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August 04, 2017 | National Law Journal

Robert Charrow, the Greenberg Traurig shareholder picked to serve as general counsel to the U.S. Health and Human Services Department, pledged on Thursday to resist any efforts to undermine the Affordable Care Act—regulations that Senate Democrats said remain the "law of the land" following the failure of Republican-backed reform legislation.

By C. Ryan Barber

17 minute read

August 03, 2017 | National Law Journal

A federal judge in Florida has opened an opportunity for the U.S. Justice Department to undercut the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in one of its biggest cases, teeing up a new fight as the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress ramp up their own attacks against the Obama-era agency.

By C. Ryan Barber

3 minute read

August 02, 2017 | National Law Journal

Rather than roll the dice in a hazy regulatory environment, the gaming industry is pressing the U.S. Treasury Department for greater clarity about how casinos should handle money connected to the booming legalized cannabis market.

By C. Ryan Barber

9 minute read

August 02, 2017 | National Law Journal

A federal appeals court in Washington ruled Tuesday that a district judge should not have allowed extensive redactions and sealed filings in MetLife Inc.'s fight with financial regulators over the company's designation as "too big to fail," in a unanimous opinion that trumpeted the public's right to access court records.

By C. Ryan Barber

13 minute read

August 01, 2017 | National Law Journal

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's whistleblower program has taken off since its creation in 2010 from the Dodd-Frank financial reforms, awarding more than $150 million in bounties to tipsters who have helped the agency bring successful enforcement actions. Last year, the SEC's enforcement director at the time, Andrew Ceresney, called the whistleblower office a "game changer" for the agency.

By C. Ryan Barber

14 minute read

July 31, 2017 | National Law Journal

As legislation advances to undo the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's new anti-arbitration rule, a banking regulator appointed by President Donald Trump on Monday passed up pursuing an alternative path to erasing the Obama-era agency's plan to ban contract terms that prohibit banking consumers from filing class actions.

By C. Ryan Barber

7 minute read

July 31, 2017 | National Law Journal

Citing court rules, but perhaps also sympathizing with regular readers of legal filings, a federal judge in Washington found 48 reasons to send a regulatory agency back to the drawing board on a motion to dismiss. Judge James Boasberg ordered a motion to dismiss be "stricken" for violating a local rule that prohibits "excessive footnoting." The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's bottom-of-the-page verbosity, Boasberg wrote, "appears to be an effort to circumvent page limitations."

By C. Ryan Barber

15 minute read

July 31, 2017 | Inside Counsel

Welcome back to our weekly roundup of regulatory and compliance news. I’m C. Ryan Barber, reporting from a rainy D.C. that’s hot with health…

By C. Ryan Barber

4 minute read

July 28, 2017 | National Law Journal

Uber's gone on a lobbying bonanza, the SEC awarded a government employee for helping regulators with an enforcement action, and more.

By C. Ryan Barber

10 minute read

July 27, 2017 | National Law Journal

After a nearly three-month dry period for whistleblower bounties, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission this week awarded a pair of tipsters who helped the agency bring successful enforcement actions. To approve the latest award, the SEC made an exception that it has used at least once before to reward a tipster who began working with the agency before the 2010 passage of Dodd-Frank reform law.

By C. Ryan Barber

7 minute read