Consumer Advocates to CFPB: Write Rule Empowering Consumers to Choose Arbitration Post-Dispute
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By George H. Friedman, SAA Publisher & Editor-in-Chief

A coalition of leading consumer advocacy groups has petitioned the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) to promulgate a rule allowing financial consumers the option to arbitrate after a dispute arises.

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Third Circuit Finally Rules on J&J’s Rejection of Shareholders’ Arbitration Proposal
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By George H. Friedman, SAA Publisher & Editor-in-Chief

The issue of shareholder arbitration is in the news again, this time another court decision on Johnson &

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SEC Seems to be Facing a Late June Deadline to Report to Congress on Investor Adviser Arbitration
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By George H. Friedman, SAA Publisher & Editor-in-Chief

By our reckoning, the SEC may be facing a looming late June deadline to report to Congress on investment adviser arbitration.

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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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New York State Court Refuses to Countenance End Run Around FINRA DRS Expungement Denial
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By Harry A. Jacobowitz, Esq.***

A broker’s attempt to vacate an unfavorable New York arbitration decision through forum shopping in Colorado and an effectively uncontested vacatur proceeding,

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CFPB Proposes Registry for Arbitration Clause and Class Action  Waiver Use
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By George H. Friedman, SAA Publisher & Editor-in-Chief

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB” or “Bureau”) has proposed a new rule seeking information from nonbanks on among other things arbitration and class action waivers.

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