April 09, 2024

Congress Is Right to Scrutinize Forced Arbitration and Regulators Should Exercise the Authority They Have to Ban It

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Stephen Hall, Legal Director and Securities Specialist, issued the following statement on tomorrow’s hearing titled “Small Print, Big Impact: Examining the Effects of Forced Arbitration,” being convened by…

December 12, 2023

Better Markets Testifies at Department of Labor’s Hearing on Rules to Protect Retirement Savings

Better Markets’ Steve Hall at a U.S. Department of Labor public hearing on proposed rules to protect the retirement savings of millions of Americans. You can learn more about…

May 15, 2023

Sidelining or Weakening the CFPB Will Hurt All Financial Consumers, But People of Color Stand to Suffer the Most

WASHINGTON, D.C.— Stephen Hall, Better Markets’ Legal Director and Securities Specialist, issued the following statement in connection with today’s filing of an amicus curiae brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in CFPB v.

July 22, 2022

Better Markets’ Objects to Goldman Sachs’ Request For a License to Lie

WASHINGTON, D.C.— Dennis Kelleher, Co-Founder, President, and CEO, issued the following statement on Better Markets’ Amicus brief filed in the case of  Arkansas Teacher Retirement System v. Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. in…

June 16, 2022

Ongoing Crypto Carnage Demonstrates Need for CFTC to Proceed Carefully with a Transparent, Robust Process for Considering FTX’s Auto-Liquidation Proposal

WASHINGTON, D.C.— President and CEO Dennis M. Kelleher issued the following statement in connection with sending a letter to Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chair Russ Behnam raising concerns related to…

June 10, 2022

SEC Proposal Will Bring Transparency and Accountability to Security-Based Swaps Market, But Some Gaps Would Remain

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Legal Director and Securities Specialist Stephen Hall issued the following statement on the filing of Better Markets’ Comment Letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission in response to the agency’s proposed rules…

June 01, 2022

Op-Ed in Financial Planning: The Department of Labor Must Do More to Protect Retirement Savers

WASHINGTON, D.C.— Better Markets’ Legal Director and Securities Specialist Steve Hall and Christine Lazaro, Professor of Clinical Legal Education and Director of the Securities Arbitration Clinic at St. John’s University School of Law,…

May 16, 2022

Wall Street’s Lawbreaking Continues as Six Biggest Banks Rack Up Another Billion Dollars in Fines in Just Over a Year

Washington, D.C.  –  Dennis Kelleher, President and CEO, issued the following statement in connection with the release today of Better Markets’ Rap Sheet Report: “The Report we are releasing today…

May 10, 2022

SEC Proposal Would Establish Comprehensive Cybersecurity Disclosure Requirements for the Benefit of Investors

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Legal Director and Securities Specialist Stephen Hall issued the following statement on the filing of Better Markets’ Comment Letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in response to the agency’s…