In the news lately, there have been reports of pension plans fighting back against investment advisers accused of breaching their duties of prudence and loyalty, in one case securing a settlement with their investment adviser for $642 million. In the public sector, at least 25 investor lawsuits, predominantly by U.S. public pension funds, including those for Arkansas teachers, New York…
Now that the pandemic seems to be winding down, many employers are considering if it is the right time to ask their employees to return to work. But with COVID laws and regulations still in effect, as well as existing disability, discrimination, and whistleblower laws, the answer to this question is complicated. At we understand that protecting your health at…
How much is a tweet worth? How about Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s first tweet, a 2008 post reading, “just setting up my Twitter”? For Sina Estavi, the man who now owns the tweet, the digital post is worth upwards of $2 million. This ability to purchase digital content – non-fungible tokens (NFT) – is relatively new. According to CNN, an…
Shortly after viewers watched the Netflix series Squid Game, where contestants participated in a deadly, rigged contest for millions of dollars, real-life investors lost millions by investing in a fraudulent crypto token of the same name—SQUID. Anonymous creators promised to create a crypto “play-to-earn” platform whereby people could virtually participate in the squid games. However, instead of building the game,…
Attorneys at along with many other commentators (and, unfortunately, a number of forceful judicial dissents), have written extensively about how arbitration has been distorted and manipulated to deprive employees and other individuals of their legal rights and remedies and prevent them from holding companies fully accountable for unlawful conduct. Now, after years of stalled efforts in Congress, H.R. 4445 represents…