Losing a job right before bonus season can feel too convenient to ignore. For many Wall Street professionals, a termination in March or April may mean more than lost salary. It can also mean losing expected bonus compensation, facing promissory note repayment demands...
You built the deals. You closed the accounts. Yet now, just weeks before bonus season, you receive a termination notice. This isn't a coincidence. Rather, it's a planned money-saving move designed to protect firm profits at your expense. To understand this pattern,...
In fields like finance, health care and securities, reputation matters greatly. A single false statement can affect pay, licensing, partnerships or future work. What starts as workplace gossip can quickly turn into a legal issue. When that happens, the impact can...
Your reputation is the foundation of your executive career. However, internal conflicts and jealous rivals can use false claims about your character to inflict harm. Facing this alone can be difficult, but it is possible to leave such a crisis. Understanding workplace...
When you reach the final stages of accepting a new job offer, you often face a stack of documents to sign. Among these papers lurks the noncompete agreement, a contract that prevents you from working for competitors or starting a competing business after you leave...
Executives who help run organizations have some of the most complex employment contracts of any professionals. Their contracts may include agreements to create a succession plan, profit-sharing arrangements, restrictive covenants and a host of other complicated...
As a senior executive or financial professional, your compensation likely includes more than just a salary. Bonuses, stock options, deferred compensation and severance packages often make up a significant portion of your total earnings. The impact can be serious when...
It is with great satisfaction that I announce the affirmance by New York's Appellate Division, First Department, , of a summary judgment ruling awarding the Firm's client 1,148 shares in the startup company Society Pass Inc. (Nasdaq: SOPA). The valuation of these...
On September 24, 2024, a FINRA arbitration panel issued an award in favor of the firm's client that the information that had been reported on her Form U-5 was "defamatory," and should be expunged.
In June 2023, in Coinbase, Inc. v Bielski, 143 S Ct 1915, 1921 [2023], the US Supreme Court held that where a district court denies a motion to compel arbitration, the party losing that motion (i.e., the party seeking to compel arbitration) is entitled under tSection...