/*
Owen T Williams
for Arthur Leider CEO of Investors Arbitraton Specialists
March 14th 2003
*/



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	ideas[0] = "If you believe you have been subject to unfair or improper business conduct by your broker, you should complain to the brokerage firm promptly in writing. First communicate your concerns to your broker, then to the manager of your broker's office. Follow-up immediately, in writing, if you do not receive a satisfactory response to your complaint.";
    ideas[1] = "Although most business in the securities industry is completed without a problem, disputes and controversies will occasionally arise. Such disputes and controversies can be resolved by impartial arbitration at one of the organizations listed in the Services Directory.";
    ideas[2] = "Arbitrations are conducted in accordance with the Uniform Code of Arbitration (Uniform Code) as developed by the Securities Industry Conference on Arbitration and the rules of the sponsoring organization where the claim is filed."
	ideas[3] = "This information is designed to assist prospective parties and their attorneys by explaining arbitration procedures and is not designed to give legal advice to any party or to anyone who contemplates use of these procedures."
	ideas[4] = "The information here explains the procedures set forth in the rules and answers questions regarding them but is not an interpretation of, or a substitute for, the rules. We recommend that prospective parties carefully read the rules. "
	ideas[5] = "A newly adopted section of the Uniform Code states that a claim submitted as a class action shall not be eligible for arbitration. The rule also sets forth the circumstances where a claim encompassed by a putative or certified class action may or may not be eligible to be filed in arbitration."
ideas[6] = "There are certain laws governing the conduct of an arbitration proceeding that must be considered. An arbitration award is final and binding, subject to review by a court only on a very limited basis. Parties should recognize, that in choosing arbitration as a means of resolving a dispute, they generally give up their right to pursue the matter through the courts."
	ideas[7] = "In considering whether to initiate arbitration, It is important to keep in mind that, generally, a public customer has a right to require a broker/dealer to submit for arbitration only disputes relating to or arising out of the business activities of the broker/dealer. "
	ideas[8] = "Parties have an absolute right to be represented by an attorney and may do so at any stage of the arbitration. Parties should be aware that, even if they do not elect to be represented by counsel, the other party may have an attorney, and they can assume that broker/dealers will be represented by an attorney. "
		
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