All Rules & Proposals articles – Page 21
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FTC expands enforcement guidance on childrens’ privacy laws
The Federal Trade Commission has expanded its guidance for companies coming into compliance with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act. The changes apply to the collection of voice recordings.
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Congressional hearing puts SEC nominees in the spotlight
This week, the Senate Banking Committee held its first nomination hearing for Hester Peirce and Robert Jackson, President Trump’s nominees for to serve as SEC commissioners.
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Senate kills CFPB mandatory arbitration ban
With Vice President Mike Pence breaking a 50-50 vote tie, the Senate has quashed the CFPB’s controversial ban on the mandatory arbitration clauses widely used by financial services firms.
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Could the SEC hop on the blockchain bandwagon?
There are plenty of anticipated benefits and pitfalls to blockchain technology. Can regulators also leverage distributed ledger technology to revolutionize market oversight and investor protection?
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CFPB outlines principles for consumer financial data sharing
The CFPB has outlined new “principles” for financial services firms when they aggregate consumer data and share it with third parties, even if those agreements facilitate services requested by customers.
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House bills target fiduciary rule, CFPB oversight, privacy notices, more
The Financial Services Committee has advanced a slate of 22 bills. Among the topics: data protections for the SEC's Consolidated Audit Trail, the thresholds for SIFI designations, supporting emerging growth companies, and killing the Department of Labor’s fiduciary duty rule.
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Acting comptroller thwarts CFPB, even as Dems question his authority
As the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency increasingly injects itself as a regulatory buffer between banks, financial services firms and the CFPB, Senate Democrats are questioning the legality and authority of Acting Comptroller Keith Noreika.
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EPA head demands an end to ‘regulation through litigation’
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt has issued an agency-wide directive and memorandum intended to end “sue and settle” practices at the agency for consent decrees and settlement agreements.
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Legislation would let companies cyber-attack their hackers
The Active Cyber Defense Certainty Act is bipartisan legislation that would allow companies to deploy “defensive measures that exceed the boundaries of one’s network in order to monitor, identify, and stop attackers.”
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Senate committee schedules hearing for SEC nominees
On Oct. 24, the Senate Banking Committee will hold a hearing on President Trump’s nominations of Hester Peirce, a Republican, and Robert Jackson, a Democrat, to be SEC Commissioners.
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New technology brings opportunities, and headaches, for CCOS
New technologies are poised to revolutionize compliance and risk management. But are CCOs and CROs ready and up to the challenge?
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ArticleTreasury’s regulatory roadmap may affect agencies for years
The Treasury Department has released the second in a series of reports detailing efforts to pull the plug on regulations, and it may offer a more prudent plan that its politics suggests.
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SEC reshapes Regulation S-K disclosures, marches forward on LEIs
The SEC has proposed a plan, as mandated by the FAST Act, to simplify and modernize the Regulation S-K disclosure regime. New rule amendments would also accelerate the use of Legal Entity Identifiers by public companies.
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Bipartisan bill would streamline employer reporting under Obamacare
Bipartisan legislation, the Commonsense Reporting Act of 2017, seeks to reduce and modernize employer reporting requirements imposed by the Affordable Care Act.
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Report claims deregulation agenda could benefit Trump Organization
A new report alleges that President Trump’s deregulatory agenda could boost the bottom line of his businesses. It coincides with the introduction of the DRAIN the Swamp Act, intended to “bring transparency" to how government officials profit from deregulation.
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EPA proposes repeal of Obama's 'Clean Power Plan'
The EPA has announced its efforts to repeal the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan are now underway. The Trump administration estimates the proposed repeal could provide up to $33 billion in avoided compliance costs in 2030.
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Data breaches hound SEC’s CAT plan, inspire legislation
A massive, soon-to-launch SEC database faces renewed scrutiny and delay demands in response to a recently disclosed cyber-breach.That attack, and other breaches, are also serving as the catalyst for both new and resurrected legislation in Congress.
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Recent data breaches impart third-party risk lessons
The data breaches at Yahoo, Equifax, and the SEC send a collective warning to organizations everywhere to improve their own third-party risk assessment.
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Managing global compliance expectations at the Golden Arches
Haydee Ortiz Olinger reflects on her 31 years as McDonald’s global compliance chief and what lessons she learned from her crucial role at the fast food giant.
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SASB opens comment period on ‘Exposure Draft Standards’
Four years in the making, and the penultimate step in a six-year plan, the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board has opened its latest "Exposure Draft Standards" for 79 industries for public review.