In big firms' fight to avoid paying deferred compensation to advisors who jump to rivals, much of the legal wrangling has centered on federal retirement law. Processing Content But another factor is ...

A putative class action suit filed in federal court in North Carolina late last month alleges Merrill owes Kelly D. Milligan, an advisor in Danville, California, $500,000 in deferred comp he earned ...

Morgan Stanley won the latest battle in its ongoing legal struggle with dozens of financial advisors who accuse the company of wrongly withholding millions in deferred compensation. The advisors, all ...

Two former Morgan Stanley financial advisors on Friday won a $1.1 million arbitration award against their old firm that centered on who controlled valuable deferred compensation money, the firm or the ...

In the New York Times, "Your Money" reporter Ron Lieber puts forth this hypothetical: "Here’s a nightmare for you: Imagine waking up one morning to discover that your employer is bankrupt and the ...

The Chorus Line mistake = $270,000. The casino secret = $387,500. Lawyer fees for the public records suit so far = $108,244.98. This all adds up to $765,744.98. The city administrator contract was ...