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Counterfeit Shares & Market Manipulation in the Public Markets
Counterfeit Shares and the Public Markets
Mark R. Basile, Esq.
Aug 30, 20235 min read
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TOXIC DEBT STOCK REPAYMENTS TO LENDERS MAY BE THE NEXT TIME BOMB UNDER BANKRUPTCY AVOIDANCE LAWS
Lenders Forced Stock Conversions may be attacked in Bankruptcy as a Fraudulent Conveyance
Mark R. Basile, Esq.
Apr 7, 20234 min read
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Merchant Cash Advance Industry in New York – Not so Fast!
Merchant Funders, companies that purport to purchase future accounts receivables from small underfunded private and public companies, and...
Mark R. Basile, Esq.
Feb 9, 20233 min read
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Should Default Interest be Included in a New York Criminal Usury Analysis
Default Interest and Criminal Usury - Should New York recognize default interest rate and charges on loans for usury purposes
Mark R. Basile, Esq.
Jan 31, 20236 min read
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Should the NY Attorney General Expand its Investigation to Convertible Note Lenders - Usury Laws.
Our law firm is known for taking the position that fixed discount convertible notes used to finance small underfunded public companies...
Mark R. Basile, Esq.
Dec 14, 20226 min read
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Florida Courts Should Apply New York’s Adar Bays Analysis to Determine Usury
Usurious loans have been the scourge of finance since early times. Despite being condemned as wrong and sinful for over 4000 years,...
Agapija Cruz, Esq.
Nov 1, 202212 min read
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Why a CEO MUST Consult an Attorney Prior to Amending a “Choice of Law” Provision in a Contract
Most laws in our country don’t tend to differ much between states. In fact, it’s probably accurate to say that a majority of states’...
Eric J. Benzenberg, Esq.
Mar 29, 20224 min read
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How RICO and the Adar Bays Decision Can Help Microcaps Recover Losses Caused by Toxic Lending
On October 14, 2021, the New York Court of Appeals issued its decision in Adar Bays. The Adar Bays decision put a major dent in the...
Marjorie M. Santelli Esq. and Christopher M. Basile, Esq.
Feb 27, 20228 min read
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Toxic Lender's Stall Tactics Fail in Minnesota State Court
After commencing litigation against DarkPulse, Inc. in a Minnesota State Court, convertible note purveyor Carebourn Capital, L.P. has...
Eric J. Benzenberg, Esq.
Feb 18, 20223 min read
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How Toxic Lenders are Responding to SEC Investigations and Enforcement Actions
As many of you already know, and for those CEOs of small public companies that do not know, the United States Securities and Exchange...
Christopher M. Basile, Esq.
Nov 15, 20214 min read
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New York's Highest Court Rules Convertible Notes Subject to Criminal Usury Laws
The Basile Law Firm P.C. has been steadfast in representing our OTC Markets issuer clients in both federal and state courts around the...
Mark R. Basile, Esq.
Oct 22, 20216 min read
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OTC Market Issuer’s Restructuring – A CFO’s Perspective
Having been the CFO of 4 publicly traded OTC Market issuers, I have been challenged to present those companies financial conditions not...
J. Richard Iler
Feb 9, 20213 min read
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Beware of Fake Corporate Restructuring Groups
Our firm receives dozens of calls from small public companies that have been misled by rogue advisors claiming they do restructurings,...
The Basile Law Firm P.C.
Feb 5, 20213 min read
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Restructuring: Re-Boot towards Building a Microcap Company
A few weeks ago, a CEO of a microcap company was telling me a story all too familiar to microcap OTC Markets trading issuer CEO's. He had...
Mark R. Basile, Esq.
Feb 4, 20213 min read
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OTC Markets Death Spiral Funders Days may be Numbered
For the last several years, toxic convertible note funders have had their way with small, under-funded OTC Markets publicly trading...
Mark R. Basile, Esq.
Jan 20, 20216 min read
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Is There an Alternative to Litigation for a Microcap?
Why an Alternative to Litigation is better for Lenders and Funders: Over the past couple of years, I have seen more and more microcap...
The Basile Law Firm P.C.
Jan 19, 20212 min read
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The New Type of Convertible Note Transaction on the OTC Markets – a Dirty Trick?
Professor Basile covers a new lending instrument by Toxic Lenders on the OTC Markets
Mark R. Basile, Esq.
Sep 28, 20204 min read
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OTC Market Issuers May Recoup Hundreds of Millions from SEC Actions against Toxic Lenders.
Many CEO’s and investors in small public companies trading on the OTC Markets are closely following the SEC lawsuits instituted against...
Mark R. Basile, Esq.
Sep 4, 20204 min read
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Transfer Agents and a new Standard for Rule 144 Opinion Letters
Transfer agents require convertible note holders to supply a legal opinion letter from a securities attorney explaining the legal basis...
The Basile Law Firm P.C.
Jun 9, 20206 min read
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SEC Finally going after Toxic Convertible Note Debt Lenders
The OTC Market is plagued with thousands of small public companies taking thousands of small loans in the form of convertible debt. If an...
The Basile Law Firm P.C.
Apr 19, 20203 min read
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