Charges Include Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Fraud, and Conspiracy to Defraud
ORLANDO, FL— The Business Trial Group of Morgan & Morgan (BTG) has filed a lawsuit against Fifth Third Bank, two of its employees and Fifth Third Mortgage Company, alleging that an immigrant to the United States, with no experience in business, finance, or real estate was defrauded by Fifth Third and its agents. The counterclaim [...]
The Business Trial Group Represents Alan Grayson in FINRA Litigation
April 23, 2012 – The Business Trial Group of Morgan & Morgan today announced that Wachovia Securities (now Wells Fargo Advisors) has been found liable to former U.S. Congressman Alan Grayson for aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary duty associated with a failed stock loan program operated by Derivium Capital, LLC. Earlier this month the [...]
Action Seeks Relief for Disabled Individuals under Federal ADA Regulations
March 12, 2012— The Business Trial Group of Morgan & Morgan has filed a class action lawsuit in Federal Court against AMTRAK on behalf of the disabled. The suit was filed pursuant to federal regulations under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act for discriminating against people with disabilities [...]
Conference to Discuss Progress of “America's Great Outdoors Initiative”
Business Trial Group attorney and former State Senator Rick Dantzler has been invited to participate in the upcoming “White House Conference on Conservation: Growing America’s Outdoor Heritage and Economy” in Washington, D.C. Rick co-chairs the Northern Everglades Alliance, a group which advocates for preserving working ranches and rural landscapes in the area of the Everglades Headwaters. [...]
The Business Trial Group of Morgan and Morgan announces its initiative to begin filing individual arbitration claims against forex merchant dealer FXCM for suspected abusive practices. FXCM was originally the target of a landmark national class action filed earlier this year in federal court in Manhattan, the resolution of which would have resolved the claims [...]
SEC Issues Warnings in Summary Report
In a recently published Summary Report, the SEC issued a unique warning concerning five types of Structured Securities Products that have enhanced risks which investors should be aware of. These products include: Principal Protected Notes Enhanced Income Notes Market Participation Notes Leveraged Participation Notes Reverse Convertible Notes Each category of these Structured Securities Products includes enhanced risks that the [...]
Despite warnings from the SEC in 2009 and a freeze on new leveraged exchange-traded-funds (ETF) products by the SEC initiated in March 2010, investors continue to heavily invest in products that neither the customer nor the broker selling the product properly understands. We are concerned that investors may be seriously misled into believing that if [...]
November 2, 2011 – A Leon County jury today handed down a verdict of civil theft in a case involving the purchase of a Skybox license at Florida State University. The jury found that Roger K. Hobbs, owner of RK Development, and Matthew H. Gilbert, a principal in James DA Holley Company, and their company, [...]
Business Trial Group Represents Carter in FDLE Probable Cause Determination Hearing
October 26, 2011 – In a Probable Cause Determination Hearing held today in Jacksonville, Florida, attempts to decertify former Melbourne police officer Frank Carter were resoundingly denied by a panel of the Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. The probable cause determination was based on five traffic stops [...]
Business Trial Group attorney Charles (Chad) R. Walker, Jr. recently received an AV® Preeminent™ rating from Martindale-Hubbell. According to Martindale, an AV® certification mark is a significant rating accomplishment— a testament to the fact that a lawyer’s peers rank him or her at the highest level of professional excellence. Martindale-Hubbell, which traces its roots to 1868, contains online profiles for over [...]
Federal court issues order freezing defendants’ assets and prohibiting destruction of books and records
Source: Commodity Futures Trading Commission: CFTC Press Release 6096-11 Washington, DC- The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that on August 18, 2011 a federal court in California entered an order freezing the assets of defendants Douglas Elsworth Wilson of Poway, Calif., and three California companies that he controls and manages, Elsworth Berg Capital [...]
NFA 8-12-11 Complaint against FXCM NFA 8-12-11 Decision- FXCM August 12, Chicago – National Futures Association (NFA) has issued a Decision imposing a $2,000,000 monetary sanction against Forex Capital Markets LLC (FXCM) in settlement of a Complaint issued by NFA’s Business Conduct Committee on August 12, 2011. The Complaint cited FXCM for retaining gains derived [...]
The Commercial Contingency Trial Firm Continues its Westward Expansion
August 4, 2011 – ORLANDO— Morgan & Morgan announced the continued expansion of its Business Trial Group with the addition of former State Senator Rick Dantzler. A long-time friend of firm founder John Morgan, Dantzler is spearheading the Group’s expansion to the Tampa/Winter Haven area. “John and I were college classmates and fraternity brothers, law school [...]
