Eric Shames | New York Merger and Acquisitions Lawyer
Eric Shames
Real Estate, Lawsuit & Dispute, Securities, Corporate, General Practice, Asset/Business (Re)Structuring|Negotiation Strategist
http://www.ericjshamesesqpc.com
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Mr. Shames holds a Juris Doctor from Yeshiva University, an M.B.A. in Finance from Columbia Business School and a B.A. in Economics from Brandeis University.
He has lectured extensively on securities litigation and arbitration strategy, investment management, portfolio diversification, and derivative hedging. He has authored a newspaper column on contemporary economic news and issues, and he has been a guest lecturer at Fordham Law School. Mr. Shames also serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Securities Law, Regulation and Compliance and the Latin American Herald Tribune.
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I recently represented a client falsely accused of fraud and RICO for coordinating a home refinancing and for taking kickbacks from the mortgage broker. Believing my client that the allegations were false, it was soon confirmed that, in fact, the allegations were untrue and had no basis to have even been asserted. It was further learned that the Plaintiff's law firm had not performed any due diligence prior to filing their client's claim. The unsupported, uninvestigated claims were made by the Plaintiff in order to stay a foreclosure proceeding brought by the lending institution. Under the threat of pursuing sanctions for failing to perform any due diligence, the false claims were summarily withdrawn and discontinued.
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