On July 15th, the Senate passed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, which was passed by the House of Representatives on June 30th and which will likely be signed by the President next week. The legislation covers a wide variety of topics in an effort to address the causes of the recent turmoil in the financial markets. Unofficial Conference Report (H.R. 4173).
Dodd-Frank Bill Orrick Client Alerts:
TITLE IV – Regulation of Advisors to Hedge Funds and Others
TITLE IX – Investor Protections and Improvements to the Regulation of Securities
- Subtitle C – Improvements to the Regulation of Credit Rating Agencies
- Subtitle D – Improvements to the Asset-Backed Securitization Process
- Subtitle H – Municipal Securities