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Last Updated: 11/2/06

Conduct Rules 

 
NASD Rule 2110 - Standards of Commercial Honor and Principles of Trade
8/15/06 NASD Office of General Counsel, Regulatory Policy and Oversight
6/2/06 Submitted by Michael R. Trocchio, Esq., Bingham McCutchen LLP
2/3/05 Submitted by Michael R. Trocchio, Esq., Bingham McCutchen LLP
11/10/04 Submitted by Michael R. Trocchio, Esq., Bingham McCutchen LLP
11/8/04 NASD Office of General Counsel, Regulatory Policy and Oversight
10/20/04 Submitted by Barry Harris, Banc of America Investment Services, Inc. (Use of Negative Response Letters)
5/1/03 Submitted by Michael D. Wolk, Esq., Foley and Lardner (Use of Negative Response Letters)
2/3/03 Submitted by Doug Wright, The Investment Center, Inc. (Use of Negative Response Letters)
2/3/03 Submitted by Marion A. Kashan, London Pacific Securities, Inc. (Use of Negative Response Letters)
12/12/02 Submitted by R. Cromwell Coulson, Pink Sheets LLC
3/19/01 Submitted by Klia Ververidis, Esq., AssetStream Corporation
12/22/00 Submitted by Barbara A. Mallon, Esq., Mallon & Johnson, P.C.
10/16/00 Submitted by Justine Rusin, Merit Capital Associates, Inc. (Use of Negative Response Letters)
 
NASD IM-2110-2 - Trading Ahead of Customer Limit Order
7/3/97 Name Not Public
4/16/97 Name Not Public
 
NASD Rule 2120 - Use of Manipulative, Deceptive, or Other Fraudulent Devices
8/29/97 Submitted by Lloyd H. Feller, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
 
NASD Rule 2210 - Communications with the Public
9/28/07 Submitted by Dan Danborn, Society of Certified Senior Advisors
9/6/07 Submitted by Tamara K. Salmon, Investment Company Institute
8/1/06 Submitted by Eileen Ryan, Esq., Securities Industry Association, and Sarah Starkweather, Esq., The Bond Market Association
11/29/04 Submitted by Therese Squillacote, ING Financial Advisers, LLC
9/14/04 Submitted by Budge Collins, Collins/Bay Island Securities
12/30/03 Submitted by Yukako Kawata, Davis Polk & Wardwell General Letter
10/2/03 Submitted by Michael D. Udoff, Securities Industry Association
5/29/03 Submitted by Robert C. Hacker, Esq., Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, LLP
9/30/02 Submitted by Susan S. Krawczyk, Esq., Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
1/28/02 Submitted by Forrest R. Foss, T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.
7/5/00 Submitted by Kathleen A. Wieland, William Blair & Company, L.L.C.
12/17/99 Submitted by Yoon-Young Lee, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering
2/5/99 Submitted by W. Thomas Conner, National Association for Variable Annuities
7/30/98 Submitted by Dawn Bond, FSC Securities Corporation
6/8/98 Submitted by Christine A. Edwards, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co.
5/11/98 Submitted by Sandra M. Ng, Gruntal & Co., L.L.C.
11/11/97 Submitted by Craig S. Tyle, Investment Company Institute
 
NASD Rule 2211 - Institutional Sales Material and Correspondence
8/1/06 Submitted by Eileen Ryan, Esq., Securities Industry Association, and Sarah Starkweather, Esq., The Bond Market Association
 
NASD Rule 2220 - Options Communications with the Public
5/1/00 Submitted by Leonard Mayer, Schwab Capital Markets, L.P.
3/5/99 Submitted by J. Craig Long, Esq., Foley & Lardner
 
NASD Rule 2310 - Recommendations to Customers (Suitability)
3/17/05 Submitted by Tamara K. Salmon, Investment Company Institute
8/31/00 Submitted by Thomas E. Hellings, Securities America, Inc.
3/4/97 Name Not Public
1/23/97 Submitted by Stuart J. Kaswell, SIA
1/23/97 Submitted by Paul Saltzman, PSA
5/18/93 Name Not Public
11/13/90 Name Not Public
 
NASD Rule 2320 - Best Execution and Interpositioning
8/19/02 Submitted by Howard L. Kramer, Schiff Hardin & Waite
9/5/01 Submitted by Donald H. Meiers, Holland & Knight, LLP
5/1/00 Submitted by Leonard Mayer, Schwab Capital Markets, L.P.
4/9/98 Submitted by Joseph McLaughlin, Brown & Wood
 
NASD Rule 2330 - Customers' Securities or Funds
2/4/04 Submitted by Martin H. Kaplan, Esq., Gusrae, Kaplan & Bruno, PLLC
3/16/99 Submitted by Martin Miller, Esq., Willkie Farr & Gallagher
 
