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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)
CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY: Committee on the Judiciary, Statement of the PIABA...Committee's Review of the Federal Arbitration Act and Access to Justice: Will Recent Supreme Court Decisions Undermine the Rights of Consumers, Workers, and Small Business? (December 13, 2013)
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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…
Brokers should be required to live up to their TV ads
Brokers should be required to live up to their TV ads, by Joseph C. PeifferThe Hill (March 27, 2015 9:00 am) The “fiduciary duty” of financial professionals sounds like some hopelessly dry and…
Report Says Ads Show Illusion of Fiduciary Duty
Report Says Ads Show Illusion of Fiduciary Duty: Don't be fooled. Advertisements can mislead investors on advisors' responsibilities to clients, by Daniel SolinU.S. News & World Report (March 27…
Report Says Ads Show Illusion of Fiduciary Duty
Report Says Ads Show Illusion of Fiduciary Duty, by Daniel Solinfinance.Yahoo.com (March 27, 2015 8:49 am) -- It's funny that there's even a "debate" over whether brokers should be required to act…
Report Says Ads Show Illusion of Fiduciary Duty, by Dan Solin
Don't be fooled. Advertisements can mislead investors on advisors' responsibilities to clients.money.usnews.com (March 27, 2015 8:49 am) -- It’s funny that there’s even a “debate” over whether…
Latest Fiduciary Rule Battle Cry: Broker Ads Mislead Investors
Latest Fiduciary Rule Battle Cry: Broker Ads Mislead Investors (Financial Planning)BenefitsLink.com (March 27, 2015)  -- "The Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association (PIABA) ... an association…