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Compliance Advice on SEC’s Market Access Rule from Julie Dixon of Titan Regulation
Lawyer: European M&A Could Rise Despite Risks
Bill on Bankruptcy: The Market's Unquenchable Thirst for Junk
Are Political Intelligence Practice Groups Too Risky?
Greenberger: Derivatives Legislation Would Seriously Weaken Dodd-Frank
Bill on Bankruptcy: Lehman Test Case on Judicial Nullification
S&C's Cohen: Brown-Vitter Punishes Banks For Being Big
Cohen: Cyprus Is Not A Template For Future Restructurings
Release of new book on the 'Best Practices Under the FCPA and Bribery Act"
Bill on Bankruptcy: Kodak Plan Bumps the Debt, Craters Stock
STOCK Act Loses Much of Its Teeth, but Members of Congress Aim to Change That
Lessons Learned from the Parker Drilling DPA and Ralph Lauren NPA
Bill on Bankruptcy: Lawyers Easily Make Simple Words Complicated
Raj Mahajan, Allston Trading CEO, Talks HFT and the Business of Prop Trading
Lessons Learned from the BizJet Executives FCPA Enforcement Actions
Konczal: Dodd-Frank Reforms Get Roughed Up in Court
Bill on Bankruptcy: ResCap Report, a Bargain at $83 Million
Sullivan & Cromwell's M&A Hotline is Ringing
Bill on Bankruptcy: Stockton May Win the Battle, Lose the War
NFA Chairman Chris Hehmeyer Talks Bankruptcy Reform
Detroit’s increasingly distressed financial condition has created a dynamic and rapidly evolving situation where the potential of a Chapter 9 filing appears to be the subject of renewed discussion and legislative attention. ...more
The MF Global UK Limited (MFG UK) case is the first opportunity for market participants to observe the impact of the UK’s new Special Administration Regime (the SAR) for failed investment banks. Background The SAR...more
In This Issue: - Financial Industry Developments · Fed Rule on Supervised Securities Holding Company Registration · MSRB Request for Comment on Trade Size Reporting System · MSRB Concept Release on...more
In this issue: - NASDAQ Proposes Liberalization of Independence Exception Provisions - FINRA Provides Additional Guidance on New Suitability Rule - CFTC Roundtable to Discuss Proposed Regulations Implementing...more
In This Issue: - Interview with a Community Banking Professional: Mark Williamson, President of High Point Bank - Creditors' Rights: Top 10 Bankruptcy Truths Bankers Should Know by Rayford K. (Trip) Adams III...more
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on January 11, 2011 finalized three important rules and proposed one additional rule as required by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010...more
On January 11, pursuant to Section 724(a) of the Dodd-Frank Act, the CFTC adopted a final rule regarding the protection of cleared swaps and collateral belonging to cleared swaps customers of futures commission merchants...more
On September 13, 2011, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the “FDIC”) approved a final rule (the “Final Rules”) to be issued jointly by the FDIC and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Board”)...more
Topics In This Issue • Federal Issues • Courts • Miscellany • Firm News • Firm Publications • Mortgages • Securities • Litigation • Privacy/Data Security Excerpt from "Courts" Bankruptcy Panel...more
The Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) approved on March 29 a joint Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPR) for covered systemic organizations to file and report resolution plans and credit...more
After months of negotiations and conferences among key legislators, President Obama signed into law a final version of regulatory reform legislation on July 21, 2010. More than 2,000 pages long, the “Dodd-Frank Wall Street...more
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