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AMICUS BRIEF: Robert J. Boyer v. Salmon Smith Barney, Dean Michael Howell and Dean K. Morrell, Brief of Amicus Curiae Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association, TC No. 0212-12721, CA A123799, SC No. S055192 (Jan. 10, 2008)
COMMENT LETTER: NASAA Model Rule on the Use of Senior-Specific Certifications and Professional Designations (December 14, 2007)
PRESS RELEASE: PIABA Supports Feingold Johnson Proposal to Ban Mandatory Arbitration, Laurence S. Schultz, 2008 PIABA President (December 12, 2007)
CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY: Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution. Hearing on S. 1782, The Arbitration Fairness Act of 2007 (December 12, 2007)
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Wall Street’s Legal Magic Ends an American Right, by Susan Antilla
Bloomberg (May 4, 2012 6:00 pm) - American business entered its Teflon era on a spring day 25 years ago.Lawyer Madelaine Eppenstein had taken the morning off from work for a parent-teacher event at…
What you should know about your adviser, by John Wasik
Reuters (March 6, 2012 2:56 am) -- In an ideally-transparent world, you'd know as much about your broker as you know about the ingredients in packaged junk food label: All of the bad stuff would be…
How investors' right to litigate will impact returns, by Bolger, Ryan
ProQuest (International Financial Law Review) (March 2012) -- Why a New York Court of Appeals decision to allow investor litigation against financial advisers may mean higher advisory fees for…
Dirt for investors to dig, if they can find it, by Suzanne Barlyn
In Digest Biz (Reuters) (February 27, 2012 11:10 am) – Ongoing efforts by regulators to give the public more details about financial advisers’ backgrounds still haven’t solved a key problem — getting…
All-public panels are a hit with investors, Finra says, by Dan Jamieson
Popularity of new program could quell calls to end mandatory arbitrationInvestment News (January 29, 2012 11:01 pm) -- After nearly a full year, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc.'s…
All-public panels are a hit with investors, Finra says, by Dan Jamieson
Popularity of new program could quell calls to end mandatory arbitrationInvestor Advocates (Investment News) (January 29, 2012 11:01 pm) -- After nearly a full year, the Financial Industry Regulatory…
All-public panels are a hit with investors, Finra says, by Dan Jamieson
Popularity of new program could quell calls to end mandatory arbitrationJamesCatledge.org (InvestmentNews) (January 29, 2012 11:01 pm) -- After nearly a full year, the Financial Industry Regulatory…
Investors Opt for Arbitration Panels Without Ties to Wall Street, by Susanne Craig
ComplianceX (October 28, 2011) -- With skepticism of Wall Street running high, investors who have a beef with their brokerage firm are opting overwhelming to have their cases heard by arbitration…
Investors Opt for Arbitration Panels Without Ties to Wall Street, by Susanne Craig
The New York Times (October 27, 2011 2:25 pm) -- With skepticism of Wall Street running high, investors who have a beef with their brokerage firm are opting overwhelming to have their cases heard by…
Congress Wants to Give Wall Street Yet Another Chance to Regulate Itself, by Constantine Von Hoffman
CBS MoneyWatch (cbsnews.com) (June 28, 2011 3:12 pm) -- Congress apparently thinks the SEC is too effective. To remedy that, it wants to increase the role of FINRA, Wall Street's self-funded self-…