Brandon Harvey v. Morgan Stanley LLC, et al

  1. August 16, 2022

    9th Circ. Remands $10M Morgan Stanley Expenses Deal

    The $10 million deal between Morgan Stanley and thousands of employees claiming that the bank didn't reimburse business expenses might be too broad, the Ninth Circuit said, sending the deal back to the lower court and keeping two objectors out of the suit.

  2. July 20, 2022

    Adviser Says Objectors Can't Sink $10M Morgan Stanley Deal

    A recent Ninth Circuit decision further affirms that two objectors' challenge to a $10 million settlement brokered with Morgan Stanley should be knocked down, a financial adviser told an appellate panel, arguing that the similar case shows that the settlement should be allowed to stand.

  3. May 31, 2022

    Morgan Stanley Went PAGA 'Plaintiff-Shopping,' 9th Circ. Told

    Objectors urged the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday to scrap Morgan Stanley's $10 million deal to resolve class and Private Attorneys General Act claims the bank incorrectly refused to reimburse its financial advisers' business expenses, arguing the settlement undermined state court litigation and that Morgan Stanley had gone "plaintiff-shopping" to cut a deal with a "weaker plaintiff."