Blog: 'Garden leave' policies are absurd

In the old days (pre 2004), firms would sue each other when an Advisor went from one firm to the other. “We own the book!” they cried (as if any firm or individual could somehow “own” someone else's money).
APR 22, 2010
By  Mark Bruno

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