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Earlier this week, FINRA Rule 2040 (the “Rule”) went into effect. The Rule requires all FINRA members to disclose to investors all fees and commissions paid to foreign agents and to receive written acknowledgement by investors that they are...

As we still await the first completed Tier II Regulation A public offering, and rumors are swirling that several are getting close, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), which regulates broker-dealers, has confirmed what most already know...

Payments to Unregistered Persons SEC Approves Consolidated FINRA Rules 2040 (Payments to Unregistered Persons) and 0190 (Effective Date of Revocation, Cancellation, Expulsion, Suspension or Resignation), and Amendments to FINRA Rule 8311 (Effect of...

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has barred brokers Fernando L. Arevalo and Jimmy E. Caballero from the securities industry for allegedly converting approximately $300,000 from an elderly widow with diminished mental capacity and for...

By Jay G. Baris, Hillel T. Cohn, Kelley A. Howes, and Daniel A. Nathan In its annual summary of regulatory and examination priorities, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) signaled that it will aggressively pursue market misconduct...

by Deborah G. Heilizer, Brian L. Rubin and Shanyn L. Gillespie Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP has completed its annual review of disciplinary actions brought by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) in 2009. On June 22, 2010, FINRA...

by Gary Larkin While the new Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) rules that would affect broker-dealers have either not been written or implemented yet, many of those who...

(This is an excerpt of an Osterman Research Inc. White Paper sponsored by Reed Tech Web Archiving Services and LexisNexis. Please click here to download the entire White Paper .) Executive Summary OVERVIEW The web has become the primary communication...

Over the last 10 years, the far-reaching examination of the trading practices of the mutual fund industry, numerous enforcement actions by the SEC against prominent broker-dealers and fund complexes, and scores of civil lawsuits resulted in very significant...

The price of gold continues to spiral upward this week while the European banking crisis continued. As the crisis has unfolded European regulators took steps to preclude the short sale of shares in financial institutions. At the same time FINRA issued...

SEC enforcement brought another insider trading action this week in addition to a case alleging a manipulation, one claiming violations of Regulation M, Rule 105 and one alleging a failure to supervise. The Manhattan U.S. Attorney's Office secured...

FINRA has no authority to bring an action in federal court to collect fines it imposes on members according to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. Likewise, a rule the SRO issued over two decades ago under which it claimed such authority is invalid....

As the insider trading trial of a former Goldman director continued in Manhattan, another insider trading probe moved to the playing field, according to a Reuters report. The probe reportedly focuses on a prominent retired baseball player and other athletes...

The focus this week was on the proposed SEC budget as new SEC Chair Mary Jo White told a House subcommittee that the agency needs about a 26% increase. Part of the additional funding is to hire almost 700 new staff members. SEC enforcement, in conjunction...

SEC Chairman Elise Walter and CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler testified before a Senate Committee this week, focusing on the implementation of Dodd-Frank. The SEC also approved the budget for the PCAOB. Two former senior executive in the organization of...