Judge Recommends Court Deny Stifel’s Motion to Vacate $133M Award

Published on February 9, 2026

In the latest in Stifel’s legal battles stemming from the sales of structured notes by former broker Chuck Roberts, the firm said this is just the "first step of judicial review of a runaway arbitration award that resulted from a biased and unfair FINRA process."

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