Securities Arbitration Lawyers Blog

If your employer offers to hold some of your earnings for a later date, such as retirement, in order to give you a lower tax bracket now, would you take that offer? What happens to the money if you decide to change jobs? For most people, they can change their…

Two people have been charged with running a Ponzi scheme connected to the cattle business that raised around $650 million from victims across the country.  The alleged Ponzi schemers, revealed Tuesday, May 11, 2021, by an unsealed federal indictment in Colorado, are Reva Joyce Stachniw, 69, of Galesburg, Illinois, and…

An investor who lost $1 million investing in variable annuities sold by Northstar Financial Services (Bermuda) has filed a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration claim against Hancock Whitney Investment Services, Inc., and the Hancock Whitney broker who concentrated his retirement portfolio in Northstar offerings. The investor, a longtime banking…

The $100 million market valuation of Hometown International (HWIN), a publicly traded company whose sole asset is a small deli in rural New Jersey, has prompted a prominent hedge fund manager to sound the alarm about “quasi-anarchy” in the market. In a letter to investors, David Einhorn, founder of Greenlight…

We’ve written frequently about GWG Holdings, the now-bankrupt Dallas-based company that bought out life insurance policies from people who needed cash more than their policies. The company sold those policies to other investors who would see a return when the original policyholder passed away. Then the company crashed and burned.…

If someone was attempting to steal your smartphone number, would your carrier help? One T-Mobile customer discovered that the carrier didn’t seem to care. Now T-Mobile is being sued in an Alabama federal court by a customer who lost his number when the company simply handed over his phone number…

Scott Silver, managing partner of Silver Law Group, was selected as a top-rated securities litigation attorney by Super Lawyers for 2022. Scott received the same award in 2021, and was previously selected for Super Lawyers’ Rising Stars list. Scott represents investors nationwide in securities arbitration, investment fraud, and stockbroker misconduct…

If Cabot Lodge Securities sold you L Bonds from GWG Holdings, Silver Law Group may be able to help you recover your investment losses. GWG Holdings filed for bankruptcy in April, 2022 and it is expected that L Bonds investors will lose a significant amount of their principal. Silver Law…

When many people think of the word “investment,” frequently the first thing comes to mind is stocks that are traded on an exchange like the NYSE. But investments can encompass a wide range of different financial products that may or may not be publicly traded. Private placements are one such…

James Seijas (James Alan Seijas CRD# 2392901) is a former broker and investment advisor whose last known employer was Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC (CRD#:19616) of Short Hills, NJ. His former employers include TD Ameritrade, Inc. (CRD#:7870) of Morristown, NJ, Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC (CRD#:7784) of Wayne, NJ, and Barclays…