A massive study to be published in 2019 shows that arbitration can be beneficial to the plaintiffs’ bar and that the odds of victory increase significantly for parties represented by counsel.
At the end of the first quarter of 2018, FINRA Dispute Resolution was reporting a 37% climb in new filings of customer cases (689 v.
The year-end statistics from FINRA’s Office of Dispute Resolution have been posted in the “Arbitration & Mediation” section of the FINRA Website.
By Richard P. Ryder
INTRODUCTION
For many years now, the FINRA Office of Dispute Resolution has published monthly statistics about its arbitration and mediation operations.