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Morgan Stanley suffered rebuke in its attempt to have a court of appeals overturn a lower judge’s ruling that the deferred compensation it pays advisors is protected by federal retirement law.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit found Wednesday in an unpublished opinion that it lacks jurisdiction to intervene in a dispute between Morgan Stanley and a group of its former brokers led by an ex-advisor named Matthew T. Shafer, who left in 2018 to join Raymond James. Shafer initially filed a putative class action suit in 2020 arguing he’s still owed more than $500,000 for work he did at the firm before leaving. Nearly two years later, he was joined by 11 other former Morgan Stanley advisors in a class action...
Morgan Stanley has suffered a setback in its fight to withhold deferred compensation from financial advisors who leave the wirehouse before the conclusion of the compensation plan’s vesting...
Law360 (July 10, 2025, 5:41 PM EDT) — The Second Circuit refused to upend part of a lower court’s ruling that former Morgan Stanley financial advisers’ deferred compensation fell...
Ajamie LLP is proud to share a significant development in the ongoing fight for fair compensation on behalf of former Morgan Stanley financial advisers. In a win for our clients, the U.S. Court of...