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Book Synopsis
Essential guidance for recovery of lost assets through arbitration, mediation and other forms of conflict resolution

Since the discovery of the Madoff fraud and investment scandals associated with the global credit crisis, investors have become aware that they can fight back and demand both justice and monetary recovery. To date, the only reliable resources on securities arbitration have been either sensationalized accounts of how to sue Wall Street or legal references, which provide no practical application. Filled with expert guidance showing investors how arbitration works, Investor''s Guide to Loss Recovery fills that gap by providing a focus on all of the investor''s options when a conflict arises.

  • Includes charts showing the major areas of litigation as well as empirical evidence of enhanced awareness of investment misconduct
  • Proprietary research by the author, demonstrating arbitration results
  • Analysis on how newly enacted regulat

    Table of Contents
    Foreword xi

    Preface xiii

    Acknowledgments xix

    Introduction xxiii

    CHAPTER 1: Road to Recovery 1

    A Sharp Stick 1

    Dodd-Frank: The Engine That Could 2

    Rejecting Acceptance 4

    The Incalculable Threshold 5

    Dealing with the Demons 6

    What Went Wrong? 7

    What Can Be Done? 7

    Criminal Trials 8

    Civil Litigation 14

    Class Action Litigation 17

    Mediation 18

    Arbitration 20

    Notes 21

    CHAPTER 2: Rock, Paper, Scissors 25

    Five, Cinq, Fu¨nf, Cinco 25

    Category 1 ADR: Member Firm versus Member Firm 27

    Category 2 ADR: Employee versus Member Firm 29

    Category 3 ADR: Member Firm versus Employee 31

    Category 4 ADR: Member Firm versus Private Investor 33

    Category 5 ADR: Investor versus Member Firm 34

    Notes 38

    CHAPTER 3: Paperwork and Nostalgia 41

    Equity, Epieikeia, or Myth? 41

    Challenge of Solo Flight 44

    A Trip to the Clinic 46

    Paper versus Panel 47

    The Perfect Counsel Is Imperfect 48

    The Cone of (Near Total) Silence 50

    Historical Revisionism 51

    Strange Ways 52

    Notes 53

    CHAPTER 4: Revolutionary Acts 55

    Jewels Among the Stones 55

    Three Chords and the Truth 57

    Your Story, Your Commitment 57

    The Edge of Courage 60

    More Than a Suggestion 62

    Customer Requirements, List 2 62

    I See Something That You Don't See 64

    Respondent Requirements, List 1 65

    Negligence/Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Lists 9 and 10 66

    Churning, Lists 3 and 4 67

    Failure to Supervise, Lists 5 and 6 69

    Misrepresentation/Omissions, Lists 7 and 8 70

    Unauthorized Trading, Lists 11 and 12 71

    Unsuitability, Lists 13 and 14 72

    Reform through Reduction? 73

    A Venue for Intellect and Reason 74

    Notes 75

    CHAPTER 5: Expect the Unexpected 77

    Tracking an M-80 77

    The Baker's Dozen 78

    New Account Paperwork 79

    Customer Monthly Statements 81

    Customer Federal Tax Returns and Schedules 83

    Communications 84

    Presentations and Proposals 85

    Commissions and Fees 86

    Compliance Manuals and Evidence of Supervision 88

    Business Unit Audit Results 90

    Regulatory Central Data Records 91

    Prospectuses and Offering Documents 92

    Phone Records 93

    Marketing Materials 93

    Damage Calculations 94

    Notes 97

    CHAPTER 6: The Lean Compromise 99

    In Other Words, Schiedsgerichtsvereinbarung 99

    Augustinian Guidance 101

    Mediation, Act I: Getting to Know You 106

    Mediation, Act II: We Are Gathered Together 108

    Mediation, Act III: I'm a Victim 109

    Mediation, Act IV: Hold On, Not So Fast 111

    Mediation, Act V: Deal or No Deal? 113

    Notes 115

    CHAPTER 7: Arbitration: People, Places, and Things 117

    Arbitration (Third Century B.C.) 117

    People 119

    Places 121

    Things 122

    Arbitration Script 125

    Notes 150

    CHAPTER 8: The Advocates 151

    Advocacy, Not Advice 151

    Margery S. Bronster 152

    Louis F. Burke 156

    G. Kent Edwards 163

    Richard S. Frankowski 167

    Jan Graham 173

    Charles C. Mihalek 176

    Tina Morin 180

    William S. Shepherd 186

    Wisdom 2,317 Miles from Wall Street 189

    Notes 189

    CHAPTER 9: End of the Beginning 191

    Wabi-Sabi 191

    Twenty-Four Points 192

    A Graphic Graphic 195

    The Equation 198

    We the People 198

    Notes 199

    About the Author 201

    Index 203

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      Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 03/11/2011
      ISBN13: 9780470937624, 978-0470937624
      ISBN10: 0470937629

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Essential guidance for recovery of lost assets through arbitration, mediation and other forms of conflict resolution

      Since the discovery of the Madoff fraud and investment scandals associated with the global credit crisis, investors have become aware that they can fight back and demand both justice and monetary recovery. To date, the only reliable resources on securities arbitration have been either sensationalized accounts of how to sue Wall Street or legal references, which provide no practical application. Filled with expert guidance showing investors how arbitration works, Investor''s Guide to Loss Recovery fills that gap by providing a focus on all of the investor''s options when a conflict arises.

