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Explore this section to keep up to date with our news, articles, and current events. Featured: Read Debra Hayes as quoted in a Wall Street Journal Article on Morgan Keegan Securities Arbitration   [read more] Our articles are posted below: Click on a summary to view the full article. >>> November 25, 2007 INVESTOR OPTIMISM FALLS TO LOWEST LEVEL IN TWO YEARS by Lawrence C. Melton, Esq. Investor optimism plummeted in the first two weeks of November 2007 to its lowest level in two years. The Index of Investor Optimism compiled monthly by Gallop and UBS reported a 26 point fall in optimism from October 2007. >>> November 19, 2007 FLORIDA COURT HITS MERRILL LYNCH WITH $7.75 MILLION JUDGMENT FOR IMPROPER ANNUITIES SALES by Lawrence C. Melton, Esq. A jury trial in Palm Beach County Florida issued a $7.75 million judgment against Merrill Lynch last month in a case involving the sale of annuities. In 1995, broker Karen McKinley began selling what would eventually total $32 million worth of annuities to well-known builder turned philanthropist, George Rothman. >>> November 15, 2007 ABUSIVE DEBT COLLECTORS GET HIT WITH $1.3 MILLION SETTLEMENT by Lawrence C. Melton, Esq. lmelton@dhayeslaw.com Do you owe money on a loan, mortgage or credit card? If you fall behind in paying your creditors you need to be on guard against debt collection agencies. All too often out-of-control debt collectors employ abusive and harassing tactics to obtain their goals. Just because you owe them money doesn't give them a right to intimidate you, harass you, and intrude into your daily life. There are certain legal boundaries that debt collectors may not cross. >>> November 8, 2007 Stock Market Plummets STOCK MARKET PLUMMETS--GRIM FORECAST FROM FED--QUESTION: ARE YOU PROTECTED IN THIS DOWN MARKET? Losses sustained from a market downturn are not wholly the result of the ebbs and flows of the market. >>> November 8, 2007 Stock Market Plummets STOCK MARKET PLUMMETS--GRIM FORECAST FROM FED--QUESTION: ARE YOU PROTECTED IN THIS DOWN MARKET? Losses sustained from a market downturn are not wholly the result of the ebbs and flows of the market. >>> November 6, 2007 Questioning the Fairness of Arbitration by Lawrence C. Melton, Esq., lmelton@dhayeslaw.com "The problem is that the potential arbitrators are trusted to volunteer their own possible conflicts of interest." View more articles: September 2010July 2010June 2010May 2010April 2010March 2010February 2010January 2010December 2009November 2009October 2009September 2009August 2009July 2009June 2009May 2009April 2009March 2009February 2009January 2009December 2008August 2008December 2007November 2007October 2007September 2007 Message: Security code:

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