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Registered Rep. July 27, 2005 Kristen French	NASD Sanitizes Arbitration Panel: Public Arbitrators Must Be Public Securities arbitration panels, which resolve the vast majority of investment disputes between clients and brokers, are typically made up of two public arbitrators and one industry arbitrator, a system that is intended to tip the scales in favor of the public.
Registered Rep. February 1, 2003 Jerry L. Reiter	The Blame Game It's hard to say when the targeting of financial advisors for litigation reached its peak -- or whether it has even peaked yet. So how to protect yourself?
Registered Rep. August 1, 2006 Gary Weiss	Institutionalized Unfairness Here the author of Wall Street Versus America discusses how the mandatory arbitration of customer disputes must be made to go away. And not just because it hurts financial advisory customers. It hurts the financial advisor equally.
Financial Planning October 1, 2005 Pat Olsen	The Financial Blogger Web logs can serve as a cutting-edge marketing tool and communications vehicle for financial advisers. But there are caveats to consider as well.
Registered Rep. May 1, 2005 Richard Roth	The Worst is Over---Probably It's clear then that brokerage firms and retail brokers alike will be glad when the all-clear has sounded and Wall Street can stop looking over its shoulder and get back to work.
Financial Advisor March 2006 David J. Drucker	Blogging For Fun And Profit Do "blogs" have any place in your financial advisory practice?
Financial Planning July 1, 2011 Donna Mitchell	Hot Topics FINRA steps in... $80 million settlement of two class-action suits by Securities America... Whistleblower payday...
BusinessWeek August 16, 2004 Emily Thornton	The Brokers Strike Back Wall Street to investors: Beware of suing your brokers -- they might just sue you back.
The Motley Fool February 21, 2007 Mary Dalrymple	Study Before Selling Your Life Insurance If you shun full-service brokers and their high commissions and fees, don't fall for a life settlement that's more in your advisor's interest than your own.
Registered Rep. November 1, 2002 Carol X. Vinzant	Law & Order: Client-Broker Disputes The last couple of years have been hell on anyone who owns stock. And someone must pay. Rightly or wrongly, that person typically is the broker.
The Motley Fool March 21, 2007 S.J. Caplan	Check Out Your Broker A redesigned website tells you what you need to know before you invest.
Financial Planning November 1, 2009 Robert Pozen	Think Twice Congress is seriously debating legislation that would significantly expand the coverage of the Investment Advisers Act, empower the SEC to make rules on advisor compensation and increase the likelihood of lawsuits against advisors.
Investment Advisor March 2006 Melanie Waddell	Piling On Keeping up with compliance chores will continue to occupy a substantial portion of advisors' time, as industry officials and observers are steadfast in their belief that regulatory scrutiny by the SEC and NASD isn't going away.
Investment Advisor March 2007 Melanie Waddell	States' Rights The North American Securities Administrators Association's agenda includes preserving state regulators' authority.
The Motley Fool October 19, 2006 S.J. Caplan	When Brokers Break the Rules Investors do have some recourse if they feel they've been duped, and that recourse is on sale this month.
The Motley Fool May 20, 2004 Tim Beyers	American Express Unit in Scandal The broker could be a target of a regulatory inquiry into mutual funds revenue-sharing. How can you tell if your own broker or advisor has a conflict of interest?
Registered Rep. April 1, 2005 Richard A. Roth	Keep It Dark Though one function of the NASD is to police its member firms and protect investors, another of its functions is to provide a fair and just arbitration forum for dispute resolution. The NASD should protect the sanctity of the process by ensuring that all parties are treated equally and fairly.
Investment Advisor August 2010 Melanie Waddell	Broker/Dealer Marketing: Finding Their Voice Broker/Dealers are waking up to the new, post-downturn marketing environment. Here are a few of the best ideas.
BusinessWeek August 13, 2007 Lewis Braham	Want To Take On Your Broker? Investors' odds have shrunk in recent years. Even if you win, don't expect a windfall.
Registered Rep. March 30, 2007 Halah Touryalai	Defamed? Tough Luck. NY Court Says You Can't Sue Your Firm for U-5 comments Brokerage firms won a round in an ongoing battle over what they can and can't say about departing brokers on their U5 records.
Registered Rep. October 1, 2002 Rick Weinberg	Brokers Fear Arbitration... With arbitration cases on the rise, many brokers are worried about the prospect of being dragged through a legal process that, because of the current environment, some believe is heavily slanted toward the client.
Registered Rep. June 1, 2005	The Cost of Compliance Q: My current firm recently hired a non-licensed wholesaler to begin marketing our mutual fund family. What liability do I have, given that the wholesaler is not licensed?
Registered Rep. August 29, 2006 Kristen French	Pru Agrees to $600 Million Market-Timing Settlement Prudential Equity Group admitted to criminal wrongdoing in connection with the market-timing practices of a number of its brokers between 1999 and June, 2003.
On Wall Street October 1, 2009 Judith Schoolman	Five Questions with Brian Smiley Brian Smiley is president of the PIABA, which promotes the interests of investors involved in arbitration disputes against brokerage firms. In this short interview he speaks about his group's goals and why he's been so busy.
On Wall Street March 1, 2011 Lorie Konish	All-Public Panels Approved For Arbitrations The move may be hailed by investor groups, but other industry experts are criticizing the Securities and Exchange Commission's recent approval of a rule change that allows for the option of all-public panels in FINRA arbitrations.
