FINRA’s New Expungement Rules – Balancing Interests But Adding Roadblocks
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By David E. Robbins[1]

Assuming  SEC approval, FINRA’s significant changes to its expungement procedures will be implemented some time this year.

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Arbitration of Investor Claims in an Industry-Sponsored Forum – A Look Back at 20 Years of Lessons
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By Courtney Werning, Dave Neuman, Jorge Riera, and Michael Edmiston[1]

Introduction

Industry-sponsored arbitration has long been the only option for investors who have claims against their financial advisors and brokerage firms.

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What Does the Federal Arbitration Act’s “Policy Favoring Arbitration” Really Favor? Arbitration as a Way of Settling Disputes Rather than “Deciding” Cases
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By Stephanie Korenman and Aegis Frumento*

Introduction

For decades, arbitration practice has been conceptualized as an alternative way to resolve cases,

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The SCOTUS “Arbitration Quartet” – What You Need to Know
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By George H. Friedman*

Introduction

As our readers know, the Supreme Court just concluded a very busy Term that included an unprecedented five arbitration-centric decisions (all of which we have covered in detail).

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President Biden Signs Into law the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act. It Became Effective Immediately on March 3 – Part II
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by George H. Friedman, SAA Publisher and Editor-in-Chief

World events caused a bit of a delay, but President Biden on March 3 finally signed into law the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act.

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President Biden Signs Into Law the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act. It Became Effective Immediately – Part I
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by George H. Friedman, SAA Publisher and Editor-in-Chief

President Biden on March 3 signed into law the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act.

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