Proprietary Information Protection Act of 2012
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2012 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Issues related to the implementation of Dodd Frank HR 940 - The United States Covered Bonds Act of 2011 Bank Tax "Robin Hood" Tax Financial Transaction Tax HR 1610 - The Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act HR 1573 - To facilitate implementation of title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, promote regulatory coordination, and avoid market disruption HR 2682 - Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act HR 1840 - A Bill to improve the CFTC's Cost Benefit Analysis HR 2779 - To exempt inter-affiliate swaps from certain regulatory requirements put in place by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act HR 2533 - The Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Venue Reform Act of 2011 S 2055 - To Amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act with respect to the protection of certain information HR 3871 - The Proprietary Information Protection Act of 2012 S 947 A bill to end user exemptions from certain provisions of Commodity Exchange Act and Securities Exchange Act S 3480 A bill to provide end user exemptions from certain provisions of the Commodity Exchange Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Client expense: $4,940,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
2012 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
S. 556, a bill to amend the securities laws to establish certain thresholds for shareholder registration, and for other purposes (all provisions) S. 1408, the Data Breach Notification Act of 2011 (all provisions, including data security and consumer notice requirements)S. 1434, the Data Security Act of 2011, (all provisions, including data security and consumer notice requirements) S. 1535, the Personal Data Protection and Breach Accountability Act of 2011 (all provisions, including data security and consumer notice requirements) S. 1615, the Financial Regulatory Responsibility Act of 2011 (all provisions) S. 1824, the Private Company Flexibility and Growth Act (all provisions) S. 1941, a bill to amend the securities laws to establish certain thresholds for shareholder registration, and for other purposes (all provisions) S. 2099, a bill to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act with respect to information provided to the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (all provisions) S. 2160, the Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act (all provisions) S. 2223, a bill to address the implementation of certain prohibitions under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, and for other purposes (all provisions) S. 2231, the Small Business Lending Enhancement Act of 2012 (all provisions) S. 3204, a bill to address fee disclosure requirements under the Electronic Fund Transfer Act, and for other purposes (all provisions) S. 3394, A bill to address fee disclosure requirements under the Electronic Fund Transfer Act, to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act with respect to information provided to the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, and for other purposes (all provisions) S. 3492, A bill to provide exemptions from municipal advisor registration requirements (all provisions) S. 3637, A bill to temporarily extend the transaction account guarantee program, and for other purposes (all provisions) H.R. 1573, a bill to facilitate implementation of title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, promote regulatory coordination, and avoid market disruption (all provisions) H.R. 1965, a bill to amend the securities laws to establish certain thresholds for shareholder registration, and for other purposes (all provisions) H.R. 2056, a bill to instruct the Inspector General of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to study the impact of insured depository institution failures, and for other purposes H.R. 2167, the Private Company Flexibility and Growth Act (all provisions) H.R. 2577, the SAFE Data Act (all provisions, including those to exclude GLBA institutions from data security and consumer notice requirements) H.R. 2827, to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to clarify provisions relating to the regulation of municipal advisors and for other purposes H.R. 3128, to amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to adjust the date on which consolidated assets are determined for purposes of exempting certain instruments of smaller institutions from capital deductions (all provisions)H.R. 3283, the Swap Jurisdiction Certainty Act (all provisions) H.R. 3461, the Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act (all provisions) H.R. 3606, the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act (provisions regarding shareholder threshold for SEC registration) H.R. 3871, the Proprietary Information Protection Act of 2012 (all provisions) H.R. 3993, Capital Access for Small Businesses and Jobs Act H.R. 4014, to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act with respect to information provided to the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (all