You type in the “address” bar the website you want, and it’s not there. You see that your online auction is no longer up. You cannot...

We previously wrote about auctioneers specializing here, where auctioneers only sell a certain type of property: ...

It’s unfortunate that a small percentage commit bid-rigging, shill bidding, fraudulent inducement, and similar schemes. Such behavior...

Bidders sometimes arrange to not bid against each other thus depressing prices. Some bidders engage other bidders to “make sure” their...

We have issues in the United States regarding people who have committed crimes — denying them licensing, the right to vote, the right to...

This penalty might be a fixed amount above the sale price, and/or an increased commission. Specifically, let’s say an auctioneer’s...

I am currently consulting with an attorney in a far southern state about their auction laws and a related court case. Yesterday, she...

In other words, Randall thinks he got some good deals … That’s not what we’re talking about today. Rather than talking about perceived...

So what is shill bidding? Let’s look first at the word, “shill.” Shill means basically to falsely advocate a position in attempts to...