What's So Great About FINRA Arbitration?
In response to what the United States Congress perceived as “judicial hostility” to arbitration, Congress passed the Federal Arbitration...
Google and Fair Use
Fair use is a legal doctrine which permits limited use of copyrighted material without first acquiring permission from the holder of the...
Are Non-Competes a Good Idea? Depends On Whom You Talk To
In the most recent season finale of HBO’s Silicon Valley, the lead character, Richard Hendricks, appeared to be on the verge of losing...
Adventures in the Fourth Branch of Government
Robert Jackson, a Supreme Court Justice and the lead prosecutor at the Nuremberg war crimes trials, once said that the rise of...
High Speed Trading Redux
It’s now been about a year since the furor following publication of Michael Lewis’s book Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt died down, and...
The Bondholder's Dilemma
The Trust Indenture Act is a depression era law aimed at protecting the owners of debt of corporations. Just how much protection was the...
Proving Insider Trading Just Got Harder
Anthony Chiasson, the co-founder of Level Global Investors LP, and Todd Newman, a portfolio manager of Diamondback Capital LLC, were...
Who is Rich Enough, or Smart Enough, to Bear Risk?
Since 1982, the federal government has limited the ability of individuals to invest in private placements, anything from hedge funds to...
Slowing Down High Speed Trading
Published in McLure’s between October 1902 and November 1904, Ida Tarbell’s 19-part series about the ascent and methods of Standard Oil...
FATCA Update and Initial Phase Compliance Guide
Upcoming Deadline: On February 20, 2014 the Internal Revenue Service and U.S. Treasury Department issued the final set of regulations...
