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S&C's Cohen: Brown-Vitter Punishes Banks For Being Big [Video]

by Bloomberg Law on 5/3/2013

May 3 (Bloomberg Law) -- Rodge Cohen, partner at Sullivan & Cromwell who represents the nation's largest banks, talks with Bloomberg Law's Lee Pacchia about the concept of Too Big To Fail and a recent proposal from Senators...more

Konczal: Dodd-Frank Reforms Get Roughed Up in Court [Video]

by Bloomberg Law on 4/11/2013

April 11 (Bloomberg Law) -- Mike Konczal, fellow at the Roosevelt Institute and contributor to Bloomberg View, talks with Bloomberg Law's Lee Pacchia about how the implementation of the financial reform laws in Dodd-Frank...more

Without An “Intelligible Principle” Can The SEC Adopt Political Spending Rules?

by Keith Paul Bishop | Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis... on 3/19/2013

In August 2011, Professor Lucian Bebchuk and nine other law professors submitted this petition asking that the Securities and Exchange Commission adopt rules requiring public companies to disclose to shareholders the use of...more

President Obama Re-nominates Richard Cordray For CFPB Director, Nominates Mary Jo White For SEC Chair

by BuckleySandler LLP on 2/4/2013

On January 24, President Obama announced his re-nomination of current CFPB Director Richard Cordray. Mr. Cordray has led the Bureau since January 2012 when President Obama used his recess appointment authority to install the...more

State AGs join lawsuit challenging constitutionality of CFPB

by Ballard Spahr LLP on 9/25/2012

Republican state Attorneys General from Oklahoma, South Carolina and Michigan have now joined the lawsuit that was filed this past June in federal court in Washington, D.C. challenging the constitutionality of Dodd-Frank....more

Can Cities Use Eminent Domain To Seize Mortgage Loans? [Video]

by Bloomberg Law on 7/19/2012

July 19 (Bloomberg Law) -- Almost 24% of homes with a mortgage in the United States are underwater, meaning that more is owed on the loan than the property is currently worth. A new company known as Mortgage Resolution...more

California Bill Threatens Market Exception For Dissenters’ Rights

by Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis... on 7/18/2012

The California legislature is taking its summer recess and will reconvene on August 6. Joint Rule 51(b)(2). It will then sit until August 31 which is the last day for either the Senate or the Assembly to pass bills. Cal....more

The Fiction of Social Security Bonds

by Charles E. Rounds, Jr. on 7/12/2011

On May 30, 2005, Charles E. Rounds, Jr. published the attached article: "The Fiction of Social Security Bonds." On July 12, 2011, President Obama said he could not guarantee that retirees would receive their Social Security...more

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S&C's Cohen: Brown-Vitter Punishes Banks For Being Big [Video]

Konczal: Dodd-Frank Reforms Get Roughed Up in Court [Video]

Without An “Intelligible Principle” Can The SEC Adopt Political Spending Rules?

President Obama Re-nominates Richard Cordray For CFPB Director, Nominates Mary Jo White For SEC Chair

State AGs join lawsuit challenging constitutionality of CFPB

Can Cities Use Eminent Domain To Seize Mortgage Loans? [Video]

California Bill Threatens Market Exception For Dissenters’ Rights

The Fiction of Social Security Bonds

S&C's Cohen: Brown-Vitter Punishes Banks For Being Big [Video]

Konczal: Dodd-Frank Reforms Get Roughed Up in Court [Video]

Can Cities Use Eminent Domain To Seize Mortgage Loans? [Video]

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