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Brett Griffin was given two months' notice that he would lose his job when Charles Schwab closed the office where he was working in Temecula, California. Now the firm accuses him of using some of that time to help move client data to a rival RIA.

Blake Roberts served as the Deputy General Counsel of the U.S. Department of Commerce from 2022 to 2025. He is a partner in the Washington office of Eversheds Sutherland.

In a move some industry observers call "dangerous and irresponsible," the administration is taking down consumer protection guardrails that have been put up by states like California and Colorado.

Troy Von Haefen once shared a stage with Lee Ann Womack. Now he's built a financial advising firm around his Nashville connections.

Steve Lockshin and Michael Kitces tied what they view as some mistaken assumptions around fees to the competitive need for more estate planning services.

Also, Independent Financial Partners secures a $700M team from Commonwealth/LPL, and NewEdge Capital names a new CEO.

Paul Vacquier is CEO of Beagle Services, a plumbing technology company that helps homeowners prevent costly water damage through technology deployment, smart valve installation and monitoring. He works closely with insurers, agents and homeowners to tackle one of the industry's biggest loss drivers: non-weather water damage.