The Republican-led actions are largely symbolic given the near certainty of vetoes by President Biden.
Independent advisors have become more disgruntled than advisors in the employee channel, the firm said.
The Heritage Foundation's policy initiative says the regulator should be folded into the SEC.
Ameriprise said a father-son team that left it for LPL solicited clients and took information.
The regulator said Merrill Lynch caused customers to pay avoidable fees on brokerage account recommendations.
Scottsdale advisor Jacob C. Glick was banned for 10 years after causing clients to lose $2 million, the agency said.
The regulator will now have to be more selective in its enforcement actions, attorney Brian Hamburger said.
Critics contend the regulator has ratcheted down its pursuit of securities industry wrongdoers.
A Finra panel rejected Candido Viyella's claims he was wrongfully terminated and defamed.
Gulf Coast Wealth Management of New Orleans was with LPL for more than 20 years, the broker-dealer said.
In an amicus brief, the board said the rule is needed to eliminate conflicts and fill regulatory gaps.
First Summit Capital Management is led by Thomas Cooney and includes former baseball player Mark Freed.
Industry veterans Jim Dickson and Mark Penske raised money from family offices for the launch.
The SEC is scrutinizing hybrid firms that put their clients into more expensive brokerage accounts, they said.
The class-action lawsuit claims the low rates represent a violation of fiduciary duties and Reg BI.
“The unusual is now usual as advisors provide more holistic planning,” Schechter Investment Advisors' CEO says.
The investors allege in a Finra claim that two of the firm's former brokers put them in unsuitable investments.
The bank used the advisor's name on its website long after he left the company, Finra said.
The rule provides advisors, brokers and agents three routes for avoiding fiduciary mandates, attorney Fred Reish said.
The advisor had already been barred by Finra for allegedly helping her supervisor hide the scheme from LPL.