Category: Articles, Business & Commerce, Financial/Economic, Resources for Attorneys Options on Leveraged VIX ETFs - Legal Issues TASA ID: 13992 This article was originally published on NavesinkInternational.com and in Albourne Village, village-us.albourne.com___________There is much to be said about the February 5th losses on the leveraged VIX ETF options. Read more
Category: Articles, Business & Commerce, Financial/Economic, Resources for Attorneys Don't Touch the VIX! Oops. TASA ID: 13992 This article was originally published on NavesinkInternational.com and in Albourne Village, village-us.albourne.com___________It's a no-brainer; the financial industry has change a lot over the last decades. There are multiple causes. Among the structural factors, one can mention the rise of technology, the decimalization and electronification of exchanges, the introduction of ECNs for equity, the increases in volume and speed of those exchanges. There were also significant regulatory changes (MIFID, Basel, Dodd-Frank...). Derivatives trading has changed a lot too. But what happened to the VIX on February 5th, could be a wake-up call to the industry and generate another wave of deep changes. Read more
Category: Articles, Business & Commerce, Employment, Financial/Economic, Resources for Attorneys, Safety “Joint Employer” Ruling Continues to Cause Disturbing Legal Consequences for Franchisors TASA ID: 11532 This article appears as an update to previous editorials expressing my viewpoints relative to escalating franchise litigation globally. Three years ago, the National Labor Relations Board overturned a long-standing rule: An employer of its own workers could not also be viewed as the “joint employer” of the workers of companies it relied upon to supply it or to perform other functions it would otherwise need to do itself. Read more
Category: Articles, Business & Commerce, Financial/Economic, Resources for Attorneys Franchise Litigation Continues to Grow TASA ID: 11532 The franchise relationship between franchisor and franchisee is becoming fraught with problems leading to increased litigation in recent years. Two legal theories that have come to the forefront in the franchise litigation arena are “joint employer” and “vicarious liability.” Read more
Category: Articles, Business & Commerce, Ethics, Financial/Economic, Resources for Attorneys, Resources for Experts It’s Not Personal, It’s Only Business…Identity Theft TASA ID: 2346 (For purposes of privacy, the names have been changed)For three years a fraud was perpetrated upon A2G Company Inc. of Los Angeles. The company's real name is being withheld because the fraud almost destroyed it. The crime was finally discovered when a tax department levied the corporate bank account for three years in back payroll taxes. Read more
