The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act is a United States federal statute signed into law on July 21, 2010. The Act was passed in response to the Great Recession of the late 2000s and... more +
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act is a United States federal statute signed into law on July 21, 2010. The Act was passed in response to the Great Recession of the late 2000s and includes broad reforms related to many aspects of the financial and banking industry. Notable sections of the Act include stricter regulations of the derivatives market, as well as the Volcker Rule, which restricts the trading practices of FDIC-insured institutions.
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Under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, regulatory authority over derivatives is divided between the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. The SEC has...more
We've highlighted a few notable developments in corporate governance law taking place this spring that may be of interest to you. For more information on any of the topics listed below, please contact us at...more
On Wednesday, May 1, 2013, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") proposed rules and interpretive guidance for parties to cross-border security-based swap transactions. The SEC acted pursuant to its authority...more
IN THE ISSUE: - The Legal Challenge to the SEC’s Conflict Minerals Reporting Regulations: In the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act, the United States Congress required, inter alia, the SEC to promulgate regulations requiring...more
On May 1, the Securities and Exchange Commission proposed rules and interpretive guidance with respect to cross-border security-based swap activities. Under this proposal, the requirements of Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall...more
Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act ("Dodd-Frank Act") (enacted July 21, 2010) generally became effective on July 16, 2011. Since then, the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") has...more
The Securities Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and the Commodity and Futures Trade Commission (“CFTC”) (together, the “Commissions”) have issued final joint rules and guidelines that require certain entities regulated by the...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the “CFTC”) recently adopted rules requiring entities subject to their respective enforcement authorities to adopt and implement...more
Today, April 19, 2013, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) published in the Federal Register rules and guidelines requiring their respective regulated financial...more
In This Issue: - Preface - Chapter 1 Choice Of A Business Entity - Chapter 2 Introduction To Federal Securities Laws - Chapter 3 From Let’S Go Shopping To Closing: U.S. M&A Process - Chapter 4...more
In This Issue: Leading the Past Week; Budget Summary; Legislative Branch; Executive Branch; and Upcoming Hearings. Excerpt from Leading the Past Week - Congress returned from a two-week recess and the...more
Businesses in the oil and gas industry are cautioned to pay careful attention to evolutions in anti-corruption law in the jurisdictions where they operate. The U.S. government has successfully enforced the Foreign Corrupt...more
Companies must comply with certain final NYSE and NASDAQ listing rules by July 1. By July 1, affected companies must comply with recent amendments to the listing rules of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and the...more
The SEC recently filed its initial brief in the case pending in the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in which the National Association of Manufacturers, United States Chamber of Commerce, and Business...more
The European Commission (EC) Directorate-General for Trade has issued a consultation to solicit interested parties’ views on a potential EU initiative for responsible sourcing of minerals coming from conflict-affected and...more
It has been several years since the Federal Trade Commission’s Red Flag Rule took effect; and the banking regulators have had the Red Flag Interagency Guidance in place since 2007. Finally, entities regulated by the...more
On Thursday, March 28, 2013, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the "CFTC") approved a final order that exempts certain non-financial energy derivative transactions between and amongst government-owned electric...more
On March 21, the Securities and Exchange Commission Advisory Committee on Small and Emerging Companies (Advisory Committee) submitted several recommendations to the SEC on rules, regulations and policies relating to emerging...more
David W. Blass, Chief Counsel, Division of Trading and Markets, SEC, recently gave a speech before the American Bar Association Trading and Markets Subcommittee on April 5, 2013. The topic of the speech was whether and when...more
On March 24, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York held that a Dodd-Frank Act rule requiring the SEC, within 180 days of notifying a target of the pendency of an investigation, to file an action or...more
The U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado followed a trend of decisions concluding that a plaintiff need not have provided the SEC with information regarding alleged federal securities law violations to pursue a...more
Below is a summary of certain recent guidance from the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) that is applicable to investment advisers and broker-dealers, namely: (i) an SEC Risk Alert regarding the Custody Rule...more
The US District Court for the Eastern District of New York recently ruled that Securities and Exchange Commission enforcement actions cannot be dismissed on grounds that the SEC failed to comply with Section 929U of the...more
In this issue: - Proposed Change to FINRA Rule Regarding Release of Disciplinary Complaints, Decisions and Other Information - SEC Approves on an Accelerated Basis FINRA Rule Change Relating to Margin...more
In This Issue: - Financial Regulators Compete; JPMorgan Loses - Six Ways to Survive the U.S. Congress - How to Protect Your Brand from a Twitter Hacking - Blogs Worth Following - LEVICK In the News -...more
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