NASD Rule 2370 - Borrowing From or Lending to Customers
11/7/03 Submitted by Harold L. Gladney
 
NASD Rule 2420 - Dealing with Non-Members
12/28/07 Submitted by Richard Schultz, Triad Securities Corp.
6/27/01 Submitted by Jonathan K. Lagemann, Esq., Law Offices of Jonathan Kord Lagemann
3/8/01 Submitted by Jay Adams Knight, Esq., Musick, Peeler & Garrett LLP
9/27/00 Submitted by Kathleen A. Wieland, William Blair & Company
5/31/00 Submitted by Michael R. Miller, Esq., Kunkel Miller & Hament
1/18/00 Submitted by Gordon C. Ogden, III, Profinancial, Inc.
1/29/99 Submitted by Trish Stone-Damen, Investors Retirement & Management Company, Inc.
12/9/98 Submitted by Leslie D. Smith, Berthel Fisher & Company
12/7/98 Submitted by Victoria Bach-Fink, Wall Street Financial Group
9/16/98 Submitted by Brian C. Underwood, A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc.
6/18/98 Submitted by Daniel Schloendorn, Willkie Farr & Gallagher
9/25/97 Submitted by David M. Katz, Sidley & Austin
8/20/97 Submitted by Peter D. Koffler, Twenty-First Securities Corporation
4/11/97 Name Not Public
 
NASD IM-2420-2 - Continuing Commissions Policy
2/4/02 Submitted by Ted. A. Troutman, Esquire, Muir & Troutman
8/9/01 Submitted by Joe Tully, Commonwealth Financial Network
5/25/01 Name Not Public
1/21/00 Submitted by Peter D. Koffler, Esq., Twenty-First Securities Corporation
12/9/98 Submitted by Leslie D. Smith, Berthel Fisher & Company
12/23/96 Name Not Public
11/20/96 Name Not Public
 
NASD Rule 2440 - Fair Prices and Commissions
1/23/01 Submitted by Isaac Schlesinger, Bishop, Rosen & Co., Inc.
5/2/96 Name Not Public
 
NASD Rule 2460 - Payments for Market Making
10/6/06 Submitted by Alan M. Wolper, Esq., Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
 
NASD Rule 2510 - Discretionary Accounts
3/17/05 Submitted by Tamara K. Salmon, Investment Company Institute
1/26/05 Submitted by George T. Simon, Foley & Lardner, LLP
2/3/03 Submitted by Marc. A. Cohn, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
 
NASD Rule 2710 - Corporate Financing Rule
8/1/06 Submitted by Eileen Ryan, Esq., Securities Industry Association, and Sarah Starkweather, Esq., The Bond Market Association
6/18/98 Submitted by Daniel Schloendorn, Willkie Farr & Gallagher
 
NASD Rule 2711 - Research Analysts and Research Reports
8/20/04 Submitted by Mark W. Riepe, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
 
NASD Rule 2720 - Distribution of Securities of Members and Affiliates - Conflicts of Interest
8/1/06 Submitted by Eileen Ryan, Esq., Securities Industry Association, and Sarah Starkweather, Esq., The Bond Market Association
 
NASD Rule 2740 - Selling Concessions, Discounts, and Other Allowances
11/24/03 Submitted by Dana Fleischman, Esq., Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton
12/9/97 Submitted by Lee A. Pickard, Pickard and Djinis
11/15/96 Name Not Public
12/22/88 Name Not Public
 
NASD Rule 2790 - Restrictions on the Purchase and Sale of Initial Equity Public Offerings
8/6/04 NASD Office of General Counsel, Regulatory Policy and Oversight
6/1/04 Submitted by Dana G. Fleischman
2/17/04 Submitted by Tom Fleming, Dealogic
 
NASD Rule 2820 - Variable Contracts of an Insurance Company
2/3/03 Submitted by Marilyn A. Sponzo, Jordan Burt
2/3/03 Submitted by Pamela M. Krill, Esquire, Godfrey & Kahn, S.C.
10/14/02 Submitted by Janet Gallo, Acacia Life Insurance Company
3/7/01 Name Not Public
10/12/00 Submitted by Eric A. Arnold, Esq., Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
4/3/00 Submitted by Michael L. Kerley, Esq., MML Investors Services, Inc.
10/29/99 Submitted by Robert E. Lee, Counsel, P&A Administrative Services, Inc.
5/20/99 Submitted by Harley Whitfield, American Equity Capital, Inc.
3/31/99 Submitted by Robert B. Saginaw, Counsel, ReliaStar Financial Corp.
 
