South Florida Arbitration & Litigation Lawyer Blog

Leverage Buyout (LOB) – Florida Breach of Contract and Fraud – Commercial and Business State and Federal Court Litigation Attorney: A Leverage Buyout (LOB) is the takeover of a company using leverage. Frequently, the target company’s assets act as security for the loans taken out by the acquiring firm, which repays the loan out of…

Investment Banker – Florida Securities and Investment Abuse, Breach of Contract and Breach of Fiduciary Duty FINRA Arbitration and Business or Commercial Dispute State and Federal Litigation Attorney An Investment Banker is a firm, acting as an underwriter or agent, that serves as an intermediary between an issuer of securities and the investing public. Investment…

City of South Miami, Florida – Tax Exempt Bond – Florida FINRA Arbitration and State and Federal Court Litigation Attorney: The Securities and Exchange Commission recently charged the City of South Miami, Fla., with defrauding bond investors about the tax-exempt financing eligibility of a mixed-use retail and parking structure being built in its downtown commercial…

Limited Partnership Breach of Contract, Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Mismanagement and Misrepresentation Commercial and Business State and Federal Court Litigation Attorney: A Limited Partnership is an organization made up of a General Partner, who manages the entity, and limited partners, who invest money but have limited liability, are who are not involved in the day-to-day…

CMO REIT: South Florida Securities and Investment Fraud, Mismanagement, Misrepresentation, Breach of Fiduciary Duty and Breach of Contract FINRA Arbitration and State and Federal Litigation Attorney: A CMO Reit is a specialize type of Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) that invests in the residual cash flows of Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (CMOs). CMO cash flows represent…

Chinese Wall – South Florida Breach of Contract, Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Fraud and Misrepresentation FINRA Arbitration and Litigation Attorney: A Chinese Wall is an imaginary barrier between investment banking, corporate finance, and research departments of a brokerage firm and the sales and trading department. Because of the fact that the investment banking side, of…

Joseph Hilton a/k/a Joseph Yurkin Barred from the Securities Industry Joseph Hilton a/k/a Joseph Yurkin (Hilton), of Boca Raton, Florida, has been barred from the securities industry. The sanction was ordered in an administrative proceeding before an administrative law judge, following a February 2013 injunction against violations of the antifraud and registration provisions of the…

Final Judgments Entered against Connecticut-Based Investment Adviser and His Firm Charged with Stealing Investor Funds The Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission”) recently announced that on May 16, 2013, the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut entered final judgments by consent in a previously filed enforcement action against Stephen B. Blankenship and his…

Securities and Exchange Commission v. Charles J. Dushek, et al., Civil Action No. 13-cv-3669 (N.D. Ill., filed May 16, 2013) SEC Charges Chicago-Area Father and Son Conducting Cherry-Picking Scheme At Investment Firm The Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission”) filed a civil injunctive complaint on May 16, 2013, in the United States District Court for the…

Securities and Exchange Commission – Form 8-K. There are a number of forms that companies are required to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission such as Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K.  Copies of these documents can be found on the SEC’s Edgar Website.  It is suggested, if the reader is contemplating purchasing, holding of selling an SEC reporting company,…