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Cox Testifies on Regulatory Responses to Financial Markets
SEC Chairman Christopher Cox testified on Recent Developments in U.S. Financial Markets and Regulatory Responses before the U...

Financial Services Committee Holding Hearing on Financial Regulation
This morning, the Financial Services Committee is holding a hearing entitled, “The Future of Financial Services Regulation”: The Committee will hold a hearing to address the need for broad regulatory restructuring and reform for the financial markets, including financial institution oversight and regulation, systemic risk, and housing finance...

Securities Laws, Disclosure, and National Capital Markets in the Age of Financial Globalization
I have recently completed a paper titled Securities Laws, Disclosure, and National Capital Markets in the Age of Financial Globalization...

Chairman Waxman Announces Hearings on Financial Meltdown
From the House Oversight Committee: In light of the dramatic events that have occurred in global financial markets, the Oversight Committee will hold five hearings in October to examine the regulatory mistakes and financial excesses that led to the market breakdowns on Wall Street...

Proposed US financial regulatory overhaul would merge SEC, CFTC
[JURIST] US Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson, Jr. [official profile] unveiled a plan [factsheet, PDF] to overhaul the nation's financial regulatory system and merge key federal administrative agencies in remarks at a press conference [transcript] in Washington Monday...

Notes on Financial Reform
Financial system reform debates are about to take place in earnest. For some, these may involve standard oppositions between those with more confidence in markets compared to those with more confidence in regulation...

Foreign Investment and National Security Act of 2007
Strengthens examination requirements of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States

Is a child fathered out of wedlock by an American diplomat to a foreign women on foreign soil entitled to US Citizenship by jus sanguinis?
This is a very tough situation your friend is in. It is difficult to know the ex...

How can i sue for a straw purchase?
Anyone can co-sign. A straw purchase would be if you has someone buy the car for...

My bank scheduled a funds transfer from the wrong account. Who's Responsible?
According to this situation, the only person to be held accountable is the bank ...

Can a landlord break a lease to sell the property?
Your lease will contain a clause that it is "binding on all successors and ...

what are the proper and legal steps to dissolve a partnership in an ongoing farm business?
I would say that the final tax forms are dispersed for that year with the indica...

Frank Bluestein, The Maximum Financial Group, Inc., Questar Capital Corporation, and Gunnallen Financial, Inc.
alleging schemed investors out of hundreds of millions of dollars.

Pacific Capital Bancorp 401(k) / ERISA Stock Fraud
Pacific Capital Bancorp 401(k) / ERISA Stock Fraud

Capital One Faces Potential Class Action over Interest Rate Hikes
Capital One Faces Potential Class Action over Interest Rate Hikes

Morgan Stanley Capital
401(k) / ERISA Stock Fraud

Robert Fresh Markets Win $21.6 Million Insurance Lawsuit
Robert Fresh Groceries Wins $21.6 Million Katrina Insurance Lawsuit

Direxion Daily Financial Bear 3X Shares FAZ Securities Fraud
Direxion Daily Financial Bear 3X Shares FAZ