The Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the "Act"), was enacted into law on July 21, 2010.
Dodd-Frank to require expanded disclosures of conflict minerals and extractives payments
Popular related articles
-
Circular beach towel's trademark is invalid (Kelley Drye & Warren LLP)
In the late 1980s, Clemens Franek sought and received trademark registration status for his "radical" round beach towel.
-
Western District of New York upholds non-compete and grants TRO (Seyfarth Shaw LLP)
Plaintiff IDG USA, LLC (“IDG”), a Georgia company with its principal place of business in North Carolina, commenced an action against a former employee, Kevin J. Schupp (“Schupp”), a New York resident, alleging breaches of a Non-Compete Agreement, breach of a Confidentiality Agreement, unfair competition, and theft of trade secrets.
-
Shutting down corporate pick-pockets (Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP)
A 10-year employee accounting manager systematically transfers amounts via ACH to her personal checking account.
-
Employer wins “cat's paw” case (Foley & Lardner LLP)
On August 11, 2010, a federal court rejected a terminated employee's "cat's paw" argument.
-
Massachusetts personnel records statute amended to require employers to notify employees when negative information is placed in personnel records (Goodwin Procter LLP)
Massachusetts recently enacted an economic development statute which contains an important amendment to the Massachusetts Personnel Records Statute, G.L. c. 149, § 52C.
-
Historic win in High Court for resources industry (MARQUE Lawyers)
"Since gold is an excellent metal, it must belong to the most excellent person in the realm, the king".
-
DOE gives a good news cycle for natural gas (Foley Hoag LLP)
The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced two items in the last week that, while not related, could both spell large changes in the US energy future and create huge boon to the natural gas industry, if they pan out.
-
When must a party elect between contractual termination and common law repudiation? (Rajah & Tann LLP)
In Shell Egypt West Manzala GmbH v Dana Oil Egypt Ltd [2010] EWHC 465 (Comm), the Plaintiff ("Shell") had both the right to terminate its contract with the Defendant ("Dana") for repudiatory breach, and to terminate under a specific clause of the contract.
-
Legislative amendments to manage land access arrangements in NSW (Norton Rose)
The land access provisions of the Mining Act 1992 (Mining Act) and the Petroleum (Onshore) Act 1991 (Petroleum Act) were amended on 9 June 2010 with the commencement of the Mining and Petroleum Legislation Amendment (Land Access) Act 2010 (Amendment Act).
-
US Department of Energy issues solicitation for renewable energy manufacturing projects under DOE federal loan guarantee program (Squire Sanders & Dempsey LLP)
The US Department of Energy (DOE) recently announced the fourth solicitation to be issued under Section 1705 of the DOE's federal loan guarantee program.
-
When the hedge fails (Day Pitney LLP)
Hedge-fund managers can become fiduciaries of their investors, opening them up to prosecution under the antifraud provisions of the federal Investment Advisers Act, 15 U.S.C. § 80b-6.
-
SEC adopts controversial proxy access rules (McDermott Will & Emery)
After the enactment of the Dodd-Frank financial reform bill confirmed its authority to do so, the SEC moved quickly and has adopted proxy access rules—though the debate on this issue is far from over.
-
The abolition of the FSA? (Mills & Reeve LLP)
In his Mansion House speech George Osborne, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, said he would abolish the Financial Services Authority and give most of its power to the Bank of England, undoing the regulatory system set up by Gordon Brown when the Labour party came to power in 1997.
-
Madoff and charities: some due diligence on the investment adviser for Howard Hughes Medical Institute - Ivy Asset Management LLC - Installment 34 (Fox Rothschild LLP)
This is the thirty-fourth in a series of Installments on this blog that discusses issues that arose in the aftermath of the Bernard L. Madoff (“Madoff”) scandal.
-
SEC adopts final proxy access rules (Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP)
On August 25, the SEC adopted final "proxy access" rules by a 3-2 vote.
-
Financial regulatory reform - Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP)
On July 21, 2010, President Obama signed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the "Reform Act").
-
Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act (Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP)
Although it has received far less attention than other titles of the Dodd-Frank Act (the "Act" or "Dodd-Frank"), such as those addressing derivatives, "too big to fail," risk retention and the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, Title XIV of the Act, which prescribes a host of new standards for residential mortgage loans, is among the most far-reaching of the legislation.
-
GAO: cybersecurity expectations not being met (Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP)
On August 16, a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report entitled "Key Private and Public Cyber Expectations Need to Be Consistently Addressed" was released.
-
SEC adopts mandatory proxy access (Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP)
At an open hearing on August 25, 2010 the SEC, as expected, adopted amendments to its proxy rules providing for inclusion of shareholder nominees in company proxy statements.
-
Financial regulatory reform - changes to regulation of systemic risk (Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP)
On July 21, 2010, President Obama signed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the "Reform Act").
If you are interested in submitting an article to Lexology, please contact Andrew Teague at ateague@lexology.com.