By Porter Wright on Enforcement of a relatively new rule of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has resulted in significant fees in 2011 for small issuers with securities traded over-the-counter (OTC), such as some community banks. FINRA Rule 6490 requires issuers to provide notice to FINRA of certain company-related actions, such as dividends and stock splits, or face a … Continue Reading
By Porter Wright on On Monday, May 16, 2011, the revisions to FINRA’s Discovery Guide (“Guide”) and Document Production Lists (“Production Lists”) for customer arbitration proceedings take effect. These revisions will apply to all customer cases filed on or after May 16. FINRA first adopted the Guide in 1999 for use in customer arbitration proceedings and last revised the Guide in … Continue Reading
