Tag: Defenses

Brokers Investors

Everyone Does It Defense Falls Short

Even coupled with the ever popular “I didn’t know it was a crime” defense, an Investment Advisor loses. Lessons in securities regulation for the self-help minded. By Mark J. Astarita, Esq. Too often I hear clients, or more appropriately, potential clients, explain to me that they did not use an […]

Brokers Compliance

Everyone Does It Defense Falls Short.

 Even coupled with the ever popular “I didn’t know it was a crime” defense, an Investment Advisor loses. Lessons in securities regulation for the self-help minded. By Mark J. Astarita, Esq.   Too often I hear clients, or more appropriately, potential clients, explain to me that they did not use […]