'Advice and Consent': How the Senate Should Vet Obama Cabinet Picks
JURIST Guest Columnist William G. Ross of Cumberland School of Law, Samford University, says that for various constitutional, political and practical reasons made all the more pressing by controversies surrounding a number of high-profile and now even withdrawn nominees, the...
Compensation arrangements in China milk crisis do not ensure improved product safety
Bill Marler : "According to the latest news reports, the 22 companies implicated in the Chinese powdered milk crisis are likely to pay 1.1 billion yuan ($160 million) in compensation to the families of the...
US President-elect Barack Obama on Thursday named Mary Schapiro as the Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) . Schapiro is currently the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Financial Industrial...
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved rule amendments Wednesday that provide greater oversight and regulation of credit rating agencies. The rule amendments, which were passed to strengthen the Credit Rating Agency Reform...
The National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) has filed a federal civil rights complaint with the US Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) Office of Fair Housing & Equal Opportunity (FHEO) ...
China PM calls for greater regulation of global financial markets
Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao called for greater regulation of global financial markets Saturday at the closing of the Seventh Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM 7) in Beijing, China. ASEM 7 is the seventh...
US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Christopher Cox said Thursday in testimony before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform that the current credit crisis demonstrates a need for...
New York council amends charter to extend term limits for Bloomberg
The New York City Council passed a resolution Thursday to amend the city's charter by extending elected city officials' term limits from two to three terms of four years. The resolution, which took effect...
New York judge rejects bid to halt council vote extending term limits
New York Supreme Court Judge Jacquelyn Silbermann Wednesday rejected a petition brought by two members of New York City Council trying to prevent a council vote on a resolution to extend New York mayoral and city...
US insurance giant American International Group (AIG) is lobbying state governments to relax strict, recently enacted rules designed to provide greater oversight of the mortgage lending industry, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. The rules are contained...
