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2021

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Settlement Fever: Lawyers, Have You Updated Your Philosophical Map?, Elayne E. Greenberg Jan 2021

Settlement Fever: Lawyers, Have You Updated Your Philosophical Map?, Elayne E. Greenberg

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This column is the second in my three-part series about settlement fever. The focus of this column is on how settlement fever is incentivizing you, an ethical lawyer, to expand your legal mindset when you engage with your clients to help resolve their disputes. Have you updated your philosophical map lately?


An Overview Of Brokercheck And The Central Registration Depository, Christine Lazaro, Albert Copeland Jan 2021

An Overview Of Brokercheck And The Central Registration Depository, Christine Lazaro, Albert Copeland

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Securities brokers are governed by a unique regulatory framework, subject to both extensive state and federal statutory and regulatory regimes. The vast bulk of federal regulation and oversight of brokers and brokerage firms has been delegated to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”), a self-regulatory organization with the power to govern its members’ conduct. FINRA operates under the oversight of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), a federal agency established by the federal securities laws.

FINRA was created on July 26, 2007 through the consolidation of the National Association of Securities Dealers (“NASD”) and the member regulation, enforcement …