Hanline v. Sinclair Global Brokerage Corp.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDERS

JOHN W. OLIVER, Senior District Judge.

This is an action brought by a customer of Sinclair Global Brokerage Corporation (SGBC), a brokerage firm, against the firm and two of its officers. The case now pends on defendants’ motion to dismiss with prejudice Counts II and III of plaintiff’s amended complaint. For the reasons stated, defendant’s motion will be granted in part and denied in part.

I. Personal Jurisdiction

Defendants’ initial argument is that this Court lacks personal jurisdiction over the individual defendants, each of whom is an officer of the corporate defendant.…