For shareholders and investors, transferring securities just got a whole lot easier with the introduction of eSignatureGuarantee.com (link). In order to transfer securities – whether it’s stock, a 401K, an estate trust, whatever it may be – the transfer agent industry requires what is called a medallion signature guarantee, which essentially proves your identity and helps protect […]
Key highlights of the 2011 Enforcement Report: 66 of the concluded cases involved illegal distributions, which represented (more…)
Every year, the Stanford Law School Securities Class Action Clearinghouse, in conjunction with Cornerstone Research, releases its annual overview of securities class action lawsuit flings. As I noted in a post last week, this year’s version introduced a number of innovations and reflected a host in interesting observations. (Interview with Stanford Law Professor Joseph Grundfest […]