BNA INSIGHTS: Executive Compensation, Corporate Governance and Other Securities Disclosure Provisions in the Dodd-Frank Financial Regulatory Reform Act

On July 21, 2010, President Obama signed into law the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the “Act”), the most comprehensive financial regulatory reform legislation in…

UBS Securities Case Raises Issues Regarding Scope of Recent Supreme Court Ruling in “Foreign-Cubed” Case

A motion by Swiss bank UBS AG to dismiss a class securities case—filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York—is testing the boundaries of the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent ruling in…

SEC Proposes Rule Changes to Require More Disclosures About Short-Term Loans

The Securities and Exchange Commission Sept. 17 unanimously voted to propose rules to require public companies to disclose more information about…

BNA INSIGHTS: Proposed Rule for Protecting Department of Defense Information on Unclassified Contractor Computer Systems: The Devil Is in the Details

Over the past twenty years, the world has seen technology develop at lightning speed. Exponential increases in our collective ability to communicate, access and process information have been created using the seemingly endless and ethereal collection of…

Many Oppose Giving Federal Trade Commission New Rules Power; Some Say Enforcement Standards Needed

Giving the Federal Trade Commission expanded rulemaking authority is generally opposed by business interests, said privacy and e-commerce…

Energy Department Proposes Expansion of Authority to Enforce Efficiency Standards

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Department of Energy on Sept. 15 proposed to expand its authority to enforce energy efficiency standards, part of a planned overhaul of its energy conservation programs.