Securities Law, Investor Protection, and What You Should Know Before You File
Articles, investor alerts, and analysis from a former SEC Senior Enforcement Counsel who now represents investors in FINRA arbitration.
Time-Sensitive Alerts
Regulatory developments and deadline-driven updates that may affect your claim or your rights as an investor.
The SEC Wants to End State Review of Non-Traded REIT Offerings
A proposed rule would strip away the last substantive review that non-traded REITs and similar illiquid products receive before they reach retail investors. Jorge filed a comment letter explaining why.
Read the alertThe Investment Scam Most Americans Cannot Name
A RAND-analyzed national survey finds that most Americans cannot identify common investment fraud tactics, and the awareness gap is costing them billions.
Read the alertAre GWG L Bonds Worthless?
What investors can still recover from the brokers who sold L Bonds, and the eligibility deadlines that are closing on claims.
Read the alertInvestor Education
Plain-English articles on the misconduct patterns, claim types, and investor decisions that come up most often in practice.
Red Flags That Your Investment Adviser May Not Have Your Best Interest at Heart
Warning signs that your adviser may be prioritizing commissions over your financial wellbeing.
Read the articleWhat to Do If Your Financial Adviser Misled You
How to document misconduct, preserve evidence, and pursue a claim when your adviser lied.
Read the articleAI Investment Scams: What Every Investor Should Know
How artificial intelligence is being used to build more convincing investment scams.
Read the articleElder Financial Exploitation: Warning Signs and Legal Remedies
Warning signs of financial exploitation targeting older investors and the legal remedies available.
Read the articleHow to Recover Investment Losses Through FINRA Arbitration
How the arbitration process works, what losses qualify, and what investors should expect.
Read the articleUnauthorized Trading by Your Broker
What unauthorized trading is, how to identify it in your account, and what to do next.
Read the articleWhy Private Claims Matter More During an SEC Enforcement Slowdown
Why private FINRA claims matter more than ever when SEC enforcement resources contract.
Read the articleBroker Negligence: When Bad Advice Costs You Real Money
How negligence claims differ from fraud claims, and when careless advice becomes actionable.
Read the articleToo Much of Your Money in One Investment?
When portfolio concentration becomes a claim, and how these cases recover in arbitration.
Read the articleThe Hidden Risks of Social Media Investment Clubs
How investment club scams operate on WhatsApp, Telegram, and Facebook, and who victims can actually recover from.
Read the articleGWG L Bond Articles
A four-part series on the GWG Holdings collapse, the claims that remain open, and the deadlines that are closing.
The GWG L Bonds Collapse, Explained
What happened to GWG Holdings, what the bankruptcy pays, and why claims against selling brokers remain open.
Read the articleWere GWG L Bonds Sold as Safe Income?
The gap between what the prospectus disclosed and what salespeople told investors.
Read the articleWhy GWG L Bonds Did Not Fit Conservative Investors
Why L Bonds raise suitability claims for conservative investors, by their own prospectus disclosures.
Read the articleCan GWG Investors Still Recover in 2026?
Whether recovery is still possible, how the eligibility deadlines work, and what to do now.
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