FINRA amended its Code of Arbitration Procedure for Customer Disputes to allow a customer to modify or rescind an arbitration claim if a firm or associated person becomes inactive.

The MSRB requested immediate authorization from the SEC to provide extended regulatory relief to firms due to COVID-19-related disruptions to "normal business operations."

A final rule amendment to extend the compliance phase-in schedule for initial margin requirements for uncleared swaps was published in the Federal Register.

The SEC reached separate settlement agreements with two of nine defendants charged with hacking into the SEC's online Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system.