Edward R. Wiest P.C.--Articles and Commentary

<body stylesrc="index.htm" background="file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/default/My%20Documents/My%20Webs/ERWPC/Antique_WhiteB235.gif"> <table dir="ltr" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td valign="top"> <table border="0" width="100%" height="0"> <tr> <td width="280" bgcolor="#FFCC66" align="justify"> <p align="left"> </td> <td width="449" style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; color: #FFFF00; border: 6 ridge #FF0000" bgcolor="#000000"> <p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman"> <span style="text-transform: uppercase"><font size="6"> <a name="bkTitle" title="Home" style="text-decoration: none" href="index.htm"> <font color="#FFFF00">Edward R. Wiest, P.C.</font></a></font><font size="6" face="Antique Olive"><br> </font></span><a name="bkTitle"> <font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Counsellor at Law</font></a></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="280"><a target="_top" href="index.htm">Home</a></td> <td width="459"></td> </tr> </table> <h3><font face="Antique Olive"><strong>Articles and Commentary</strong></font></h3> <dl> <p align="left"><i><a href="freeadvice.htm">Is</a></i><a href="freeadvice.htm" target="main"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><i> Free Advice Worth The Price?<br> </i></font></a><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">(Legal Corner, <i><a href="http://www.rrmag.com" target="_top"> Registered Representative</a></i>, September, 1997) </font> </p> <blockquote> <p align="left">Is house counsel always the best counsel?  After serving as an arbitrator in a case between a brokerage and a former representative, I saw the perils of that approach.</p> </blockquote> <p align="left"><i><a href="Noncomps.htm">Non-Competes</a></i><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br> (Legal Corner, <i> <a href="http://www.rrmag.com" target="_top">Registered Representative</a></i>, May 1998) </font></p> <blockquote> <p align="left">My take on red flags for sales professionals presented with such documents the first day of work.  Pull up the popup for current thoughts on this fast-moving area of employment law.</p> </blockquote> <p><i><a href="problems.htm"><font size="3">Dealing With A Problem Client</font></a></i><font face="Times New Roman"><br> </font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">(Legal Corner, <i> <a href="http://www.rrmag.com" target="_top">Registered Representative</a></i>, October, 1998) </font></p> <blockquote> <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">While I aimed this article at securities brokers, it addresses problems  of potential miscommunication that <u>any</u> service provider faces</font></p> </blockquote> <dt><i><a href="pretext.htm">'Pretext Plus' Most Consistent With Fairness</a> <br> (</i>Letter to Massachusetts Lawyers' Weekly October 28, 1998)</dt> <dd> <p align="left">This was a response to a fall 1998 <i>Lawyers' Weekly</i> article suggesting that Massachusetts state courts had set too high a burden for the proof of discriminatory intent by an employer.  In fact,  the Supreme Judicial Court held that proof merely that the fact that an employer had not given the actual reason for action against an employee was insufficient to constitute proof of race or sex-based animus.</dd> </dl> <p align="left"><i> <a href="file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/default/My%20Documents/My%20Webs/ERWPC/Independence.htm"> Independence Has Its Price</a><br>  </i><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">(Legal Corner, <i> <a href="http://www.rrmag.com" target="_top">Registered Representative</a></i>, March, 1999)</font></p> <blockquote> <p align="left">Some observations on the burdens self-employment may impose on securities brokers.</p> </blockquote> <p align="left"><i><a href="choices.htm" target="main">Good News or Bad News</a></i><a href="choices.htm">?<br> </a><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">(Legal Corner, <i> <a href="http://www.rrmag.com" target="_top">Registered Representative</a></i>, April, 1999) </font></p> <blockquote> <p align="left"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">If an employee retains the right to opt out of an arbitration scheme created by his employer, should he do so?  The answer isn't as simple as it looks.</font></p> </blockquote> <dl> <dt><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><i> <a href="CRDArticle.htm" target="main">NASD Data Now A Click Away on the World Wide Web</a> (</i>MBA <i>Section Review, </i> July, 1999)<i> </i></font> </dt> <dd> <p align="left"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">A reminder to anyone holding securities on behalf of others that information concerning a securities broker's disciplinary record can be obtained through the Web at <a href="http://www.nasdr.com/1000.asp">www</a></font><a href="http://www.nasdr.com/1000.asp"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">.nasdr.com/ l000asp</font></a></dd> </dl> <p align="left"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><i> <a href="RRlistarticle.htm" target="main">What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You<br> </a></i>(Legal Corner, <i> <a href="http://www.rrmag.com" target="_top">Registered Representative</a>, </i>October, 1999)<i> </i></font></p> <blockquote> <p align="left"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Some thoughts on the shift of selection of arbitrators in securities cases from NASD administrators to the parties and how that might affect individual brokers.</font></p> </blockquote> <p align="left"> <a target="_top" href="index.htm">Home</a><br>  </td> </tr> </table> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td valign="top"> <p style="margin-top: 1; margin-bottom: 0"><font size="2"> Copyright ©2000-02 Edward R. 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