Stradley Ronon Counsel George Michael Gerstein was quoted in the
MultiState Insider article, "States Consider Additional Rules for Financial Planners," which discusses the states' consideration surrounding recent federal investigations of financial planners.
"There could be a federal pre-emption issue. George Michael Gerstein, counsel at Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, told the Multistate Insider. There's a little bit of a question as to whether a state could force broker-dealers to register [as a fiduciary] when they don't have to do so at the federal level."
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