FINRA DRS Updates Panel Diversity Data: Impressive Progress Continues
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By George H. Friedman, SAA Publisher & Editor-in-Chief

FINRA Dispute Resolution Services (“DRS”) has updated its neutral roster diversity statistics, showing impressive gains in most areas.

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SEC Approves FINRA Chair Honoraria Increases
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By George H. Friedman, SAA Publisher & Editor-in-Chief

The SEC has approved a FINRA proposal increasing certain Chairperson honoraria.

We reported in SAA 2019-48 (Dec.

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The Neutral Corner 2-2019:  FINRA-ODR Updates Arbitrators and Mediators on the Authority’s Latest Activities
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The Neutral Corner, the FINRA Office of Dispute Resolution’s newsletter for neutrals serving its dispute resolution forum, issues now on a quarterly basis;

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CPR and CEDR Release Joint Report on Insights into ADR
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The International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution (“CPR”) and the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (“CEDR”) on April 4 issued a joint Report: “Insights into Alternative Dispute Resolution.”

As described in an accompanying Press Release and Summary,

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FINRA Stats, 1/19: The New Year at FINRA-DR Begins with Some Puzzling Twists
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There are some big differences between the way 2018 began at FINRA-ODR and the trends revealed in the recently posted January 2019 statistics.

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How Long Does It Take Post-Award To Get Expungement Relief? A Sampling of Cases.
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Our recent coverage in SAA 2019-06 (Feb. 6) on the vagaries of the process of actually implementing a court-ordered expungement has prompted us to research that very issue.

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