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Connecticut Advisor Achieves Expungement Of Three REITs
A 36-year veteran of the industry received three customer dispute disclosures between 2018 and 2020. All three involved investments in real estate investment trusts (REITs) and two of the claims...
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Texas Advisor Achieves Expunges Sole Customer Dispute
In 2019, our advisor was hit with two disclosures — one customer dispute and one investigation — both pertaining to an investment made by a man in his 70s. Our...
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Can I sue my broker-dealer or RIA for damages if I was terminated?
https://www.youtube.com/embed/QcN7v1fYf6I Contact Us Today! The language a firm uses on a terminated advisor’s FINRA Form U5 can cause irreparable damage to their public record and ability to move to another...
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How Advisors Can Bounce Back From A Termination
It seems that more and more high-profile and multi-billion-dollar advisors are being terminated today than in the past. If you’re an advisor, these firings should act as a stark warning....
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What is the process for expunging disclosures from BrokerCheck and the CRD?
https://www.youtube.com/embed/lg2ODPUY-Xg Contact Us Today! Advisors must present their case to an arbitrator through FINRA's dispute resolution forum in order to have an investor dispute or libelous U5 termination successfully removed...
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The SEC Releases the Department of Examination’s 2022 Compliance Priorities
In the report, the SEC outlines its areas of specific focus, which include private funds, standards of conduct, information security and operational resiliency, emerging technologies and crypto assets, and environmental,...
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Advisor Expunges Criminal Disclosure From FINRA’s CRD
A southern-based advisor sought to expunge one criminal disclosure from his public records with FINRA Registration. In 2004, the advisor was pulled over by police and arrested for a DUI. In...
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Tips To Begin Planning Your RIA Succession
Values of registered investment advisors, or RIA, businesses have skyrocketed over the last decade. Today, RIA valuations are at historic highs. With the Russia-Ukraine conflict barreling on and inflation continuing...
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Does the compliance attorney for my broker-dealer represent me?
https://www.youtube.com/embed/li_ZwVpMTF4 Contact Us Today! Many advisors default to using their firm’s attorney to spare themselves the expense of hiring private counsel. But in many instances, advisors feel like they are...
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FINRA Arbitrator Grants Expungement Of 3 Settled Disputes
An advisor in upstate New York had three customer disputes on his records. Two dated back to 2004 and had been settled for hundreds of thousands of dollars. The third...
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A San Jose Advisor Restores His Perfect Public Record
In 2017, 30 years into his financial services career, a San Jose-based advisor’s perfect public record was stained with a customer dispute alleging misrepresentation among other sales-practice violations pertaining to...
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What To Look For In An RIA Compliance Consultant
So you’ve decided to trade in your FINRA licensure to go RIA only— but you’re feeling overwhelmed with all of the new roles you’ll have to take on, now that...
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Separating From Your Broker-Dealer
When a registered representative leaves a FINRA-affiliated broker-dealer, the firm must complete Form U5 and submit it to FINRA. If you're leaving voluntarily and peacefully, this can be a simple...
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Advisor’s Four Decades-Old FINRA Disclosures Expunged
A New Jersey advisor approaching 40 years in the industry had four disclosures on his public records. Seeking to clean up his image after spending about half of his career...
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Advisor Expunges A 2020 FINRA Form U5 Termination Disclosure
After nearly 15 years with the firm, this advisor was terminated in November 2020. The firm filed a Form U5 that resulted in allegations being published to BrokerCheck, stating that...
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Is there any way to get back the fees and interest charged on my IRS penalties?
https://www.youtube.com/embed/V78h6_jFc5g Contact Us Today! In this week’s Ask An AdLaw Expert, we’re talking with our Director of Lien Expungement, Samantha DePrima, J.D., LL.M., about how individuals can get IRS penalties...
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FINRA Disputes & U5 Terminations FINRA Expungement & Arbitration FINRA, SEC, State & CFP Board Enforcement IRS Tax Liens & Disclosures
The BrokerCheck System’s Irrationality
A fight is brewing over proposed changes to FINRA’s Central Registration Depository (CRD) expungement procedure. The SEC, FINRA, and the Public Investors Advocate Bar Association (PIABA) are at odds over...
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How A Market Decline Could Affect The Value Of Your Business
We have been in a bull market for the better part of the last decade, but there are cracks in the foundation. Inflation is rising at rates that have not been...
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Midwest Advisor Successfully Expunges 3 Criminal Disclosures
An advisor based in the Midwest sought to expunge three criminal disclosures from his public records with FINRA Registration. In the early 2000s, the advisor accidentally wrote two bad checks...
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San Francisco Advisor Expunges U5 Termination Disclosure
An advisor with over 15 years in the industry was terminated in April of 2021. She hired AdvisorLaw right away to seek the removal of the allegations from her public...
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