While Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) rules do not require member firms and customers to enter into arbitration agreements or otherwise preclude parties from litigating disputes through the state and federal court systems, FINRA issued and published Regulatory Notice 21-16 (the “Notice”) on April 21, 2021 to emphasize the applicable FINRA Rules when member firms choose to utilize mandatory pre-dispute arbitration agreements for customer and investor accounts.
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In this round of Arbitration Tips-N-Tools, Professor Amy Schmitz asks some of the leading arbitration practitioners about building rapport with parties during online arbitration (OArb), especially in a digital world,...
By Oladeji Tiamiyu, Myriam Seers, Olof Heggemann, Amy SchmitzThis article was first published in the Arbitration Matters Blog, here. In Mensula Bancorp Inc. v. Halton Condominium Corporation No. 137, 2022 ONCA 769, the Ontario Court of Appeal overturned a Superior...
By Jonathan EadesIn this episode of the Arbitration Conversation Amy interviews Arbitrator Richard D. Faulkner, Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and holder of a Diploma in International Commercial Arbitration. Richard...
By Richard D. Faulkner, Amy Schmitz