In a November 28, 2011 article for InvestmentNews.com, Bruce Kelly writes that Next Financial Group, Inc. has agreed to pay $2 million in restitution to clients who bought oil and natural gas private placements of Provident Royalties LLC, which the Securities and Exchange Commission in 2009 accused of fraud. In a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc. […]

Soreide Law Group, PLLC, is currently investigating claims on behalf of investors in the following firms regarding stock/securities losses: Laidlaw & Company, with locations throughout the United States and the UK, First Midwest Securities, Inc. (FMSI) established in Wisconsin in 1989, FMSI has since relocated to Bloomington, Illinois, Obsidian Financial Group, with offices in New York and […]

In a November 16th., 2011, Sun-Sentinnel article, Donna Gehrke-White writes that a Ft. Lauderdale brokerage was fined $20,000, a Plantation broker was suspended for two years and a Coral Springs man was barred from working with any brokerage, according to November's report on disciplinary action taken by FINRA, the private regulatory agency that oversee securities companies. Newbridge […]

Newbridge Securities Corporation (CRD #104065, Fort Lauderdale, Florida)   submitted a Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent in which the firm was censured and fined $20,000.   Without admitting or denying the findings, the firm consented to the described sanctions and to the entry of findings that it failed to provide material information to customers […]

Brookstone Securities, Inc. (CRD® #13366, Lakeland, Florida), David William Locy (CRD #4682865, Registered Principal, Overland Park, Kansas), Mark Mather Mercier (CRD #1884246, Registered Principal, Lutz, Florida) and Antony Lee Turbeville (CRD #1721014, Registered Principal, Lakeland, Florida) submitted Offers of Settlement in which the firm was censured and fined $200,000; Locy was fined $10,000 and suspended […]

  The following appeared on FINRA's website in the 'Disciplinary Actions.' Brookstone Securities, Inc. (CRD #13366, Lakeland, Florida) and David William Locy (CRD #4682865, Registered Principal, Overland Park, Kansas) the firm and Locy were censured and fined $25,000, jointly and severally. Without admitting or denying the findings, the firm and Locy consented to the described sanctions […]

Soreide Law Group, PLLC, is currently investigating the NewTom Group, Inc.,  private placement offered through Rockwell Global Capital.   NewTom Group was marketing a 12% return for the purchase of the NewTom Series A Convertible preferred shares. NewTom Group is the holding company for a chain of restaurants doing business under the name Pomodornio Ristorante […]

Soreide Law Group, PLLC, has filed ten FINRA arbitrations against Rockwell Global Capital, LLC, for their involvement in the sale of the Simply Fit Beverage Company's private placement. Rockwell Global Capital acted as the placement agent for the $3,000,000 offering of Simply Fit. Simply Fit was a beverage company located in Pompano Beach, Florida. Most all […]

Soreide Law Group, PLLC, announced that they are currently investigating the sale of the Laeroc Funds, including the Laeroc 2002 Income Fund LP, Laeroc 2004-2005 Income Fund LP, Laeroc 2005-2006 Income Fund LP, Laeroc Edge Fund LP and Laeroc Income Fund 2007, LP. These Laeroc funds were sold as real estate private placements (under Regulation D).  […]