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Inside Counsel

Regulatory: The curious case of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) will come into existence on July 21. It likely will not be able to exercise any of the new powers that Congress granted it in the Dodd-Frank Act.
3 minute read

International Edition

A tender approach - reforms to Italy's takeover rules

Italy's market watchdog recently introduced major reforms to rules governing takeover bids. Freshfields' 
Luigi Verga and Francesca Flego report
8 minute read

Inside Counsel

Regulatory: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

The bureau issues its first regulation.
4 minute read

International Edition

SFO handed 'stay of execution' as Govt delays decision on break-up

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has been granted a 12-month reprieve, with the Home Office set to confirm that it will delay making a decision on whether or not the body will be merged into a new National Crime Agency (NCA) until next year. Home Secretary Theresa May is expected to make the announcement later this afternoon (8 June), confirming that plans to separate the SFO's prosecution division from its investigatory function have been put on ice.
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Accountable Care Organizations May Raise Antitrust Concerns

FTC and DOJ issue guidance on accountable care organizations' intersection with antitrust laws.
7 minute read

Inside Counsel

Obama to scale back regulations in effort to spur economic growth

The Obama administration announced 30 plans Thursday to scale back or eliminate hundreds of federal regulations and save American companies billions of dollars in unnecessary costs.
1 minute read

Inside Counsel

Regulatory: Thinking About the Unthinkable—Partial Default

On May 16, the federal government reached its statutory debt ceiling of $14.29 trillion. Treasury cannot borrow more until Congress provides new authority. Congressional Republicans are demanding substantial reductions in spending, without new taxes, in return for raising the debt ceiling. The two political parties have joined an enormous game...
4 minute read

Inside Counsel

U.S. sues big oil traders for 2008 manipulation

Regulators launched one of the biggest ever crackdowns on oil price manipulation on Tuesday, suing two well-known traders and two trading firms owned by Norwegian billionaire John Fredriksen for allegedly making $50 million by squeezing markets in 2008.
1 minute read

Inside Counsel

Regulatory: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Definitional interlude - What's in; what's not.
12 minute read

Inside Counsel

News Roundup: May 9-13

Highlights of legal news during the week of May 9-13, 2011.
1 minute read

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