Making the FTC Look Tame: The EU Targets Behavioral Profiling

Last month, Europe took a major step toward a notice and opt-in regulatory model for behavioral advertising…

House  Panel Eyes Two Legislative Privacy Approaches; FTC Doesn’t Endorse  Either

A data privacy legislative proposal by Rep. Rick Boucher (D-Va.) and a just-introduced competing consumer data protection bill introduced by…

SEC Proposes Framework for Fund Fees; Approves Adviser Disclosure Form Changes

The Securities and Exchange Commission July 21 unanimously proposed extensive changes to the framework for mutual fund distribution fees that would cap…

Obama Signs Reform Bill To Overhaul Regulation of Financial Markets

President Obama July 21 signed into law the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, the most sweeping overhaul of…