“…the House Agriculture Committee approved seven legislative proposals amending Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. The bills are the culmination of the committee’s oversight efforts of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) as it writes rules for Dodd-Frank. All but one of the bills advanced on a voice vote.… Continue Reading
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New GAO Reports: Defense Contracting, Dodd-Frank Act
Defense Contracting – DOD Initiative to Address Audit Backlog Shows Promise, but Additional Management Attention Needed to Close Aging Contracts, GAO-13-131, Dec 18, 2012: “DOD has a large volume of contracts that have not been closed on time. Closing a contract includes tasks such as verifying that the goods and services were provided and making… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: Credit Rating Agencies, Dodd-Frank Act, Real Estate Appraisals,
Credit Rating Agencies – Alternative Compensation Models for Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organizations, GAO-12-240, Jan 18, 2012 Dodd-Frank Act – Hybrid Capital Instruments and Small Institution Access to Capital, GAO-12-237, Jan 18, 2012 Real Estate Appraisals – Appraisal Subcommittee Needs to Improve Monitoring Procedures, GAO-12-147, Jan 18, 2012 Real Estate Appraisals – Survey of State… Continue Reading
Paper: The Dodd-Frank Act and Housing Finance
The Dodd-Frank Act and Housing Finance, Levitin, Adam J., Pavlov, Andrey D. and Wachter, Susan M., (November 17, 2011). Yale Journal on Regulation, Forthcoming; U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 11-35. “Private risk capital has virtually disappeared from the U.S. housing finance market since the markets collapse in 2008. This… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: Dodd-Frank Act Regulations, IRS's Financial Audit, Medicaid
Dodd-Frank Act Regulations: Implementation Could Benefit from Additional Analyses and Coordination, GAO-12-151, Nov 10, 2011 Financial Audit: IRS’s Fiscal Years 2011 and 2010 Financial Statements, GAO-12-165, Nov 10, 2011 Financial Audit: Office of Financial Stability (Troubled Asset Relief Program) Fiscal Years 2011 and 2010 Financial Statements, GAO-12-169, Nov 10, 2011 Medicaid: Prototype Formula Would Provide… Continue Reading
Federal Reserve Board seeks comment on proposal to implement "Volcker Rule" requirements of the Dodd-Frank Act
News release: “The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday requested public comment on a proposed regulation implementing the so-called “Volcker Rule” requirements of section 619 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Section 619 generally contains two prohibitions. First, it prohibits insured depository institutions, bank holding companies, and their subsidiaries or affiliates (banking… Continue Reading
Office of Thrift Supervision Integration; Dodd-Frank Act Implementation
“The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is adopting amendments to its regulations governing organization and functions, availability and release of information, post-employment restrictions for senior examiners, and assessment of fees to incorporate the transfer of certain functions of the Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) to the OCC pursuant to Title III of… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: Children's Television Act, Defense Logistics, DOD Civilian Personnel, Dodd-Frank Act, EPA Health Risk Assessments
Children’s Television Act: FCC Could Improve Efforts to Oversee Enforcement and Provide Public Information, GAO-11-659, July 14, 2011 Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands – Status of Transition to Federal Immigration Law, GAO-11-805T, July 14, 2011 Defense Logistics: Oversight and a Coordinated Strategy Needed to Implement the Army Workload and Performance System, GAO-11-566R, July 14,… Continue Reading
The Orderly Liquidation of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. under the Dodd-Frank Act
The Orderly Liquidation of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. under the Dodd-Frank Act, FDIC Quarterly, Early release for the upcoming 2011, Volume 5, No. 2 “The bankruptcy filing of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (Lehman or LBHI) on September 15, 2008, was one of the signal events of the financial crisis. The disorderly and costly nature of… Continue Reading
The Orderly Liquidation of Lehman Brothers Holdings under the Dodd-Frank Act
The Orderly Liquidation of Lehman Brothers Holdings under the Dodd-Frank Act, April 18, 2011 “The report examines how the FDIC could have structured an orderly resolution of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. under the orderly liquidation authority of Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act had that law been in effect… Continue Reading
New Tax Issues Arising from the Dodd-Frank Act and Related Changes to Market Practice for Derivatives
Nijenhuis, Erika, New Tax Issues Arising from the Dodd-Frank Act and Related Changes to Market Practice for Derivatives (January 6, 2011). Columbia Journal of Tax Law, Vol. 2, No. 1, 2011. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1611212 “The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank) requires that most over-the-counter derivatives be cleared through a clearinghouse… Continue Reading
FDIC Approves Proposed Rule to Set Claims Process Under Dodd-Frank Act's Orderly Liquidation Authority Provisions
News release: “The Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) today approved a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPR) to further clarify application of the orderly liquidation authority contained in Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, “Orderly Liquidation Authority” (OLA). The NPR builds on the interim rule… Continue Reading
