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CLAIMANT ALLEGES UNSUITABILITY OF INVESTMENTS FOR INVESTMENT EXPERIENCE AND RISK TOLERANCE, LACK OF ADEQUATE DUE DILIGENCE IN REGARD TO INVESTMENTS, AND OMISSION OF MATERIAL INFORMATION IN REGARD TO TRANSACTIONS MADE BETWEEN 2004 - 2006.
Damage Amount Requested
$603,000.00
Settlement Amount
$175,000.00
Broker Comment
ARBITRATION 16-02908 RELATES BACK TO ARBITRATION 15-00852 WHICH WAS SEVERED ON 6/16/16. Without admitting or denying the allegations in the complaint, the parties agreed to settle the matter to avoid further inherent litigation costs.
4/29/2015
Judgment / Lien
Judgment/Lien Amount
$21,223.52
Judgment/Lien Type
Tax
9/22/2014
Judgment / Lien
Judgment/Lien Amount
$23,301.00
Judgment/Lien Type
Tax
7/25/2013
Customer Dispute
Settled
Allegations
PER THE STATEMENT OF CLAIM, THE CLAIMANT ALLEGES, IN REGARD TO INVESTMENTS THAT TRANSPIRED WITHIN THE LAST SIX YEARS: NEGLIGENCE; MISREPRESENTATION; A FAILURE TO SUPERVISE; BREACH OF FIDUCIARY DUTY; AND BREACH OF CONTRACT.
Damage Amount Requested
$100,000.00
Settlement Amount
$14,500.00
Broker Comment
THE FIRM NOR THE REGISTERED REPRESENTATIVE NEITHER ADMITTED NOR DENIED THE CLAIMS BUT SETTLED THE MATTER RATHER THAN PROCEED WITH FURTHER INHERENT UNCERTAINTY AND COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH CONTINUED LITIGATION.
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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.