Broker-Dealers May Have Unsuitably Sold This Risky Investment To Retail Customers and Retirees If your broker recommended that you purchase shares in Atlas Growth Partners, LP, you may be able to file a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration claim against the broker-dealer. Unfortunately, according to the limited partnership’s filings…
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Did Your Joseph Stone Capital Broker Excessively Trade in Your Account?
Customers Who Are The Victims of Churning May Be Able To Recover Damages The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has ordered Joseph Stone Capital and a number of its registered representatives to pay $1M in restitution for allegedly excessively trading in customers’ accounts. This includes $825K in restitution from the…
What is Breach of Fiduciary Duty by a Stockbroker?
When Your Financial Advisor Fails To Act In Your Best Interests Your registered broker-dealer owes you a fiduciary obligation to act in your best interests. Unfortunately, this doesn’t always happen. Instead, your financial advisor might have unsuitably recommended an investment or trading strategy that was too risky for your risk…
Oppenheimer Ordered To Pay $36.7M to Eight Investors of Alleged Horizon Private Equity III Ponzi Scam
Customers Were Sold Private Equity Shares By Ex-Georgia Broker and Southport Capital Investment Adviser John Woods A Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration panel in Atlanta has ordered Oppenheimer & Co. to pay several investors $36.7M in the wake of losses sustained in the alleged $110M Horizon Private Equity III…
Did Your Broker Recommend You Invest In The Deeproot Funds?
You May Be The Victim of a $58M Ponzi Scam More than one year after the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed a civil lawsuit against deeproot Funds and its owner Robert J. Mueller accusing them of running an alleged $58M Ponzi Scam that defrauded nearly 300 investors, these…
What Should Investors Know About The FINRA Arbitration Process?
Shepherd, Smith, Edwards, and Kantas Has Been Fighting For Investors for Over 30 Years If you are an investor looking to pursue financial recovery for your investment losses caused by unsuitable investment recommendations, misrepresentations and omissions, unauthorized trading, or other grounds, there is a very good chance that you signed…
Did You Suffer Serious Investment Losses While Working With Former Morgan Stanley Broker Doug McKelvey?
Our Houston Securities Attorneys and Investment Fraud Attorneys Can Help You Explore Your Legal Options Beginning August 26, 2022, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has barred former Morgan Stanley broker Doug Marshall McKelvey. The decision comes after the ex-Texas financial advisor refused to provide the information requested by the…
Our GWG L Bond Loss Lawyers at SSEK Law Firm Continue to Pursue Brokerage Firms for Investment Fraud
What You Should Know if You Invested in GWG L Bonds If you are someone whose financial advisor recommended that you invest in GWG Holdings L Bonds, by now you likely know that the alternative asset firm has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection despite owing you and thousands of…
SSEK Law Firm Wins More than $468,000 UBS YES Award for North Carolina Couple
Third Yield Enhancement Strategy Investors Award for Seasoned Securities Fraud Law Firm Shepherd Smith Edwards and Kantas (SSEK Law Firm at investorlawyers.com) is thrilled to announce that on September 1, 2022, a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration panel ordered UBS Financial Services (UBS) to pay $468,126 to two customers…
Did LightPath Capital and Its Broker Paul Getty, Also of First Guardian Group in San Jose, CA, Sell You Private Placement Shares in Skyloft Austin
Our Skyloft Austin Investment Loss Lawyers Represent Investors in Recouping Their Losses If you are a Skyloft Austin investor, you may be grappling with the losses you suffered in this real estate private placement deal that you were led to believe would earn you regular dividends while also providing you…