As we have previously discussed, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) recently issued guidelines for assessing individual cooperation in investigations and enforcement actio...
As we have previously discussed, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) Director of Enforcement Robert Khuzami recently unveiled new tools designed to help the SEC Staff accel...
Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) Director of Enforcement Robert Khuzami took three further steps Wednesday to make good on his promise to accelerate and improve the SEC’s ...
What follows is a summary of the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act passed by the House of Representatives on December 11, 2009. The Act, like Senate Banking Committee Chairma...
This summary compares the Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2009, referred to as the “Dodd bill,” with various other legislative proposals.
A broad cross section of commenters is encouraging the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) to take a cautious approach with its latest proposal to allow shareholders to sol...
The Davis Polk Financial Crisis Manual has been written for anyone who wants to understand the flurry of new legislation, old law used in new ways, contracts with Treasury, press releases...
On July 10, 2009, the Treasury Department released the proposed Investor Protection Act of 2009 (the “Act”), which would, if enacted, implement portions of the financial reform propos...
The Obama Administration’s draft legislation for the Consumer Financial Protection Agency Act of 2009 was sent to the Congress on June 30, 2009. The proposed legislation would make swee...
