On May 16, 2023, the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc. (the “CFP Board”) adopted revised Procedural Rules addressing procedures for investigating alleged misconduct and enforcing the CFP Board’s Code of...more
On April 12, 2023, the SEC approved FINRA’s proposed expungement overhaul, a process that started in earnest in December 2017. See Release No. 34-97294; File No. SR-FINRA-2022-024. The latest rule changes, which FINRA...more
Just prior to the New Year, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (FINRA) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) a 96-page proposed rule modification to make certain clarifying and technical...more
In response to its proposed overhaul of the customer complaint expungement process from July 2022, FINRA received 45 comment letters from a variety of sources. According to FINRA, 12 commenters (including investor advocate...more
On July 29, 2022, FINRA sent a new set of proposed rule changes designed to overhaul the expungement process to the SEC for approval. These proposed rules come as a follow-up to FINRA’s original proposal submitted to the SEC...more
State securities regulators have long expressed reservations about the use of the expungement remedy. Recently, we have observed a marked increase in the use of alternative (read: aggressive) efforts by states to impact the...more
On September 22, 2020, FINRA sent proposed rule changes designed to overhaul the expungement process to the SEC for approval. On Friday May 28, 2021 – the same day the SEC was slated to adopt or reject the proposal – FINRA...more