By George H. Friedman, SAA Publisher & Editor-in-Chief
The SEC has approved FINRA’s rule change proposal to implement recommendations resulting from the outside investigation of allegations that the arbitrator selection process was rigged.
By George H. Friedman, SAA Publisher & Editor-in-Chief
Relying on recently-announced Eleventh Circuit precedent — that the grounds set forth in FAA section 10 are the sole basis for challenging “foreign” awards under the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (“UN Convention”),
By Harry A. Jacobowitz, Esq.*
A registered representative won a big award of monetary damages against his former employer from a majority of a three-member arbitration panel,
By George H. Friedman, SAA Publisher & Editor-in-Chief
It’s been a year since the publication of recommendations resulting from the outside investigation of allegations that the FINRA arbitrator selection process was rigged.
By David E. Robbins[1]
Since the February 23, 2023 publication in Securities Arbitration Alert of my article “FINRA’s New Expungement Rules – Balancing Interests But Adding Roadblocks,” FINRA filed amendments to those rules and the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) approved FINRA’s major “modification” to “the current process relating to the expungement of customer dispute information.”[2] This article explains just what the SEC has approved and the implications for financial advisers seeking such “extraordinary relief.”
By George H. Friedman, SAA Publisher & Editor-in-Chief
FINRA Dispute Resolution Services (“DRS”) has posted case statistics for full-year 2022,