Law and legal issues

NASAA, PIABA and stock exchanges argue the demise of the self-regulator would leave an unfillable hole in securities regulation.

Legal experts think these challenges to the agency's constitutionality, virtually unthinkable a decade ago, now have a chance of success.

A well-known business owner and advocate for the elderly now stands accused of stealing $2.25 million.

A new report by the investor advocate bar finds most brokers seeking purges of past customer complaints go unchallenged by securities watchdogs and aggrieved clients.

Thomas Brenner joins his accomplices Perry 'King Perry' Santillo and Christopher Parris in receiving prison sentences for defrauding investors.

Avantax's parent had sued two firms owned by its future buyer and one of its major branches prior to the agreement to go private in a billion-dollar acquisition.

Jonathan Vincent Glenn's admissions follow his $3 million settlement with the SEC over similar charges.

The Wall Street giant is seeking to enforce contract clauses meant to keep former employees from working for rival firms or reaching out to clients for six months.

Mandating the use of pricey arbitrators for retail investor complaints makes no sense — other than to make the process prohibitively expensive, argue two investor advocates.

Industry recruiters say offers of shares in advisory firms are hard to value.

FINRA booted Scott Reed from the industry after he went outside his firm to raise money for a software and web development firm.

The Wall Street giant's private bank contends it had advised the plaintiffs against concentrating their money in risky investments.

Perella Weinberg's self-reporting of violations led to a much smaller fine than those imposed on other firms.

Regulators accused the investment technology firm of not disclosing fees that ate into clients' interest payments.

The firm stood accused of not having policies to ensure clients' money was invested in keeping with environmental, social and governance goals.

Matthew Motil stands accused of raising more than $11 million by misleading investors about mortgage-backed promissory notes.

The federal court decision ended a former Chase branch-based advisor's saga of a half dozen years after the firm alleged he broke its rules for notarizing documents.

GlennCap and its founder stood accused of directing the best investment returns to clients who paid the most.

Genevieve Sisco alleges that men in the same role as her earned tens of thousands of dollars more in salary.

The SEC accused the firm of raising a sixth round of funding even though red flags were popping up left and right.