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Washington Update: Reg BI - A Case Study in Politically Fueled Regulatory Whiplash
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Earlier this week, a U.S. district court in New York state dismissed a consolidated lawsuit that had sought to halt implementation of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Regulation Best Interest (Reg BI) rule.
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Washington Update: Impeachment - A Bust for Legislation, a Boon for Regulation
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Normally, news of a sitting U.S. congressman resigning from office just before he pleads guilty to insider trading charges would consume much of the conversation inside the Beltway. But these, of course, are not normal times.
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Washington Update: Based on Presidential Primaries Past, The Democratic Race is Still Wide Open
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Given events in Washington over the last several days, you might be expecting a deep dive into the impeachment process. While we spent some time walking through the intricacies and history of the process in April, there will no doubt be much more to say on the issue in the weeks ahead as events transpire at the Capitol. Today, though, we take a break from Washington for a visit to the campaign trail.
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Washington Update: Washington Isn’t Prepared for a Recession
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The Business Roundtable announced this week that, in its latest reading, the organization’s CEO Economic Outlook Index had its biggest quarterly decline in seven years. Business Roundtable President and CEO Joshua Bolton said, “American businesses now have their foot poised above the brake, and they're tapping the brake periodically.”
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Washington Update: What Could A Federal Data Privacy Bill Look Like?
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About a month ago, we advised readers that they should look to the states, rather than Congress, to see substantial progress on data privacy legislation over the next few months.
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Washington Update: What to Expect from Washington this Fall
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Congress returns to Washington next week following an eventful August recess. The country endured growing trade tensions with China, a trio of tragic mass shootings in Texas and California and a catastrophic hurricane, which has wreaked havoc in the Bahamas and now threatens Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas.
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Washington Update: In Washington this Fall, Plenty of Whimpers and a Possible Bang
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In The Hollow Men, poet T.S. Eliot famously said the world would end “not with a bang but with a whimper.”
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Washington Update: On Data Privacy, Look to the States
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As data breaches dominate news cycle after news cycle – at a seemingly exponential rate – have federal policymakers started to pay attention to the issue?