More Securities Law Updates
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Authorizing the Regulation of Swaps Act of 2009 | S.9621 |
5/8/2009
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., have introduced legislation to give federal financial regulators immediate authority to regulate trillions of dollars in swap transactions that continue to be marketed and traded in the United States without adequate government oversight. More...
Private Fund Investment Advisers Registration Act of 2009 | S. ____ |
7/15/2009
Continuing its push to establish new rules of the road and make the financial system more fair across the board, the Obama Administration has delivered proposed legislation to Capitol Hill to require all advisers to hedge funds and other private pools of capital, including private equity and venture capital funds, to register with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). More...
Indexed Annuities and Insurance Products Classification Act of 2009 | H.R 2733 |
6/4/2009
Rep. Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y., has introduced the Meeks-Price Bill, H.R. 2733, otherwise known as the “Indexed Annuities and Insurance Products Classification Act of 2009” in the U.S. House of Representatives that would overturn a controversial new U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) . More...
Excessive Pay Shareholder Approval Act | S. 1006 |
5/7/2009
Sen. Richard Durbin (D-Il) has filed the Excessive Pay Shareholder Approval Act on May 7, 2009, seeking to curb excessive pay to employees of publicly-traded companies. More...
Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act | S. 386 |
5/6/2009
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed by a vote of 367 to 59 an anti-financial fraud legislation, known as the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act, that seeks to add more teeth to the federal authorities’ fight against financial fraud. More...
Fraud Enforcement And Recovery Act of 2009 | S. 386 |
4/28/2009
The Senate has passed legislation authored by Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) to bolster existing tools and increase resources available to federal prosecutors to combat fraud. The Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act (“FERA”), S. 386, will help both to protect Americans from fraud and recover taxpayers’ money lost to fraud. More...
Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act | S.386 |
2/5/2009
Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) have introduced legislation to provide the federal government with more resources to investigate and prosecute financial fraud. More...
Federal Accounting Oversight Board Act of 2009 | H.R.1349 |
3/5/2009
Ed Perlmutter, D-Col., and Frank Lucas, R-Okla., introduced H.R. 1349, which would create a new Federal Accounting Oversight Board (“Board” or “FAOB”) to oversee the application of generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) to the financial markets. More...
Hedge Fund Transparency Act of 2009 | S. 344 |
1/29/2009
Senators Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) and Carl Levin (D-Mich) have introduced S. 344, "The Hedge Fund Transparency Act of 2009." More...
Let Wall Street Pay for Wall Street's Bailout Act of 2009 | H.R. 1068 |
2/13/2009
Rep. Peter A. DeFazio, D-Ore, has introduced on February 13, 2009, H.R. 1068, otherwise known as the” Let Wall Street Pay for Wall Street's Bailout Act of 2009.” More...
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