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Fraud
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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,…
The Trademark Blog
Urgent Assistance Requested
I'm sorry there have been no blog items since Thursday but I was involved in something very important. Musa al-Mustapha of Nigeria emailed me. It's really a sad story about…