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Fraud is the making of false representations or engaging in deceptive behavior in order to unlawfully secure financial or personal gain.

Court Finds TILA Statute of Limitation is Not Equitably Tolled

McGlinchey Stafford on 4/29/2025

On March 31, 2025, the Western District of New York dismissed a pro se plaintiff’s Truth-in-Lending Act (TILA) claim as being time-barred. In Marion v. Transitowne Jeep Chrysler Dodge Ram Williamsville, the Plaintiff...more

All You Need Is Love… And An Articulable Nexus Of Fraud

Farrell Fritz, P.C. on 1/7/2022

What can you do when the parties you are suing are effectively judgment-proof? Oftentimes, plaintiffs will try to go after a defendant’s family member or related entity. ...more

Chancery Applies Borrowing Statute, Dismisses Plaintiff’s Fraud Claims as Time-Barred

Morris James LLP on 5/8/2020

CHC Investments, LLC v. FirstSun Capital Bancorp, C.A. No. 2018-0353-KSJM, (Del. Ch. Mar. 23, 2020). On a motion to dismiss plaintiff’s claims for fraud, the Delaware Court of Chancery applied Delaware’s three-year...more

Affirmatively Plead Your Defenses, or Risk “Waiving” Them Goodbye

Farrell Fritz, P.C. on 11/4/2019

Many litigants are familiar with the well-settled rule that an affirmative defense will be waived if it is not included in a CPLR 3211(a) motion to dismiss or in the answer (see CPLR 3211[e]). And so, lawyers tasked with...more

New York’s Appellate Division Reinstates Attorney General’s Statutory Fraud Claim Against “Trump University”

Proskauer - Minding Your Business on 4/11/2016

In State of New York v. Trump Entrepreneur Initiative LLC, New York’s Appellate Division recently denied a motion by Donald Trump’ organization to dismiss a fraud claim brought by the New York Attorney General (“AG”) under...more

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