Robinhood Faces Wrongful-Death Lawsuit Over Young Trader’s Suicide

The Wall Street Journal2021-02-09

Company also faces class-action lawsuits over its decision last month to restrict trading in several highflying stocks The family of a 20-year-old student who took his own life after believing he ...

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HLPA
2021-02-09
HLPA
Rob the poor to help the rich!
- jayelse:
  terrible!
- PEHPEH:
  Rob in hood?
YYCHEN
2021-02-09
YYCHEN
What a poor handling of the wallstreetbets situation by Robinhood. Not only this suicidecase but also the cascaded effect of not putting retail investors as they top trading priority. Sad [無語]
LeonardKSW
2021-02-09
LeonardKSW
Robinhood poor decison has ended a life....sad story to hear. The trading company shd learn from this incident and take serious consideration before action. I am lucky I dont use Robinhood trading firm
- LeonardKSW:
  ok
- Prashant:
  Robinhood should be banned specially the way they banned trading on #GME
PierreTan
2021-02-09
PierreTan
F RH
SKHan
2021-02-09
SKHan
Young life lost. Sad. Invest wisely! Ultimately u r on your own.
WSBApes
2021-02-09
WSBApes
Like and comment my comment

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The trading company shd learn from this incident and take serious consideration before action. I am lucky I dont use Robinhood trading firm","text":"Robinhood poor decison has ended a life....sad story to hear. The trading company shd learn from this incident and take serious consideration before action. 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