Just more than a year into the job after her appointment by President Trump, SEC Commissioner Hester M. Peirce issued a warning about the unforeseen consequences of innovation and the difficulties regulators have keeping pace.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission is charging Tesla founder Elon Musk for securities fraud over a “series of false and misleading tweets about a potential transaction to take Tesla private. “
Read moreThe North American Securities Administrators Association is warning investors about potential scams associated with the fallout from Hurricane Florence.
Read moreThe North American Securities Administrators Association is sounding the alarm about its opposition to a bill before the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services, claiming that the new legislation would limit states’ authority to police fraud by publicly traded companies.
Read moreThe Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed switching liquidity-related public disclosures for open-ended funds from a new quarterly disclosure on an XML form where results can be coded to the funds’ less structured annual reports.
Read moreThe Trump administration’s dismantling of new rules for organic livestock could lead to more regulatory rollbacks and undermine confidence in the organic label, four public interest groups claim in a new lawsuit.
Read moreTargeting one culprit in the panoply of noxious street odors, a Queens Democrat asked the New York City Council on Thursday to ban smoking while walking.
Read moreA federal judge sided with environmental protection advocates and farmworker unions Wednesday, saying the Environmental Protection Agency “has created substantial risk” for delay of critical protections for people exposed to dangerous pesticides.
Read moreThe U.S. Supreme Court’s decision Monday not to take up a case about whether courts should defer to federal agencies’ interpretation of their own regulations spurred a dissent from conservative Justices Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch.
Read moreOver objections from progressive Democrats who call it a gift to Wall Street, the Senate on Wednesday passed a financial reform bill that loosens the regulatory and reporting requirements of the Dodd-Frank Act – put in place for banks in the wake of the financial crisis.
Read moreAt a time when the Trump administration is working to cut back federal environmental rules, a professor from the University of Houston Law Center says state and local governments should take on part of the regulatory role.
Read moreThailand’s cabinet agreed Tuesday to draft a law to oversee cryptocurrency trading, seeking to tax the largely unregulated market.
Read moreStudent loan debt collectors may soon be shielded from state regulators, according to a notice filed Friday by the U.S. Department of Education arguing states don’t have the power to crack down on the companies.
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