NASD Rule 2830 - Investment Company Securities
9/28/06 Submitted by Steven K. McGinnis, Loring Ward Securities, Inc.
8/14/06 NASD Office of General Counsel, Regulatory Policy and Oversight
9/29/03 Submitted by Sarah A. Bessin, Esq., Shearman & Sterling LLP
2/3/03 Submitted by Pamela M. Krill, Esquire, Godfrey & Kahn, S.C.
2/3/03 Submitted by Suart M. Strauss, Esq., Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw
10/30/02 Submitted by Kathleen H. Moriarty, Esq., Carter, Ledyard & Milburn
6/18/01 Submitted by Philip J. Fina, Esq., Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP
3/7/01 Name Not Public
1/16/01 Submitted by Stuart M. Strauss, Esq., Mayer, Brown & Platt
11/18/99 Name Not Public
9/9/99 Submitted by Robert L. Winston, American Funds Distributors, Inc.
12/7/98 Submitted by Elaine S. Moshe, Gordon Altman Butowsky Weitzen
 
NASD Rule 2860 - Options
2/17/99 Name Not Public
2/24/93 Name Not Public
 
NASD Rule 3010 - Supervision
11/30/06 Submitted by Evan Charkes, Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.
11/26/01 Name Not Public
6/4/01 Submitted by Lena M. Stinson, Stanford Group Company
12/17/99 Submitted by Yoon-Young Lee, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering
3/17/98 Submitted by Franklin I. Ogele, Esq., Singer Zamansky LLP
11/26/97 Submitted by Laura Moret, American Express Financial Corporation
4/11/97 Name Not Public
8/13/96 Name Not Public
8/9/96 Name Not Public
 
NASD Rule 3030 - Outside Business Activities of an Association Person
3/1/02 Submitted by Frank Almeida, Quality of Life Settlements
12/6/01 Submitted by Sheryl Anne Zuckerman, Esq., Singer Frumento LLP
12/23/99 Submitted by R. Bruce Hughes, Access Mortgage Services, Inc.
10/27/97 Submitted by Paul D. Coury, The Coury Financial Group
7/30/97 Submitted by Webster E. Janssen, Janssen Financial Services
9/15/94 Name Not Public
 
NASD Rule 3040 - Private Securities Transactions of an Associated Person
11/4/02 Submitted by Donna B. Lawson, First Allied Securities, Inc.
10/27/97 Submitted by Paul D. Coury, The Coury Financial Group
8/4/97 Name Not Public
12/16/96 Name Not Public
7/23/96 Name Not Public
9/27/94 Name Not Public
8/5/94 Name Not Public
 
NASD Rule 3060 - Influencing or Rewarding Employees of Others
12/17/07 Submitted by Amal Aly, SIFMA (Reasonable and Customary Bereavement Gifts)
3/15/01 Submitted by Charles Wiegert, NFP Securities
6/24/99 Submitted by Henry H. Hopkins and Sarah McCafferty, T. Rowe Price Investment Services, Inc.
 
NASD Rule 3070 - Reporting Requirements
1/2/02 Name Not Public
5/28/96 Name Not Public
5/28/96 Name Not Public
 
NASD Rule 3110 - Books and Records
3/17/05 Submitted by Tamara K. Salmon, Investment Company Institute
6/4/02 Submitted by Selwyn Notelovitz, Global Compliance
7/5/01 Submitted by Jeffrey W. Kilduff, Esq., O'Melveny & Myers, LLP
11/27/00 Submitted by Angela Coronado, Brecek & Young Advisors, Inc.
8/4/00 Submitted by Alan Feldstein, Esq., Development Corporation for Israel
7/24/00 Submitted by Fiona Kaufman, Esq., SVB Securities, Inc.
6/15/00 Submitted by Steven F. Gatti, Esq., Clifford, Chance, Rogers & Wells
10/26/99 Submitted by James A. Ricketts, Ameritrade, Inc.
11/26/97 Submitted by Laura Moret, American Express Financial Corporation
11/1/95 Name Not Public
 
NASD IM-3310 - Manipulative and Deceptive Quotations
8/29/97 Submitted by Lloyd H. Feller, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
 
NASD Rule 3220 - Adjustment of Open Orders
5/15/01 Submitted by Charles Freund, Brown Brothers Harriman
 
NASD Rule 3230 - Clearing Agreements
8/7/01 Submitted by Bob E. Lehman, Esq., Lehman & Eilen LLP
7/23/99 Name Not Public
 
NASD Rule 3350 - Short Sale Rule
2/8/99 Submitted by Roger D. Blanc, Esq., Willkie Farr & Gallagher
 
NASD Rule 3370 - Prompt Receipt and Delivery of Securities
5/25/01 Name Not Public
4/27/01 Name Not Public
6/20/00 Submitted by Robinson Markel, Esq., Rosenman & Colin, LLP
1/18/00 Submitted by Michael T. Dorsey, Knight Securities, L.P.
9/18/96 Name Not Public
7/26/95 Submitted by Richard Lewandowski, The Options Exchange