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UBS Held Liable In Lehman PPN FINRA Arbitration

According to the WSJ today: In what will likely be a closely studied ruling, a retail investor was awarded $200,000 after a Financial Industry Regulation Authority arbitration panel decided the investor’s UBS AG (UBS) broker inappropriately sold her risky Lehman Brothers principal protected notes. The case is one of the first involving the Lehman notes […]

InvestmentNews — LPL Sues Pac Life Over Purchase of Broker Dealers

Indemnification dispute with the insurer won’t affect their businesses, firm insists By Bruce Kelly At the same time that LPL Holdings Inc. and the three broker-dealers it bought from Pacific Life Insurance Co. were filing suit against the insurer, LPL was reaching out to its advisers to reassure them that the dispute wouldn’t affect their […]

Former Stratton Oakmont Executive Charged in Securities Fraud Case

Irving Stitsky, a former executive at Stratton Oakmont, along with Mark Alan Shapiro and William B. Foster, have been found guilty of committing securities fraud. The crime involved more than 150 investors who together entrusted Stitsky with $18 million. The three convicted perpetrated their illegal activity under an umbrella corporation known as, “Cobalt.” The company […]

The Devolution of DBSI

Investors in DBSI Inc. are only now getting a clear idea of what was going on at the Idaho-based commercial real estate investment company. There was little indication to investors that financial issues existed at DBSI until a notice they received six weeks prior to the company filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings. However, problems […]

South Florida Attorney at Center of Fraud Scheme

Scott Rothstein, partner of South Florida law firm Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler, has found himself at the center of an FBI investigation. The Bureau is alleging that Rothstein may be the linchpin of an investment scam that could top $1 billion. Rothstein, who is out of town at an undisclosed location, is not yet being charged […]