By: Lauri F. Rasnick
FINRA recently announced that it fined Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith (“Merrill”) one million dollars for failing to arbitrate claims with employees. See January 25, 2012 News Release. The disputes at issue arose out of promissory notes executed by Merrill employees in connection with the Bank of America Corporation (“BOA”) acquisition. After the BOA acquisition, Merrill created a program called the Advisor Transition Program (“ATP”). Pursuant to this program, Merrill was to pay particular registered representatives lump sum ...
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