[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 112 (Wednesday, June 11, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 33625]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-13562]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-72332 ; File No. SR-FINRA-2014-020]


Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE Arca, Inc.; Notice of 
Designation of a Longer Period for Commission Action on Proposed Rule 
Change To Adopt FINRA Rule 2081, Prohibited Conditions Relating to 
Expungement of Customer Dispute Information

June 5, 2014.
    On April 14, 2014, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, 
Inc. (``FINRA'') filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission 
(``Commission''), pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities 
Exchange Act of 1934 (``Act'') \1\ and Rule 19b-4 thereunder,\2\ a 
proposed rule change to adopt FINRA Rule 2081 to prohibit member firms 
and associated persons from conditioning or seeking to condition 
settlement of a dispute with a customer on, or to otherwise compensate 
the customer for, the customer's agreement to consent to, or not to 
oppose, the firm's or associated person's request to expunge the 
customer dispute information which was the subject of the settlement 
from the Central Registration Depository (CRD[supreg]). The proposal 
was published for comment in the Federal Register on April 23, 2014.\3\ 
The Commission received 15 comments on the proposal.\4\
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    \1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
    \2\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4.
    \3\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 71959 (April 17, 
2014), 79 FR 22734 (SR-FINRA-2014-020).
    \4\ See Letter from Steven B. Caruso, Maddox Hargett Caruso, 
P.C., dated April 21, 2014; Letter from Nicole G. Iannarone, 
Assistant Clinical Professor, Tim Guilmette, Student Intern, and 
Nataliya Obikhod, Student Intern, Georgia State University College 
of Law, dated May 1, 2014; Letter from Ryan K. Bakhtiari, Aidikoff, 
Uhl and Bakhtiari, dated May 5, 2014; Letter from Richard P. Ryder, 
dated May 5, 2014; Letter from Barry D. Estell, dated May 7, 2014; 
Letter from Leonard Steiner, Steiner & Libo, PC, dated May 7, 2014; 
Letter from Philip M. Aidikoff, Aidikoff, Uhl and Bakhtiari, dated 
May 1, 2014; Letter from George H. Friedman, George H. Friedman 
Consulting, LLC, dated May 13, 2014; Letter from Jason Doss, 
President, Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association, dated May 
13, 2014; Letter from David T. Bellaire, Executive Vice President 
and General Counsel, Financial Services Institute, dated May 14, 
2014; Letter from Andrea Seidt, Ohio Securities Commissioner and 
North American Securities Administrators Association (``NASAA'') 
President, NASAA, dated May 14, 2014; Letter from Jill Gross, 
Director, Elissa Germaine, Supervising Attorney, and Michelle 
Robinson, Student Intern, John Jay Legal Services, Inc., Pace 
University School of Law, dated May 14, 2014; Letter from Kevin M. 
Carroll, Managing Director and Associate General Counsel, Securities 
Industry and Financial Markets Association Small Firms Committee, 
dated May 14, 2014; Letter from Ronald M. Amato, Amato Law Firm, 
LLC, dated May 15, 2014; and Letter from Harry A. Jacobwitz, 
Database Manager, Securities Arbitration Commentator, Inc., dated 
May 16, 2014.
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    Section 19(b)(2) of the Act \5\ provides that, within 45 days of 
the publication of notice of the filing of a proposed rule change, or 
within such longer period up to 90 days as the Commission may designate 
if it finds such longer period to be appropriate and publishes its 
reasons for so finding or as to which the self-regulatory organization 
consents, the Commission shall either approve the proposed rule change, 
disapprove the proposed rule change, or institute proceedings to 
determine whether the proposed rule change should be disapproved. The 
45th day for this filing is June 7, 2014. The Commission is extending 
this 45-day time period.
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    \5\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).
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    The Commission finds it appropriate to designate a longer period 
within which to take action on the proposed rule change so that it has 
sufficient time to consider the proposed rule change and the comment 
letters received.
    Accordingly, the Commission, pursuant to Section 19(b)(2) of the 
Act,\6\ designates July 22, 2014 as the date by which the Commission 
should either approve or disapprove, or institute proceedings to 
determine whether to disapprove, the proposed rule change (File No. SR-
FINRA-2014-020).
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    \6\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).

    For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, 
pursuant to delegated authority.\7\
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    \7\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(31).
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Kevin M. O'Neill,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-13562 Filed 6-10-14; 8:45 am]
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