Should I sue over this?

balda · Jul 11, 2007

If the website is under your name you can call hosting company and have it closed TODAY. You do not need a guy who built it to close it.

I am an engineer not an attorney. Find an attorney as soon as possible.

Good luck.

lasner · Jul 11, 2007

Quote from balda:

If the website is under your name you can call hosting company and have it closed TODAY. You do not need a guy who built it to close it.

I am an engineer not an attorney. Find an attorney as soon as possible.

Good luck.

Yeah but like I said I left those sites up for interviewing purposes. Whenever I would go into an interview I would use the sites to explain my company. I've had them up for years.

When I worked at this bank I disclosed all of this on my resume and in the interviews . I was never told to take the sites down.

RL8093 · Jul 11, 2007

Quote from lasner:

My situation is a little different. I have licenses at stake. On the U5 I believe they have to report what happened and I believe it either shows as voluntary or involuntary termination.

It completely blacklists me from any other brokerage houses. They are putting something on my U5 that isn't true.

Sounds like it's time for a legit legal opinion. Unless you happen to get a 'real' lawyer to provide an opinion on this board (not likely), I suspect you may need to pay for one. Although, since there's everything else on the internet now, maybe you can find a legal message board somewhere to give you a clue ... (I'd get more than one opinion).

Good luck - maybe you have a shot ...

R

lasner · Jul 11, 2007

Quote from RL8093:

Sounds like it's time for a legit legal opinion. Unless you happen to get a 'real' lawyer to provide an opinion on this board (not likely), I suspect you may need to pay for one. Although, since there's everything else on the internet now, maybe you can find a legal message board somewhere to give you a clue ... (I'd get more than one opinion).

Good luck - maybe you have a shot ...

R

I contacted a lawyer he said it all depends on what's the U5. If it shows as involuntary termination and that there was a conflict of interest...then we have a case. I'm actually waiting to get the U5. I just sent away for it.

I just wanted to get some opinions of this situation....if it does go to a trial and there is a jury. I just wanted to see how a sample jury (like you guys would react)

stocksonly · Jul 11, 2007

Quote from lasner:I left those sites up for interviewing purposes. Whenever I would go into an interview I would use the sites to explain my company. I've had them up for years.

When I worked at this bank I disclosed all of this on my resume and in the interviews . I was never told to take the sites down.

Was the reference to the site done verbally during interview? (can not be proven) or is it right on your written resume?

How long were you employed there? If less than a year (or several months), they may have a probationary period.

Is this place big enough for a union or human resources dept where you can go to appeal, to explain your side of the story, as you have done here?

volatilitypimp · Jul 11, 2007

Quote from RL8093:

Completely non-legal opinion - you lose. As another poster said, you may be able to prove that you made no sales but how do you prove that you were not trying?

R

Who cares if he was trying to make sales? He has the docs to prove he received no renumeration which is the bottom line. I believe he definitely has legal recourse. We live in America buddy, the most litigious nation in the world, do you really think that no lawyer would take this case? Puh-lease.

lasner · Jul 11, 2007

Quote from stocksonly:

Was the reference to the site done verbally during interview? (can not be proven) or is it right on your written resume?

How long were you employed there? If less than a year (or several months), they may have a probationary period.

Is this place big enough for a union or human resources dept where you can go to appeal, to explain your side of the story, as you have done here?

I have that I had websites with chart formations and buy sell signals on my resume I didn't list the website with the course on the resume, but I did talk about the course in the interview, which was verbal.

I passed the probationary period which was three months, I was there about five months.

Some lady did an investigation on me...she just said she didn't believe me and terminated me.

One thing I've learned about working in a bank is that most of them don't know what they are doing

Surdo · Jul 11, 2007

If you are going to go to arbitration/court over this, it may be in your best interest to cease disclosing anything about the case on here.

el surdo

stupididiot · Jul 11, 2007

Quote from lasner:

I'm thinking about suing them over wrongful termination and for slandering my name. They should have laid me off and not terminated me.

Let me know what you guys think

Want to sue? Just call you-know-who!

Bogan7 · Jul 11, 2007

Quote from lasner:

Hey I want to get your guys opinion on this. I used to work in a bank as a broker (series 7,63) I had a previous business working as a commodity trading advisor. I had an LLC

I disclosed on my resume that I worked as a CTA and that I had websites for my business. One of my websites sold a course and the other one gave trade recommendations with buy sell signals.

I kept the sites up for interviewing purposes to show prospective employers how my business worked. I told the interviewer for the bank that I worked at about my websites and offered to show him...he said he didn't want to see them.

I did not have a side business while I worked at the bank and accepted no sales on the course. One of the compliance officers saw the sites through a google search and fired me.

This happened about two weeks ago. I'm waiting to get my U5 to see what appears on it. I'm pretty sure it is going to say involuntary termination and probably conflict of interest. This ruins my financial career. I probably won't get hired with another brokerage house or bank.

I can prove I didn't have a side business...I filed no tax return on any side business.

I'm thinking about suing them over wrongful termination and for slandering my name. They should have laid me off and not terminated me.

Let me know what you guys think

Ask a lawyer most of the people on here are still at school or live at home with their parents