A Beverly Hills, California business promising “tax relief” was finally shut down by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) last week. Authorities say American Tax Relief LLC cheated consumers out of more than $60 million by promising clients that their tax bills could be settled for pennies on the dollar. Despite a criminal search warrant executed…
The state of California issued several formal accusations of fraud and a “desist and refrain” order in August against San Ramon-based IQ Smarter Investments Inc. The company is exploiting Short Sale Real Estate deals in California and ripping off people who are desperate to sell their houses. A short sale occurs when a mortgage holder…
A recent study published by the UC Davis Olive Center discovered that 69% of imported olive oils tested were not “extra virgin” as their labels claimed. Before this study, despite widespread rumors and media reports, there was no concrete evidence that extra virgin olive oil was being adulterated. The study offers the first accurate, scientific…
The sheer variety of olive oils on any given supermarket shelf can be overwhelming to the average shopper. Olive oils come in all shapes, sizes colors, and prices – and what do all those terms on the labels mean? Terms like “extra virgin,” “cold pressed,” and “unfiltered” are featured prominently on most olive oil labels…
California law requires sports agents to make certain mandatory disclosures to the Secretary of State prior to acting as an agent. According to a lawsuit filed by Callahan & Blaine’s client, International motocross racing team Pro Circuit Racing, Inc., its agent, Crown AMG, misrepresented its status as an authorized sports agent so that it could…
Daniel J. Callahan of Callahan & Blaine, recently represented Win Time, Ltd. against NCRS, Inc. of Anaheim, California in an extraordinary California real estate fraud case. The basis of the case is that NCRS, Inc. owned a Super 8 Motel which it sold to Callahan & Blaine’s client, Lake Forest, California-based Win Time. During the…
Callahan & Blaine recently won a half million dollar arbitration award for its client, Tustin Surgical Residency Managers, LLC or Orange County, California. During arbitration, Callahan & Blaine contended that Pacific Health Corporation, owner of several major hospitals in Southern California, and its flagship hospital, Tustin Hospital and Medical Center, Inc., failed to fairly pay…
Shortly after selling his Orange County, California appliance business to BAS Appliance Gallery (a subsidiary of Champ Industries of Houston, Texas), Ray Harmon discovered that the large corporation had no intention of paying nearly a million dollars that was still due on the purchase price. Harmon decided to take on the corporation, and filed suit…
Twelve individuals, most of them chiropractors, were arrested in Orange County, California and will be charged in relation to an insurance over-billing scheme. The arrests resulted from a sting operation that targeted illegal patient referral and insurance over-billing tactics by Orange County, California physicians and attorneys. The district attorney’s office, working from a list provided…
SourcingLink.net, Inc., a San Diego, California manufacturer of retail software, entered into a contract with Carrefour, S. A., a French corporation and the second largest retailer in the world, with over $100 Billion in annual sales. The contract was for SourcingLink to provide Carrefour with software to link its 24,000 worldwide suppliers over the Internet.…
