FINRA: Previously announced administrative hearing postponement through May 1 has been extended to May 31…. Latest Hotline posting (https://www.finra.org/hotline) as of March 13: “Due to the COVID-19 outbreak,


By George H. Friedman, SAA Editor-in-Chief
The case that keeps on giving keeps on giving. With a Petition for Certiorari already having been filed by Henry Schein in late January,

We issue this “Extra” Alert with breaking news of importance to our readers concerning the Coronavirus pandemic, that we feel should not await our normal publication schedule.

This new, temporary, section covers Coronavirus-related legislative, regulatory, legal, and scheduling developments impacting the financial and arbitration fields. We will discontinue this temporary feature when the pandemic passes – hopefully soon.

By George H. Friedman, SAA Editor-in-Chief
The first Coronavirus-related arbitrations may be on the way, caused by a trading platform’s alleged crash as the market was bouncing back in a record way.

By George H. Friedman, SAA Editor-in-Chief and Richard P. Ryder, SAC Founder and President
The crashing and rebounding capital markets in the wake of the worldwide Coronavirus outbreak causes the Alert’s George H.