Chairman Dodd, Ranking Member Shelby and Members of the Committee: I am Steve Luparello and I currently serve as Interim CEO of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, or FINRA. On behalf of FINRA, I would like to thank you for the opportunity to testify today.
Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee: NASD would like to thank the committee for the invitation to submit this written statement for the record.
(a) Class Actions
(1) Class action claims may not be arbitrated under the Code.
(2) Any claim that is based upon the same facts and law, and involves the same defendants as in a court-certified class action or a putative class action, or that is ordered by a court for class-wide arbitration at a forum not sponsored by a self-regulatory organization, shall not be arbitrated under the Code, unless
Expungement, as an extraordinary remedy, should be recommended only in circumstances in accordance with FINRA rules to remove clearly inaccurate customer dispute information from the record of an individual broker that is associated with a broker-dealer firm.
Testimony Before the Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises Committee on Financial Services
FINRA Requests Comment on Proposed Consolidated FINRA Rule Governing Reporting Requirements; Comment Period Expired: January 16, 2009
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Executive Summary
On April 18, 1997, the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (NASD®) proposed to the Securitiesand Exchange Commission (SEC or Commission) SR-NASD- 97-28, a rule filing containing
FINRA Requests Comment on FINRA Rule Amendments Relating to High-Risk Brokers and the Firms That Employ Them
Chairman Sarbanes, Senator Gramm, Members of the Committee, thank you for this opportunity to testify on the vital, troubling and timely issues of investor protection and accounting regulation revealed by the collapse of Enron.
Sec. 4.15 Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of the Board or of a committee may be taken without a meeting if all Directors or all members of such committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in accordance with applicable law.
Deleted by SR-FINRA-2015-034 eff. Dec. 20, 2015.
Amended by SR-FINRA-2010-007 eff. Aug. 2, 2010.
Adopted
