Tag: Investor

• Emerging Companies and Start-ups

  Startup Equity: Pros and Cons of Working for a Percentage

  • September 30, 2013
  • By Allen & Gooch
  

  Startup Equity May Be More Complicated Than It First Appears While offering equity in your company to employees who provide their time and services can help a new or growing company conserve cash, there are a lot of considerations to think about before giving away a piece of your company.  For those accepting equity in […]

• Business Litigation

  Investors Denied Right To Arbitrate Claims

  • June 3, 2013
  • By Allen & Gooch
  

  Although Arbitration is Favored, Courts Will Not Allow Investors to Arbitrate Claims The United States Fourth Circuit determined that investors were not able to arbitrate claims against Raymond James Financial Services (RJFS) when they purchased fraudulent securities directly from Inofin, Inc. Raymond James Financial Services, Inc. v. Cary, 709 F.3d 382 (4th Cir. 2013). Investors were denied the […]