The Obama Administration is currently on the legislative leg of the regulatory reform marathon that began earlier this year with the release of its Rules of the Road and continued with it...
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...
Following a meeting of the Board of Directors of the FDIC on Thursday, July 2, 2009, the FDIC issued a Proposed Statement of Policy on Qualifications for Failed Bank Acquisitions for publ...
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...
The Obama Administration’s White Paper on Financial Regulatory Reform is just the beginning of what is likely to be a legislative, regulatory and ideological marathon, despite the Admin...
This newsflash summarizes the key proposals in the Obama Administration’s White Paper on Financial Regulatory Reform We will post a full memorandum with analysis and commentary in the c...
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...
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 ...
