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Securities Arbitration and Litigation
Court Watch News |
2014/11/21 16:15
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The Law Offices of Place & Hanley, LLC is a nationally recognized
securities and commodities arbitration law firm which represents investors nationwide. At Place & Hanley we represent investors in claims against their brokers, broker dealers, investment advisors,financial advisors and insurance companies.
We have prosecuted claims against many Wall Street firms, such as Merrill Lynch, Wells Fargo, UBS, Oppenheimer, as well as some mid-sized broker dealers. Our securities lawyers advocate on behalf of their client's savings when their brokerage accounts were mishandled or when they have become victims of negligence, unsuitable investments, and financial fraud.
The staff and lawyers at the Law Offices of Place & Hanley are dedicated to representing wronged investors who have lost money from the willful or negligent acts of their broker or financial advisor. Our firm has experience recovering millions of dollars for both individuals and group claims, as well as class action litigation with securities related matters. In addition, we have fought on behalf of or clients for recovered punitive damages and attorney's fees.
Our firm has successfully brought negligent brokers to justice in many State and Federal Courts, in addition to Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Service (JAMS), the American Arbitration Association (AAA), the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), the National Futures Association(NFA), Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Service (JAMS), and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA f/k/a NASD). We firmly believe that the victims of these negligent firms deserve a chance at
financial recovery. |
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Court: Some NC legislator emails must be released
Network News |
2014/11/21 16:14
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North Carolina legislators aren't required to give up emails with other lawmakers and staff to those suing over the state's election-overhaul law, but correspondence with third parties is largely fair game, a federal judge ruled Thursday.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Joi Peake ruled on the extent of legislative confidentiality in three lawsuits filed against the state and officials including Gov. Pat McCrory and challenging provisions of the 2013 law. Attorneys are collecting evidence for trial on the lawsuits next summer.
Those who sued demanded emails and other correspondence from more than a dozen state legislators that they hoped would provide insight to why the law was approved. The lawsuits, filed by civil rights groups, the U.S. government and voters among others, say that elements of the law are unconstitutional and discriminatory under the Voting Rights Act because they harm minority voters.
The lawsuits seek to overturn provisions that reduced the number of early voting days by one week, ended same-day registration during the early-voting period and mandate photo identification to vote in 2016.
In her ruling, Peake said legislative privilege applies to communications between legislators and their aides but not between lawmakers and constituents or interest groups. The state's attorneys cited no authority by which lawmakers should receive the privilege simply because they expected privacy with the communications, she wrote.
Peake rejected a request by the suing groups to require state attorneys to create a log of specific documents with lawmakers or staff corresponding with each other and that lawmakers believe are subject to the privilege — presumably for Peake later to decide whether the documents should be disclosed.
The privilege log "would itself significantly intrude into the legislative sphere, and would also place a heavy burden on the legislators in contravention of one of the aims of the legislative privilege," she wrote. |
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Indian guru in deadly standoff due in court
Court Watch News |
2014/11/21 16:13
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An Indian guru at the center of a deadly standoff with police was set to appear in court Friday after he was arrested at his sprawling ashram for refusing to answer murder charges.
Nearly 15,000 supporters of the 63-year-old Sant Rampal were evacuated from his compound in Haryana state before police took him away in an ambulance Wednesday. Previous attempts by riot police to enter the fortified estate, about 175 kilometers (110 miles) from New Delhi, had resulted in deaths and injuries as Rampal's followers, some of whom were armed, fought back.
The self-styled guru was taken to Chandigarh, the state capital, to appear before a court Friday.
He has repeatedly ignored orders to answer a 2006 murder charge against him. Police have filed additional charges against him and some of his supporters, including sedition, murder, criminal conspiracy and detaining people illegally in his fortress, said Jawahar Yadav, a Haryana state government spokesman.
More than 400 people have been arrested and about 200 others injured, including security forces, during the dayslong standoff.
The guru's followers on Wednesday handed over to police the bodies of four women who apparently died inside the 12-acre (5-hectare) complex. Another woman and an 18-month-old child died in a hospital after leaving the ashram.
The circumstances of the deaths were not clear and autopsies were being conducted. |
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Aggressive Securities Arbitration Services
Lawyer News |
2014/11/13 15:49
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Conway & Conway law firm, located in New York, are impassioned about representing public customers and industry professionals all over the world with a team of devoted futures, securities, and commodities arbitration attorneys. Constantly keeping abreast of developing and current regulatory reforms, U.S. securities laws, and other topics of interest to professionals and investors, our firm is responsive and agile. We are large enough to handle many cases and simultaneously provide personalized service to each client for their futures, securities, or commodities case.
Founded in 1988, Conway & Conway has been a successful New York City securities arbitration law firm, yielding fantastic results in securities arbitration cases from their 565 Fifth Avenue headquarters.
