Financial services legislative and regulatory update *

USA - July 16 2012
Last week provided an excellent frame by which to view the current political and regulatory landscape as we approach the two year anniversary of the signing of the Dodd-Frank Act and also find ourselves 113 days away from the election.

Co-authors: Jason M. Rosenstock.

SEC adopts final whistleblower bounty rules under Dodd-Frank *

USA - June 16 2011
On May 25, 2011, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted final rules implementing the whistleblower provisions of new Section 21F of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), which was added to the Exchange Act by Section 922 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the “Dodd-Frank Act”).

Co-authors: Pamela B. Greene, Megan N. Gates, Benjamin B. Tymann, Kathleen Tam.