A pyramid scheme is an unsustainable, illegal business model where investment returns are typically from the principal of investments or membership fees instead of from the underlying investment gains. It is often marketed as a foolproof way...
wex backgrounders
Investor Protection Guide: Systematic Investment Plan (SIP)
Systematic Investment Plans (SIP) are regulated as Periodic Investment Plans under the federal securities laws. The primary objective of a SIP is to enable investors to clearly define an investment goal and then to help them reach it. While...
Investor Protection Guide: Viaticals
A viatical settlement (also known as a life settlement) is a sale of a life insurance policy of an insured person with an abbreviated life expectancy. Sellers are typically terminally ill patients who want to cash out of their life insurance...
Iraq War Resolution of 2002
The Iraq War Resolution of 2002 was a joint resolution of Congress passed in October 2002, authorizing the President to use military force in Iraq to “defend the national security of the United States” and “enforce all relevant United Nations Security...
probate - State statutes
Alabama (see Title 43, Chapter 8)
Alaska- Title 13, Chapter 16
Arizona- Title 14
Arkansas (see Title 28)
California
Colorado (searchable index - Title 15)
Connecticut- Title 45
District of Columbia (see Title 20)
Florida (see Title XLII)...
Retaliation "Links to Articles/Legal References"
Retaliation Links
Title VII Retaliation For Hostile Work Environment
EEOC: Retaliation: Types of Discrimination
EEOC: Facts About Retaliation
Ninth Circuit Model Civil Jury Instructions/Elements of Retaliation
Retaliation - Making it Personal
The...
Securities Act of 1933
The Securities Act of 1933 was Congress's opening shot in the war on securities fraud. Congress primarily targeted the issuers of securities. Companies which issue securities (called issuers) seek to raise money to fund new projects or...
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
The Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 ("1934 Act," or "Exchange Act") primarily regulates transactions of securities in the secondary market. As such, the 1934 Act typically governs transactions which take place between parties which are...
securities law history
Why Regulate Securities?
The development of federal securities law was spurred by the stock market crash of 1929, and the resulting Great Depression. In the period leading up to the stock market crash, companies issued stock and...
tontine
Tontine is an investment plan in which participants buy shares in a common fund and receive an annuity that increases every time a participant dies.
In simpler terms, tontine is an investment scheme in which the so-called...