provisions) H.R. 4088, the Capital Expansion Act (all provisions) H.R. 4235, to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Commodity Exchange Act to repeal the indemnification requirements for regulatory authorities to obtain access to swap data required to be provided by swaps entities under such Acts (all provisions) H.R. 4367, to amend the Electronic Fund Transfer Act to limit the fee disclosure requirement for an automatic teller machine to the screen of that machine (all provisions) H.R. 5860, the Executive Compensation Clawback Full Enforcement Act (all provisions) H.R. 6524, To make improvements to provisions of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 relating to proprietary trading by banking entities. H.R. 6613, the Markets and Trading Reorganization Act (all provisions) Proposal to Implement Basel III Capital Standards Proposal to implement the Volcker Rule under the Dodd-Frank Act
2012 · first_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
S. 509, the Small Business Lending Enhancement Act of 2011 (all provisions) S. 556, a bill to amend the securities laws to establish certain thresholds for shareholder registration, and for other purposes (all provisions)S. 1151, the Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2011 (all provisions, including those to exclude GLBA institutions from data security and consumer notice requirements) S. 1207, the Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2011 (all provisions, including data security and consumer notice requirements) S. 1408, the Data Breach Notification Act of 2011 (all provisions, including data security and consumer notice requirements) S. 1418, Emergency Management Assistance Compact Act of 2011 S. 1434, the Data Security Act of 2011, (all provisions, including data security and consumer notice requirements) S. 1535, the Personal Data Protection and Breach Accountability Act of 2011 (all provisions, including data security and consumer notice requirements) S. 1615, the Financial Regulatory Responsibility Act of 2011 (all provisions) S. 1824, the Private Company Flexibility and Growth Act (all provisions) S. 1941, a bill to amend the securities laws to establish certain thresholds for shareholder registration, and for other purposes (all provisions) S. 2099, a bill to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act with respect to information provided to the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (all provisions) S. 2160, the Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act (all provisions) S. 2223, a bill to address the implementation of certain prohibitions under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, and for other purposes (all provisions) S. 2231, the Small Business Lending Enhancement Act of 2012 (all provisions) H.R. 87, to repeal the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (all provisions) H.R. 940, the United States Covered Bond Act of 2011 (all provisions) H.R. 1062, the Burdensome Data Collection Relief Act (all provisions) H.R. 1070, the Small Company Capital Formation Act of 2011 (all provisions) H.R. 1151, the Emergency Mortgage Relief and Neighborhood Stabilization Programs Cost Recoupment Act of 2011 (all provisions) H.R. 1418, the Small Business Lending Enhancement Act of 2011 (all provisions) H.R. 1539, the Asset-Backed Market Stabilization Act of 2011 (all provisions) H.R. 1573, a bill to facilitate implementation of title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, promote regulatory coordination, and avoid market disruption (all provisions) H.R. 1965, a bill to amend the securities laws to establish certain thresholds for shareholder registration, and for other purposes (all provisions)H.R. 2056, a bill To instruct the Inspector General of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to study the impact of insured depository institution failures, and for other purposes H.R. 2167, the Private Company Flexibility and Growth Act (all provisions) H.R. 2577, the SAFE Data Act (all provisions, including those to exclude GLBA institutions from data security and consumer notice requirements) H.R. 3283, the Swap Jurisdiction Certainty Act (all provisions) H.R. 3461, the Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act (all provisions) H.R. 3606, the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act (provisions regarding shareholder threshold for SEC registration) H.R. 3871, the Proprietary Information Protection Act of 2012 (all provisions) H.R. 3993, Capital Access for Small Businesses and Jobs Act H.R. 4014, to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act with respect to information provided to the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (all provisions) H.R. 4088, the Capital Expansion Act (all provisions) H.R. 4235, to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Commodity Exchange Act to repeal the indemnification requirements for regulatory authorities to obtain access to swap data required to be provided by swaps entities under such Acts (all provisions) Proposal to implement the Volcker Rule under the Dodd-Frank Act
