The Financial Industry Regulatory authority has broadened its list of public arbitrators to preside over cases. The self-regulatory organization will provide dispute participants with the names of 15 public arbitrators, instead of 10, from which to choose. FINRA\u2019s Board also modified its eligibility requirements for who can chair an arbitration panel.<\/p>\n
FINRA allows plaintiffs and defendants of arbitration cases to choose three arbitrators. <\/p>\n
In other FINRA arbitration news, the SRO is asking the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to approve a proposed rule change that would allow monetary awards mandating that parties pay one another damages to be offset. This rule change is for situations in which an arbitration panel awards damages to both the respondent and claimant and one party can\u2019t or doesn\u2019t pay what it owes. <\/p>\n
If approved, the rule would allow the party that owes more money to only have to pay the net difference. If arbitrators don\u2019t mean for an award to be offset when both parties owe one another money, they must state so in the award notice.<\/p>\n