So it seems some sort of glitch in a new software upload cause the New York Stock Exchange to crash. This is quite interesting if it is so. What what about people who had trades to put through and were unable to do so. Is there any liability on the part of the New York Stock Exchange in such instances? Probably not. The thing is that there is always some fine print somewhere that protects institutions and large businesses in stances such as these. Why are they protected though as small businesses not similarly protected? If an individual had a glitch and was able to prove it and there inability to consummate a trade would they be able to be free of any liability resulting from that? We all know the answer is an unequivocal no. The good news is that the New York Stock Exchange is back up and running and there was nothing ominous about it going down at the same time that an Airline was grounded and other crazy, computer related things happened in the USA and around the globe. Conspiracy theorists went full throttle will some very wild interpretations of what was behind it all. In the end though, it was just a ghost in the machine. The evil spirit has been since exorcised and its back to business on Wall Street.