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Acts and omissions and breaches of fiduciary other common law and statutory duties.
Damage Amount Requested
$8,000,000.00
Settlement Amount
$2,215,000.00
Broker Comment
The resolution was not a straight payment of money. Rather the resolution involved buying back certain of the claimants' interests.
9/16/2019
Financial
Pending
Type
Bankruptcy
9/16/2019
Customer Dispute
Settled
Allegations
[REDACTED] alleges that Pierce solicited him to provide mezzanine debt for Fox Valley Pro Basketball Inc. until they could obtain other finances. Fox Valley Pro Basketball Inc. was unable to make interest payments and ultimately filed Chapter 11 Bankruptcy.
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Disclosures
Disclosures can be customer complaints or arbitrations, regulatory actions, employment terminations, bankruptcy filings and certain civil or criminal proceedings that they were a part of.
Disclosures can be customer complaints or arbitrations, regulatory actions, employment terminations, bankruptcy filings and certain civil or criminal proceedings that they were a part of.