Stock fraud lawyers are investigating potential securities arbitration claims for investors who suffered losses through their investments in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Preferred Securities. Claims are currently being filed against Merrill Lynch and other brokerage firms with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority’s (FINRA) Office of Dispute Resolution. According to the allegations of claims already…
Continue reading ›Merrill Lynch customers who purchased Bernoulli High Grade Collateralized Debt Obligations could recover their losses through securities arbitration. Bernoulli High Grade CDO-II was sold to institutional and high-net-worth customers of Merrill Lynch. The Bernoulli High Grade CDO-II was underwritten by Merrill Lynch in 2007. However, all 30 of the CDOs underwritten by Merrill Lynch in…
Continue reading ›Merrill Lynch customers who purchased Lexington Capital Funding III Collateralized Debt Obligations could potentially recover their losses through securities arbitration. Lexington Capital was sold to institutional and high-net-worth customers of Merrill Lynch. The Lexington Capital CDO was underwritten by Merrill Lynch in 2007. However, all 30 of the CDOs underwritten by Merrill Lynch in 2007…
Continue reading ›Bobby Hayes, a Nevada retiree and wealthy investor, has been awarded $1.4 million in damages in securities arbitration against Merrill Lynch. According to Hayes’ allegations, Bank of America Corp.’s Merrill Lynch sold him collateralized debt obligations which were worthless at the time he purchased them. The case was filed in 2011, and Hayes’ allegations included…
Continue reading ›Investment attorneys are investigating potential claims on behalf of investors against Merrill Lynch and the Phil Scott Team. Over the last seven months, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority has awarded defrauded investors, in two separate securities arbitration proceedings, around $2 million. The $2 million awarded includes compensatory damages, attorney’s fees, forum fees, costs and interest.…
Continue reading ›A recent securities arbitration proceeding regarding Weyerhaeuser stock has investors seeking representation for potential claims. According to the recent claim, which was filed with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, a retiree who held a concentrated position in Weyerhaeuser stock sustained $200,000 in damages. The claimant inherited the stock upon the passing of his mother; he…
Continue reading ›On December 14, 2011, a class action lawsuit was filed against Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, also known as BNY Mellon, in the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York. The lawsuit was filed for the class period of February 28, 2008, to August 11, 2011. Investment attorneys are encouraging…
Continue reading ›The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), acting as conservator for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, has filed securities lawsuits against a total of 17 financial entities in both federal and state courts. States in which the lawsuits were filed are New York and Connecticut. Financial institutions affected by the lawsuits, which were filed in September…
Continue reading ›A class action lawsuit has been filed against Merrill Lynch and came from the sale of around $16.5 billion in certificates that were derived from pools of securitized home mortgages. Investment attorneys and investors nationwide will be watching Case No. 08-CV-10841, filed against Merrill Lynch. This case obtained class certification in June of this year.…
Continue reading ›Investors who purchased MF Global Notes should consider securities arbitration against the underwriter broker-dealer from whom they purchased the Notes as a way of possibly recovering their losses. Though it is unsure when and how much MF Global noteholders will receive from the firm’s bankruptcy, Fitch Ratings stated in early November that the amount received…
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