- Posts by Emily Schreiber Pendley
AssociateBefore joining Burr & Forman, Emily served as a law clerk to the Honorable Madeline H. Haikala of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. Emily graduated summa cum laude from the Cumberland School of Law ...
In XY Planning Network, LLC, et al. v. SEC, et al., the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit rejected a challenge to Regulation Best Interest brought by an organization of investment advisers, an individual investment adviser, seven states, and the District of Columbia. The Court denied the Petitioners’ petition, holding that: the individual investment adviser had standing but the states did not, that § 913(f) of the Dodd-Frank Act authorized the SEC’s promulgation of Regulation Best Interest, and that Regulation Best Interest is not arbitrary and ...
Financial institutions should understand that relying on a power of attorney may subject them to potential liability as the use of powers of attorney becomes more commonplace. The Alabama Supreme Court recently shed some light on this topic in Forbes v. Platinum Mortgage, Inc., No. 1180985, 2020 WL 746533 (Feb. 14, 2020).
In Forbes, Platinum Mortgage and PennyMac Loan Services LLC relied on a power of attorney when executing a $175,000 mortgage. The principal's conservator later claimed that the principal lacked the capacity to execute the power of attorney and initiated the ...
Firms permitting the creation and operation of custodial accounts related to Uniform Transfers to Minors Act (UTMA) or Uniform Gifts to Minors Act (UGMA) transactions must take special notice of Financial Industry Regulatory Authority's (FINRA) recent Regulatory Notice 11-02. This notice requires firms to take steps to establish the identity and age of the custodians and beneficiaries of custodial accounts. Such custodial accounts are tied to UTMA and UGMA transactions allowing individuals to transfer property to a minor without the need for a formal trust.
While some ...