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When A Corporation Is Not Liable For Its Employees’ Actions Under New York Law

Although we’ve written about the concept of an employer being held legally responsible for the acts (or omissions) of its employees that were committed in the performance of their job (see, “Why A School Was Deemed Responsible For A Science Experiment That Went Awry“), there is a very important exception to this rule that should [...]

Employee Theft (& Dishonesty) Is Not Strictly A Byproduct Of The Economy

In a news story that broke on Friday, July 10, it was reported that 2 Ohio women were indicted on charges that they stole thousands – even hundreds of thousands – of dollars from their employers. And, apparently, neither of these women were compelled to steal from their employers out of economic desperation; they were both [...]

Posted Under: breach of fiduciary duty, employee theft, unfair competition
This post was written by Jonathan Cooper on July 12, 2009 Comments (0)