International Law & Trade, Administrative Law, Consumer Protection

FDA Proposes Significant Changes to Food Safety Regulations to Secure Nation's Food Supply

by Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC on 1/15/2013

Food companies and farmers should be aware that they have approximately 4 months to provide their comments to the FDA regarding its proposed new food safety standards. On January 4, 2013, the FDA proposed two new regulations...more

Bureau Proposes Further Revisions to Remittance Transfer Rules

by Andrew Owens | Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 1/4/2013

On December 31, 2012, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“Bureau”) published in the Federal Register revisions (“Proposal”) to rules on international remittance transfers that the agency published in February 2012 and...more

Congress Acts On Several Banking Bills, Two Set For President’s Signature

by BuckleySandler LLP on 12/18/2012

On December 11, the U.S. Senate passed by voice vote two bills impacting bank supervision and compliance. The first, H.R.4014, amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to protect information submitted to the CFPB as part of...more

Focus on International Trade - December 2012: Bill S-11, Safe Food for Canadians Act

by John F. Blakney, Olivia Wright | Dentons on 12/12/2012

On November 22, 2012, Bill S-11, Safe Food for Canadians Act (the Act) received royal assent. The Act is the most recent attempt by the Canadian government to modernize the Canada’s food regulatory scheme administered and...more

CFPB Bulletin on Proposed Changes to Remittance Rule

by Orrick - Structured Finance Group on 12/6/2012

On November 27, the CFPB issued a bulletin explaining the CFPB’s intent to propose limited adjustments to its rule on international money transfers as well as an extension of the date the rule will become effective until the...more

CFPB Announces Remittance Transfer Rule Delay and Changes

by BuckleySandler LLP on 12/4/2012

On November 27, the CFPB issued a bulletin announcing that it intends to delay the effective date of the new remittance transfer rule finalized earlier this year and already once modified....more

International Funds Transfer Rules

by John K. Lawrence | Dickinson Wright on 11/13/2012

Among the consumer law changes made by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act ("DFA") were new protections for consumers who send funds to consumers or businesses located in other countries. They...more

EU Customs Practice Group - August/September 2012

by White & Case LLP on 10/9/2012

In This Issue: - EU CUSTOMS POLICY ..MCC/UCC recast proposal ..Amendments to the EU Customs Code ..Implementing Provisions ..Amended proposal for the Customs 2020 programme - TARIFFS ..Update on duty...more

CFPB to Host Remittance Rules Webinar, Announces Safe Harbor Countries

by BuckleySandler LLP on 10/9/2012

On October 16, the CFPB will host a webinar on the new requirements for remittance transfer providers....more

New Rules for Remittance Transfer Providers

by Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP on 10/8/2012

Money transfers sent abroad from inside the U.S., known as remittances, total in the tens of billions of dollars each year, according to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ("CFPB"). Beginning in January 2013, the CFPB,...more

New Federal Regulations for Money Transfer Providers

by Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP on 10/5/2012

Each year, tens of billions of dollars in remittances are sent abroad by immigrants in the United States. Money transfers to Mexico alone, for example, were an estimated $24 billion in 2011, according to the World...more

Libya Loses Court Battle Over Its Own ‘Libyan Embassy’ Trademark

by Jeff Ifrah on 9/19/2012

In an interesting recent opinion, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia rebuffed the Libyan Government’s bid to obtain a transfer to it of the domain name registration for libyanembassy.com from a “legalization...more

United States Joins the APEC Cross Border Privacy Rules System

by White & Case LLP on 9/13/2012

On June 26, 2012 the U.S. Department of Commerce announced the United States' participation in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Cross-Border Privacy Rules ("CBPR") System. The United States is the first non-Asian...more

SEC Issues Final Rule on Extractive Industry Transparency

by Foley Hoag LLP - Corporate Social... on 8/30/2012

On August 22, the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") voted two to one in favor of a final rule implementing Section 1504 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Commissioners Schapiro and...more

House Members Seek Delay of CFPB Remittance Rule

by BuckleySandler LLP on 8/21/2012

On August 16, a group of thirty-two Members of the House of Representatives sent a letter to CFPB Director Richard Cordray asking that the Bureau delay the effective date of recently adopted remittance transfer rules and...more

“But what is it, Doc?” – Health Care Professionals under Professionals under Regulation 1924/2006

by K&L Gates LLP on 7/5/2012

Changes in the epidemiological profile in Western countries during the last three decades have shown an increasing trend in the development of non-transmissible chronic diseases in the adult population. Nutrition-related...more

Financial Services Legislative And Regulatory Update -- June 25, 2012

by Mintz Levin - Public Finance on 7/3/2012

In This Issue: Leading the Past Week; Legislative Branch; Executive Branch; International; and Upcoming Hearings. Excerpt from Leading the Past Week Although the biggest story had to be the Supreme Court?s...more

New European Consumer Agenda to be Observed and Adopted by Businesses

by McDermott Will & Emery on 6/20/2012

The European Commission’s new European Consumer Agenda lays out a strategic plan for EU consumer policy until 2014. The Agenda identifies key measures to maximise consumer participation and trust in the Single European...more

Trade Agreement Facilitates Opening of U.S. Bank Branches in Colombia

by Morgan Lewis on 5/31/2012

New free trade agreement provides capital and regulatory controls that help protect Colombian consumers while increasing local competition among banks in Colombia....more

The Right To Be Forgotten

by Proskauer - Privacy & Data Security on 5/16/2012

On 25 January 2012, the European Commission published a proposed new data protection framework for the E.U. The new framework, unlike the current one, is to provide a consistent and harmonised set of rules for all 27 E.U....more

EU Environment Report - April 2012

by White & Case LLP on 5/4/2012

In this issue: - Chemicals ..New ban on cadmium in batteries proposed by EC ..Commission review of nanosilver ..Sweden considers new BPA ban for children’s food packaging ..Dry cleaning activities to be...more

EU Environment Report - March 2012

by White & Case LLP on 4/3/2012

In this issue: - Chemicals *Member states to evaluate chemicals published in first list of substances under REACH Regulation *EU restricts the use of phosphates and other phosphorus compounds in...more

Australia Expands Warranty Protection for Consumers

by Dinsmore & Shohl LLP on 3/27/2012

Exporting to Australia just got a little trickier for consumer product and service providers. The Australian Consumer Law (the “Act”) was recently amended to expand the warranty protections afforded to consumers. These...more

Google's New Privacy Policy Being Scrutinized by the French Data Protection Authority

by Proskauer - Privacy & Data Security on 3/13/2012

Google launched a new privacy policy that took effect on March 1st, 2012. According to Google, the purpose of revising its privacy policy was to unify into one single privacy policy more than 60 different privacy policies...more

The White House and European Union Privacy Proposals

by Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. on 3/12/2012

First in a Two-Part Series The Obama Administration and the European Union (EU) have recently submitted two major proposals that are likely to have a significant impact on the ongoing discussions regarding consumer...more

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