2012 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Met with House and Senate on issues related to derivatives and credit default swaps Met with House and Senate on implementation of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 HR 2586 - Swap Execution Facility Clarification Act - all provisions Met with House and Senate on issues related to bank size, including resolution authority H.R.1573 - To facilitate implementation of title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, promote regulatory coordination, and avoid market disruption - all provisions H.R.1838 - To repeal a provision of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act prohibiting any Federal bailout of swap dealers or participants - all provisions H.R.2308 - SEC Regulatory Accountability Act - all provisions H.R.2577 - SAFE Data Act - all provisions H.R.2586 - Swaps Execution Facility Clarification Act - all provisions H.R.2779 - To exempt inter-affiliate swaps from certain regulatory requirements put in place by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act - all provisions H.R.3045 - Retirement Income Protection Act of 2011 - all provisions H.R.3156 - Consumer Debit Card Protection Act - all provisions H.R.3283 - Swap Jurisdiction Certainty Act - all provisions H.R.3461 - Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act - all provisions H.R.3523 - Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act - all provisions H.R.3674 - The PRECISE Act - all provisions H.R.3871 - Proprietary Information Protection Act - all provisions H.R.4014 - To amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act with respect to information provided to the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection - all provisions other purposes - all provisions H.R.4235 - To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Commodity Exchange Act to repeal the indemnification requirements for regulatory authorities to obtain access to swap data required to be provided by swaps entities under such Acts. - all provisions - all provisions H.R.4348 - MAP-21 - all provisions H.R.4367 - To amend the Electronic Funds Transfer Act to limit the fee disclosure requirement for an automatic teller machine to the screen of that machine H.R.5747 - Military Family Home Protection Act - all provisions S.413 - Cyber Security and Internet Freedom Act - all provisions S.799 - Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights - met with House and Senate to discuss privacy, data security legislation and cyber security S.913 - Do Not Trade Online Act - all provisions S.967 - Regulation of Mortgage Servicing Act of 2011 - all provisions S.1151 - Personal Data Privacy and Security Act - met with House and Senate to discuss privacy, data security legislation and cyber security S.1207 - Data Security and Breach Notification Act - met with House and Senate to discuss privacy, data security legislation and cyber security S.1408 - Data Breach Notification Act - all provisions S.1434 - Data Security Act - all provisions S.1469 - International Cybercrime Reporting Act - all provisions S.1535 - Personal Data Protection & Breach Accountability Act - all provisions S.1650 - Dodd-Frank Improvement Act of 2011 - all provisions- S.2099 - A bill to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act with respect to information provided to the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection - all provisions S.2105 - Cybersecurity Act of 2012 - all provisions S.2151 - SECURE IT - all provisions S.2223 - A bill to address the implementation of certain prohibitions under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 - all provisions S.3048 - A bill to provide for a safe, accountable, fair, and efficient banking system, and for other purposes - all provisions S.3085 - Responsible Homeowner Refinancing act - all provisions S.3179 - Servicemember Housing Protecton Act - all provisions S.3245 - A bill to extend by 3 years the authorization of the EB-5 Regional Center Program, the E-Verify Program, the Special Immigrant Nonminister Religious Worker Program, and the Conrad State 30 J-1 Visa Waiver Program. - all provisions S.3323 - Military Family Home Protection Act - all provisions Met with House and Senate on Volcker Rule Met with House and Senate on credit card interchange H.R.2827 - A bill to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1937 to clarify provisions relating to the regulation of municial securities, and for other purposes - all provisions S.3333 - Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2012 - all provisions S.3394 - A bill to address fee disclosure requirements under the Electronic Funds Transfer Act, to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act with respect to information provided to the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, and for other purposes - all provisions S.3492 - A bill to provide for exemptions from municipal advisor registration requirements - all provisions S.3709 - A bill to require a Government Accountability Office examination of transactions between large financial institutions and the Federal Government, and for other purposes -- all provisions Met with House and Senate on securities market structure issues.
