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California Employment Law Update
Employee Failed To State RICO Claim Based On Alleged Mail Fraud
By Tony Oncidi
Miller v. Yokohama Tire Corp., 358 F.3d 616 (9th Cir. 2004) Christopher Miller, who worked for Yokohama Tire Corporation for 11 years before his termination, alleged that he was denied…
British Columbia Insurance Blog
Kolesnykov v. Insurance Corp. of British Columbia [2004] B.C.J. No. 202 British Columbia Supreme Court
The appeal by an insured ("Kolesnykov") under a motor vehicle policy was allowed where the court found that the trial judge wrongly placed the burden on Kolesnykov to disprove that…
British Columbia Insurance Blog
North Shore Credit Union v. Cumis General Insurance Co. [2003] B.C.J. No. 2923 British Columbia Court of Appeal
This was an appeal by the Plaintiff Credit Union from a summary trial judgment dismissing the claim. The trial judge held that the credit union’s loss from credit card fraud…
British Columbia Insurance Blog
Luangphasi v. Good [2003] A.J. No. 1394 Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench
Manitoba automobile insurance purchased by a non-resident of Manitoba is void ab initio, when it is purchased fraudulently by an out of province automobile owner in an attempt to obtain…
Tom Mighell
Nigerian scam hall of fame
By Tom Mighell
If you can't get enough of those wonderful, desperate pleas from Nigerians who trust you to help smuggle their cash out of their country, My Favorite Nigerians has published a few…
Tom Mighell
Beware the new PayPal scam
By Tom Mighell
If you use PayPal and you get an e-mail from the company asking you to re-submit credit card and/or bank account information, read this first. There's a new scam e-mail making…
Tom Mighell
PC Resolutions for 2003, Part V
By Tom Mighell
And on the last day of 2002, tips #9 and #10 from PC World's 10 Top Resolutions for Your PC: Stay on Top of Fraud -- the PC World Article…
California Employment Law Update
Malicious Prosecution Action Was Proper Against Employee But Not Attorneys Who Had Probable Cause To File Suit
By Tony Oncidi
Swat-Fame, Inc. v. Goldstein, 101 Cal. App. 4th 613 (2002) After the employer, Swat-Fame, prevailed in a fraud/breach of contract action that a former sales representative, Leslie Goldstein, had filed…
California Employment Law Update
Bank Employer Not Liable For Employee’s Illegal Money Laundering
By Tony Oncidi
Oki Semiconductor Co. v. Wells Fargo Bank, 298 F.3d 768 (9th Cir. 2002) A gang of thieves stole $9 million worth of semiconductors from Oki Semiconductor Company and laundered the…
California Employment Law Update
Company Precluded From Recovering From Bank Following Employee Forgery
By Tony Oncidi
Espresso Roma Corp. v. Bank of America, 100 Cal. App. 4th 525 (2002) Espresso Roma Corporation suffered losses of more than $330,000 when its former bookkeeper stole blank company checks,…