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The Ninth Circuit Holds That a Lie Must Go to the Nature of the Bargain to Support Fraud Conviction

A recent Ninth Circuit opinion instills the importance of raising an often overlooked defense in federal fraud cases: that the defendant’s misrepresentation did not affect the “nature of the bargain.” In United States v....more

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