11/19/18
By: Bill Buechner
The Eleventh Circuit very recently affirmed a district court’s ruling that a debt collector did not violate the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act even though the collection misstated the name of the creditor to whom the consumer …
DOL Fiduciary Rule Suffers a Slow Death
5/15/18
By: Ted Peters
In 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) promulgated a set of rules and regulations now infamously referred to as the “Fiduciary Rule.” After multiple criticism and legal challenges, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal struck down …
11/5/12
By: Mike Flint and Laura Broome
In 2005, the tort reform passed by the Georgia legislature included a statute that changed the standard for suing emergency room health care professionals in medical malpractice actions. The statute in essence states that …
FINRA Clarifies “Know Your Customer” and “Suitability” Rules
9/17/12
By: Joyce Mocek
FINRA Rule 2090, effective July 9, 2012, has streamlined and replaced the former NASD Rule 405, the “Know Your Customer” standard. The new rule contains a “reasonable diligence” standard, compared to the old rule requirement of “use …