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Senator Charles Schumer recently introduced a bill, The Shareholder Bill of Rights Act of 2009, which if adopted would impose new corporate governance requirements on U.S. public companie...
With action by the House of Representatives Monday, legislation creating an independent commission to examine the causes of the financial crisis has now passed both houses of Congress, an...
With action by the House of Representatives Monday, legislation creating an independent commission to examine the causes of the financial crisis has now passed both houses of Congress, an...
On May 4, 2009, Senator Carl Levin (D-Michigan) and Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine) introduced the Authorizing the Regulation of Swaps Act (the “LevinCollins Bill” or the “Bill”),...
The Securities and Exchange Commission will hold a roundtable at its headquarters in Washington, DC on May 5, 2009 to discuss issues raised by its recent proposals to restrict short sales...
In March 2008, the Paulson Treasury issued its Blueprint for a Modernized Financial Regulatory Structure (the “Paulson Blueprint”), in which Treasury recommended the establishment of ...
In an open meeting held today, the Securities and Exchange Commission voted unanimously to issue proposals to revive restrictions on short sales in equity securities.
The reorganization or liquidation of most types of companies is governed in the United States by a single federal law—the US Bankruptcy Code (the “Bankruptcy Code”). As a result, no...
It has been obvious for some time that the outdated US system of financial regulation is badly in need of reform. There have, however, been limited opportunities to unblock the political ...
The long awaited public-private investment program announced by Secretary Geithner on March 23, 2009 contains two key components: a securities purchase program, designed to remedy the ill...