The White Law Group is currently representing two former UBS financial advisors in a litigation matter involving their alleged promissory note obligation to UBS. Based on our preliminary investigation, it appears that these particular financial advisors were forced to leave UBS because UBS did away with a trading program that was critical to their [...]
The White Law Group is investigating investment recommendations made by former Raymond James financial advisor Robert Lipka. Specifically, we are investigating whether Mr. Lipka made unsuitable investment recommendations and failed to implement a stop loss strategy that had been discussed with his client.
According to his FINRA Broker Report (CRD), Robert Lipka was [...]
The White Law Group is investigating investment recommendations made by Signator Investors financial advisor Harris Adams. Specifically, we are investigating whether Mr. Adams inappropriately recommended that a retired investor sell one annuity and purchase a replacement annuity (often referred to as annuity switching), while also failing to disclose the tax implications of such a [...]
The White Law Group is investigating possible securities fraud claims involving the Oppenheimer Champion Income Fund (OCHBX, OPCHX and OCHCX) and the Oppenheimer Core Bond Fund (OPIGX). Although marketed to investors as conservative investments, the Champion Fund and Core Bond Fund were extremely risky ventures, investing in illiquid derivatives and high risk credit default [...]
A real estate investment trust or REIT is a tax designation for a corporation investing in real estate that reduces or eliminates corporate income taxes. In return, REITs are required to distribute 90% of their income, which may be taxable, into the hands of the investors. The REIT structure was designed to provide a similar [...]
The White Law Group, LLC is a national securities fraud, securities arbitration, investor protection, and securities regulation/compliance law firm with over thirty years securities law experience, including experience at FINRA (f/k/a the NASD) and the SEC.
The firm has offices in Chicago, Illinois and Boca Raton, Florida because of the obvious benefits of being located so [...]
The White Law Group is investigating possible securities fraud claims involving Morgan Stanley’s multi-billion dollar real estate investment funds. Specifically, we are investigating whether Morgan Stanley misled investors about the strategy of its real estate funds, the value of the underlying holdings in these funds, and the value of the funds prior to Morgan [...]
FINRA recently announced that Shawn Patrick Casuccio, a former financial advisor with Metlife Securities in Morgantown, West Virginia, has been barred from association with any FINRA member in any capacity. The sanction was based on findings that Casuccio made material misrepresentations to induce customers to invest approximately $723,000 in fictitious investments. The findings [...]
The White Law Group, LLC is a national securities fraud, securities arbitration, investor protection, and securities regulation/compliance law firm with offices in Chicago, Illinois and Boca Raton, Florida. The firm is dedicated to assisting investors who have suffered investment losses as a result of their financial advisor or broker-dealers’ fraud or negligence.
We are currently [...]
The White Law Group, LLC is a national securities fraud, securities arbitration, investor protection, and securities regulation/compliance law firm with over thirty years securities law experience, including experience at FINRA (f/k/a the NASD) and the SEC.
The firm has offices in Chicago, Illinois and Boca Raton, Florida. The White Law Group has its offices in Chicago, [...]