Amendments to the Arbitration Rules on Fees Assessed Under the Postponement and Hearing Session Fee Rules
IMPORTANT
OFFICERS, PARTNERS AND PROPRIETORS
TO: All NASD Members and Other Interested Persons
The Securities and Exchange Commission has approved a recodification of the NASD By-Laws 1/ and a revised Code of Procedure. 2/ The text of these amendments, which were effective upon approval by the Commission, 3/ is attached.
Over the past several years, the Association's Ad Hoc Committee on
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