FINRA Regional Office Reorganization – Effective December 8, 2025 FINRA just announced that there is going to be an organizational change at DRS. Effective December 8, 2025, DRS is consolidating from four regions to three: East (New York), Central (Chicago), and West (Los Angeles). The statement claims that the streamlined […]
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Securities Attorney
Mark J. Astarita is nationally recognized security lawyer, admitted to practice law before all state and federal courts in the States of New York and New Jersey as well as the United States Supreme Court. Mr. Astarita graduated cum laude from New York Law School and has practiced law primarily […]
Hiring a Securities Lawyer? Check out these tag lines
Hiring a securities lawyer, whether you are an investor or a financial professional, is the most important decisions in recovering losses, or in defending against claims and investigations. However, the tag lines used by securities law firms in their advertising is not the way to go about finding a securities lawyer. […]
Refusal to Grant Adjournment
Third Time is not a charm Whale Securities Co., L.P. v. Godfrey, No. 565 (App. Div., 1Dept., 4/4/00): When SAC summarized the decision below, 10 SAC 9(16), we set out the facts in detail and posed the question: “How would you decide?” The question at hand, whether the Arbitrators engaged […]
Broad Arbitration Agreement Covers All Accounts by Owner
White v. Salomon Smith Barney, Inc., 2001 Cal. App. LEXIS 2844 (Cal. App., 1Dist., 11/30/01) A broad arbitration provision covering one account of a client may be construed to cover disputes arising in other accounts. The Whites opened ten brokerage accounts with SSB and subsequently brought suit against SSB with […]
The Case for Flat Fees For Defense In Securities Arbitration
The Defense of Securities Arbitration Claims Can Be Handled on a Flat Fee Basis By Mark J. Astarita, Esq. Every General Counsel at every brokerage firm that has ever been named in a securities arbitration, and every individual broker in the same situation, is aware of the cost of defending […]
Compulsory Arbitration Waivers
Not just for lawyers, the Securities Law Home Page has information for every participant in the financial markets, including attorneys, paralegals, investors, entreprenuers, finders and others regarding the law of the financial markets and investments, including arbitration, NASD, NYSE and SEC rules and regulations, including those regarding churning, over trading, suitability, fraud, misprepresentation, and markups as well as corporate finance, IPOs, direct public offerings, securities law, securities regulation, commodities and related topics. Sponsored by Mark Astarita, Esq., a New York City securities attorney.
