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FINRA panel issues ruling in Macbale motion to vacate against Charles Schwab

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A FINRA arbitration record documents a Motion to Vacate in a dispute between claimant Sam Macbale and Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. The entry identifies the panel, the hearing site and the award date. It is a docket record rather than a reasoned opinion, so what it supports is limited to the parties, the forum and the procedural posture.

  • The record documents a Motion to Vacate under FINRA case ID 26-00115 between Sam Macbale and Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
  • Three neutrals are named: Daniel B. MacLeod, Stephany Adriene Watson and Sheila Marion Nina Blackford.
  • The hearing site is listed as Portland, Oregon, with an official award date of 9 October 2026.
  • Garrett R. Wynne is listed as respondent representative and Sam R. Macbale as claimant representative.

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FINRA has published a docket record under case ID 26-00115 relating to a Motion to Vacate. The document type is recorded as "Motion to Vacate" and the forum is FINRA. The claimant is named as Sam Macbale and the respondent…

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https://www.finra.org/node/391101
Published by FINRA · 30 Oct 2026
Read by Regulus 13 Nov 2026 at 04:06 UTC
13 factual claims checked against this document · 0 unsupported
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