FINRA DRS Posts Full-Year 2022 Stats. Customer and Industry Arbitration Claims Closed with a Flourish
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By George H. Friedman, SAA Publisher & Editor-in-Chief

FINRA Dispute Resolution Services (“DRS”) has posted case statistics for full-year 2022,

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CA’s Arbitration Statute on Unpaid Arbitration Fees Does Not Require a Finding from the Arbitrator and Applies to Voluntary Arbitration Agreements
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By George H. Friedman, SAA Publisher & Editor-in-Chief

The California statute allowing a consumer to evade an arbitration agreement if a business does not pay its share of arbitration fees does not require an affirmative finding from an arbitrator and applies to voluntary arbitration agreements.

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Back to Civics 101 on the Life Span of Bills in Congress
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By George H. Friedman, SAA Publisher & Editor-in-Chief

We have covered in the Alert the status of several arbitration-related bills in Congress.

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SCOTUS to Take Up FAA Section 16 Question
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By George H. Friedman, SAA Publisher & Editor-in-Chief

Reversing a recent trend, the Supreme Court has agreed to review an arbitration-related case this Term.

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A Few Minutes with New PIABA President Hugh Berkson
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By George H. Friedman, SAA Publisher & Editor-in-Chief

We reported in SAA 2022-42 (Nov. 10) that the Public Investors Advocate Bar Association (“PIABA”) announced in an October 27 Press Release that Hugh D.

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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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