Finance & Banking – May 23, 2012

by Patton Boggs LLP on 5/15/2012

General Legislative The House is not in session on Monday, May 14, 2012. The House will meet at 12:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 15, for morning hour and 2:00 p.m. for legislative business. On Tuesday the House will consider...more

by Patton Boggs LLP on 4/18/2012

General Legislative On Monday, April 16, 2012, the House will meet at 2:00 p.m. for legislative business. The House will consider the following bills under suspension of the rules: H.R. 3001, the Raoul Wallenberg...more

by Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 4/13/2012

The first quarter of 2012 delivered a significant amount of activity in the advanced biofuels sector, with initiatives at the Department of Defense (DOD), the Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the Department of Energy...more

by Patton Boggs LLP on 3/19/2012

General Legislative On Monday, March 19, the House will convene at 4:00 p.m. for legislative business. The following legislation will be considered pursuant to a rule: H.R. 5, the Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost,...more

by Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 1/25/2012

On Friday, January 20, 2012, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that it will begin accepting new applications for grants and loans under the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP). Authorized by...more

by Dechert LLP on 7/18/2011

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) on July 7, 2011 held a public meeting to consider several final rules under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (“Dodd-Frank Act”). The CFTC approved...more

by Mintz Levin on 5/23/2011

On February 14, 2011, acting upon the significant input of Mintz Levin’s Mark J. Riedy, Stern Brothers’ John May, and Krieg DeVault’s John Kirkwood, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) published its interim final rule...more

by Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 3/21/2011

Overview On March 12, 2011, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the availability of fiscal year 2011 funding for three programs that were authorized under the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008 (the “Farm...more