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On Wall Street August 1, 2009 Helen Kearney	Death Knell for Mandatory Arbitration The meltdown on Wall Street, along with the raft of Ponzi schemes, have created a renewed regulatory zeal on the part of the government towards financial advisors. This all begs a major question: Is this the end of mandatory arbitration?
The Motley Fool October 5, 2007 Selena Maranjian	Credit Card Fine Print Can Cost You Be careful, or you may end up ensnared by credit card arbitration. A recent study in California showed in 95% of these arbitration cases, the consumer lost. What can you do about this?
Registered Rep. October 24, 2007 Karen Donovan	Arbitration Works, Says SIFMA; No It Doesn't, Says PIABA The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association released a "white paper" today about how well the mandatory arbitration system works. SIFMA is trying to steal the thunder of the plaintiffs' bar, which is pushing Congress to nullify agreements to arbitrate in customer contracts.
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Investment Advisor September 2009 Thomas D. Giachetti	Expert's Corner: It Beats Getting Sued What every investment advisor should know about securities arbitration.
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Investment Advisor December 2007 Thomas D. Giachetti	Use Them, but Carefully By all means, place arbitration clauses in IA contracts, but do it right.
Registered Rep. May 1, 2006 French & Palmer	The Argument Over Arbitration While investment-related arbitrations are supposed to be cheaper and more expeditious than trials in civil court, many say that these advantages have diminished in recent years, and that all too often the proceedings just look like outtakes from The Gong Show. Is there a better way?
Registered Rep. January 1, 2007 Karen Donovan	Fix Arbitration Now Here are three problems that lawyers who struggle with the securities industry's arbitration system say they confront on a routine basis. For the most part, the lawyers for customers and those who represent the industry have radically different views on how to fix the system.
Inc. February 2004 Lora Kolodny	A Win for Arbitration, But Do You Ultimately Lose? Surprising news about arbitration. Is arbitration better and cheaper than litigation?
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Registered Rep. August 16, 2006 Karen Donovan	Put It in Writing: Investors Want Arbitrators to Explain Their Awards Lawyers who represent investors in securities arbitrations hope that a proposed NASD rule -- which would give them the option of demanding written explanations from arbitration panels that hear their disputes against brokerage houses -- will take effect soon.
Registered Rep. August 1, 2006 Gary Weiss	Institutionalized Unfairness Here the author of Wall Street Versus America discusses how the mandatory arbitration of customer disputes must be made to go away. And not just because it hurts financial advisory customers. It hurts the financial advisor equally.
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On Wall Street September 1, 2008 Alan J Foxman	Court or Arbitration Sexual harassment claims can go to court under FINRA's rules, but some employment contracts call for arbitration... If I leave my firm can they get an injunction preventing me from taking my clients? Can this go to arbitration?
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Registered Rep. February 26, 2008 David Geracioti	The Arbitration Debate Continues A new study suggests that unless you work on Wall Street, you probably don't think arbitration is very fair.
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Registered Rep. December 18, 2002 Rick Weinberg	Supreme Court Favors Arbitration in Brokerage Cases The Supreme Court has reaffirmed its stance that the arbitration forum is the proper venue for deciding brokerage cases.
On Wall Street October 1, 2009 Judith Schoolman	Five Questions with Brian Smiley Brian Smiley is president of the PIABA, which promotes the interests of investors involved in arbitration disputes against brokerage firms. In this short interview he speaks about his group's goals and why he's been so busy.
Registered Rep. November 1, 2002 Carol X. Vinzant	Law & Order: Client-Broker Disputes The last couple of years have been hell on anyone who owns stock. And someone must pay. Rightly or wrongly, that person typically is the broker.
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BusinessWeek August 16, 2004 Emily Thornton	The Brokers Strike Back Wall Street to investors: Beware of suing your brokers -- they might just sue you back.
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The Motley Fool October 19, 2006 S.J. Caplan	When Brokers Break the Rules Investors do have some recourse if they feel they've been duped, and that recourse is on sale this month.
Registered Rep. October 25, 2002 Rick Weinberg	PaineWebber Appeal Rejected by Supreme Court Completing "bucking" its trend of supporting arbitration over litigation, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a UBS PaineWebber appeal of a decision that the firm claims allows clients to circumvent arbitration agreements they had previously signed.
National Defense October 2010 McGrath & Stapleton	New Amendment To Change Employee Litigation Rules The Franken Amendment bars defense contractors and subcontractors from requiring employees, as a condition of employment, to agree to mandatory arbitration of discrimination claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, based on race, color, religion, sex or national origin.
Registered Rep. April 1, 2005 Richard A. Roth	Keep It Dark Though one function of the NASD is to police its member firms and protect investors, another of its functions is to provide a fair and just arbitration forum for dispute resolution. The NASD should protect the sanctity of the process by ensuring that all parties are treated equally and fairly.
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Managed Care March 2002 Charles Downey	The Department of Managed Care California sets a precedent again, with a bold effort to regulate the HMO industry. While the new Department of Managed Health Care is facing down 50,000 consumer gripes monthly, director Daniel Zingale intends to keep administrative red tape from overwhelming everyone...
Registered Rep. July 27, 2005 Kristen French	NASD Sanitizes Arbitration Panel: Public Arbitrators Must Be Public Securities arbitration panels, which resolve the vast majority of investment disputes between clients and brokers, are typically made up of two public arbitrators and one industry arbitrator, a system that is intended to tip the scales in favor of the public.
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Registered Rep. January 8, 2009	Motion To Dismiss In Arbitration? Not So Fast. Firms and advisors facing disputes in arbitration will have a tougher time getting the case dismissed thanks to a new dispute resolution rule, FINRA announced today.
Registered Rep. August 1, 2006	Unbreakable Promises Q: Isn't it standard in the industry to prorate notes over the entire period employed? Do we have any recourse?... A: It's way too late in the game for you to be wondering about how proration of promissory notes works in the industry... etc.
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Registered Rep. December 1, 2004	The Promise Keepers Is arbitration the answer to this broker's woe?... Should a former employer pay defense costs for broker being sued while employed with that firm?...
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Registered Rep. September 25, 2007 Karen Donovan	Expunging Customer Complaints Is Too Easy . . . So Say Client Lawyers The lobbying group of lawyers who represent customers in disputes with their brokers is calling on FINRA and the SEC to "immediately halt" the practice that allows arbitration panels to expunge customer complaints from a rep's record.