      • Includes charts showing the major areas of litigation as well as empirical evidence of enhanced awareness of investment misconduct
      • Proprietary research by the author, demonstrating arbitration results
      • Analysis on how newly enacted regulat

        Table of Contents
        Foreword xi

        Preface xiii

        Acknowledgments xix

        Introduction xxiii

        CHAPTER 1: Road to Recovery 1

        A Sharp Stick 1

        Dodd-Frank: The Engine That Could 2

        Rejecting Acceptance 4

        The Incalculable Threshold 5

        Dealing with the Demons 6

        What Went Wrong? 7

        What Can Be Done? 7

        Criminal Trials 8

        Civil Litigation 14

        Class Action Litigation 17

        Mediation 18

        Arbitration 20

        Notes 21

        CHAPTER 2: Rock, Paper, Scissors 25

        Five, Cinq, Fu¨nf, Cinco 25

        Category 1 ADR: Member Firm versus Member Firm 27

        Category 2 ADR: Employee versus Member Firm 29

        Category 3 ADR: Member Firm versus Employee 31

        Category 4 ADR: Member Firm versus Private Investor 33

        Category 5 ADR: Investor versus Member Firm 34

        Notes 38

        CHAPTER 3: Paperwork and Nostalgia 41

        Equity, Epieikeia, or Myth? 41

        Challenge of Solo Flight 44

        A Trip to the Clinic 46

        Paper versus Panel 47

        The Perfect Counsel Is Imperfect 48

        The Cone of (Near Total) Silence 50

        Historical Revisionism 51

        Strange Ways 52

        Notes 53

        CHAPTER 4: Revolutionary Acts 55

        Jewels Among the Stones 55

        Three Chords and the Truth 57

        Your Story, Your Commitment 57

        The Edge of Courage 60

        More Than a Suggestion 62

        Customer Requirements, List 2 62

        I See Something That You Don't See 64

        Respondent Requirements, List 1 65

        Negligence/Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Lists 9 and 10 66

        Churning, Lists 3 and 4 67

        Failure to Supervise, Lists 5 and 6 69

        Misrepresentation/Omissions, Lists 7 and 8 70

        Unauthorized Trading, Lists 11 and 12 71

        Unsuitability, Lists 13 and 14 72

        Reform through Reduction? 73

        A Venue for Intellect and Reason 74

        Notes 75

        CHAPTER 5: Expect the Unexpected 77

        Tracking an M-80 77

        The Baker's Dozen 78

        New Account Paperwork 79

        Customer Monthly Statements 81

        Customer Federal Tax Returns and Schedules 83

        Communications 84

        Presentations and Proposals 85

        Commissions and Fees 86

        Compliance Manuals and Evidence of Supervision 88

        Business Unit Audit Results 90

        Regulatory Central Data Records 91

        Prospectuses and Offering Documents 92

        Phone Records 93

        Marketing Materials 93

        Damage Calculations 94

        Notes 97

        CHAPTER 6: The Lean Compromise 99

        In Other Words, Schiedsgerichtsvereinbarung 99

        Augustinian Guidance 101

        Mediation, Act I: Getting to Know You 106

        Mediation, Act II: We Are Gathered Together 108

        Mediation, Act III: I'm a Victim 109

        Mediation, Act IV: Hold On, Not So Fast 111

        Mediation, Act V: Deal or No Deal? 113

        Notes 115

        CHAPTER 7: Arbitration: People, Places, and Things 117

        Arbitration (Third Century B.C.) 117

        People 119

        Places 121

        Things 122

        Arbitration Script 125

        Notes 150

        CHAPTER 8: The Advocates 151

        Advocacy, Not Advice 151

        Margery S. Bronster 152

        Louis F. Burke 156

        G. Kent Edwards 163

        Richard S. Frankowski 167

        Jan Graham 173

        Charles C. Mihalek 176

        Tina Morin 180

        William S. Shepherd 186

        Wisdom 2,317 Miles from Wall Street 189

        Notes 189

        CHAPTER 9: End of the Beginning 191

        Wabi-Sabi 191

        Twenty-Four Points 192

        A Graphic Graphic 195

        The Equation 198

        We the People 198

        Notes 199

        About the Author 201

        Index 203

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