The Law Planet Blog
Employment law, securities law and law firm management.
Author: Marc Dobin practices at Dobin & Jenks in Jupiter, Fla.
Blawg Related Categories: Labor & Employment • Law Practice Management • Legal Technology • Securities Law • Solo / Small Firm
Recent Posts from The Law Planet Blog
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Equity Index Annuities - The Roach Motel Gets Regulated
Here's the deal. Equity Index Annuities look and smell like a security but for reasons that escape me they are regulated as fixed insurance. I have written about this before. An insurance agent, with no…
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FINRA Arbitrators Take a Bite Out of Claimant's Counsel
I have been handling securities arbitrations for over 20 years. Every once in a while, the arbitrators saw the other side's case for what I believed it was -- nonsense. This has happened a few…
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Proof That Someone Has Too Much Time
Check out this blog which demonstrates that the cost of entry is too low and someone has too much time "on their hands." I guess the good news is that it's not "Brokers standing on…
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U-5 Reporting - Termination Reasons With a Distinction
I was recently retained to represent a client who was both an insurance agent and a registered representative with a related entity. The client was terminated by the insurance company and the broker-dealer. The U-5…
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Dilbert Invents a New Brokerage Marketing Scheme
I have always been a big Dilbert fan. Scott Adams has the corporate mindset nailed. I discovered some animated Dilbert shorts on MSN that are mildly amusing. (not Bermuda shorts with cartoon characters.). This one's…
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William F. Heefner - In Memoriam
My father graduated from law school in 1960 and took a job, from which he retired 40 years later, with a small firm called Curtin & Heefner in Morrisville, Pennsylvania, in Bucks County. I don't…
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Lehman Brothers Brokers Protest.
A friend of mine sent me this picture claiming that it was a protest of Lehman Brothers employees outside their office. I think he's pulling my leg.
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Bankruptcy Commentator May Have The Solution
I am not a bankruptcy lawyer. But my sister is one. We were talking about the mortgage "crisis" and she pointed out a flaw in the bankruptcy code that remains unaddressed. Unlike virtually every other…
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Product Marketers For Aciphex Need a Cunning Linguist
This has nothing to do with the law, but everything to do with how I see the world. As I was backing my car out of the driveway, I heard an ad on the radio…
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Why Having a Big Firm May Not Be The Cure
I will admit, I have a small firm. in fact, you can't get much smaller than a law firm of one lawyer. I like to think that I am conscious of the costs of running…