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FINRA Facts and Trends: October 2023

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Welcome to the latest issue of Bracewell’s FINRA Facts and Trends, a monthly newsletter devoted to condensing and digesting recent FINRA developments in the areas of enforcement, regulation and dispute resolution. This month,...more

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SEC Approves FINRA Rule Changes That Make Expungement of Customer Complaints More Difficult

Recently, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority's (FINRA) latest attempt to make expungement of customer disputes harder. The latest changes will make successful...more

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Some Ideas In Response To FINRA’s Recent “Discussion Paper” On Expungement

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FINRA recently published a “Discussion Paper” on expungement of customer dispute information in which it outlines its plans going forward on revising the expungement process. Expungement_Discussion_Paper.pdf (finra.org) (Let...more

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FINRA Withdraws Proposed Expungement Rule Changes It Has Worked On For Four Years After Pushback From SEC

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Today FINRA announced in a press release here that it has withdrawn from SEC consideration its proposed rule changes regarding the expungement process. The proposed rule changes were dramatic and included the creation of a...more

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PIABA’s New Expungement Study Shows…Nothing Has Changed, Including The Quality Of Customers’ Claims

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In a move that surprised nobody, PIABA recently released an updated study on expungement awards from 2019/2020, and, in the most predictable fashion, they continue to complain that the expungement process is rigged and that...more

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FINRA Is About To Make It MUCH Harder To Obtain Expungement – Part Two

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The second dramatic change to the expungement process under the proposed rules relates to who will be deciding the expungement request. Thankfully, FINRA will still have arbitrators decide expungement requests, not the...more

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Update on the FINRA Expungement Process

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Earlier this month, the SEC approved the first of several rule changes that FINRA has proposed for the process governing the expungement of customer complaints from a broker’s record. The approved rule change will make it...more

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Chris Lazarini Discusses Subject Matter Jurisdiction in Expungement Petitions

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Bass, Berry & Sims attorney Chris Lazarini discussed whether a federal court has subject matter jurisdiction over an expungement petition. While several courts have previously said no, this court directed the parties brief...more

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BrokerCheck – FINRA’s Dread Permanent Record

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Many a school child has received the awful warning to be careful lest some offense be entered on his or her “permanent record”. As required by statute (15 U.S.C. § 78o-3(i)), the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc....more

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Corporate and Financial Weekly Digest - Volume IX, Issue 16

In this issue: - US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Partially Invalidates Conflict Minerals Rule - FINRA Proposes Rule 2081 to Prohibit “Bargained-For” Expungements - SEC Issues FAQs...more

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