Soreide Law Group, PLLC,  is currently investigating potential claims for the  investors of JP Morgan's Chase Private Client Group who were sold in-house proprietary products such as the Chase Strategic Portfolio.   Securities Lawyer, Lars K. Soreide, of Soreide Law Group, PLLC, has represented clients nationwide. If you or a family member have sustained investment losses […]

This past Tuesday, May 1st., FINRA, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. fined four major brokerages $9.1 million for selling complex ETFs (Exchange Traded Funds) to investors whose portfolios were otherwise conservative.  Without admitting or denying the charges, the brokerges will be paying $7.3 million in fines, and $1.8 million in restitution to the clients who […]

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced on May 1, 2012, that they  charged UBS Financial Services Inc. of Puerto Rico and two executives with making misleading statements to investors, concealing a liquidity crisis, and masking its control of the secondary market for 23 proprietary closed-end mutual funds. UBS Puerto Rico will settle the SEC’s charges by […]

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, or FINRA, recently awarded the following settlements in arbitrations:     Robinson v. Schmerman, FINRA ID # 12-00389 (Phoenix, AZ, 4/18/2012) - A sole Arbitrator, in a bifurcated Rule 12801 default proceeding, holds a broker who allegedly failed to follow instructions liable to a customer for $538,400, including $100,000 in punitive damages. […]

Attention Odyssey Investors. You may be able to recover your investment losses in Odyssey by filing a FINRA arbitration against your selling broker.   Odyssey Properties III, LLC, has raised over $28 million dollars selling notes. Odyssey began selling notes through a private placement offering of the notes. These notes were marketed and sold by […]

Soreide Law Group is filing FINRA Arbitrations on behalf of investors who invested in Direxion 3x Funds: FAZ, ERY, BGZ, and TZA.  Leveraged ETF’s have now imploded and regulators and investors have finally woken up and are beginning to pay attention. Major fines have just been handed down to the industries top brokerage houses for […]

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc., also known as FINRA, plans to raise number of user fees it charges broker-dealers to help cover a "significant loss" from last year, said chief executive Richard Ketchum in an InvestmentNews article by Dan Jamieson, from April 24th., 2012. "The broader economic downturn continues to affect trading volumes and industry […]

FLORIDA INVESTORS, KNOW YOUR RIGHTS! Do you know that all Florida investors have the right to bring claims against their brokers or financial advisors to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, also know  as FINRA?  Know your rights under the Florida Investment Protection Act 517.301.                     The following is from the: 2011 Florida Statutes   517.301 Fraudulent transactions; falsification […]

The following information is from FINRA’s website under “Disciplinary Actions, April, 2012:”   Glenn Loren Halpryn (CRD #1633028, Registered Principal, Aventura, Florida)  submitted a Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent in which he was censured and fined $10,000.   Without admitting or denying the findings, Halpryn consented to the described sanctions and to the entry […]