Federal Reserve System Issues Proposed Rule on Jumbo Mortgage Loans

Banking The Federal Reserve Sytsem has issued a proposed rule under Regulation Z issued pursuant to the Truth in Lending Act. The proposed rule would implement Section 1461 of the recently enacted Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Section 1461 amends TILA to provide a separate, higher threshold for determining coverage of the Board’s escrow […] Read more →

SEC and CFTC to Hold Roundtable on Governance and Conflicts of Interest in Clearing and Listing of Swaps
Banking, Energy, Insurance, Public Companies and Securities On August 20, 2010, commencing at 9:00 a.m. and ending at 12:00 p.m., staff of the SEC and CFTC (the “Agencies”) will hold a public roundtable discussion at which... Read more →

Summary of Corporate Governance Provisions in the Dodd-Frank Act
Public Companies and Securities Set forth below is a summary of the principal corporate governance and corporate finance provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the... Read more →

Insurance Group Responds to Dodd-Frank Act
Insurance The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) issued this press release in response to the Dodd-Frank Act. As we noted here, Dodd-Frank establishes a new... Read more →