Lawsuits

The relationship disintegrated because of a dispute about where to best place client trades.

It’s at least the fifth time this year that the bank is suing a former advisor for allegedly violating a non-solicitation agreement.

Earlier this year, Jason Kirkland was recognized for his “many contributions” to the firm.

A former employee suing the firm for racial discrimination says he was not properly notified of changes in how Morgan resolves disputes.

The firm had sued a former $660 million team that moved in September to Stifel.

The bank’s effort to show that the advisors violated non-solicitation agreements was “far from persuasive, never mind conclusive,” the judge ruled.

The advisors also reject the wirehouse’s claims they violated non-solicitation agreements.

The firm claims it is also missing important documents related to a large institutional client.

The advisors say they violated no contracts and took no confidential client information when they resigned from the bank.

This is the third such suit the bank has filed against former advisors in recent months.

The advisor, who penned a memoir about drug addiction, accuses the firm of wrongful termination.

The advisors agreed not to solicit clients and to return confidential information to the bank.

The lawsuit accused JPMorgan of sending white advisors to wealthier places while assigning black colleagues to less lucrative branches and denying them opportunities.

The two advisors have already transferred about $160 million in client assets, according to their former employer.

Jean McCrave Baxter claims colleagues made sexual jokes and she was denied advancement opportunities afforded to male co-workers.

Elkhorn Capital is being sued by investors who say its founder misrepresented a marketing relationship with Barclays.

Christopher Rollins worked for Goldman Sachs for 16 years and rose to be a managing director before the firm fired him in February 2017.

The dispute pits four advisors against big Wall Street names: Wells Fargo, Morgan Stanley, Raymond James and Merrill Lynch.

The firm filed a motion arguing one of its ex-brokers did not challenge the proceedings until after the panel ruled against her.

The No. 1 IBD cleared him of any wrongdoing then said he still faced the probe after leaving the firm months later, according to the lawsuit.