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On May 20, 2010, the Senate passed the Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010 (the “Senate bill” or the “bill”) by a vote of 59 to 39. Four Republicans voted with the ...
Last night the Senate passed the Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010 . As discussed in a prior memorandum, the Senate Bill would federalize significant governance and execu...
On May 20, Democratic House and Senate tax writers released a tax extenders package (H.R. 4213) that includes provisions relating to the taxation of carried interest received by investmen...
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Court Rules Whistleblower Protections of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act Applicable to E...
On April 23, 2010, the FDIC issued new Q&As (the “April Q&As”) that clarify certain aspects of its Statement of Policy for Failed Bank Acquisitions (the “Policy Statement”), but l...
At a meeting of the ABA Subcommittee on Securities Regulation last Friday, Tom Kim, Chief Counsel, SEC Division of Corporation Finance, indicated that the SEC’s proposed amendment to Ru...
Yesterday the United States Supreme Court issued a significant opinion on the statute of limitations applicable to federal securities fraud claims under § 10(b) of the Securities Exchang...
On Tuesday, April 20th, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and Federal Trade Commission (“FTC)released proposed revisions to their Horizontal Merger Guidelines (“Guidelines”). T...
On April 14, 2010, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) proposed a new rule to establish a large trader reporting system.1 The rule would require large traders of exchan...
In an action that potentially affects the business models of the U.S. options exchanges and major option market participants, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) recent...