"This week, the Second Circuit ... went back only 60 years to cite cases explaining that, in a court of equity, 'fraud' does not mean what you were taught in law school. Fraud has a broader meaning in equity than at law. The intention to defraud or to misrepresent are not a necessary. Rather, 'fraud' in a court of equity properly includes all acts, omissions, and concealments which involve a breach of legal or equitable duty, trust, or confidence, 'justly reposed, and are injurious to another.' You get this education for free. For Verizon, it might cost them $571,200 plus attorneys' fees and costs. Why?' [Sullivan-Mestecky v. Verizon Communications Inc., No. 18-1591 (2nd Cir. June 1, 2020)]  MORE >>