2012 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 363 (Housing Opportunity and Mortgage Equity Act of 2011); H.R. 344 (Fiscal Responsibility Effective Enforcement Act of 2011); H.R. 463 (Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Transparency Act of 2011); H.R. 653 (Financial Information Privacy Act of 2011); H.R. 757 (Equitable Treatment of Investors Act); H.R. 836 (Emergency Mortgage Relief Program Termination Act); H.R. 1053 (stock quote decimalization); H.R. 1062 (Burdensome Data Collection Relief Act); H.R. 1070 (Small Company Capital Formation Act of 2011); H.R. 1082 (Small Business Capital Access and Job Preservation Act); H.R. 1112 (National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act of 2011); H.R. 1151 (Emergency Mortgage Relief and Neighborhood Stabilization Programs Cost Recoupment Act of 2011); H.R. 1341 (A bill to provide a point of order against consideration of any measure that would increase the statutory limit on the public debt above $14.294 trillion unless that measure has been publicly available for a full 7 calendar days before consideration on the floor of the Senate); H.R. 1438 (Regulation Moratorium and Jobs Preservation Act of 2011); H.R. 1532 (A bill to amend the Budget Control Act of 2011 to require the joint select committee of Congress to report findings and propose legislation to restore the Nation's workforce to full employment over the period of fiscal years 2012 and 2013); H.R. 1535 (Personal Data Protection and Breach Accountability Act of 2011); H.R. 1539 (Asset-Backed Market Stabilization Act of 2011); H.R. 1544 (Small Company Capital Formation Act of 2011); H.R. 1550 (National Infrastructure Bank Act of 2011); H.R. 1573 (To facilitate implementation of title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, promote regulatory coordination, and avoid market disruption); H.R. 1610 (Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act of 2011); H.R. 1838 (To repeal a provision of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act prohibiting any Federal bailout of swap dealers or participants); H.R. 1840 (To improve consideration by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission of the costs and benefits of its regulations and orders); H.R. 1965 (To amend the securities laws to establish certain thresholds for shareholder registration, and for other purposes.); H.R. 2167 (Private Company Flexibility Act); H.R. 2308 (SEC Regulatory Accountability Act); H.R. 2313 (To repeal the authority to provide certain loans to the International Monetary Fund, the increase in the United States quota to the Fund, and certain other related authorities, to rescind related appropriated amounts, and for other purposes); H.R. 2413 (Secondary Market Facility for Residential Mortgages Act of 2011); H.R. 2483 (Whistleblower Improvement Act); H.R. 2517 (Shareholder Protection Act of 2011); H.R. 2586 (Swap Execution Facility Clarification Act); H.R. 2603 (Maintaining Agency Direction on Financial Fraud Act); H.R. 2612 (To amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to repeal the authority of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection to prohibit certain acts or practices); H.R. 2651 (To require that the United States Government prioritize all obligations on the debt held by the public, Social Security benefits, and military pay in the event that the debt limit is reached, and for other purposes); H.R. 2682 (Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act); H.R. 2779 (To exempt inter-affiliate swaps from certain regulatory requirements put in place by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act); H.R. 2827 (To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to clarify provisions relating to the regulation of municipal advisors, and for other purposes); H.R. 2855 (Emergency Jobs Now Act); H.R. 2930 (Entrepreneur Access to Capital Act); H.R. 2931 (Full Faith and Credit Act); H.R. 2940 (Access to Capital for Job Creators Act); H.R. 2964 (Unfunded Mandates Accountability Act); H.R. 3010 (Regulatory Accountability Act of 2011); H.R. 3078 (United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act); H.R. 3079 (United States-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act); H.R. 3080 (United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act); H.R. 3084 (Mortgage Credit Availability Act of 2011); H.R. 3128 (To amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to adjust the date on which consolidated assets are determined for purposes of exempting certain instruments of exempting smaller institutions from capital deductions); H.R. 3213 (Small Company Job Growth and Regulatory Relief Act of 2011); H.R. 3283 (Swap Jurisdiction Certainty Act); H.R. 3313 (Wall Street Trading and Speculators Tax Act); H.R. 3318 (Growing Jobs Through Capital Act of 2011); H.R. 3336 (Small Business Credit Availability Act); H.R. 3527 (Protecting Main Street End-Users From Excessive Regulation); H.R. 3530 (Freddie Mac Debt Reduction Act of 2011); H.R. 3606 (Reopening American Capital Markets to Emerging Growth Companies Act of 2011); H.R. 3635 (Investing in America's Small Businesses Act of 2011); H.R. 3644 (Private Mortgage Market Investment Act); H.R. 3655 (Small Business Access to Capital Act of 2011); H.R. 3665 (Wall Street Accountability