Free Labor By Any Other Name
Last year’s film The Internship follows two 40-something, down-on-their-luck watch salesmen looking for a job after being laid off. ...
Upcoming SEC Certification Requirements for Officers/Directors of Private Funds and New Quarterly De
In July of 2013, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted a “bad actor” provision to be added to Rule 506 of...
Intrade No More
At the International Exhibit of 1884 in London, Sir Francis Galton’s curiosity was piqued by a weight-judging competition, in which...
And Now For Something Completely Different*: When A Hedge Isn't
The verb form of the term hedge dates back at least to the 16th century. In Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor, Sir John Falstaff...
Banging the Close in the Oil Markets
“Banging the close” is a practice in which traders place a large volume of orders just before the close of an exchange. The practice,...
A Tiny Constable and a Gigantic Stagecoach: The Supreme Court on Warrantless GPS Surveillance
Police surveillance has come a long way since Prohibition, when Roy Olmstead, once the youngest and most promising lieutenant in the...
