Blog Posts in January, 2012
Posted on Jan 28, 2012 By Heidi VonderHeide
Email hacking has become increasingly common in recent years. So much so that most people either have been victims of this or know someone who has. These hackers somehow obtain and use your email ...
Continue reading "FINRA: Email Hacking Endangers Brokerage Accounts." »
Posted on Jan 22, 2012 By Heidi VonderHeide
A FINRA arbitration panel recently awarded a group of 40 investors $9.1 million in compensatory damages and attorneys fees arising out of the sale of failed non-traded private placements. The award ...
Continue reading "REIT Private Placement Awards Continue to Roll In. Actual Recovery in Remains in Doubt." »
Posted on Jan 22, 2012 By Heidi VonderHeide
The Stanford Securities Class Action Clearinghouse released its year end review this week, reporting that securities filings were slightly up in 2011. According to the report, a total of 188 federal ...
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Posted on Jan 14, 2012 By Heidi VonderHeide
FINRA recently filed a proposed rule change with the SEC, proposing to amend Rule 13204 of its Industry Arbitration Code. Rule 13204, which precludes class action claims from being arbitrated before ...
Continue reading "Proposed FINRA Rule Change Seeks to Expressly Preclude Certain Collective Actions" »
Posted on Jan 5, 2012 By Heidi VonderHeide
The Wall Street Journal online has an interesting article this week on securities often called tenancies-in-common, or "TICs," TICs are fractional-ownership type investments where several ...
Continue reading "WSJ: The Risks of TIC Real Estate Investments." »