Christine Lazaro
DirectorChristine Lazaro is a professor of clinical legal education and the director of the Securities Arbitration Clinic at St. John’s University School of Law. She is also a past president of PIABA.
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Shoring up fiduciary obligations under ERISA would be a much-needed protection for investors.
May 31 -
Clients with a dispute against their advisor are often compelled to pay upfront for arbitration, which is unfair, write attorneys Christine Lazaro and Michael Edmiston.
January 14 -
Advocacy clinics at law schools can help protect vulnerable clients, but only if they're well-funded and widely distributed.
December 16 -
As more people pile into the markets, it's crucial to foster financial literacy, write Christine Lazaro and Teresa Verges.
March 19 -
With a new administration, the regulator has an opportunity to renew its focus on a key pillar of its mission.
November 10 -
The SEC rule was based on a flawed assumption and fell far short of what it promised. As a result, states are forging ahead with their own fiduciary rules.
August 5 -
Postponement serves no purpose, because honest consideration will not change the regulation.
March 28
!["[T]he effects of the Trump tax cut are already looking like the effects of the Brownback tax cut in Kansas," writes Paul Krugman, an opinion writer with The New York Times.](https://arizent.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/621bd7f/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4000x2250+0+0/resize/1280x720!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsource-media-brightspot.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2F6d%2F85%2Fe17fccdc48e29449c2c002ed673c%2Fpresident-donald-trump-thinking-pose-march-27-2017-bloomberg-news.jpg)