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22 Apr 2010, 7:56 am
  Indeed, some critics charge that such hearings are of little value and a waste of Congressional resources. [read post]
27 Feb 2009, 5:27 am
  This panel was appointed by Congressional leaders (for appointments clause junkies, the outfit is probably constitutional because it exclusively advises Congress, and so does not have executive authority), and includes a New York State banking supervisor and a former union official. [read post]
27 Mar 2007, 8:39 pm
Pour onto the fire the gasoline manufactured by recent congressional hearings about what greedy weasels credit card lenders are and how subprime lending vultures are "doing a bunch of junk" to poor unsuspecting "citizens," and you've got yourselves the start of a real "we hate banks" conflagration in the making. [read post]
23 Sep 2008, 6:35 pm
dday points to this Hill article reporting that the bank lobbyists are in a panic over the Dodd bill: One congressional reaction that emerged — Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd’s (D-Conn.) response to the rescue package — wasn’t favorable to many of K Street’s banking clients, who oppose one provision in particular: giving bankruptcy judges the power to lower mortgages for distressed homeowners. [read post]
5 Nov 2010, 10:33 pm by David Kopel
As Balkin puts it, “Last Tuesday, the people made clear: no more big bailouts to banks, no second stimulus, no runaway federal spending. [read post]
27 Jan 2017, 8:00 am by Dan Ernst
They regarded congressional actions as having precedential authority in deciding questions of constitutional construction. [read post]
16 Feb 2024, 6:00 am by Michelle
Legal and Regulatory Developments SPOTLIGHT: Senator Calls Card CEOs on Congressional CarpetPayments Dive – February 14, 2024 Sen. [read post]
12 Nov 2009, 1:59 am
Selected federal documents below from Gallery Watch.com may include references to government reports, Congressional letters, draft bills, and other primary source materials. [read post]
2 Oct 2008, 6:21 am
Blawgletter has lately heard complaints -- especially from congressional folk -- about the Financial Accounting Standards Board's requirement that companies book their assets at their current fair value. [read post]
6 May 2009, 2:10 am
Selected federal documents below from Gallery Watch.com may include references to government reporrts, Congressional letters, draft bills, and other primary source materials. [read post]
7 Sep 2009, 8:26 pm
    The Congressional Oversight Panel suggested creating a list of systemically significant institutions, which get a government guarantee, and accordingly could borrow cheaply - but the idea is that the banks on the list would find regulators camping in their offices, would have to adhere to whatever compensation practices Congress dreamed up for them, would have to sell the jets, stay in Motel 6es, move their HQ to the north slope of… [read post]
11 Apr 2011, 7:51 am by Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
However, Brown may eliminate any perceived incentive for SOX complainants to remove cases rooted in mail, wire, or bank fraud, and that lack the elements of shareholder fraud, for fear that a court might construe SOX-protected activity more narrowly than the ARB – and within the congressional intent of shareholder protection. [read post]
10 Feb 2014, 11:10 am by James Hamilton
Additionally, the Board should take a new vote on this matter in order to ensure that they truly made an informed decision that fulfilled SIPC’s congressionally mandated purpose to provide unbiased governance that represents the public’s interests.The case arose from a multi-billion-dollar Ponzi scheme run by Allen Stanford and various entities that he controlled, including a bank which issued fixed-return certificates of deposit (CDs) that the bank falsely… [read post]
4 Feb 2014, 1:32 pm by James Hamilton
Additionally, the Board should take a new vote on this matter in order to ensure that they truly made an informed decision that fulfilled SIPC’s congressionally mandated purpose to provide unbiased governance that represents the public’s interests.The case arose from a multi-billion-dollar Ponzi scheme run by Allen Stanford and various entities that he controlled, including a bank which issued fixed-return certificates of deposit (CDs) that the bank falsely… [read post]
11 Apr 2021, 9:30 pm by ernst
Maryland”) shines a spotlight on the second, broader reading of the “Let the end be legitimate” passage, focusing on what happened to its robust conception of implied powers during five key episodes of the early Republic:(1) The Virginia Ratifying Convention (1788);(2) Congressional debates over constitutional amendments (1789);(3) Congressional debates over abolition petitions (1790);(4) Congressional debates over a national bank (1791); and(5)… [read post]
9 Jul 2009, 2:11 pm
In an ironic twist of a concept called accountability, the Congressional measure includes a surcharge to punish patent-pleading goslings. [read post]
6 Oct 2009, 1:56 am
Selected federal documents below from Gallery Watch.com may include references to government reports, Congressional letters, draft bills, and other primary source materials. [read post]
16 Nov 2009, 1:40 am
Selected federal documents below from Gallery Watch.com may include references to government reports, Congressional letters, draft bills, and other primary source materials. [read post]