At Conway & Conway, the firm's attorneys have the know-how to deal with litigation and business counseling. At all points of negotiation and acquisition, along with wrongful termination and other corporate matters, we have advocated on behalf of our corporate clients. In addition to corporate clients, the firm works with commercial clients in all types of commercial and business litigation as well.
In the financial services industry, Conway & Conway gives exceptional legal counsel to the public. Whether its investors in dispute or issues with registered representatives and other associates, they have the high-caliber legal counsel to help. Fraud lawyers at the firm are well-versed in all things concerning the laws that apply to the securities and futures industries.
The commodity merchant attorneys at Conway & Conway provide litigation and arbitration services for international commodity merchants related to trade disputes. Their extensive trial experience, combined with a unique familiarity with the commodities industry foreign exchange and futures markets, enables Conway & Conway dedicated commodity arbitration attorneys to resolve serious commodity trade disputes in a timely and cost-effective manner.
For international commodity merchants, the commodity merchant attorneys at Conway & Conway administer arbitration and litigation services pertinent to trade disputes. |
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Court weighs role of race in Alabama redistricting
Network News |
2014/11/13 15:46
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The Supreme Court wrestled Wednesday with a dispute over the use of race to redraw political districts that turns the usual arguments on their heads.
The complicated case argued at the high court involves the use of a landmark voting rights law that led to the election of African-Americans across the South and Supreme Court decisions that limited the use of race to draw electoral maps.
Only in this case, Republicans in Alabama are invoking the Voting Rights Act to justify concentrating black voters in some legislative districts, and African-Americans challenging the state's legislative maps said the GOP relied too heavily on race.
"Do you realize you are making the argument that the opponents of black plaintiffs used to make here?" Justice Antonin Scalia asked a lawyer for the challengers. Scalia appeared favorable to the state's argument.
Justice Stephen Breyer was more skeptical of the state's claims, but he too found the role reversal curious. "This is an obverse and odd situation," Breyer told Alabama Solicitor General Andrew Brasher.
The outcome could come down to whether the justices think that race was the motivating factor in the state's 2012 redistricting or that Republicans merely tried to maximize their partisan advantage. |
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Court reinstates whistleblower case at nuke site
Industry News |
2014/11/11 13:34
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An appeals court reinstated a lawsuit filed by a whistleblower at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation who claims he was fired by a subcontractor after raising safety issues at the nation's most polluted nuclear weapons production site.
In its ruling Friday, the 9th U.S. Court of Appeals also said plaintiff Walt Tamosaitis is entitled to a jury trial.
The appeals court ruled that a lower court wrongly dismissed the case against the primary subcontractor on construction of a Hanford vitrification plant intended to deal with the most dangerous wastes, the Tri-City Herald reported.
"We are anxious to get into court as soon as we can," Tamosaitis' attorney, Jack Sheridan said.
Hanford, located near Richland, Washington, for decades made plutonium for nuclear weapons and now contains the nation's largest collection of radioactive wastes.
The lawsuit will continue with only URS Energy and Construction as a defendant. The 9th Circuit ruled that it had been appropriate to dismiss the U.S. Department of Energy from the lawsuit.
It's the first time a court of appeals has confirmed that whistleblowers are entitled to a jury trial, Sheridan said.
"It puts them on equal footing with other victims of discrimination," he said.
Tamosaitis contends the subcontractor removed him as the research and technology manager of the unfinished $12.2 billion vitrification plant project after he said more time was needed to resolve complex technical issues. Construction on the plant has since stopped because of technical and safety issues. |
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New York Adoption, Foster Care Litigation and Family Law
Lawyer News |
2014/11/11 13:33
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Representing clients from New York City to the surrounding counties in southern New York State and New Jersey, Rosin Sterinhagen Mendel is a law firm committed to representing clients in all aspects of family law.
We strive to provide each client with superior representation and careful analysis of their individual case. Our attention to detail and preparedness extends from custody hearings, to guardianship, to administrative proceedings, and permanency hearings.
Rosin Sterinhagen Mendel has the privilege of representing Foster Care Agencies in New York City from the Family Court to the New York State Court of Appeals on multiple occasions for over 30 years. You can also find our attorneys representing them in the Supreme Court and Appellate Divisions in New York as well. We provide them counsel as
well as supplementing them information concerning procedural changes in Family Court practice, as well as providing training for their staff.
Along with the Foster Care Agencies, you will find us representing foster parents in Family Court as well. Persons seeking everything from visitation, guardianship, and adoption are all able to seek counsel from Rosin Steinhagen Mendel.
We represent parents in abuse and neglect proceedings, expungement proceedings, and other administrative hearings. Our firm has represented several Native American Tribes in Family Court proceedings.
In addition to these responsibilities, we also represent parents in abuse and expungement, administrative, and neglect proceedings. Rosin Sterinhagen Mendel has even had the privilege of representing the interests of many Native American Tribes in Family Court. |
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