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Case Study- Expungement, Vacate, and Confirmation

Summary of Keypoints TLDR- FINRA arbitrators can get it wrong with clearly false customer disputes and FINRA will [...]

August 23rd, 2023

by Owen Harnett

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Millions of Dollars in Allegations Denied Thanks to Managing Attorney, Bessette

Summary of Keypoints Experience Matters When Choosing an Investment Fraud Attorney Michael Bessette, Managing Attorney [...]

August 18th, 2023

by Owen Harnett

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Iowa Statute Passes for Expungement of Investment Advisors Disclosures from CRD/IARD Record

Summary Of Keywords Iowa HF 648 was passed into law in the state of Iowa by unanimous vote from the state senate and [...]

June 21st, 2023

by Owen Harnett

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Successful Expungement of a “Concern” Mistaken for a “Complaint”

Summary of Keypoints One of our attorneys, William Bean handled a case that started in October of 2022 and finally came [...]

June 14th, 2023

by Owen Harnett

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Untangling a U5 Reporting Error, Client Gets Termination Disclosure Expunged

Summary of Keypoints Recently at HLBS Law, our attorneys obtained a win for a financial advisor seeking expungement [...]

May 29th, 2023

by Owen Harnett

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Paving The Way

Summary of Keypoints HLBS has paved the way for a new method of assisting financial advisors with cleaning up their [...]

April 30th, 2023

by Owen Harnett

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SEC Approves New Rules by FINRA

Summary of Keypoints SEC approves proposed rules by FINRA for expunging customer dispute information from BrokerCheck [...]

April 23rd, 2023

by Owen Harnett

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Impact of COVID-19 on Regulatory Investigations

Summary of Keypoints As a FINRA Associated Person (“Broker”) or an Investment Advisor Representative (“IAR”), you know [...]

May 26th, 2020

by Owen Harnett

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Impact of “Reg BI” on Expungement for Investment Advisors Representatives

Summary of Keypoints As most Investment Advisor Representatives (“IARs”) are required to uphold the fiduciary standards [...]

May 23rd, 2020

by Owen Harnett