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4 Aug 2011, 9:24 am by James Hamilton
The Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act (H.R. 2682), is sponsored by Representatives Michael Grimm (R-NY), Gary Peters (D-MI), Austin Scott (R-GA), and Bill Owens (D-NY).The end users exemption in HR 2682 would allow end-users to continue to use derivatives to maintain low and stable prices for consumers and will free up capital. [read post]
7 Nov 2006, 9:30 pm
Dems: Jack Reed (D-RI) Max Baucus (D-MT) Tom Harkin (D-IA) Carl Levin (D-MI) Tim Johnson (D-SD) John Kerry (D-MA) Mark Pryor (D-AR) Richard Durbin (D-IL) Mary Landrieu (D-LA) Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) Joe Biden (D-DE) John Rockefeller (D-WV) Republicans: Lamar Alexander (R-TN) Wayne Allart (R-CO) Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) Thad Cochran (R-MS) Norm Coleman (R-MN) Susan Collins (R-ME) John… [read post]
2 Sep 2012, 3:10 pm by Walter Olson
In a settlement involving complaints against Classmates.com, the judge agreed with the arguments of CCAF client (and George Mason lawprof) Michael Krauss, rapped class counsel’s knuckles with a $100,000 sanction for discovery tactics that amounted to harassment (see section III-D), and ordered a better deal for class members [PoL] And in yet another noteworthy case: “The Third Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected a settlement of a class action over potentially leaky… [read post]
11 Feb 2009, 5:07 am
  The Re Under 40s Group welcomes Frank Nutter, President of the Reinsurance Association of America (RAA), and his daughter Alycia Kiley, Vice President at Riggs, Counselman, Michaels & Downes (RCM&D), as they present insights on hot industry topics and lead a discussion about how reinsurance companies and organizations can better communicate with young professionals in today's networked world.Click here for more information about the event. [read post]
19 Apr 2015, 10:01 am by Gene Quinn
” Despite the previous bipartisan support, Ranking Member Congressman Frank Pallone (D-NJ) said that he cannot support the TROL Act as it is written because “it includes problematic language that does not move us forward. [read post]
4 May 2009, 7:52 am
CONTRACT KILLERS: ‘I’m saying that when the president does it that means it’s not illegal,” shouts Frank Langella’s Richard Nixon at Michael Sheen’s David Frost in “Frost/ Nixon. [read post]
27 Aug 2014, 10:08 am by James Hamilton
Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and David Vitter (R-LA), and Representatives Scott Garrett (R-N.J.) and Michael Capuano (D-MA), and colleagues in the Senate and House, sent a bi-partisan letter to Federal Reserve Board Chair Janet Yellen calling for the Fed to strengthen restrictions on its emergency lending authority in its rulemaking implementing Section 1101 of the Dodd-Frank Act.. [read post]
6 Apr 2012, 10:22 am by James Hamilton
H.R. 2682 is also consistent with a colloquy between Representatives Barney Frank (D-MA) and them House Ag Chair Colin Peterson, as well as a letter from Senators Blanche Lincoln (D-AK) and Senator Christopher Dodd (D-CT), which noted that the reform legislation provided the regulators with sufficient authority to exempt end users from margin requirements. [read post]
11 Jul 2019, 6:00 am by John Jascob
On the floor, House Financial Services Committee Chairwoman Maxine Waters (D-Calif) emphasized that Congress, in drafting the Dodd-Frank Act, did not intend the result reached by the Supreme Court in Somers and that lawmakers did not wish to discourage whistleblowers from reporting to their employers. [read post]
19 Dec 2011, 6:33 pm by eithurburn@getnicklaw.com
SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro criticized a Congressional effort to make changes to the recently-effective SEC whistleblower program in a letter to Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA). [read post]
22 Dec 2011, 7:00 am by admin
Barney Frank (D-MA), co-author of Dodd-Frank, SEC Chairman Schapiro argued that recent calls to change the whistleblower law “before it has had an opportunity to demonstrate its full value seem premature, particularly in the absence of any evidence of problems with the current program. [read post]
25 Jul 2012, 2:59 am
Michael Blackwell on panel to brief staff on raising livestock without using antibiotics. [read post]
5 Jun 2018, 2:57 am by Walter Olson
Dodd-Frank “rollback” nips around the edges only [Victoria Guida and Zachary Warmbrodt, Politico, Diego Zuluaga, Cato] Study on law’s impact on small businesses and banks [Michael D. [read post]
14 Sep 2018, 3:01 am by Walter Olson
Bainbridge] Plus, some WSJ letters on her plan [same; earlier here, here, and here] “The Impact of the Dodd-Frank Act on Small Business” [Michael D. [read post]
3 May 2013, 2:36 pm by James Hamilton
Randy Hultgren (R-IL), James Himes D-CT), Richard Hudson (R-NC) and Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY), would repeal most of Section 716 of the Dodd-Frank Act. [read post]
30 Nov 2011, 6:33 pm by James Hamilton
Michael Grimm (R-NY) and Gary Peters (D-MI), passed by voice vote.The Dodd-Frank Act does not require regulators to impose margin requirements on end users and the legislative history makes it clear that Congress did not intend to impose margin requirements on end users. [read post]