Registered Rep. January 8, 2009	Motion To Dismiss In Arbitration? Not So Fast. Firms and advisors facing disputes in arbitration will have a tougher time getting the case dismissed thanks to a new dispute resolution rule, FINRA announced today.
Registered Rep. July 8, 2011 Jodie Papike	What To Do When You Smell a Storm Coming At Your B/d New technology and today's 24-hour media cycle have put advisors in a much better position to sniff out trouble at their broker/dealer.
Investment Advisor July 2007 Melanie Waddell	Protect Yourself It's an annoying but necessary task: here's the latest intelligence on how to guard your financial practice from both the regulators and your clients.
Financial Advisor June 2007 Sherri Scordo	Indepedent Broker-Dealers/Financial Advisor's 2007 Snapshot of Leading Firms Advantage Capital Corporation... AIG Financial Advisors... American General Securities, Inc... etc.
On Wall Street August 1, 2009 Helen Kearney	Death Knell for Mandatory Arbitration The meltdown on Wall Street, along with the raft of Ponzi schemes, have created a renewed regulatory zeal on the part of the government towards financial advisors. This all begs a major question: Is this the end of mandatory arbitration?
On Wall Street September 1, 2010 Mark Astarita	Denying Advisors A Legal Forum As part of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act, Congress has given the SEC the authority to prohibit or impose conditions upon the use of pre-dispute arbitration agreements by brokerage firms and federally registered investment advisors.
Registered Rep. October 25, 2002 Rick Weinberg	PaineWebber Appeal Rejected by Supreme Court Completing "bucking" its trend of supporting arbitration over litigation, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a UBS PaineWebber appeal of a decision that the firm claims allows clients to circumvent arbitration agreements they had previously signed.
Registered Rep. March 1, 2003 David A. Geracioti	In the Crosshairs An army of lawyers are about ready to file suits on behalf of aggrieved retail investors who claim to have lost money because of the conflict-of-interest scandal.
Registered Rep. January 1, 2007 Karen Donovan	Fix Arbitration Now Here are three problems that lawyers who struggle with the securities industry's arbitration system say they confront on a routine basis. For the most part, the lawyers for customers and those who represent the industry have radically different views on how to fix the system.
Registered Rep. October 1, 2002 David A. Geracioti	Outgrowing the Series 7? Registered investment advisors must take the Series 65 exam. As the line between brokers and financial advisors blurs, what responsibilities do brokers that dispense advice and collect a fee based on assets have?
Registered Rep. August 16, 2006 Karen Donovan	Put It in Writing: Investors Want Arbitrators to Explain Their Awards Lawyers who represent investors in securities arbitrations hope that a proposed NASD rule -- which would give them the option of demanding written explanations from arbitration panels that hear their disputes against brokerage houses -- will take effect soon.
Registered Rep. November 8, 2011 Jerry Gleeson	Auction Rate Revenge For tens of thousands of investors who were trapped in the auction rate securities debacle that started in 2008, finances are getting back to normal.
Registered Rep. July 14, 2008 Halah Touryalai	Morgan Stanley Offers $50 million In Overtime Settlement The settlement covers all financial advisors, trainees, producing branch managers, assistant branch managers and sales managers who live outside of California and were employed with the New York-based firm between Sept. 1, 2002, and April 21, 2008.
Registered Rep. July 25, 2006 Tami Kamin-Meyer	One Class Act You Don't Want To Get In On Financial advisors, beware. If you transfer assets belonging to a number of your clients without their authorization -- even if you've done so in anticipation of a downturn in the market -- your next stop won't necessarily be an arbitrator's table. It could be a court of law.
Registered Rep. September 10, 2002 Rick Weinberg	Pitt Tells NASD, NYSE to Hear California Arbitration Cases Pitt told the exchanges in a letter dated Sept. 5 that they have to "immediately" provide California investors access to arbitration panels in the state or some other forum to dispute claims.
On Wall Street October 1, 2013	Five Questions with A. Heath Abshure A. Heath Abshure, the outgoing president of the North American Securities Administrators Association discusses his tenure.
Registered Rep. September 14, 2006 Halah Touryalai	NASD Fines Securities America for Failure to Supervise Securities America was fined $2.5 million for failing to supervise an advisor who allegedly lured clients into early retirement with exaggerated promises of high returns.
On Wall Street October 1, 2012 Lorie Konish	Settlement May Not End Merrill Lynch's Deferred Compensation Woes Exemptions and the chance to opt out have lawyers predicting the $40 million proposed deferred compensation plan settlement will not cease litigation against Merrill Lynch.
Registered Rep.	The Top 30 Independent Broker/Dealers in 2015 The list below is comprised of the 30 largest IBDs ranked by average assets under management per advisor, as of 2014.
Registered Rep. May 1, 2006 French & Palmer	The Argument Over Arbitration While investment-related arbitrations are supposed to be cheaper and more expeditious than trials in civil court, many say that these advantages have diminished in recent years, and that all too often the proceedings just look like outtakes from The Gong Show. Is there a better way?
Inc. May 1, 2003 Matthew Fogel	Blogging for Dollars Blogs may be the cheapest way to communicate with your customers.
Registered Rep. January 1, 2005 Will Leitch	Not in New York, New York Though no other major financial firm specifically requires all arbitrations to be subject to New York law, experts say most cases are handled under those rules anyway.
Registered Rep. January 1, 2006 Kristen French	Too Hot to Touch The recent acquisitions of Legg Mason's retail brokerage by Citigroup and Advest by Merrill Lynch brought an interesting recruiting problem into high relief: Raiding.