Roderick Ford sued TD Ameritrade for fraud in the execution of stock trades placed through the company’s online platform. TD Ameritrade does not execute trades itself but routes them to high-speed trading venues. Then it receives payments from the trading venues for those referrals. The “duty of best execution” requires that brokers use reasonable efforts
8th Circuit
8th Circuit: A Dissent on Summary Judgment and Inmate Rights
By Michael Gross on
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A recent dissent by Judge Kelly in an Eighth Circuit civil rights case highlights an interesting fact. Prison inmates (and individuals committed involuntarily to mental health institutions) are the only people in the United States who enjoy a constitutional right to medical care. The dissent came in Avery v. Turn Key Health Clinics LLC. The…