Complaint Also Cites Constitutional Rights Violations
Complaint and Demand for Jury Trial May 18, 2011 – The Business Trial Group of Morgan & Morgan, P.A. filed a lawsuit in Federal Court today against the City of Melbourne, Florida and certain individual defendants, on behalf of former Melbourne Police Officer Frank Carter. The lawsuit alleges that the City, through the former police [...]
Firm will assist in processing refund claims on behalf of account holders of Full Tilt Poker, PokerStars, and Absolute Poker, while contemplating potential class action.
Information Memorandum—For Immediate Release March 6, 2011 – The Business Trial Group of Morgan & Morgan, P.A. announced that it is offering to assist all U.S. citizens with funds held on account at Full Tilt Poker, Poker Stars, and Absolute Poker in obtaining full refunds of all monies. Clients will be able to have Morgan [...]
Finds Subsequent Purchaser of Apartment Complex Designed and Constructed by Prior Developer can be Sued for Non-compliance with HUD Regulations Prohibiting Disability Barriers
April 17, 2011- Orlando, FL – In a lawsuit brought by the Business Trial Group of Morgan & Morgan, P.A., Federal District Judge Patricia C. Fawsett ruled Friday that a quadriplegic Plaintiff who visited an Orlando apartment complex in November of 2010 and claimed to have encountered architectural barriers at that time does have standing [...]
Orlando, FL / April 5, 2011- An arbitration claim against Merrimac Corporate Securities, Inc. (MCSI), a Broker-Dealer based in Longwood, Florida, was filed today by the Business Trial Group of Morgan & Morgan, P.A. on behalf of 16 claimants, mostly elderly residents of Central Florida. The Statement of Claim was filed under the Financial Industry [...]
Charges Include Misappropriation of Trade Secrets
Downloads Complaint SeaWorld Comparisons Composite Exhibits I – N Dubai Worlds of Discovery Comparisons Composite Exhibit O Busch Gardens Comparisons Composite Exhibits P – T Aquatica Comparisons & General Designs Composite Exhibits U – Z Exhibits A – H Watch Revere’s Presentation Video Case Information Memorandum – For Immediate Release In response to the numerous [...]
Tallahassee Attorney Rick Bateman Joins Growing Commercial Contingency Trial Firm
March 30, 2011 – ORLANDO, FL – The Business Trial Group of the law firm of Morgan & Morgan, P.A. announced today that it has opened an office in Tallahassee, Florida and that esteemed local trial lawyer Frederick “Rick” Bateman has joined the firm and will head up the Tallahassee office. The Business Trial Group [...]
(Second in a Series) FINRA Arbitration: Litigation Lite or Heavyweight Fight?
Arbitration proceedings are often misunderstood. Lay people, and even some lawyers, mistakenly lump arbitrations into the same category of so-called “alternative dispute resolution” proceedings, such as mediation. They consider arbitration as less than full-blown litigation, to be generously described only as “litigation lite,” a loosey-goosey process not bound by any rules of law or evidence. [...]
Warren Buffet, the greatest investor of our time, warned us that derivatives and other structured financial products were “financial weapons of mass destruction.” Jim Byrd is an attorney and Managing Director of the Morgan & Morgan Business Trial Group in Orlando, Florida, who practices in the area of Securities Litigation, with particular emphasis on investment [...]
The Business Trial Group of Morgan & Morgan, P.A. has filed a class action lawsuit against FXDirectDealer, LLC (FXDD) alleging fraud and racketeering by one of the nation’s larger Forex dealers. See: Hugo Cruz v. FXDD Executed Complaint 2-10-11 The lawsuit, filed on February 11 in the United States District Court for the Southern District [...]
The Business Trial Group of Morgan & Morgan, P.A. filed a class action lawsuit today against Forex Capital Markets, LLC (FXCM) alleging fraud and racketeering by the nation’s largest Forex dealer. The lawsuit, filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Manhattan Division), alleges that FXCM has bilked thousands [...]
The Business Trial Group has announced the creation of the Stock Loss Recovery Team, dedicated to representing clients who have lost money as a result of the purchase, sale or trading of securities, with particular emphasis on those who have suffered losses as a result of a penny stock scam. Headed by 31-year veteran Wall [...]
While the public attention has been focused on corruption on Wall Street – Goldman – subprimes – Madoff and others, the most pervasive market fraud occurs, not in New York, but in places like Vancouver and Boca Raton. Scammers perpetrate market fraud in the penny stock markets daily, and on a much broader scale then [...]
