South Florida Arbitration & Litigation Lawyer Blog

Hedge Funds – Investment Loss and Mismanagement Federal and State Litigation Attorney: “Hedge fund” is a general, non-legal term used to describe private, unregistered investment pools that traditionally have been limited to sophisticated, wealthy investors. Hedge funds are not mutual funds and, as such, are not subject to the numerous regulations that apply to mutual…

Income and Growth Mutual Fund Abuse, Fraud and Mismanagement Principal and Income Loss FINRA Arbitration and Litigation Attorney: Income Mutual Funds are designed to produce current income for shareholders. Some examples of income mutual funds are municipal, international and junk bond (high-yield) funds. Several kinds of equity-oriented funds also can have income as their primary…

Securities and Exchange Commission v. Jonathan C. Gilchrist, Civil Action No. 4:13-cv-00163 (S.D.Tex.) SEC Obtains Final Judgment Against Jonathan C. Gilchrist for Fraud and Registration Violations The Securities and Exchange Commission recently announced that on August 15, 2013, the Honorable Lynn N. Hughes of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas…

Senior and Retirement Fraud, Misrepresentation and Breach of Fiduciary Duty Litigation and FINRA Arbitration Attorney: Commission Charges Indiana Resident with Conducting Ponzi Scheme Targeting Retirement Savings of Investors The Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission”) recently charged a Noblesville, Ind., resident and his company with defrauding investors in a Ponzi scheme that targeted retirement savings. The…

Florida Precious Metals (Gold, Silver, Platinum, Palladium and Copper) Fraud and Misrepresentation Federal and State Litigation and Arbitration Attorney: On December 14, 2011, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“Commission”) issued in the Federal Register an interpretation regarding the meaning of the term “actual delivery,” as set forth in the Commodity Exchange Act. Recently, the Commission…

Insured Municipal Bond – South Florida Municipal and Corporate Bond Investment Loss and Default FINRA Arbitration and Litigation Attorney, Russell L. Forkey, Esq. Insured Municipal Bonds are insured against default be a Municipal Bond Insurance company such as MBIA and AMBAC Indemnity Corporation. The insurance company pledges to make all of the interest and principal…

High Yield – Junk Bond Investment Loss – Florida Litigation and FINRA Arbitration Attorney: A High Yield or Junk Bond is a bond with a credit rating of BB or lower by a recognized rating agency such as Fitch Ratings, Moody’s Investors Services, Morningstar Rating System and others. Although the term Junk Bond is commonly…

South Florida Precious Metals Fraud, Misrepresentation and Breach of Fiduciary Duty Litigation and Arbitration Attorney: The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office recently announced that three Florida men who operated an investment scheme through a precious metals company have been indicted in New York City on charges they defrauded scores of investors out of millions of dollars.…

Short-Term Bond and Common Stock Investment Loss – South Florida FINRA Arbitration and Litigation Attorney: A Short-Term Bond Fund is a bond mutual fund which invests in short-to-intermediate term bonds. Such bonds typically mature in 3 to 5 years and pay higher yields than the shortest maturity bonds of 1 year or less, which are…

Philip Falcone and Harbinger Capital Agree to Settlement: The Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission”) recently announced that New York-based hedge fund adviser Philip A. Falcone and his advisory firm Harbinger Capital Partners have agreed to a settlement in which they must pay more than $18 million and admit wrongdoing. Falcone also agreed to be barred…