Litigation
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Merrill Settles Racial Discrimination Suit for Nearly $20M
By Melanie WaddellIn a class action, Black former advisors and trainees said they were paid less and promoted less often.
May 24, 2024
9 Groups File New Suit Challenging DOL Fiduciary Rule RegsThe ACLI, IRI and other plaintiffs have accused officials of failing to analyze the changes' potential impact properly.
May 24, 2024
New Health Insurance Suit Could Affect DOL Fiduciary Rule LitigationThe plaintiffs are questioning how well officials considered objections and analyzed the regulations' impact.
May 23, 2024
Carson Group Hits Back at Former Exec's LawsuitThe firm denied wrongfully firing Mary Kate Gulick after she complained about the handling of a sexual assault report.
May 22, 2024
Ex-Nuveen Stock Trader Gets 70 Months for Insider-Trading SchemeHe tipped off an Oregon retiree about the firm's planned trades in stocks in a six-year plot involving over 1,000 trades.
May 20, 2024
Ex-Advisor Who Lied About Attempting Suicide Gets 3.5 Years for Bilking ClientThe client faced home foreclosure after the advisor failed to make mortgage payments as promised, the DOJ says.
May 20, 2024
Ex-Advisor Convicted of Swindling Couple Out of $1MJeffrey Slothower used client money to pay for a Mercedes and a country club, DOJ says.
May 16, 2024
Supreme Court Upholds Consumer Watchdog's FundingJustice Clarence Thomas helped overturn a 5th Circuit ruling against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.