From the Securities Arbitration Blawg In a recent article published on Law.com, Sarah S. Gold and Richard L. Spinogatti conduct a thorough analysis of the issues in In re Merck…
From the Stockbroker Fraud Blawg It seems that each day there is another story about allegations that an investment adviser has stolen money from their clients. Yesterday, the SEC filed…
From the Consumer Fraud Blawg In a recent announcement, New York Attorney General Mario Cuomo stated that his office has issued subpoenas to fourteen loan modification companies and filed suit…
From the Investment Fraud Blawg Robert Powell of Marketwatch.com recently posted an article entitled “Inflation hits hard when you can least afford it: Four ways older Americans can deal with…
From the Investment Fraud Blawg The Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC) has announced that it has committed more than $61 million to victims of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC.…
From the Investment Fraud Blawg According to the Wall Street Journal, the U.S. government has determined that the Social Security system will run out of money sooner than expected. The…
From the Investment Fraud Blawg Jim Rendon of SmartMoney Magazine recently authored an article entitled “10 Things Your Bank Won’t Tell You.” With all of the turmoil in the banking…
From the Investment Fraud Blawg Darren Barbee of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram has written a good article that outlines various ways investors can reduce the risk of being defrauded by…
From the Investment Fraud Blawg As reported by multiple sources including CNBC.com, the California Public Employees Retirement System stated publicly that it opposes the reelection of each of the 18…
From the Investment Fraud Blawg For the first time, FINRA has publicly stated that it “makes sense” that broker-dealers who provide investment advice should be held to the same fiduciary…