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Silver Law Group attorneys have won an award against Curtis D. Milakovich, formerly of Kovack Securities Inc. on behalf of our clients through FINRA arbitration. FINRA Awards Our Clients Damages Due to Curtis D. Milakovich’s Misconduct On December 22, 2017, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) awarded our clients $164,000…

Akers Bioscience went public in 2014 using Aegis Financial as its investment banker and underwriter.  In a subsequent offering in 2017, Akers investment banker and underwriter was Joseph Gunnar. Akers Bioscience develops, manufactures, and supplies rapid screening and testing products designed to deliver quicker and more cost-effective healthcare information to…

Recro is a specialty pharmaceutical company that develops non-opioid therapeutics for the treatment of pain in the post-operative setting. Recro offers its products to the medical industry. The Company’s lead product is a proprietary injectable form of meloxicam, a long-acting preferential COX-2 inhibitor (“IV meloxicam”) to be used for the…

Former broker and investment advisor Mitchell Toby Yanow (CRD #2148171) was last employed by Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated (CRD #793) of Boca Raton, FL. His previous employers include Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. (CRD #249) and Wachovia Securities, LLC (CRD #19616), both of Palm Beach Gardens, FL. No current employment…

Our firm has won a $1.5 million FINRA arbitration award against a Texas-based brokerage firm that sold private placements in an oil and gas business venture to our client. The FINRA arbitration award included a significant million dollars in punitive damages. Silver Law Group continues to represent other investors in…

Individuals suffering from Alzheimer’s can be prime targets for financial predators Unfortunately, we become more susceptible to financial scams from a wide range of offenders as we age. These include trusted advisors such as lawyers, accountants, and financial managers – as well as healthcare providers, caregivers, and even close family…

He defrauded his clients – including his own in-laws – of more than $5 million Former Chicago investment advisor Daniel Glick will be spending the next 12 years in federal prison. He received this sentence in April after being found guilty of using a Ponzi-like scheme to defraud several of…

According to FINRA Disciplinary actions for June 2018, the following individuals were suspended from FINRA and cannot currently work for a FINRA brokerage firm for failing to provide FINRA with information it requested or to keep information current with FINRA pursuant to FINRA rules: NAME FORMER EMPLOYERS   Mona Ali…

According to FINRA Disciplinary actions for June 2018, the following individuals were barred from FINRA and cannot currently work for a FINRA brokerage firm for failing to provide FINRA with information it requested or to keep information current with FINRA pursuant to FINRA rules: NAME FORMER EMPLOYERS   Donald Nelson…

According to FINRA Disciplinary actions for June 2018, the following individuals were suspended from FINRA for failing to comply with a FINRA arbitration award or settlement agreement pursuant to FINRA rules: NAME FORMER EMPLOYERS   Daniel Harry Curkan   Sigma Financial Corporation   Morgan Stanley   Diaz, Anthony   IBN…