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FINRA Proposes to Publicly Identify “Restricted Firms” on BrokerCheck

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BrokerCheck is the database through which FINRA publishes licensing, registration, and disciplinary history of brokerage industry firms and their personnel. BrokerCheck does not currently specify whether a particular firm is...more

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I Am “Investigating” The Fact That Claimant’s Lawyers Use BrokerCheck In A Way FINRA Did Not Intend

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I get the fact that anyone silly enough to work for a broker-dealer knowingly chooses to live in a fishbowl. Thanks to BrokerCheck, you can very easily learn more about a registered representative than you can about, say, a...more

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FINRA’s Secret Power To Control Information

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In the past week, I ran across two discrete instances in which FINRA acts as a secret gatekeeper of sorts, exercising its own subjective judgment, without anyone knowing what, exactly, it is doing or why, employing...more

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Do Customers Actually Use BrokerCheck? This FINRA Complaint Suggests They Don’t

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FINRA’s mission is “investor protection.” In furtherance of that goal, FINRA has devoted significant resources to its BrokerCheck database, which allows investors to look up their broker, or potential broker, and check his or...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

A&O Shearman

FINRA Releases New Guidance Regarding Social Media and Digital Communications

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On April 25, 2017, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) issued Regulatory Notice 17–18, Social Media and Digital Communications (the “Regulatory Notice”), addressing certain frequently asked questions...more

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TN Securities Division Urges Investors to Question Advisors

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In a recent new release, the Tennessee Securities Division urged investors to ask tough questions of their investment advisors, and about their compensation, account arrangements and educational / regulatory history. The May...more

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The Link to FINRA BrokerCheck

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The Securities and Exchange Commission recently approved a rule change to amend FINRA Rule 2210 to require broker-dealers to include a “readily apparent reference and hyperlink” to BrokerCheck on their websites. The...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

FINRA Proposes Revised BrokerCheck Hyperlink Rule

On May 27, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority filed a revised rule proposal with the Securities and Exchange Commission to amend FINRA Rule 2210. Specifically, the revised proposal would require each member firm’s...more

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FINRA Launches BrokerCheck Media Blitz

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) is the largest independent, not-for-profit regulator of securities firms conducting business in the United States. FINRA is authorized by the United States Congress to...more

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