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July 26, 2017 | Inside Counsel

Since early February, Ann Marie Buerkle has been a beneficiary of the new administration, elevated by President Donald Trump from her Republican…

By C. Ryan Barber

5 minute read

July 25, 2017 | National Law Journal

The Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday awarded nearly $2.5 million to a government worker who helped regulators launch an investigation and eventually crack down on a company's misconduct, the first such whistleblower bounty issued to an employee of a government agency.

By Sue Reisinger and C. Ryan Barber

6 minute read

July 25, 2017 | National Law Journal

This week, President Trump nominated Ann Marie Buerkle, the former New York congresswoman, to serve as the Consumer Product Safety Commission's chairwoman in a permanent capacity, putting her in line to lead the agency when Republicans take a majority. Here's a look at what companies and safety advocates need to know about Buerkle.

By C. Ryan Barber

5 minute read

July 25, 2017 | Inside Counsel

Peter Davidson, a former top lobbyist for Verizon Communications who is the Trump administration’s pick for U.S. Commerce Department general…

By C. Ryan Barber

4 minute read

July 24, 2017 | National Law Journal

A California law firm on July 21 blasted a recent subpoena from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau as "nothing more than an unwarranted and impermissible fishing expedition," in a brief that also called for eliminating the agency on the grounds that its independent, single-director structure violates the Constitution.

By C. Ryan Barber

5 minute read

July 24, 2017 | National Law Journal

Peter Davidson, a former top lobbyist for Verizon Communications who is the Trump administration's pick for U.S. Commerce Department general counsel, left the telecommunications giant in December with more than $3 million in salary, bonus, stock payments, severance and unused vacation time.

By C. Ryan Barber

4 minute read

July 24, 2017 | Inside Counsel

Welcome back to our weekly roundup of regulatory and compliance news. I’m C. Ryan Barber, reporting from the 100-degree swamp that is D.C. Got tips…

By C. Ryan Barber

5 minute read

July 21, 2017 | Inside Counsel

Updated 4:53 p.m.The U.S. Labor Department on Friday ordered Wells Fargo & Co. to reinstate a former branch manager fired for blowing the whistle on…

By C. Ryan Barber

4 minute read

July 21, 2017 | Inside Counsel

Welcome back to our weekly roundup of regulatory and compliance news. I’m C. Ryan Barber, reporting from the 100-degree swamp that is D.C. Got tips…

By C. Ryan Barber

5 minute read

July 21, 2017 | National Law Journal

Chopping down Washington's "dense thicket of rules, regulations and red tape," as President Donald Trump described it in June, doesn't always come so easily—or quickly. For a number of other regulations, the Trump administration has been playing the delay game.

By C. Ryan Barber

13 minute read