Flowers

*949 In the period between 2000 and 2001, plaintiff and appellant Troy Flowers's application for a securities sales license was rejected by Ohio state officials because they found that he was "not of 'good business repute.' " In addition, Flowers was subjected to discipline by securities regulators with respect to his violation of securities laws and regulations and his failure to cooperate in a securities investigation. A publicly accessible record of this disciplinary history is maintained by defendant and respondent, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (FINRA).

Flowers filed a complaint against FINRA in which he sought an order requiring that FINRA expunge his disciplinary history from its records. The trial court sustained without leave to amend FINRA's demurrer to Flowers's complaint. Because federal securities laws and regulations provide Flowers with a process by which he may challenge FINRA's publication of his disciplinary history, and Flowers has not pursued that process, he may not now, by way of a civil action, seek that relief from the trial court. Accordingly, we affirm the trial court's order sustaining the demurrer and its judgment in favor of…