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Will a broker-dealer be liable when a financial advisor employed by the firm solicits investments as part of a fraudulent scheme, where the firm specifically prohibited the advisor from soliciting the investment, the fraudulent investment was made away from the firm, and the investors never became customers of the firm? The Eleventh Circuit recently answered … Continue Reading
The FINRA Dispute Resolution Task Force issued its final report last week, making certain recommendations designed to improve the arbitration process. More notably, however, the Task Force reported that it was unable to reach agreement on a number of more controversial issues, reflecting deep divisions among practitioners in this area.… Continue Reading
The SEC recently approved FINRA’s proposed new rule changes to the definitions of public arbitrator (FINRA Rules 12100(u) and 13100(u)) and non-public arbitrator (FINRA Rules 12100(p) and 13100(p)), after receiving over 300 comment letters in addition to two letters from FINRA responding to the comment letters. The new rule significantly limits the pool of potential … Continue Reading
On January 13, 2015, the SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (“OCIE”) announced its 2015 examination priorities for investment advisers, broker-dealers and transfer agents. These priorities emphasize the importance of transparency and seek to identify, through enhancements in technology, potential illegal activity by focusing on the following key areas. Protecting Retail Investors and Investors … Continue Reading
Recently, the SEC approved FINRA’s proposed new Rule 3110(e) relating to background investigations of registered persons. FINRA Rule 3110(e), which replaces NASD Rule 3010(e) and goes into effect on July 1, 2015, streamlines and clarifies the rule language by providing that “each member shall ascertain by investigation the good character, business reputation, qualifications and experience … Continue Reading
At the recent Columbia Law School Conference, “Hot Topics: Leading Current Issues in Securities Regulation and Enforcement,” SEC Commissioner Kara M. Stein’s keynote address focused on a number of transparency and disclosure issues regarding municipal securities, private equity and exchange traded funds. Municipal Securities Commissioner Stein highlighted the importance of municipal finance to the growth of … Continue Reading
Like Prince Charming searching for the foot that fit the glass slipper, Justice Scalia recently issued a statement advising that he and Justice Thomas would be receptive to granting certiorari to a petition properly presenting the issue of whether, in a criminal context, a court should grant deference to an administrative agency’s statutory interpretation. And, … Continue Reading
In the recent decision, Goldman Sachs & Co. v. Golden Empire Sch. Fin. Auth., 764 F.3d 210 (2d Cir. 2014), the Second Circuit held that nearly-identical forum selection clauses in broker-dealer agreements between the broker-dealers/underwriters of auction rate securities (“ARS”) and the public financing authorities who issued the ARS superseded the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, … Continue Reading
Eleventh Circuit Clarifies Broker-Dealer’s Liability For Employee’s Fraud
By Harry Frischer and Massiel Pedreira on Posted in Broker-Dealer, Securities Litigation
FINRA Arbitration Task Force Fails To Reach Consensus On Many Major Issues
By Brian Friedman, Harry Frischer and Massiel Pedreira on Posted in Financial Services, Securities Law, Securities Litigation, Securities Regulatory
SEC Approval of New FINRA Public Arbitrator Rule Imposes New Limits on the Pool of Potential Public Arbitrators
By David Picon and Massiel Pedreira on Posted in Financial Services
SEC Examination Priorities in 2015 to Focus on Transparency Issues and the Early Detection of Potential Fraudulent or Other Illegal Activity
By David Picon and Massiel Pedreira on Posted in Financial Services, Securities Regulatory
FINRA’s New Background Investigation Rule Will Likely Increase Firms’ Costs and Potentially Increases Exposure for Firms in Customer Disputes
By David Picon and Massiel Pedreira on Posted in Financial Services, Securities Regulatory
SEC Focus on Disclosure Issues for Municipal Securities, Private Equity and ETFs
By Harry Frischer and Massiel Pedreira on Posted in Corporate Governance, Private Investment Funds, SEC Enforcement, Securities Regulatory
Justices Scalia and Thomas Amenable to Reexamining Deference to SEC Statutory Interpretations
By Harry Frischer and Massiel Pedreira on Posted in Securities Law, White Collar
Firms Have Roadmap for Expanding Litigation of Customer Disputes After Second Circuit Holds Forum Selection Clauses Trump FINRA’s Mandatory Arbitration Rule
By David Picon and Massiel Pedreira on Posted in Financial Services