through Sustainable Funding Act); H.R. 3733 (Affordable Mortgage for Homeowners Act of 2011); H.R. 3871 (Proprietary Information Protection Act of 2012); H.R. 4088 (Capital Expansion Act); H.R. 4235 (To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Commodity Exchange Act to repeal the indemnification requirements for regulatory authorities to obtain access to swap data required to be provided by swaps entities under such Acts.); H.R. 4624 (Investment Advisor Oversight Act of 2012); H.R. 5973 (Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) appropriations bill); H. Amdt. 465 (Amendment prohibits the use of funds by the CFTC to promulgate any final rules under the Commodity Exchange Act as added by the Dodd-Frank Act until 12 months after the promulgation of final swap transaction reporting rules under the Commodity Exchange Act.); S. 23 (Patent Reform Act of 2011); S. 556 (A bill to amend the securities laws to establish certain thresholds for shareholder registration, and for other purposes); S. 1276 (To repeal the authority to provide certain loans to the International Monetary Fund, the increase in the United States quota to the Fund, and certain other related authorities, to rescind related appropriated amounts, and for other purposes); S. 1544 (Small Company Capital Formation Act of 2011); S. 1619 (The Currency Exchange Act); S. 1641 (A Bill to Implement the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement); S. 1642 (A Bill to Implement the U.S.-Korea Trade Promotion Agreement); S. 1643 (A Bill to Implement the U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement); S. 1650 (Dodd-Frank Improvement Act of 2011); S. 1787 (Wall Street Trading and Speculators Tax Act); S. 1791 (Democratizing Access to Capital Act of 2011); S. 1824 (Private Company Flexibility and Growth Act); S. 1831 (Access to Capital for Job Creators Act); S. 1835 (United States Covered Bond Act); S. 1907 (PCAOB Enforcement Transparency Act of 2011); S. 1933 (Reopening American Capital Markets to Emerging Growth Companies Act of 2011); S. 1941 (To amend the securities laws to establish certain thresholds for shareholder registration, and for other purposes); S. 1962 (Startup Expansion and Investment Act); S. 1963 (Mortgage Finance Act of 2011); S. 1970 (CROWDFUND Act); S. 1975 (No More IMF Bailouts Act); S. 1997 (FHA Bailout Protection Act of 2011); S. 2033 (Closing the Derivatives Blended Rate Loophole Act); S. 2038 (STOCK Act); S. 2055 (A bill to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act with respect to the protection of certain information.); S. 2102 (Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2012); S. 2105 (Cybersecurity Act of 2012); S. 3414 (A bill to enhance the security and resiliency of the cyber and communications infrastructure of the United States.); S. 3620 (A bill to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to clarify provisions relating to the regulation of municipal advisors, and for other purposes.); S. Amdt. 1818 to S. 1813 (offshore tax havens); SR-NASDAQ-2012-005 (Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change to Establish an Enhanced Display Distributor Fee); SR-NASDAQ-2012-042 (Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change to Re-organize NASDAQ's Rules Governing the Fees Applicable to NASDAQ's Depth-of-Book Market Data); SR-NASDAQ-2012-044 (Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change to Modify the Fees Applicable to Non-Display Usage of Certain NASDAQ Depth-of-Book Market Data); SR-NYSEArca-2011-96 (Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change To Establish Fees for the NYSE Arca Integrated Data Feed); FINRA Rule 4560 (short interest reporting); EU data protection rules; Swap dealer and major swap participant recordkeeping and reporting, duties, and conflicts of interest policies and procedures; Futures Commission Merchant and Introducing Broker Conflicts of Interest Policies and Procedures; Swap dealer, major swap participant, and futures commission merchant chief compliance officer; Recordkeeping under Exchange Act Rule 17a-4(b)(4); Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Implementation (Section 913; Section 914; Systemic risk regulation and liquidation authority; Section 342 (Office of Minority and Women Inclusion); Section 621; Section 941); Systemic Risk Regulation and liquidation authority; Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) Funding (Regulatory Capital Requirements, systemic risk regulation and liquidation authority); Resolution Authority for Systemically Significant Financial Companies Act of 2009; China - strategic and economic dialogue; Market Structure Issues (dark pools, flash quotes, high frequency trading); Transatlantic Economic Council (Trade Issues); Preservation of independent contractor status for financial services sector; Asian Pacific Economic Council Privacy Issues; Bilateral Investment Treaties, India; Eminent domain; Russia Permanent Normal Trade Relations; Transpacific Partnership; U.S./EU cross-border regulatory issues; India Market Access Issues, Response to Royal Bank of India discussion; European Union proposal regarding Credit Default Swaps and Credit Rating Agencies and their impact on US Markets; EU Alternative Investment Fund Managers Proposal (AIFM); Basel Capital