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COMMENT LETTER: SR-FINRA-2014-005 - Proposed Rule Change Relating to Broadening Arbitrators’ Authority to Make Referrals During an Arbitration Proceeding (February 26, 2014)
PIABA BRIEFS: PIABA vs SEC, No. 13-5137, Appellant's Reply Brief (US App Ct DC Cir February 12, 2014)
PIABA BRIEFS: PIABA vs SEC, No. 13-5137, Brief of the SEC (US App Ct DC Cir January 27, 2014)
COMMENT LETTER: SR-FINRA-2013-051 - Proposed Rule Change to Amend the Uniform Branch Office Registration Form (Form BR) (January 2, 2014)
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“Fiduciary” Ads Pit Wirehouses Against Indies, by Thomas Coyle
FinancialAdvisorIQ.com (March 31, 2015) -- Last week a trade group for lawyers who represent investors turned heads with a report claimingBack to In the Media
Brokers misleading investors about fiduciary duty: PIABA Report
CanadianFundWatch.com (March 31, 2015) -- The U.S. organization  , the  Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association ( PIABA) has issued a report highlighting how U.S. brokerages mislead investors as…
'Conflicted' Advice Costs $17 Billion a Year, Says Trial Lawyers, by Arthur D. Postal
InsuranceNewsNet.com (March 30, 2015) -- “Conflicted advice” has cost consumers $80 billion in the five years since the Dodd-Frank Act passed, according to a trial lawyers’ association.Inaction by…
What big brokers say versus what they actually do, by Chuck Jaffe
TheNewsTribute.com (March 30, 2015) --  They say that if something looks, acts and quacks like a duck, it must be a duck.But what if you take a bite of it and it tastes like chicken?That’s the…
Len Boselovic's Heard Off the Street: Lawyers group says brokers can't be trusted, by Len Boselovic
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (March 29, 2015 11:00 pm) --  Lawyers who represent wronged investors aren’t saying nice things about the opposition.While ads for Wall Street firms make it sound like…
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Len Boselovic's Heard Off the Street column, by Len Boselovic
Bloomberg (March 29, 2015 7:04 am) - Lawyers who represent wronged investors aren't saying nice things about the opposition.While ads for Wall Street firms make it sound like investment professionals…
Brokerage Firms Accused Of False Advertising
4-traders.com (March 28, 2015 1:20 pm) --  A lawyers' association has accused brokerage firms of misleading investors through their advertising, resulting in billions of dollars in loses to consumers…
UPDATE: Why the big broker behind your financial adviser might be working against you
Morningstar.com (March 28, 2015 8:36 am) -- They say that if something looks, acts and quacks like a duck, it must be a duck. But what if you take a bite of it and it tastes like chicken?That’s the…
Brokerage Firms Accused Of False Advertising, by Chuck Jaffe
Morningstar.com (March 27, 2015 10:55 apm) --  They say that if something looks, acts and quacks like a duck, it must be a duck.But what if you take a bite of it and it tastes like chicken?That's the…
Are brokers being branded with a scarlet 'S'? by Mark Schoeff Jr.
InvestmentNews (Mar 27, 2015 10:29 am) -- Given the direction the debate is heading over whether to raise investment-advice standards for brokers, it could end up being solved by requiring them to…