Whistleblowing: Texas Dep. of Aging Sued by Ex-Employee For Alleged Mismanagement of Home Health Information
A recently fired employee of the Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services has filed a whistleblower lawsuit against the state agency for allegedly mismanaging information submitted ...
Candid Camera: Hidden Camera Catches Nursing Home Worker Suffocating Wheelchair-Bound Resident
A twisted version of Candid Camera played out in South Dakota this month as a nursing home worker pleaded guilty to abuse charges after being caught on a hidden camera feed suffocating ...
GOP Platform Includes Points On Long-Term Care, Elder Abuse
It’s hard to predict whether the GOP’s loose-cannon presidential candidate will stick to any script.
Nevertheless, the Republican National Committee released the Party’s official ...
Law of Robotics: Massachusetts Wants Consumers to Know Fees, Limitations of Robo-Advisors
The Massachusetts Securities Division released regulatory guidance for investment firms that use a robo-advisory service to manage client accounts, requiring them to disclose more pertinent ...
SEC To Prioritize Mutual Fund Fee Disclosure
The SEC’s investor advocate is prioritizing fee disclosure in the $16 trillion mutual fund market, according to a report.
An article on BenefitsPro explains:
In his most recent report, ...
SEC Unveils New Proposed Broker Scorecard
As a response to the call for regulating conflicts of interest and opacity of market structures in investments, the SEC unveiled a new proposed scorecard that will require brokers to ...
Financial Literacy Like Teaching a Dead Language: A Legal Critique and Overview
In much legal and financial writing, financial literacy is like a wonder drug that will cure financial fraud.
But is it the cure? Kendall Grant penned a paper in a recent issue of the ...
Protecting Investors from Crowdfunding Ponzi Schemes
Crowdfunding has opened a new frontier of venture finance. And fraudsters have already taken advantage, turning faux-entrepreneurial ventures into online ponzi schemes (see the case ...
Lonely Hearts and Empty Wallets – Man Finds Fraud Victims Through Online Dating
Women found double trouble through online dating, according to the SEC. The agency last month filed a charge against a Connecticut man who reportedly defrauded dozens of investors looking ...
House Approves Bill Extending Protection to Non-Accredited Crowdfunding Investors
Attracting broad bipartisan support, the Fix Crowdfunding Act cruised through the U.S. House this month.
The bill addresses an issue in the crowdfunding space: many investors who contribute ...
