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Citing cutbacks at the federal level, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro has launched a new centralized consumer protection hotline, website and email address to make it easier for state residents to report allegations of...more
On January 30, the five federal financial agencies (Agencies) responsible for the administration of the Volcker Rule—the federal prohibitions on proprietary trading and private fund (covered funds) investments and sponsorship...more
On January 30, 2020, five federal financial regulatory agencies published the long awaited notice of proposed rulemaking (the “NPR”) to revise certain aspects of the Volcker Rule (Section 13 of the Bank Holding Company Act)...more
There’s some surprise market wheeling and dealing afoot this morning. The Hong Kong stock exchange has offered to buy its London counterpart as part of a deal valued at $37 billion that would connect “the established...more
The CFPB has published its Spring 2019 rulemaking agenda as part of the Spring 2019 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions, which is coordinated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). ...more
House Financial Services Committee Chairwoman Maxine Waters has introduced the “Consumers First Act” (to be designated H.R. 1500), a modified version of a bill she introduced in the last session of Congress when Mr. Mulvaney...more
Last week, the federal banking agencies issued two notices of proposed rulemaking designed to lessen regulatory requirements on small and regional banking organizations....more
Increased Rule 701 threshold provides greater flexibility and reduces compliance costs for non-reporting companies. Recently enacted legislation rolling back Dodd-Frank directs the SEC to increase the Rule 701 enhanced...more
The Federal Reserve Board (FRB) has taken the first step toward providing banks meaningful relief from the Volcker Rule by soliciting public comment on a proposed rule that would simplify and streamline compliance....more
President Trump recently signed into law the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act, which is already making waves in the financial sector for its repeal of certain Dodd-Frank provisions that were...more
We got an official first look at the Fed’s revised Volcker Rule yesterday, and the “sweeping plan to soften” the rule will open “the door for banks to resume some trading activities restricted as part of the 2010 Dodd-Frank...more
Ever since the financial crisis nearly ten years ago, the passage of Dodd Frank has meant more regulatory scrutiny for banks across the nation. Last week, Congress passed the “Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer...more
On May 24, President Trump signed into law the most significant banking legislation since the enactment of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (“Dodd-Frank”) in 2010. The bill – named the Economic...more
On May 24, 2018, President Trump signed the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act (S. 2155) into law, clearing the last hurdle for an expansive roll-back of U.S. banking regulations....more
Europe’s much-ballyhooed (and feared) General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) officially goes into effect today. Here’s a look at the mad dash across all sectors (and outside of the EU) to comply....more
UPDATE: This article was updated on May 24, 2018 - On May 24, President Trump signed into law a banking deregulation bill (S.2155) that loosens rules and requirements imposed on lenders by the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010. ...more
On May 22, The House of Representatives voted 258-159 to pass a banking deregulation bill (S.2155) that loosens rules and requirements imposed on lenders by the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010. The legislation contains a number of...more
Speculation about the future of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has been ever-present since Donald Trump’s victory in the 2016 Presidential election was first announced. Originally published in Delaware...more
Mick Mulvaney, President Trump’s appointee as CFPB Acting Director, plans to make the CFPB’s practices of “pushing the envelope” and “rulemaking by enforcement” things of the past. ...more
The Senate Banking Committee has voted out of committee a bipartisan effort to ease Dodd-Frank regulations. The bill in question could “drastically cut” the number of banks subject to heightened Fed oversight and “would ease...more
The Systemic Risk Council—a heady group of “former top financial regulators, regulators, policymakers and academics”—is warning that the rollback of Dodd-Frank and other financial regulators could lead to bank failures and...more
Following the 2016 election, corporate governance circles have focused intently on what will happen in the nation’s capital with regard to a potential roll back of the current regulatory regime. The Trump Administration...more
The CFPB’s Spring 2017 rulemaking agenda has been published as part of the Spring 2017 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions. The preamble indicates that the information in the agenda is current as of...more
By a vote of 233-188, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 10, the Financial CHOICE Act yesterday. The bill, often referred to as the Dodd-Frank Act replacement bill, includes an overhaul of the CFPB’s structure and...more
On February 6, House Financial Services Committee Chairman Hensarling circulated a memorandum to the House Financial Services Committee Leadership Team describing key revisions to the Financial Choice Act. Last week, he...more