Penalties for Violators
Chapters in this video
- 0:00 When penalties attach: conclusion of proceeding, not complaint
- 1:40 Expulsion versus bar: firm versus individual
- 2:42 The two-thirds vote required for expulsion
- 2:55 $500,000 per violation and the stacking math
- 4:05 Warning letter sits below the penalty ladder
- 4:50 Climbing the five rungs from censure to expulsion or bar
- 5:33 Discipline versus arbitration: association enforcement versus private dispute
- 6:16 Rapid-fire exam recap
What this video covers
- Why penalties attach only at the conclusion of a disciplinary proceeding, after a hearing or accepted settlement, not when the complaint is filed
- What expulsion and bar mean, and why expulsion applies to a Member (firm) while bar applies to an Associate (individual)
- Why expulsion requires a two-thirds vote of the deciding panel, not a simple majority
- How the $500,000 maximum fine works per violation, not as a case-wide ceiling, and how to do the stacking arithmetic
- Why a warning letter is not on the penalty ladder at all, even though the exam constantly slips it into lists of sanctions
- The five actual rungs of the penalty ladder from censure up through suspension to expulsion or bar
- The difference between discipline (association versus Member) and arbitration (private party versus private party)
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