Legal Opinion
AER Advisors Inc. v. Fidelity Brokerage Svcs., LLC
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 17, 2019No. 18-1884PPublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMPSON, Circuit Judge.
William and Peter Deutsch, father and son, together with their financial advisor, AER Advisors ("AER"), ask us to undo the district judge's decision dismissing their complaint against Fidelity Brokerage Services, LLC ("Fidelity") under Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6). 1 The judge had deemed Fidelity immune from suit here based on an immunity provision in the Bank Secrecy Act ("BSA"), 31 U.S.C. § 5318 (g)(3)(A) - a provision that says, most pertinently, that a "financial institution that makes a voluntary disclosure of any possible violation of law or regulation to a…
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