FINRA Updates Sanction Guidelines to Include Consideration of Undue Influence Over Customers
From the Desk of Jim Eccleston at Eccleston Law LLC:
FINRA has revised its sanctioning guidelines to require that disciplinary proceedings indicate whether "vulnerable individuals or individuals with diminished capacity" were subjects of financial exploitation. The changes were announced in a FINRA regulatory notice. The last time the Sanction Guidelines were updated was in 2015.
The purpose of the Sanction Guidelines are not to assign fixed sanctions for particular violations, but are intended to help hearing panels determine the appropriate sanctions consistently and fairly in disciplinary proceedings.
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