Harvey Keitel, ETrade, and Meeting of the Minds
A New York judge tossed out Harvey Keitel’s lawsuit against ETrade Financial Corp., finding that the online brokerage never entered into a legally binding agreement to pay the actor to star in television commercials. Keitel argued the parties had a “meeting of the minds” but the Court disagreed. Keitel was hoping for a different legal [...]
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FINRA Sues Sandlapper Securities, LLC for Fraudulent Markups
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has sued Sandlapper Securities, LLC and its principals, Trevor Lee Gordon and Jack Charles Bixler, for defrauding investors by charging them excessive, undisclosed markups on investments in saltwater disposal wells. According to FINRA’s Complaint, Gordon and Bixler formed a fund to invest in saltwater disposal wells. They sold interests [...]
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SEC Warns Paid-to-Click Programs May Be Ponzi Schemes
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the federal agency charged with protecting investors in the financial markets, recently warned that paid-to-click (PTC) online ads may be an investment scam. SEC is warning investors about scams involving online paid-to-click ad programs. These PTC ad programs often promise investors a piece of the company’s profits in exchange [...]
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Morgan & Morgan Investigating Binary Options Fraud
The Morgan & Morgan Business Trial Group is currently investigating a global fraudulent scheme involving binary options, which are options contracts in which the payout is determined entirely upon the whether the price of a particular asset—like a stock—will rise or fall below a specified amount. Unlike a typical option contract, binary options do not [...]
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