There, in 1999, a legal decision in United States v Paul determined that handwriting analysis qualifies as a form of expert testimony, and is therefore admissible under guidelines established by America's Supreme Court in an earlier case.
As a result of the untimely Form U4 disclosures, Suber was deemed to have willfully violated Article V, Section 2(c) of the NASD and FINRA By-Laws of the Corporation and NASD IM-1000-1 and Rule 2110.