The Irony of Investment Advisers
January 18, 2024
You’ve decided to work with an investment adviser, instead of a stockbroker, in part because that adviser proudly told you
Hugh D. Berkson
Securities Regulators Remove Safeguards: Heightened Risks for Investors
December 7, 2023
On November 17, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission approved the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority’s request to loosen supervision standards
The Market, Brokers, and Advisors, Oh My
August 25, 2022
The stock market has been especially volatile this year. And if the markets maintain this level of volatility, we fully
The Market Is Down – The Securities Practice Is Busy, Right?
July 7, 2022
The stock market has demonstrated sustained volatility this year that we simply haven’t seen for more than a decade. Though
Robinhood Service Outages Create Headaches – But There’s a Cure
July 9, 2021
At the risk of stating the painfully obvious, if something sounds too good to be true, it probably is. The
Robinhood May Be Liable If You Lose Money Based On Its Recommendations
February 10, 2021
Robinhood has been in the news a lot again lately, and that news isn’t terribly favorable. Given that we represent
Robinhood Restricts Purchases of GameStop, AMC, Other Securities – Do I Have a Claim?
January 29, 2021
The Quick Version: Robinhood, TD Ameritrade, and other online platforms have prevented retail investors from entering buy orders in Gamestop,
My Broker Stole My Stock!
December 21, 2020
Our Securities Fraud practice area has received dozens of calls from distressed investors, all with the same complaint: “I woke
When Is “Stay the Course” Code for “Please Don’t Sue Me?”
March 16, 2020
Markets Go Up And Down – And They’re Doing That A Lot Right Now No investor or broker has a
Report Authored by McCarthy Lebit’s Hugh Berkson Prompts Pro-Investor Congressional Initiative
March 8, 2018
In February 2016, while Hugh Berkson was President of the Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association (PIABA), he researched and authored an