Financial reform under the Dodd-Frank Act has been with us for nearly a year and a half.  The overhaul of the U.S. financial regulatory system is based on the themes of regulating systemic risk, enhancing transparency and disclosure, giving shareholders an advisory vote on executive compensation, and expanding consumer and investor protection. The landmark overhaul of Wall Street agreed to by Senate and House conferees has enacted sweeping new rules on banks and other financial institutions and created an entire new regulatory body, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

So, where do stand in relation to Dodd-Frank and the myriad legal and regulatory issues it raised? The answer to that question is address in this exclusive eBook.

This eBook comprises five articles by contributing legal experts. In the articles, they discuss:

• Sections 23A and 23B of the Federal Reserve Act that set forth the key changes made to these sections by the Dodd-Frank Act, and address open questions, as well as the implications for banks and their affiliates in practice.
• Recently promulgated SEC rules and a court deci¬sion that appear to significantly expand whistleblower protections.
• Recent changes adopted by the comptroller of the currency to its preemption regulations to conform them to the provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.
• The Top 10 most crucial lessons learned over the past few years for the benefit of investment firms seeking approval to bid on FDIC-assisted failed bank transactions.
• Preliminary analysis and critique of one of the key provisions in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, the Orderly Liquidation Authority for nonbank financial companies. Part I discusses the background, theory and legislative history of the Orderly Liquidation Authority. Part II discusses the general terms and structure of the Orderly Liquidation Authority and recent rulemaking implementing the authority.

We are at a point where we need to look back and take stock of where we’ve been, but given the immensity of the legislation and regulation still to come we need to continue forging ahead. This eBook offers you extraordinary insight into these issues in a convenient and powerful epub format.

About Steven A. Meyerowitz

Steven A. Meyerowitz is a graduate of Harvard Law School. Mr. Meyerowitz was an attorney for a prominent Wall Street law firm for nearly five years before founding Meyerowitz Communications Inc., a law firm marketing communications consulting company that works with some of the largest and most successful law firms in the country. He has written scores of articles on law firm marketing and management for publications including The New York Times and the ABA Journal, and is a columnist for the New York Law Journal, a contributing writer for The Pennsylvania Lawyer Magazine (published by the Pennsylvania Bar Association), Marketing Law Editor of Marketing Management Magazine (published by the American Marketing Association) and managing editor of the Federal Bar Council News. In addition, he is the author of a book on marketing, sales, and advertising law.See all works by Mr. Meyerowitz