New case: Regulatory agency’s in-house ‘court’ slaps broker with huge fine and lifetime ban

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Frank Black, the founder of Southeast Investments, was stunned when the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) dragged him before an in-house “court” and accused him of not visiting his brokers’ remote offices. Frank didn’t have a chance to defend himself, because FINRA’s in-house tribunal doesn’t operate like a real court.

Now slapped with a $243,000 fine and a permanent ban from the financial industry, Frank is suing.

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A muralist fights for free expression and economic liberty in Texas

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Brad Smith noticed something after he painted murals in Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas: Wherever his murals were painted, economic development soon followed. Brad works directly with business owners—like, say, someone opening a new bar in an old warehouse—to create original, colorful murals that draw in customers and transform neighborhoods.

But a small town in Texas passed an ordinance to try to stop Brad from painting. “It just seems to me like it’s a lot of control, to tell a business owner what they can do with their building, and me as an artist what I can paint,” Brad says.

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