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SIPC Protection for Investors

Investors who engage in securities transactions through a brokerage firm that is a member of the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC) receive protection for cash and securities held by the brokerage firm for the accounts of the...

Employees' Duty of Loyalty

Generally, an employee owes a duty of undivided loyalty to his or her employer. Courts take varying approaches to the issue of an employee's duty of loyalty. Some jurisdictions do not acknowledge a separate cause of...

Mergers

Self-regulatory organizations such as the New York and American Stock Exchanges and NASDAQ require that listed companies must obtain approval of their shareholders for stock options and other equity sharing plans. ...

Off-Exchange Foreign Currency Trading

Trading in foreign currency futures and options contracts by retail customers outside of an organized exchange is unlawful unless the party offering the futures and options contracts is a regulated entity described in the Commodity Exchange Act...

Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws

Bylaws are written provisions describing how day-to-day operations of a corporation will be conducted. A corporation's activities are governed, in order of precedence, by statute, corporate charter, and bylaws.

A corporation's...