It's Payback Time on Promissory Notes
Stark & Stark Employment Group Chair, Thomas B. Lewis, authored the article, It's Payback Time on Promissory Notes, for the November 2009 edition of On Wall Street Magazine. The article discusses the recent trend in unhappy advisors seeking new firms in the wake of a down market and their old firm's enforcement of collecting promissory notes.
Mr. Lewis states a common misconception that advisors believe their firms will accept 50% repayment of a promissory note, when in reality, this is not the case. Mr. Lewis goes on to discuss the new procedures put in place by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), the possible defenses advisors could use in promissory note arbitration, and a discussion on how the Protocol for Broker Recruiting will impact the future of promissory note collection.
You can read the full article online here.

