Soreide Law Group, a Securities Arbitration Law Firm, (888) 760-6552, obtained the following information on FINRA’s website under “Disciplinary and Other FINRA Actions, July, 2013.” Bishop, Rosen & Co., Inc. (CRD #1248, New York, New York) was censured, fined $32,500, ordered to pay $7,613.14, plus interest, in restitution to customers, and required to revise its […]

In an April 4th., 2012, article from InvestmentNews.com, Liz Skinner writes that brokerage firm David Lerner Associates Inc. was ordered to pay more than $3.7 million in fines and restitution for overcharging retail customers on sales of more than 1,500 municipal bonds and 1,700 collateralized-mortgage-obligation transactions. The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc. (FINRA) hearing panel found the […]

In an article from InvestmentNews.com, we learn that enforcement actions and fines by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc., or Finra,  jumped sharply in 2011, with the latter rising to $68 million, from $45 million in 2010, a new study shows. Much of that surge came from penalties for improper advertising. Finra filed 1,488 disciplinary […]