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Financial regulatory reform outlook

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 1 2009

Though currently shadowed by healthcare reform efforts that have dominated the congressional schedule this fall, the push to enact a financial regulatory overhaul has been making steady progress in Congress

Treasury Department sends systemic risk regulation proposal to Congress, and other financial regulatory overhaul news

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 24 2009

On Wednesday, July 22, 2009, the Treasury Department sent draft legislation to Capitol Hill that would bring all financial firms under federal supervision and regulation, and would establish a new regulatory council the Financial Services Oversight Council to identify and manage emerging risks

Details of House-passed financial regulatory reform legislation

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 14 2009

On Friday, the House passed its 1,200 page package of nine bills to reform the U.S. financial regulatory system by a vote of 223-202

Senate financial reform bill to be unveiled Monday; bipartisan negotiations fall apart

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 11 2010

Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd (D-CT) announced Thursday morning that he will release his updated financial regulatory reform bill on Monday

Unscrambling the Gramm-Leach-Bliley omelet

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 23 2009

Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, and Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Washington, proposed on December 16, 2009 rebuilding the barriers separating commercial banks, investment banks and insurers established under the Depression Era Glass-Steagall Act

House committee completes action on financial regulatory reform legislation, stage set for floor vote next week

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 3 2009

The House Financial Services Committee completed its work on a large scale financial regulatory overhaul on Wednesday, when the committee voted to approve the final piece of the Administration’s reform proposal systemic risk legislation

House Financial Services Committee hearing schedule - February 2010

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 1 2010

As you know, Congress and the Obama administration have placed significant focus this year upon reform of the financial services industry

Proposed Financial Crisis Responsibility Fee could affect large insurers

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 3 2010

President Obama's proposed Financial Crisis Responsibility Fee, which he unveiled last month, has been included in the 2011 budget proposal released on Monday, February 1, 2010

State insurance commissioners make their case for inclusion in the Financial Stability Oversight Council

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 18 2010

In a letter from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (the "NAIC") to both House and Senate leaders, state insurance commissioners urged lawmakers to designate a non-voting seat for state banking, insurance and securities regulators on the Financial Stability Oversight Council (the "FSOC"

Senate financial regulatory reform

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 2 2010

As efforts to produce a bipartisan deal on sweeping financial regulatory reform legislation inch forward, Senator Bob Corker (R-TN) offered an alternative proposal that aims to end the impasse over one of the legislation's most controversial issues - consumer financial protection