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Beginning February 15, 2007, investment advisers and managers of public and private investment funds seeking relief from the rules of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC") must file certain notices of exclusion or exemption electronically using the online registration system maintained by the National Futures Association (the "NFA").

The FDIC announced that it revised the classification system for citing violations identified during compliance examinations to promote better communication with institutions and consistency in the classification system.

The Payment Cards Center of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia and the Center for Financial Services Innovation released a joint discussion paper.

After years of debate and political maneuvering, Congress last month approved a six-year reauthorization of the Small Business Innovation Research ("SBIR") and Small Business Technology Transfer ("STTR") programs that for the first time expressly permits venture capital-backed companies to compete for funds provided by participating agencies.

The SEC recently adopted an amendment to its rules that govern when a company must include stockholder proposals in its proxy statement. The amendment, which codifies existing SEC interpretations, permits companies to exclude from their proxy statements stockholder proposals relating to "a nomination or an election for membership on the company’s board of directors or analogous governing body or a procedure for such nomination or election."

As a proud supporter of StartLabs, a non-profit founded by MIT engineering students to spread collegiate entrepreneurship, Founder’s Workbench is pleased to offer five companies the opportunity to scout for top talent at the StartLabs Startup Career Fair on Monday, February 11.

On September 26, 2012, Judge Hall of the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut certified a class in an ERISA case alleging breach of fiduciary duty and prohibited transactions against an insurance company in connection with revenue sharing practices under group annuity contracts issued to administrators of defined contribution retirement plans.

A year after the Supreme Court decided CIGNA Corp. v. Amara, courts continue to weigh the impact of that decision, particularly the scope of the available remedies against breaching fiduciaries under ERISA’s "catch-all" provision, Section 502(a)(3), which authorizes "other appropriate equitable relief."

On Friday, April 17, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) released a proposed rule under the federal Clean Air Act (“CAA”) that moves the federal government closer to regulating greenhouse gas (“GHG”) emissions.

The federal banking agencies announced the release of a proposed rule that would amend Regulation Z to establish appraisal requirements for higher-risk mortgage loans.

People's United Bank, the nation's largest regional bank headquartered in New England, won a key victory in a data security breach case that had been followed for two years by the national banking associations, as well as by American Banker and other industry publications.

On July 5, 2011, the FDIC, FRB, OCC and OTS (collectively the "Agencies") jointly issued guidance (the "Guidance") to clarify supervisory expectations and sound practices for an effective counterparty credit risk ("CCR") management framework.

The North American Securities Administrators Association ("NASAA"), a voluntary organization of securities agencies across the United States, Canada and Mexico, has released a revised version of its proposed model rule (the "Revised Proposal") that would generally exempt investment advisers from the obligation to register at the state level, if the advisers: (i) are not subject to disqualification based upon their prior disciplinary history; and (ii) solely advise funds that are excluded from th

The OCC issued an interpretive letter (" Letter 1131") in which it concluded that a national bank (the "Bank") could meet its obligation to dispose of a parcel of DPC real property (the "DPC Property"), i.e., a property acquired by the Bank in connection with a debt previously contracted, by transferring the DPC Property to a limited partnership wholly-owned by the Bank’s Community Development Corporation ("CDC") subsidiary (the "CDC Subsidiary").

In recent years there have been an increasing number of patents directed towards the financial services community. Continuing this trend, on August 8, 2006, the United States Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO") issued U.S. Patent No. 7,089,503 ("the ’503 patent"), entitled "Mortgage Loan Customization System and Process" to Fannie Mae.

Yesterday, in Microsoft Corp. v. i4i Limited Partnership, U.S., No. 10-290, 6/9/2011, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously decided that patent invalidity must be proved by clear and convincing evidence.

In an 81-page opinion, the Rhode Island Supreme Court overturned a verdict that would have required paint manufacturers to pay an estimated $2.4 billion to clean up lead paint from contaminated homes under a public nuisance theory.