The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority also known as FINRA, is hoping to make information about brokers more accessible to the investors, which they feel would hold those in the industry more accountable for their actions. In September, FINRA voted to submit proposals to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that would make information in […]

Clifford Jagodzinski, formerly of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC (MSSB), claims he was fired for blowing the whistle on one of the firm's newest wealth managers, Harvey Kadden. According to the complaint, filed in U.S. District Court in the Southern District of New York, Kadden “was flipping preferred securities in a manner that was generating […]

Brokers have made 354 requests so far in 2012 to expunge information such as details of customer arbitration complaints from records that investors and securities firms use to research brokers' professional histories. During the entire year last year, 2011, the number was 372 expungement requests as stated in a recent Rueters article. According to the […]

LaeRoc Funds are real estate 'private placements' sold by various broker/dealers. LaeRoc Funds, a real estate investment firm, manages over $650 million in assets. LaeRoc 2005-2006 Income Fund, L.P., is trying to raise enough money to pay off debt due to the decline in real estate ventures. June, 2011, the Fund issued a cash call […]

Soreide Law Group is currently investigating Alpine Total Dynamic Dividend Fund (AOD). There were nearly 220 million shares sold to the public with a Closed-End Fund trading 31.45% above its Net Asset Value. It may soon be no longer one of the more favored of the Alpine funds. Alpine has recently disclosed that they have […]

The Securities and Exchange Commission alleged three former brokers at JP Turner & Co. in Atlanta, traded excessively in accounts of seven clients from January, 2008, through December, 2009. Regulators reported that these three brokers churned their client's accounts and received $845,000 in commissions and fees for themselves and the brokerage. Unfortunately, their customers lost […]

Raymond James, FINRA ID # 11-03503 (Bradenton, FL, 8/21/2012) A split FINRA arbitration panel awarded $985,700, including triple damages, to an elderly customer on his misappropriation claim. This award against Paul David Arnold, and Raymond James and Associates, Inc., of Bradenton, Florida, involved the purchasing of an annuity, electronic transfers and conversion of funds of […]

The Soreide Law Group is investigating claims on behalf of Raymond James Financial Services clients that invested in Duoyuan Global Water, with the firm’s financial advisor Bob Pittman in the Melbourne, Florida office. Upon information and belief, clients of Mr. Pittman’s have suffered substantial damages as a result of Mr. Pittman’s recommendation to purchase Duoyuan […]

Soreide Law Group would like to list some simple tips for investors. It is heartbreaking to hear some of the stories we hear almost on a daily basis. We caution would-be investors with some simple reminders when thinking of investing. Often, people who do not wish to invest in 'risky' products, are put in just […]