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Trump's Circuit Judges Take Aim At Regulators
Dismantling regulations has been a top priority of President Donald Trump since he came to office. To that end, his 50-plus appointees to the U.S. circuit courts are fast at work. The White House has made opposition to the “administrative state,” or public administration through regulatory agencies, a key litmus test for selecting federal circuit…
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SEC Urged To Scrutinize B-Ds Fighting 12b-1 Fee Crackdown
Broker-dealers, whose trade groups are petitioning the Securities and Exchange Commission to halt the crackdown on 12b-1 fees, show sufficient disregard for their duty to investors that they should be subject to “special scrutiny” from regulators when Regulation Best Interest is implemented June 30, a prominent member of the SEC’s own Investor Advisory Committee said…
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DOL Fights To End Oracle's Bid To Dismantle Bias Watchdog
The U.S. Department of Labor urged a D.C. federal judge Friday to toss Oracle’s bid to defang the DOL’s enforcement unit that sues federal contractors over alleged job bias, arguing that Oracle can’t dismantle the enforcement regime, which it agreed to when it became a federal contractor. In a 54-page brief, the government argued that…
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After almost a decade of fighting, the SEC and Ray Lucia finally settle
After eight years of litigation, which went all the way to the Supreme Court, the Securities and Exchange Commission earlier this week said it had reached a settlement with veteran financial adviser Raymond Lucia, who rose to national prominence on his radio show and in books touting an investment strategy known as “Buckets of Money.”…
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