Tag: Compliance

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For The Record

Note: Mark Astarita was the legal columnist for Research Magazine from 1995 to 2000. This column was the first in  of 5 years of monthly articles. BY MARK J. ASTARITA, ESQ. By now, you’re probably aware of Spring Street Brewing’s successful initial public offering completed last year. The company conducted […]

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NYSE Arbitrator Selection Pilot Ending

With only 15% of the cases using the alternatives, should the program be extended? NYSE PILOT ON ARB SELECTION: A two-year pilot program at the New York Stock Exchange is scheduled to expire on July 31, 2002. This program, which details three alternatives that parties may use, instead of the […]

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Comments on California Suit

Comments on the Perino Report and the California Court Decision NYSE STATEMENTS RE CALIFORNIA ARBITRATION: Posted on the NYSE Arbitration WebSite are two new statements, one of which responds to the Perino Report and the Nov. 12 federal court decision in California and the other of which offers three options […]

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NYSE Awards 10/02

Thirty Awards, Including a 9 Million Dollar Member-Member Award, and a Loss for a Customer in An Employee Stock Option Case Against Goldman NYSE AWARDS, 10/02: Among the 30 Awards released by the New York Stock Exchange’s Arbitration Department for the month of October 2002 were Awards depicting all types […]

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NYSE Arbitration Awards

Twenty New Awards, Ten Awarding Damages to Customers Twenty Awards issued from the New York Stock Exchange’s Arbitration Department in February, ten of which awarded Claimants damages on their claims. Three of the losing Awards and one of the winners for customer-Claimants were the ML Media Opportunity Partners disputes that […]