FINRA Discipline: FINRA Rule 9212- Complaint Issuance
From the Desk of Jim Eccleston at Eccleston Law LLC:
This is the second of a series of posts to discuss the rules associated with the FINRA disciplinary process. FINRA Rule 9212 provides a guideline for the appropriate form, content, notice, docketing, and service for any complaint issued by the Department of Enforcement or the Department of Market Regulation.
FINRA states the complaint shall specify in reasonable detail the conduct alleged to constitute the violation and the rule, regulation, or statutory provision a respondent is alleged to be violating or to have violated.
FINRA Rule 9212 also states that the Department of Enforcement or the Department of Market Regulation is allowed to file and serve an amended complaint before a respondent answers.
Moreover, a complaint can be withdrawn at any time before the issuance of a ruling on a motion for summary disposition, or the start of the hearing on the merits without prejudice. That means that the complaint can be re-filed based on the allegations concerning the same facts and circumstances that are set forth in the withdrawn complaint. If the Department of Enforcement or the Department of Market Regulation requests to withdraw a complaint after the occurrence of either of those two events, the hearing panel will determine whether the withdrawal shall be granted with prejudice.
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