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Investor plaintiffs’ lawyers say the Department of Labor’s fiduciary rule will give them some extra leverage in winning damages from arbitration panels—but they don’t expect a huge windfall. The DOL rule gives investors the right to file arbitrations or class-action claims for violations of the rule, giving rise to industry concerns about increased liability. Sure […]
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The securities industry’s self-funded watchdog is moving forward with a rule to bump up the number of arbitrators available to be selected for panels judging claims against brokers. In a filing to the SEC earlier this month, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority proposed to increase to 15 from 10 the number of “public” arbitrator candidates available […]
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Investor plaintiff lawyers are increasingly ditching industry arbitrators in favor of using all-public panels, a trend that is again raising questions about whether Finra has enough public arbitrators to meet demand. Since 2008, when Finra began a pilot program allowing investors to choose all-public arbitration panels, about half of eligible customers bringing cases have taken […]
Aidikoff, Uhl & Bakhtiari announces the filing of a FINRA arbitration and its continuing investigation of the sales practices of Karl Romero (Nasdaq:LPLA) for his management of client accounts and the overconcentration of energy and/or real estate related stocks including: Gastar Exploration Arbor Realty Resource Capital Corp. We are currently investigating whether all material risks of […]
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Original Story Reasonable advisors can differ over whether Morgan Stanley’s recent dismissal of Amy Forte was fair comeuppance for her dalliance with a billionaire client whose account she allegedly churned. Her latest crusade may draw more unanimous support from the community. The southern Florida ex-broker has gone public with an arbitration claim she’s pressing against the world’s […]