The SEC is feeling lobbyist pressure from both sides as it prepares to either appeal or let stand the March 30th ruling by a Federal Court of Appeals that vacated the “Merrill Lynch” rule.

Hydie Sumner’s ongoing battle with Wall Street took a new twist on Wednesday. It’s been ten years of legal wrangling with her former employer, Merrill Lynch. But today it’s another firm at the center of the Sumner drama—...

In the context of an invalid appointment of a successor trustee, the Oregon appellate court in Allen Trust Co. v. Cowlitz Bank, 152 P.3d 974 (Or. Ct. App. 2007) recently grappled with the question of what it means to be a "trustee de facto" -- and...

Wall Street: zero. Women: five. Or is it six? It’s not easy keeping track of the gender discrimination suits filed by female advisors against their firms over allegedly piggish working environments. (Well, wait, it’s not always women...

The SEC said today that it will distribute $125 million to more than 254,000 investors who were harmed by trading abuses in the PBHG Funds. The move is the first in a series of three disbursements from the Fair Fund coffers that will pay out $267...

The lawyer for a former Merrill Lynch broker has accused an NASD arbitrator of deciding a key part of the broker’s case before he even had a chance to offer his arguments.

At Citigroup’s three-hour shareholder meeting Tuesday, CEO Chuck Prince made it clear he has no intention of selling Smith Barney.

It’s annual meeting season, a time for disgruntled shareholders to confront management face-to-face and let ‘em have it. Yesterday, Citigroup, Smith Barney’s parent, held an apparently long, long, long meeting in an effort to...

Now that most people have put their tax returns in the mail (or applied for extensions), it’s interesting to take a look at who is paying the lion’s share of taxes in the United States. We here at Registered Rep. try to avoid politics ...

It’s not exactly ground breaking news that Americans have a major retirement and savings problem. But next month, a group of Wall Street executives will meet with leaders in Washington D.C. to discuss a game plan to address those problems&...