Malecki Law takes a proactive and informed approach to the financial news of today: actively engaging in fact-finding analysis on prospective cases from around the world. Our thorough knowledge of securities law’s history and fine points makes us ideal consultants for investors who have suffered losses due to misadvice from…
Malecki Law takes a proactive and informed approach to the financial news of today: actively engaging in fact-finding analysis on prospective cases from around the world. Our thorough knowledge of securities law’s history and fine points makes us ideal consultants for investors who have suffered losses due to misadvice from…
Malecki Law takes a proactive and informed approach to the financial news of today: actively engaging in fact-finding analysis on prospective cases from around the world. Our thorough knowledge of securities law’s history and fine points makes us ideal consultants for investors who have suffered losses due to misadvice from…
In a follow up to our recent critique of dividing defrauded consumers into “net winners” and “net losers” comes a decision from U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff, who has dismissed Bernie Madoff trustee Irving Picard’s claims filed to regain nearly $1 billion from Fred Wilpon and Saul Katz, the owners…
There’s an old pun making a comeback among New York securities lawyers: “Don’t count your check-ins before they’re cashed.” The divide between so called “net winners” and “net losers” is a hot topic, particularly with regard to the defrauded victims of vilified Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff. A thorough explanation of…
In-cred-i-ble: Adjective 1. too improbable to be believed; 2. amazing, extraordinary; Merriam-Webster DictionaryWhen I was a student downtown at New York Law School, I lived on Maiden Lane at Broadway, a street that leads to where the Twin Towers stood, just one block away. I always considered myself a “maiden…
New York securities law saw quite the news day, as the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) issued a news release on September 7, 2011 announcing fines against five Broker-Dealers, three of them based in New York, for mischaracterizing fees charged to customers. The three New York based firms were John…
In rough economic times such as these, many investors have seen their accounts suffer large losses. As New York securities lawyers, we’ve seen some investors’ accounts lose 25-50% over the course of a few months or years, while others have seen their accounts lose such large amounts seemingly overnight. A…
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.…
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…