A security is a type of transferable interest representing financial value. Securities may take a number of different forms, including stocks, bonds, notes, collateral trust certificates, voting trust certificates or investment contracts. Securities attorneys represent clients in transactions and legal disputes related to stocks, mutual funds, bonds, and initial public offerings (IPOs). Securities attorneys may represent a corporation or shareholders in a securities fraud lawsuit against officers and directors of the corporation, or may assist clients in matters involving the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Ada is a village in Hardin County, Ohio, United States. The population was 5,582 at the 2000 census. In 2006, the city's population was estimated at 5,841. The Wilson Sporting Goods NFL football manufacturing facility is located in Ada, and is the only football manufacturing facility in the United States. The National Arbor Day Foundation has qualified Ada as a Tree City USA. In 1817, The Ohio Shawnee Native American tribe signed the Treaty of Fort Meigs to receive reservation land at Hog Creek near Ada.