Malecki Law, a New York securities law firm based in Manhattan, is currently investigating claims against IRA Services Trust Company and Fiserv, Inc. arising out of investments solicited and promissory notes issued through the Van Zandt Agency in relation to real estate investments in the Bronx, New York and elsewhere.…
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FINRA Issues Regulatory Notice 11-39 to Address Business Use of Social Media Websites
The talk among New York securities lawyers this week was all about the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) release of Regulatory Notice 11-39 addressing business use of social media website in the wake of surging popularity of social media tools such as Facebook and Google+. These social media tools make…
New SEC Whistleblower Rules Become Effective
Today, the SEC‘s new whistleblower program under the Dodd-Frank Act becomes effective, and is on the minds of many New York securities lawyers. These new rules were devised in such a way to provide an incentive for would-be whistleblowers to come forward and assist the SEC with investigations of possible…
FINRA Warns Investors to Watch Out For Hot Investments
FINRA issued a warning to investors yesterday to about the risks of seeking higher yield with structured products, junk bonds and floating-rate bank-loan funds. It is a reality of New York securities law that with fixed income yields at historic lows, many investors who want to avoid the volatility of…
Market Fundamentals Make Experienced Real Estate Advice Essential for New York Investments
The state of today’s real estate market can differ from neighborhood to neighborhood, let alone market to market. Whether negotiating a commercial real estate transaction in New York, or making a real estate investment, knowing the market and having a New York real estate law firm with the experience to…
Embedded Regulators Increase Wall Street Enforcement Efforts
William S. Burroughs famously said “Sometimes paranoia’s just having all the facts.” And the fact of the matter is in today’s regulatory environment you might be surrounded by regulators in the elevator, as the Wall Street Journal so aptly put it. Our New York Securities Lawyers understand the added pressure…
A New York Resident’s Intervention Helps Bring Settlement With Hedge Funds
The Wall Street Journal reported over the weekend about how one New York resident investor who lost his small stake in Washington Mutual once it was seized by the United States government in 2008 played a pivotal role in protecting the rights of similarly places investors. New York securities and…
HSBC Pays $62.5 Million to Settle Allegations of Securities Fraud in New York
New York securities lawyers are taking notice at the decision rendered to have HSBC pay $62.5 million in a class-action lawsuit claiming the bank was negligent as the custodian of client money lost in Bernie Madoff’s investment scam, according to Erik Larson and Linda Sandler’s article “HSBC Agrees to Pay…
SEC Warns of Investment Risk Involving Reverse Merger Companies
The Securities and Exchange Commission has issued a bulletin warning of potential securities fraud among companies that went public through a reverse merger, which New York securities lawyers can recognize as a too common cause for alarm. A New York Investment Fraud Attorney should be consulted whenever a firm becomes…
Goldman Sachs Pays $10 Million to Settle Allegations of Questionable Investor Relations
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. will pay $10 million after Massachusetts securities regulators contended its “research huddles” were dishonest and unethical, according to a Wall Street Journal article “Goldman Fined $10 Mln By Massachusetts Over Research ‘Huddles'” by Liz Moyer that has New York securities lawyers singing the court’s praises. The…