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You need to look at the rules under which your dispute is being arbitrated. Review your arbitration agreement, it likely has a sentence or phrase...

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Your arbitration clause requires the parties use the services of the American Arbitration Association (AAA). It is a company which provides...

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Can we get a letter written to our previous brokerage firm to ask for an internal review of our account while it was with them?

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