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Logic Prevails as the D.C. Circuit Reverses the SEC: An Investment Adviser Cannot Be Negligent and Intentional at the Same Time

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In a triumph of reason over complexity, the D.C. Circuit has held that an investment adviser cannot negligently commit an intentional act. In so holding, the second highest court in the land has (once again) overturned a...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Class Size Doesn’t Matter—Seventh Circuit Holds That Federal Law Bars Private Securities Class Actions Brought Under State Law...

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In Nielen-Thomas v. Concorde Investment Servs., LLC, No. 18-2875, 2019 WL 302766 (7th Cir. Jan. 24, 2019), the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held that the Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Chris Lazarini Further Examines Case Involving Advisor’s Effort to Avoid Paying a Promissory Note

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Bass, Berry & Sims attorney Chris Lazarini examined further developments in a case involving a former UBS investment advisor’s attempt to prevent the company from collecting on promissory notes the advisor owed to UBS upon...more

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Chris Lazarini Analyzes Presumption of Fraud in Case Involving Advisor's Effort to Avoid Paying a Promissory Note

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Bass, Berry & Sims attorney Chris Lazarini analyzed a case in which a former investment advisor at UBS sought to prevent the company from collecting on promissory notes the advisor owed to UBS upon his departure. After the...more

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