Nonqualified deferred compensation plans have always lived in executive benefits territory, sold by specialists to a narrow ...

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 ...

When this writer began his career in 1980, wages were pretty much the only form of employment compensation and life was easy. For regular wage earners, there was a bonus at years’ end. For executives, ...

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 has won its fifth straight arbitration claim from a former advisor arguing its deferred compensation plan is illegal under federal law. The favorable decision for the wirehouse comes ...

Three former Morgan Stanley financial advisors have filed a federal lawsuit accusing the U.S. Department of Labor of illegally helping the firm undermine hundreds of pending arbitration claims seeking ...

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 ...

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 ...

Morgan Stanley must pay more than $3 million to a group of financial advisors who accused the company of wrongfully withholding their deferred compensation when they left to work elsewhere, an ...

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