and businesses throughout the United States on a variety of commercial litigation issues.

The SEC Whistleblower Program & Corporate Jet Abuse Lawsuits

The SEC and federal government have been working together to institute new legislation and have created incentive programs which allow whistleblowers that have original source information and/or evidence of fraud being committed in the American financial and trade industries to recover monetary awards or bounties.  Corporate jet abuse is a type of fraud that can cost shareholders and companies millions of dollars.  This is one of the types of fraud that the SEC has been cracking down on in order to prevent instability in the U.S. financial markets.  For more information about financial fraud whistleblower lawsuits please visit corporate jet abuse lawyer, Jason S. Coomer's National Whistleblower's Resource & Information website or feel free to submit an inquiry.

Sunday, July 8, 2012

NuvaRing Birth Control Device May Cause Fatal Blood Clots and Heart Attacks in Women by Texas NuvaRing Blood Clot Lawyer Jason S. Coomer

The Birth Control Contraceptive, NuvaRing, Has Been Linked To An Increased Risk of Blood Clots, Sudden Death, Cardiovascular Problems, Strokes and Heart Attacks by Texas NuvaRing Blood Clot Lawyer and Fatal NuvaRing Heart Attack Lawyer Jason S. Coomer

NuvaRing Lawsuits have been filed alleging that Merck, the maker of the once a month birth NuvaRing contraceptive, failed to adequately warn about the risks associated with the NuvaRing device.  These NuvaRing lawsuits allege that some women have suffered serious health problems including deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolisms, heart attacks, or stroke after using the birth control ring.  It is important that women that have suffered from blood clots or other health issues while on NuvaRing report their adverse reactions to their doctors and the FDA.  Families of women that have died from a fatal blood clot or heart attack while on NuvaRing, should also make sure that the death is reported to the FDA.

For more information on the connection between NuvaRing and fatal blood clots as well as International marketing of NuvaRing, please go to the following web page: Texas NuvaRing Heart Attack Lawyer, Texas Pulmonary Embolism NuvaRing Lawyer, and TexasNuvaRing Blood Clot Lawyer.

Saturday, July 7, 2012

Untrained, Overworked, and Inexperienced Big Rig Drivers and Oil Truck Drivers That Are Causing Texas Big Rig Crash Deaths and Texas Oil Truck Wrecks by Texas Big Rig Crash Lawyer and Texas Oil Truck Crash Lawyer Jason S. Coomer

With the Oil Boom From The Eagle Shale The Texas Commercial Trucking Industry Is Booming and Has Thousands of Large Big Rig Trucks and Oil Trucks Being Driven By Untrained, Overworked, and Inexperienced Big Rig Drivers and Oil Truck Drivers That Are Causing Texas Big Rig Crash Deaths and Texas Oil Truck Wrecks by Texas Big Rig Crash Lawyer and Texas Oil Truck Crash Lawyer Jason S. Coomer

The Texas commercial trucking industry is a big and profitable business that sends large commercial trucks and big rigs throughout Texas.  These big rigs are essential to our economy, but can cause serious problems on Texas roads and highways.  This danger has become especially true in several Texas counties where large oil trucks and other big rigs are carrying drilling mud, pipe, and other oil equipment and supplies to drilling sites.  Many of these trucks are driven by overworked and inexperienced drivers pushing hard to make delivery deadlines.

For anyone that has driven on Texas roads and highways, it is obvious that there are thousands of big rigs and oil trucks being driven throughout Texas.  Some of these large vehicles are driven by safe and cautious drivers, while other big rigs and oil trucks are being driven by reckless and negligent truck drivers that are racing down small country roads or crowded Texas highways to deliver their loads.  Big rig drivers that cut corners on safety or are in a hurry can be a real danger to passenger vehicles and can cause deadly truck wrecks.

For information on starting an investigation on a Texas big rig crash or oil truck wreck, please go to the following websites: Texas Big Rig Crash Lawsuit Information, Texas Oil Truck Wreck Lawsuit Information and The Truck Collision and 18-Wheeler Accident Information and Investigation Center.