Saturday, October 6, 2012

Dodd Frank

  • Courts taking up opposition to Dodd-Frank

    After failing to scuttle the landmark legislation in Congress, critics of the Dodd-Frank Act overhauling financial regulations are trying to chisel away at it in the courts - with some initial success.

    www.washingtonpost.com

  • Frank: Romney made 'literally no sense' on Dodd-Frank

    Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) said Friday that Mitt Romney's criticisms about the Wall Street reform law bearing the lawmaker's name make "literally no sense whatsoever.

    thehill.com

  • Why Dodd-Frank Rules Keep Losing in Court

    In a media campaign that appears to have been launched in anticipation of challenges to rules implementing the Dodd-Frank financial reform, the judges of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit—among the most respected courts in the country ...

    online.wsj.com

  • Barney Frank: Mitt Romney's Dodd-Frank, Obamacare Ideas 'Impossible'

    Romney, who said he would "repeal and replace" Dodd-Frank if elected president, said he thinks the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010 has "hurt the housing market." "We don't know what a qualified mortgage is yet, so banks are reluctant to make loans, mortgages," ...

    www.huffingtonpost.com

  • Regarding Dodd-Frank, Some Say Romney's 'Kiss' Just Isn't a Kiss

    A description of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act at the October 3 presidential debate has sparked its own debate in legal circles.

    legaltimes.typepad.com

  • Dodd-Frank impeding new class of mortgage securities

    New Dodd-Frank regulations are making it impossible for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to meet their goal of issuing a new class of mortgage securities by Sunday.

    bankcreditnews.com

  • Romney's right, small banks say: Dodd Frank's a problem

    But the Gandel article said it's not clear that the failure of those banks had anything to do with Dodd Frank and noted that "most banks fail because they make bad loans, not because they are being run over by larger rivals.

    www.bizjournals.com

  • Dodd-Frank Act delay requests bombard FTC

    The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, facing an Oct. 12 start date for a slate of derivatives rules, is being bombarded with requests from lobbying groups to ease or delay the Dodd-Frank Act measures. Trade associations representing ...

    newyork.newsday.com

  • Romney hits Dodd-Frank while calling Wall Street regulation 'essential'

    Mitt Romney sought to strike a middle ground on Wall Street regulation during the first presidential debate while mounting attacks on the president's sweeping financial reform law, Dodd-Frank. Meanwhile, the president looked to tap into the anxiety of ...

    thehill.com

  • Does Dodd-Frank Really Guarantee Big Banks?

    Dodd-Frank was passed. And it includes within it a number of provisions that I think has some unintended consequences that are harmful to the economy.

    www.policyshop.net

  • Letter: Brown is not bipartisan as he professes

    Brown often uses the Dodd-Frank bill to re-regulate the banks as an example of his bipartisanship. Brown did work with Democrats on this bill, and it did pass.

    www.wickedlocal.com

  • Lloyd Blankfein: Dodd-Frank Reforms May 'Turn Out To Be Inadequate'

    "A lot of the reforms contained in Dodd-Frank look good to me, and some of them look excessive, and some of them may even turn out to be inadequate," Blankfein said in an interview with Marketplace on Tuesday.

    www.huffingtonpost.com

  • Dodd-Frank: The Other Serious Threat

    Dodd-Frank became law in 2010 and is supposed to avert the next financial crisis. Yet banks are still too big to fail and Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac remain wards of the state, while the CFPB has been given sweeping authority over consumer credit and ...

    blog.acton.org

  • US Says AIG Still Too Big Too Fail, May Get Heightened Oversight

    Under section 113 of Dodd-Frank, the Council may designate nonbank financial companies for additional supervision by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

    www.foxbusiness.com

  • In First Debate, Obama, Romney Clash on Dodd-Frank

    The first presidential debate Wednesday night stuck mainly to detailed discussions on the economy and health care, but one of the more lively exchanges involved the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. The discussion highlights ...

    legaltimes.typepad.com

  • Fed's George Says Dodd-Frank Won't Avert Bank Bailouts

    Kansas City Federal Reserve President Esther George said the overhaul of financial regulation under the Dodd-Frank Act has made oversight too complex while failing to end taxpayer bailouts of banks.

    www.businessweek.com

  • Three states join lawsuit challenging Dodd-Frank law

    (Reuters) - Three U.S. states have joined a lawsuit that challenges the constitutionality of the 2010 Dodd-Frank law that overhauled U.S.

    www.reuters.com

  • Court Blocks Dodd-Frank Curbs on Derivatives Speculation

    Less than two weeks before curbs were set to take effect, U.S. District Judge Robert Wilkins in Washington ruled that the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act required more study before setting caps on positions in oil, natural gas, wheat and other commodities.

    www.businessweek.com

  • Mr. Obama was done in by debate on Dodd-Frank

    The highlight of the debate for me was the exchange on the Dodd-Frank financial reform law. Mr. Romney's tying the shortcomings of the qualified mortgage rule, which sets new standards for borrowers, to the continued decline of the housing market was ...

    www.washingtonpost.com

  • Obama: 'Romney Plans To Let Wall Street Run Wild Again, But He's Bringing ...

    The Dodd-Frank regulations aim to prevent another housing crash like the one that helped to cause the 2008 financial meltdown by <a href="http://www.

    www.huffingtonpost.com

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