by commune | Feb 21, 2018 | Employment Alerts, Other News
Today, the United States Supreme Court held in Digital Realty Trust Inc. v. Paul Somers that the 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (“Dodd-Frank”) provides “whistleblower” protection only to those employees who report misconduct to the...
by commune | Feb 10, 2018 | Other News
Keesal, Young & Logan shareholder and Erin Weesner-McKinley successfully defended J.P. Morgan Securities (JPMS) and the named Financial Advisor in a FINRA arbitration initiated by an elderly investor who claimed that he was fraudulently induced to invest in the...
by commune | Feb 5, 2018 | Other News, Securities
As the average age of Americans increases, regulators and legislators continue to focus on laws designed to protect senior investors. Two recent changes to revised FINRA Rule 4512 and new Rule 2165 give member firms tools to protect seniors and other vulnerable...
by commune | Jan 25, 2018 | Other News
Keesal, Young & Logan shareholders Terry Ross, Michele Underwood and Stacey Garrett obtained a defense award in a 37-day securities arbitration conducted before the American Arbitration Association in which the claimants sought $293 million in compensatory damages...
by commune | Jan 24, 2018 | Maritime Alerts, Other News
New Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Decision Allows Punitive Damages for Seamen’s Unseaworthiness Claims in Personal Injury Actions In Batterton v. Dutra Group, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that punitive damages are available to injured...
