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Happy Birthday, Dodd-Frank!
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act was signed into law one year ago today. Many significant provisions become effective today. Many more aspects of the law remain to be implemented through regulation...

Dodd on Dodd(-Frank)
Former Senator Chris Dodd has penned this opinion piece on "Five Myths about the Dodd-Frank. The five myths, according to Dodd, are (1) "Dodd-Frank is deepening the economic slowdown"; (2) "Dodd-Frank hurts small businesses and community banks";(3) "Dodd-Frank failed to...

Taking Stock of Dodd-Frank, One Year Later
On Thursday, the Dodd-Frank regulatory overhaul law will celebrate its first birthday.

The Dodd-Frank Act and You
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, commonly called the Dodd-Frank Act, was enacted in 2010 with the goal to protect consumers from unfair banking and credit card practices...

Dodd-Frank, Systemic Risk, and Too Big to Fail
Commentators frequently ask whether Dodd-Frank has put an end to "Too Big to Fail." My answer is emphatically negative. In fact, by designating large institutions for special treatment, Dodd-Frank has simply identified TBTF institutions...

Happy Birthday to me
Only one of you wished me a Happy Birthday *sniff* Where’s the love? div#main{overflow:visible;} SHARETHIS.addEntry( { title: "Happy Birthday to me…", url: "http://apublicdefender...

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