Few would dispute that Cryptocurrency – whether Bitcoin, Ethereum, or the thousands of other smaller coins – is a speculative and risky investment. The volatility alone in these coins was showcased this past weekend, with Bitcoin suddenly plunging over 25% from nearly $57,000 to just over $42,000 per unit. This…
Jenice L. Malecki, Esq., founder of the New York City securities law firm Malecki Law, is scheduled to speak this Friday November 19th at the American Bar Association’s Women in Litigation Joint CLE Conference. The conference is scheduled November 17-19, 2021 at the Boston Park Plaza in Boston, Massachusetts. The…
While the lack of a regulatory framework certainly makes it harder to recover fraudulent cryptocurrency losses than for traditional securities, falling victim to a cryptocurrency scam when investing through a broker or large firm regulated by FINRA or the SEC makes it easier. This coming January, a federal court in…
Yesterday, a writer for The Inter-Mountain, a West Virginia daily newspaper, published a warning from its state attorney general, Patrick Morrissey, that residents should be careful “not to fall prey to faith-based scams.” The article does not discuss any specific scam but quotes a general press release from Mr. Morrissey’s…
Malecki Law filed an expedited FINRA arbitration complaint today on behalf of a retired couple from New York alleging that their brokerage firm Henley & Company LLC failed to supervise its recently deceased, registered representative Philip Incorvia and the Henley branch office he worked out of. The complaint claims losses…
It is usually a bad sign when a retiree or the typical conservative investor suffers investment losses and brings a case to us where their broker was trading options. In such instances, it at least bodes well for a customer’s legal case when the investor has limited investing knowledge yet…
Malecki Law is currently representing clients and investigating allegations against the brokerage and investment advisory firm Henley & Company, LLC and its recently deceased financial adviser, Philip Incorvia. Public records show Mr. Incorvia openly and notoriously operated Jefferson Resources Inc. since 1992 (nearly 30 years, while being registered as a…
Jenice L. Malecki, Esq., founder of Malecki Law in 1999, was appointed today as co-chair of the New York State Bar Association Commercial & Federal Litigation Section’s Securities Arbitration Committee. Ms. Malecki has over 30 years of experience in securities arbitration and regulation, as well as whistleblowing claims and commercial…
Investors are still watching which way the market is ready to turn after yesterday’s 600-point drop in the Dow Jones Industrial average, the biggest one-day drop in over two months. While world markets appeared to be reacting to the prospect of loan defaults by the Evergrande Group – China’s second…
A Cum Laude graduate alumni of New York Law School, Jenice L. Malecki, Esq., has taken on a mentor and adjunct professorial role as a professor in the Securities Arbitration Seminar and Field Placement. While at New York Law School, Professor Malecki was a member of the International Law Journal…