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Ajamie lawyers win full eight-figure dollar award from United Nations arbitration forum

Dec 2021 // Ajamie LLP
Ajamie lawyers win full eight-figure dollar award from United Nations arbitration forum

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
Former LPL adviser’s alleged discrimination highlights company culture issues

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
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

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 // RIABiz
Schwab-TD Ameritrade merger layoffs leave many ex-staffers shackled with non-compete agreements

RIABiz 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 LLP
Ajamie Lawyers Contribute to Business and Commercial Litigation in Federal Courts, 4th Edition

Business 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
Attys Seek $20M In Fees After $79M Wells Fargo ERISA Deal

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 LLP
Force Majeure in a Pandemic

by 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 // Law360
Reliance Strikes $6M Deal In ERISA Suit Over $85M Stock Buy

Law360 (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 // Law360
Reliance Trust Inks Deal To End $85M Stock-Buy ERISA Row

Law360 (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
Fraud and bribery? OK, but that doesn’t win the case for General Motors

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 // Law360
Reliance Trust Can’t Kick Employee Stock Suit To Arbitration

Law360 (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 // Law360
Ajamie LLP Appointed Liaison Counsel in Venator Class Action

Law360 (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 // Law360
$173.8M In Deals OK’d To Settle Cobalt Energy Bribery Claims

Law360 (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 // Law360
Investors’ Attorneys In Cobalt Bribery case Seek $43.5M in Fees

Law360 (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
Stronger laws needed to fight white collar crime

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
Courtney Scobie Featured in 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 Lawyer

Texas 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 2016

Tom 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 Magazine

Ajamie 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 2013

The Ajamie legal team won the dismissal of a complaint filed in New Jersey by Prime Healthcare, Inc., against our […]

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