Posts in 2008

Dec 16 Madoff Tentacles Reach Southwest Florida; Judge Orders Bankruptcy Court to Oversee Madoff Firm Liquidation as Securities Investor Protection Corporation Steps in to Provide Some Relief.

The Naples Daily News reports today in a front-page story that the tentacles of the $50-billion Bernard Madoff Ponzi scheme have ...

Dec 14 Advising Clients Who Invested With Bernard Madoff and His Investment Company

As you might imagine, we have received a number of phone calls from investors or their professional advisors (trust and estate ...

Dec 11 Shine-Vernon Legal Team Files Claim on Behalf of Corporate Client in California Over Schwab Yieldplus Fund Losses (Swysx, Swypx)

Melbourne, Fla. — Charles Schwab & Co.’s misrepresentations about the safety of the Schwab YieldPlus Fund caused considerable harm ...

Nov 26 The Lehman Principal Protected Notes Disaster: Will Others Follow?

Although structured products like Lehman notes are very complicated products, at their essence they are nothing more than the ...

Nov 26 FINRA Webcast Cautioned Brokers About Providing Accurate Information When Selling Structured Products, Like Lehman Notes

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority cautioned brokers and financial advisors about providing accurate information to ...

Nov 26 Assistance for Investors Who Purchased Lehman Principal Protected Notes

Lehman Brothers principal-protected notes and structured notes, which were typically pitched by brokers as safe investments that ...