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• Expert Says Some Brokerage Firms Performed Poor Private Placement Due Diligence

  December 2, 2011 Comments (0) Blog, Securities Fraud

  A recent article by Bruce Kelly of the investmentnews.com reported the opinion of Gordon Yale, a forensic accountant, who has served as an expert for dozens of investors who have brought claims against brokerage firms related to the sale of failed private placement investments issued by companies like DBSI, Inc.,

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• DBSI TIC & DBSI REIT Investments Investigation

  

  August 26, 2011 Comments (0) Blog, Securities Fraud

  DBSI REIT Securities Investigation The White Law Group is continuing to pursue securities fraud claims against broker-dealers who invested their clients’ funds in DBSI TIC (tenants in common) and DBSI REIT investments. In April, the firm filed a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration statement

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• Broker Dealers Suing Insurance Carriers Over Coverage For Customer Claims

  February 21, 2011 Comments (0) Blog, Securities Fraud

  According to the Investment News, three independent broker-dealers are suing their respective insurance carriers for failing to cover investors’ legal claims, with one charging that its insurer has exposed it to “financial ruin.” The broker-dealers, Next Financial Group Inc., Berthel Fisher & Company

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• FINRA focused on possible securities fraud Involving Private Placements and Non-Traded REITs

  February 3, 2011 Comments (0) Blog, Securities Fraud

  Broker-dealer sales of opaque and illiquid private investments are squarely in the sights of securities regulators at the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc. In fact, Regulation D private placements and “close cousin” non-traded real estate investment trusts are listed as the first and second areas of

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• FINRA Rules on Private Placements

  January 21, 2011 Comments (0) Blog, Securities Fraud

  Private Placements have become a hot button issue for FINRA regulators and securities attorneys representing investors.  The number of private placement cases has spiked considerably over the past few years in large part because of the sizable commissions brokerage firms generate from selling private placements.  We

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• Recovery of DBSI Investment Losses

  December 10, 2010 Comments (0) Blog, Securities Fraud

  The White Law Group is currently investigating numerous securities fraud claims involving DBSI and DBSI tenants-in-common investments.  Specifically, the firm is investigating whether the broker-dealers that recommended DBSI to its clients failed to perform the necessary due diligence on DBSI prior to recommending it

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• Investigation into possible securities fraud involving DBSI, Inc., and the broker-dealers that sold DBSI TIC investments, including Independent Financial Group, Royal Alliance, Steven L. Falk & Associates, Omni Brokerage, Waveland Capital Partners, and others.

  June 21, 2010 Comments (0) Blog, Securities Fraud

  We are investigating securities fraud claims on behalf of numerous investors involving recommendations made by their broker-dealer that they invest in DBSI, Inc., and specifically in DBSI TIC (tenants in common) or DBSI REIT investments. In the cases we are investigating, the brokerage firms allegedly represented that

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• Investigation of possible securities fraud involving DBSI, Inc. and Royal Alliance

  June 8, 2010 Comments (0) Blog, Securities Fraud

  We are investigating a securities fraud claim on behalf of an investor involving a recommendation made by Royal Alliance to invest in DBSI, Inc. In the case we are investigating, Royal Alliance allegedly represented that the DBSI tic (tenants-in-common) investment provided a 6% guaranteed return. Unfortunately,

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