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Investments

Apr. 15, 2003

Brokers Can Breathe a Sigh of Relief

Brokers can breathe easier after a San Francisco appellate court made it more difficult in fraud suits to hold brokers liable for trading stolen stock certificates.

By Joan Osterwalder
        Brokers can breathe easier after a San Francisco appellate court made it more difficult in fraud suits to hold brokers liable for trading stolen stock certificates.
        The 1st District Court of Appeal found that a broker must have actual knowledge that leads the brokerage firm to believe stock certificates probably ...

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