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NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION APR 07, 2013
Tax reform draft aimed at pass-through businesses

Proposal would more closely align treatment of partnerships and S Corps

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION APR 07, 2013
Goble's ghost may haunt SEC

Lawyers are worried that the main statute used to prosecute Richard Goble for fraud in 2008 has been undercut by a federal appellate court decision

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION APR 07, 2013
Charges tossed, but Finra gadfly not home-free yet

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION APR 07, 2013
Appeals court sides with Finra critic

Overturns Goble's fraud conviction; lifetime ban from securities industry now up in the air

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION APR 05, 2013
Ex-Finra employee: I was fired for whistle blowing

A onetime Finra examiner says he uncovered a glitch in the SRO's risk-rating system — and was subsequently fired for threatening to go public with the discovery. Now, he's suing for $25M.

IRS eases burden of home office deduction calculation
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION APR 05, 2013
IRS eases burden of home office deduction calculation

New option cuts need to file 43-line form with expenses, depreciation, carryovers.

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION APR 05, 2013
Bizarre war of words

Finra board member resigns in wake of charges
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION APR 05, 2013
Finra board member resigns in wake of charges

Joel Blumenschein, an industry governor for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc., has resigned his board seat after feeling pressure to step down following recent charges in a failure-to-supervise case.

Champion of 401(k) fiduciary standard stole from pension plans: U.S. attorney
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION APR 05, 2013
Champion of 401(k) fiduciary standard stole from pension plans: U.S. attorney

Matthew Hutcheson faces 31 counts of theft, wire fraud; lauded the fiduciary standard in congressional testimony in 2010

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION APR 02, 2013
Merrill settles unpaid-OT suit for $12M

Lawsuit filed on behalf of a potential class of 12,000 client associates seeking compensation for unpaid overtime work between 2010 and 2012

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAR 31, 2013
Advisers watch SCOTUS arguments on gay marriage

Arguments on tap in two cases that could mean all or nothing for same-sex marriages.

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAR 28, 2013
Regs leave 401(k) business 'wide open' for advisers

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAR 27, 2013
Black pols oppose fiduciary rule

Congressional group says stiffer standards of care would force advisers to abandon smaller clients

Morgan Keegan slapped with $1.38 million arbitration award
NEWS FIXED INCOME MAR 27, 2013
Morgan Keegan slapped with $1.38 million arbitration award

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAR 22, 2013
Finra upped fines by 15% last year: Study

Suitability and due-diligence cases led the enforcement tally.

NEWS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAR 19, 2013
The Takeaway: ECB caves on Cyprus bailout

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAR 19, 2013
Grill for two hours: Mary Jo White Congressional hearing slated for mid-March

Senate Banking Committee set to question SEC nominee.

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAR 17, 2013
Bill would assist special needs households

Bipartisan proposal actually has a shot of passage

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAR 17, 2013
Investors 'aghast' as Cyprus to siphon cash from retail bank accounts

Levies of up to 12 percent part of bank rescue plan; citizens of divided nation united against scheme

NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAR 17, 2013
Finra upped fines by 15 percent last year, study shows

Data reveals that Finra up its fines in 2012 by 15 percent. Disciplinary actions were up as well. Dan Jamieson breaks down the numbers