Understand and Identify the Many Forms of Commercial Fraud Before it is Too Late He may be your neighbor or someone at your church. She may be your office manager or trust attorney. Perhaps you are a physician and all your colleagues are bragging about the person with whom they are in

Approximately two years ago, I posted an article on the TBL website entitled “Securities Insider Trading: The Benevolent Tipper.”  This article discussed a Second United States Circuit Court of Appeals decision, United States v. Newman.  The Newman Court held that an insider “Tipper”

After an extended period of deliberation, on October 30, 2015, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted final rules to permit companies to offer and sell securities through crowdfunding (“Crowdfunding Rules”). After a public comment period, these Crowdfunding Rules are expected

A recent Second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision has changed the way regulators and plaintiffs’ lawyers are looking at insider trading cases.  Since this decision was published, the Securities and Exchange Commission has dropped several high profile cases. Insider trading involv

In the absence of available bank and other traditional forms of financing, many entrepreneurs have sought financing through securities offerings to “accredited investors.” Some have enlisted the assistance of “finders” to locate leads to whom to sell the securities. A common misconcep

I. INTRODUCTION The following information is intended to provide an overview of various types of financing, a summary of the documents involved, and a description of selected, significant issues that arise with each type of financing. This article should is not intended to be, nor sho

There has been an increasing trend by Lenders disposing of distressed loans to sell the note secured by real estate rather than foreclose on the loans or allow a short sale. These notes are being offered and sold as “hard money” assets with the primary sales feature being the value or