Lexington and Louisville Law Blog

There are many different types of investment opportunities that exist nowadays. There are your standard stocks and bonds and then there more nuanced investments such as the digital currency known as bitcoin. The responsibility falls on the party offering the investment opportunity to be forthright in disclosing what the value of its shares is. It's the responsibility of your portfolio manager to share that accurate information with you. Either party may be charged with securities fraud if the information that they give is inaccurate.

One common type of securities fraud that many individuals have heard of is insider trading. It involves one party with access to a company's confidential financial affairs tipping a stockholder off to buy or sell a stock. It's the responsibility of a company owner to first let their board know of any potential financial problems before they tell any individual investors. If they fail to do this, then they may be charged with insider trading.

Did you know that you could face discrimination in the workplace because of your spouse's religion? It doesn't matter if you hold the same religious beliefs yourself or not.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) makes a direct point of defining this type of religious discrimination as just as illegal as if you faced discrimination based on your own religion.

One of the most important things that business owners can do is to reduce risk and liability. The only way that they can do this effectively is by fully understanding the law and using it to inform their decisions.

In many cases, businesses can suffer losses due to the unlawful and negligent actions of their employees. The actions of an employee could mean that the business will need to undergo costly litigation. If you are worried about this happening to your business, you must be aware of how this can occur.

In general instances of theft, old English law required that trespass was necessary for a person to be found guilty. When it became possible for criminals to steal possessions through the use of computer systems and other strategies, this meant that a loophole in the law was created. To address this loophole, the crime of embezzlement was brought into law.

The crime of embezzlement occurs when a person is in the possession of another's property unrightfully. When they have possession, they take advantage of their position and proceed to take the property for their own use. To find a person guilty of embezzlement, it must be shown that the accused had no intention of giving the property back.