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Lehman Structured Notes – New Hampshire Sues UBS

UBS was sued by the New Hampshire Bureau of Securities Regulation last week for selling unsuitable Lehman Brothers structured notes to retail investors as a conservative investment. These structured notes were debt obligations that also contains an embedded derivative component with characteristics that adjust the security’s risk/return profile. According to…

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Employment Arbitration Award Confirmed – $4.1 billion

An employment arbitration award worth $4.1 billion was confirmed this week by the Los Angeles County Superior Court. The arbitration was heard before JAMS and the defendants included iFreedom Communications International Holdings, Limited, and its founder, Timothy Ringgenberg. This is one of the most significant employment awards ever rendered in…

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Securities Arbitration – FINRA Withdraws Discovery Proposal

Investors who file securities arbitrations received a quiet victory at the end of May. FINRA, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, quietly withdrew a proposal to the discovery rules in securities arbitrations that would have obliged investors to disclose even more of their financial histories than the present rules provide. FINRA’s…

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OTC Derivatives Fraud – Happens More Often Than You Think

Over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives are very complicated investments. OTC derivatives are sometimes defined as contracts that are traded (and privately negotiated) directly between two parties, without going through an exchange or other intermediary. They include swaps (such as credit default swaps (CDS)) and interest rate, currency and commodities contracts. The OTC…

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Lehman Structured Notes – A Global Problem with Potential U.S. Remedies

Lehman Brothers structured notes were sold worldwide by firms including UBS and Citigroup as a conservative investment. They turned out to be very risky and worthless. Investors around the globe are investigating what potential legal claims they may have, against whom and where. These issues need to be analyzed in…

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