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11/11/2009 2:07:03 PM EST
Alan P. Goldberg and Mark R. Greer
Posted by Alan P. Goldberg and Mark R. Greer
Partner, K&L Gates LLP; Associate, K&L Gates LLP, respectively
Regulation S-AM is designed to prevent registered investment advisers, investment companies, broker-dealers and registered transfer agents ("Covered Persons") from using cert ...
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11/10/2009 9:55:43 AM EST
Robert G. Bagnall
Posted by Robert G. Bagnall
Counsel, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
Proposed legislation would require managers of private investment funds to register with the SEC as investment advisers under the Investment Advisers Act. Currently, most private fund ...
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11/4/2009 2:13:12 PM EST
Ken Winer and Brooke Clarkson
Posted by Ken Winer and Brooke Clarkson
Partner, Foley & Lardner LLP; and Associate, Foley & Lardner LLP, respectively
Mary Schapiro, Chairman of the SEC, and Robert Khuzami, Director of the SEC Enforcement Division, have taken a number of steps to revamp the SEC's enforcement division. In this Analysi ...
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10/20/2009 11:20:46 AM EST
Marie E. Picard
Posted by Marie E. Picard
Vice President and Counsel, ING Investment Management
Designed to further regulatory reform, the Private Fund Investment Advisers Registration Act of 2009 (Proposed Act) would expand the pool of investment advisers required to register wi ...
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6/1/2009 9:35:41 AM EST
James S. Gkonos and Mark C. Cawley
Posted by James S. Gkonos and Mark C. Cawley
Special Counsel, Saul Ewings
Recent pronouncements from the New York Insurance Department and the Missouri Insurance Department have concluded that some credit derivatives are "insurance" and are to be r ...
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2/6/2009 9:27:36 AM EST
Melvin G. Moseley, Jr.
Posted by Melvin G. Moseley, Jr.
Partner, Warner Norcross & Judd, LLP.
The adoption of a unified set of rules has been the eagerly awaited product of the merger of National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) and New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) regulat ...
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3/3/2009 11:58:49 AM EST
Melvin G. Moseley, Jr.
Posted by Melvin G. Moseley, Jr.
Partner, Warner Norcross & Judd, LLP.
The adoption of a unified set of rules has been the eagerly awaited product of the merger of National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) and New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) regulat ...
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3/23/2009 11:22:47 AM EST
P. Kardis, R. Wise, A. Green, and T. Lyden
While 2008 was a difficult year for many real estate investment trusts (REITs), there were a number of positive developments. In this Commentary, Phillip J. Kardis II, Thomas J. Lyden, ...
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4/27/2009 8:02:10 AM EST
Matthew Bender Editorial Staff
This backgrounder briefly describes the U.S. Treasury Department's latest plan for dealing with the banking and financial crisis, the Public-Private Investment Program. It states in par ...
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4/22/2009 4:28:49 PM EST
James A. Fanto
Posted by James A. Fanto
Professor of Law, Brooklyn Law School
 
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4/20/2009 11:11:19 AM EST
Kenneth M. Lapine and Nathan J. Pangrace
Posted by Kenneth M. Lapine and Nathan J. Pangrace
Partner, Roetzel & Andress; and Associate, Roetzel & Andress, respectively
In January 2009, the Federal Reserve Board, the OTS (Office of Thrift Supervision), and the NCUA (National Credit Union Administration) adopted the Consumer Credit Card Account Practice ...
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10/21/2008 2:13:54 PM EST
Posted by John M. Garvey
Attorney
In In re Petitions of Qwest Corp. for Forbearance , 2008 FCC LEXIS 5585 (July 25, 2008), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) rejected Qwest’s petition ...
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5/7/2008 3:17:23 PM EST
J. Scott Colesanti
Posted by J. Scott Colesanti
Special Professor, Hofstra University School of Law
The "Blueprint" released by Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson on March 31, 2008, would add to, subtract from, and condense and reconstitute the entities presently charged w ...
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4/24/2008 9:35:17 AM EST
James A. Fanto
Posted by James A. Fanto
Professor of Law, Brooklyn Law School
Financial and corporate crises bring regulation; the bigger the crisis, the more the regulation. A few years ago, major corporations, particularly Enron and WorldCom, were engulfed in ...
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