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We all know that the financial crisis was caused by risky mortgages and excessive leverage deployed by the banks. When the housing market crashed in 2007, the underlying mortgages collapsed in value, ruined the banks’ balance sheets and caused the economy to crater. These risky mortgages were packaged and sliced […]
In February, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it has reached a settlement with an alleged investment scam artist who, according to the SEC’s complaint, misused more than $81 million in investor funds. While the claimed businessman reportedly told investors that their money would be used to fund […]
Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have become much more mainstream in recent years. A cryptocurrency law firm can provide advice to investors who want to get into Bitcoin trading to offer more insight into legalities and obligations for those who buy or sell Bitcoin. Although Bitcoin has long been on the […]
Large public companies are beginning to rethink offering their own stock as an investment option in 401(k) plans available to their employees. Companies are instituting various measures to either reduce, or in some cases outright eliminate, employer stock holdings in retirement accounts. Zamansky LLC Partner Samuel Bonderoff told Bloomberg Law “I […]
The StarTribune discusses the details of the ERISA class action lawsuit against photography company Lifetouch Inc. recently filed by Zamansky LLC on behalf of current and former Lifetouch employees who participated in the company’s stock ownership plan. StarTribune reporter Jackie Crosby reached out to Zamansky LLC Partner Sam Bonderoff for […]
Central banks often control the supply of money, but Bitcoin works differently. Bitcoin is a decentralized currency with no central bank or central authority, but this does not mean that there is no distribution of power or that some within the bitcoin ecosystem don’t have more power than others. Understanding […]
During the past nine years of a rising stock market, investors have juiced their gains by buying on margin. Buyer beware, those gains could be wiped out in an instant. The amount of money at risk is staggering. Retail and institutional investors have borrowed a record $642.8 billion against their […]
Bloomberg’s Jacklyn Wille discusses the recent ERISA class action lawsuit filed against photography company Lifetouch Inc. The suit, filed by Zamansky LLC on behalf of current and former Lifetouch employees, alleges that Lifetouch ESOP participants “suffered ‘hundreds of millions of dollars’ in damage by investing in the company’s employee stock […]
You have probably heard a lot about Bitcoin by now, and you’ve likely even read some stories about Bitcoin millionaires – some of whom are regular people, and even teenagers, who figured out how to mine Bitcoin or who got into this cryptocurrency investment early when coins cost almost nothing. […]
When Puerto Rico filed for bankruptcy in May of 2017, investors holding the island territory’s municipal bonds lost what little hope they may have had to recover their investment losses. Since then, Puerto Rico’s financial situation has only gotten worse – due in part to the devastation caused by Hurricane […]