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The Securities Law Firm of Menzer & Hill, P.A. (www.suemyadvisor.com) announced today that it has filed arbitration claims and continues to investigate the sales practices of brokerage firms that solicited investors to buy leveraged and inversed Exchanged-Traded Funds (“ETFs”).  Many brokerage firms, through their financial advisors, have solicited purchases in these securities as investments, with holding periods longer than one day, while others are recommending option strategies on the underlying ETFs.

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”), stated in a Regulatory Notice, sent to brokerage firms June 2009, that leveraged and inverse ETFs are “highly complex financial instruments” and “are typically not suitable for retail investors who plan to hold them for more than one trading [day], particularly in volatile markets.”  Brokerage firms that failed to adhere to suitability requirements could be held liable to investors that sustained losses in solicited purchases of leveraged and inverse ETFs as a result.

On May 1, 2012, Citigroup was fined $2 million and ordered to pay $146,431 in restitution. Wells Fargo was fined $2.1 million and ordered to pay $641,489 in restitution. Morgan Stanley was fined $1.75 million and ordered to pay $604,584, and UBS was fined $1.5 million and ordered to pay $431,488.

Investors that have purchased leveraged or inverse ETFs through a brokerage account or managed account offered by Merrill Lynch, a subsidiary of Bank of America (NYSE: BAC), Morgan Stanley Smith Barney (NYSE: MS), Wells Fargo Advisors (NYSE: WFC), Ameriprise Financial (NYSE: AMP), UBS (NYSE: UBS), LPL Financial, Raymond James (NYSE: RJF), Edward Jones, or other brokerage firms and have sustained losses should contact the attorneys at the Securities Law Firm of Menzer & Hill, P.A. to determine if they have a claim for a recovery of losses.

For a free case evaluation or to discuss any other investment losses, please contact the Securities Law Firm of Menzer & Hill, P.A., at 888-923-9223, or visit us on the web at www.suemyadvisor.com.

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http://bit.ly/It9eeL  “This is a win for equity and fairness,” said Scott Adkins, Chief Litigation and Bankruptcy Counsel, with Menzer & Hill, P.A. and class action counsel for the putative class. “DeWaay has extremely limited resources and hundreds of clients who’ve lost a lot of money.”

The Securities Law Firm of Menzer & Hill, P.A. (www.suemyadvisor.com) announced today that it is continuing its investigation of the sales practices of brokerage firms that solicited purchases of Lehman Brothers Principal Protected Notes (“Notes”).  Many broker-dealers marketed the Notes as safe, secure, investments without informing the purchasers of the true risks associated with the Notes, including the fact that the Notes were tied to the credit worthiness of the guarantor, Lehman Brothers.  When Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy, the value of the Notes became essentially worthless. 

Investors that have purchased Notes through a brokerage account or managed account offered by Merrill Lynch, a subsidiary of Bank of America (NYSE: BAC), Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS), Wells Fargo Advisors (NYSE: WFC), Ameriprise Financial (NYSE: AMP), UBS (NYSE: UBS), LPL Financial (NASDAQ GS: LPLA), Raymond James (NYSE: RJF), Barclays (NYSE: BCS), Edward Jones, or other brokerage firms and have sustained losses should contact the attorneys at the Securities Law Firm of Menzer & Hill, P.A. to determine if they have a claim for a recovery of losses.

For a free case evaluation or to discuss any other investment losses, please contact the Securities Arbitration Firm of Menzer & Hill, P.A. at 888-923-9223, or visit us on the web at www.suemyadvisor.com.

The Securities Law Firm of Menzer & Hill, P.A. is proud to announce that on August 1, 2011, Scott Adkins has joined the firm as litigation counsel.

Mr. Adkins focuses his practice on arbitrations and class actions for defrauded investors, as well as derivative and fiduciary litigation in corporate matters.  Mr. Adkins comes to Menzer & Hill with over a decade’s broad experience across a wide spectrum of complex securities and corporate litigation and arbitration matters, obtained at some of the nation’s most renowned law firms.

Upon graduation with honors from The George Washington University Law School, Mr. Adkins served as law clerk to The Honorable Daniel T.K. Hurley. Later, Mr. Adkins clerked on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit for The Honorable Alice M. Batchelder.

In addition to his clerkships, Mr. Adkins practiced with some of the nation’s largest and most prestigious corporate law firms, including Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom and O’Melveny & Myers.  At Skadden Arps and O’Melveny, Mr. Adkins worked on several high profile securities litigation matters, where hundreds of millions (and sometimes, billions) of dollars were at stake.

After Skadden Arps, Mr. Adkins joined the predecessor firm of Robbins Geller, the largest plaintiffs’ class action firm in the country, where Mr. Adkins routinely ran large securities class actions and regularly appeared in federal district and appellate courts around the country on behalf of defrauded investors.  

With the decline in securities class actions, Mr. Adkins turned to securities arbitrations and prevailed against broker-dealer Securities America for its involvement in two multi-hundred million dollar Ponzi schemes, leading to substantial recoveries for investors.

Mr. Adkins is a former United States Marine, who is admitted to practice in California, Delaware, the District of Columbia, and in every federal appellate circuit in the United States, as well as numerous federal district courts throughout the country.

The Securities Law Firm of Menzer & Hill, P.A. (www.suemyadvisor.com) announces that it has filed multiple arbitration claims against Raymond James Financial Services, Inc. (NYSE: RJF) related to the solicitation of leveraged and inversed Exchanged-Traded Funds (“ETFs”).  Many brokerage firms, including RJF, through their financial advisors, solicited purchases in these securities as investments, with holding periods longer than one day, while others were recommending option strategies on the underlying ETFs.  The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”), stated in a Regulatory Notice, sent to brokerage firms in June 2009, that leveraged and inverse ETFs are “highly complex financial instruments” and “are typically not suitable for retail investors who plan to hold them for more than one trading [day], particularly in volatile markets.”  Brokerage firms that failed to adhere to suitability requirements could be held liable to investors that sustained losses in solicited purchases of leveraged and inverse ETFs as a result.

Investors that purchased leveraged or inverse ETFs through a brokerage account or managed account offered by Raymond James or other brokerage firms should contact the attorneys at the Securities Law Firm of Menzer & Hill, P.A. to determine if they have a claim for a recovery of losses.

For a free case evaluation or to discuss any other investment losses, please contact the Securities Law Firm of Menzer & Hill, P.A. at 888-923-9223, or visit us on the web at www.suemyadvisor.com.