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Ajamie lawyers win full eight-figure dollar award from United Nations arbitration forum
Dec 2021 // Ajamie LLP
Ajamie lawyers, led by partner John Clay and counsel Esteban Leccese, won a complete victory for an eight-figure-dollar amount in […]
Former LPL adviser’s alleged discrimination highlights company culture issues
Aug 2021 // InvestmentNews
Eileen Cure was dropped from LPL Financial after viral videos surfaced of her allegedly telling employees she will not interview […]
Why RIAs who left deferred comp on the table back at the wirehouse may yet make a claim for what might be, rightfully, their money
Mar 2021 // RIABiz
In this guest column for RIABiz, Jack Edwards explains that deferred compensation agreements may not be as iron-clad as brokerages […]
Schwab-TD Ameritrade merger layoffs leave many ex-staffers shackled with non-compete agreements
Dec 2020 // RIABizRIABiz interviewed Jack Edwards about the strength and enforceability of non-compete agreements that are hindering job prospects for laid-off Schwab […]
Ajamie Lawyers Contribute to Business and Commercial Litigation in Federal Courts, 4th Edition
Nov 2020 // Ajamie LLPBusiness and Commercial Litigation in Federal Courts, 4th Edition, published by Thompson West, is the preeminent legal treatise on all […]
Attys Seek $20M In Fees After $79M Wells Fargo ERISA Deal
May 2020 // Law360
Law360 (May 4, 2020, 4:26 PM EDT) — Attorneys who recently inked a $79 million deal to settle an ERISA […]
Force Majeure in a Pandemic
Apr 2020 // Ajamie LLPby Dona Szak and John S. “Jack” Edwards, Jr. Many written contracts include a force majeure clause – a provision […]
Reliance Strikes $6M Deal In ERISA Suit Over $85M Stock Buy
Mar 2020 // Law360Law360 (March 16, 2020, 3:22 PM EDT) — Reliance Trust Co. has agreed to pay $6.25 million to resolve an […]
Reliance Trust Inks Deal To End $85M Stock-Buy ERISA Row
Jan 2020 // Law360Law360 (January 14, 2020, 6:27 PM EST) — Reliance Trust Co. has reached a settlement with a proposed class of […]
Fraud and bribery? OK, but that doesn’t win the case for General Motors
Nov 2019 // Detroit Free Press
GM filed a lawsuit against Fiat Chrysler in federal court in Detroit on Wednesday alleging FCA labor negotiators conspired with […]
Reliance Trust Can’t Kick Employee Stock Suit To Arbitration
Nov 2019 // Law360Law360 (November 14, 2019, 5:59 PM EST) — Reliance Trust Co. should face a proposed class action accusing the company […]
Ajamie LLP Appointed Liaison Counsel in Venator Class Action
Oct 2019 // Law360Law360 (October 21, 2019, 4:48 PM EDT) — Bernstein Litowitz was appointed lead counsel in a putative class action in Texas federal […]
$173.8M In Deals OK’d To Settle Cobalt Energy Bribery Claims
Feb 2019 // Law360Law360 (February 13, 2019, 7:12 PM EST) — A Texas federal judge approved $173.8 million in settlements of investor class […]
Investors’ Attorneys In Cobalt Bribery case Seek $43.5M in Fees
Jan 2019 // Law360Law360 (January 10, 2019, 5:34 PM EST) — Attorneys asked a Texas federal court on Wednesday to award them $43.45 […]
Stronger laws needed to fight white collar crime
Jan 2019 // Arizona Capitol Times
For my entire legal career I have fought the financial hucksters, swindlers and Madoffs of the world. They are the […]
Courtney Scobie Featured in Best Lawyers
Jul 2018 // Best Lawyers
Best Lawyers reached out to Courtney Scobie to talk about her recent $12.2 million verdict for our client, a multinational […]
Ajamie LLP Lawyers Quarterback the Super Bowl
Jan 2017 // Texas LawyerTexas Lawyer featured Ajamie LLP’s work for the Houston Super Bowl Host Committee in preparation for the big game in […]
Tom Ajamie Speaks at ABA’s 9th Annual Arbitration Institute in Chicago
Jun 2016Tom Ajamie spoke alongside other nationally recognized arbitrators and arbitration panelists at the American Bar Association’s 9th Annual Arbitration Institute held […]
Wells Fargo Deferred-Pay Plan Attacked
Oct 2015 // Financial Advisor MagazineAjamie LLP is suing Wells Fargo on behalf of financial advisors who involuntary forfeited their deferred compensation plans.
Ajamie LLP Wins Dismissal of Multimillion Dollar Antitrust Lawsuit by National Hospital Chain
Dec 2013The Ajamie legal team won the dismissal of a complaint filed in New Jersey by Prime Healthcare, Inc., against our […]