Category: High Frequency Trading

Coronavirus, Toilet Paper, RepoVirus, Trustees and Fiduciary Duty; a BFD?

Taxonomically the sudden surge in demand for toilet paper is likely to bear similar hallmarks to the incipient spike in litigation claims for breach of fiduciary duty. These claims are likely to appear in: partner, business, employment and compensation disputes, family and charitable trust matters, ERISA pension and profit sharing, Taft-Hartley union, or multi-employer plans, […]

Trustee’s starting off with a two strike count?

HFT (High frequency trading) and the continuing SEC debate requiring a uniform fiduciary standard of care pose two potential strikes against trustees of  family and charitable trusts, Pension (Corporate, Union and State, County and City Public Employees) and 401k plans, and directors and members of investment committees and boards of foundations, endowments and non-profit, tax […]