Rules; G-20; Amendments to the 2012 Indian Finance Bill; Regulatory Capital Requirements; Single Platform/Government Sponsored Enterprises; SEC Regulation AB2; Trust Indenture Act; Accounting standards for municipalities; Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC) reform and funding fees; Financial Stability Board Outreach; Establishment of the Office of Financial Research; Bankruptcy reform for municipalities; Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC); Support of financial literacy; Privacy and cyber security issues; Self-Regulatory Organizations (SRO) rulemaking; Municipal advisor regulation; Tax-exemption for municipal bonds; Cross-border guidance; CFTC exemptive order on extraterritorial scope of Title VII; Tri-party repo; Computerized trading; Market Data Exchange Act Section 19 (and related rules); Legal entity identifier (LEI); Jumpstart our Business Startups (JOBS) Act implementation; Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) and International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) consultation paper on margin requirements for uncleared derivatives.
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Client expense: $2,110,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Client expense: $2,500,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
Client expense: $1,310,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
Client expense: $1,400,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Ginnie Mae, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Security Council (NSC), Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2012 · fourth_quarter · Government Issues
Please see addendum. H.R. 10, the Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrunity Act, all provisions H.R. 1564, Faster FOIA Act of 2011, all provisions H.R. 3871, the Proprietary Information Protection Act, all provisions H.R. 4014, a bill to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act with respect to information provided to the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, all provisions S. 2099, a bill to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act with respect to information provided to the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, all provisions Office of Government Ethics Proposed Amendments to Gift Rules, provisions related to the attendance of certain government employees at widely attended gatherings.
Client expense: $1,407,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Office of Government Ethics (OGE), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of
2012 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Issues related to the implementation of Dodd Frank HR 940 - The United States Covered Bonds Act of 2011 Bank Tax, "Robin Hood" Tax, Financial Transaction Tax HR 1610 - The Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act HR 1573 - To facilitate implementation of title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, promote regulatory coordination, and avoid market disruption. HR 2682 - Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act HR 1840 - A Bill to improve the CFTC's Cost Benefit Analysis HR 2779 - To exempt inter-affiliate swaps from certain regulatory requirements put in place by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act HR 2533 - The Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Venue Reform Act of 2011 S 2055 - To Amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act with respect to the protection of certain information HR 3871 - The Proprietary Information Protection Act of 2012 S 947 Bill to end user exemptions from certain provisions of Commodity Exchange Act and Securities Exchange Act S 3480 A bill to provide end user exemptions from certain provisions of the Commodity Exchange Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Client expense: $4,940,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
2012 · fourth_quarter · Consumer Issues/Safety/Products
HR 3871, HR 4257, S 1151, S 1408, S 1535
Client expense: $650,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
2012 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Public Law 111-203 - Dodd Frank Act (Rulemakings and Implementation) Public Law 112-106 - Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (Rulemaking and Implementation) H.R. 2306 - SEC Regulatory Accountability Act H.R. 1838 - To repeal a provision of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act that disadvantages U.S. financial institutions by forcing them to move their swap desks to a separately registered and capitalized entity. H.R. 3871 - Proprietary Information Protection Act of 2012 H.R. 2483 - Whistleblower Improvement Act of 2011 H.R. 5860 - Executive Compensation Clawback Full Enforcement Act Public Law 112-105 - Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act (The Stock Act)
Client expense: $761,278 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2012 · fourth_quarter · Banking
see next page Issues Related To Small Business S. 509 Small Business Lending Enhancement Act H.R. 1418 Small Business Lending Enhancement Act S. 2231 Small Business Lending Enhancement Act Issues Related To Data Security/Privacy S. 799 Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2011 H.R. 1528 Consumer Privacy Protection Act of 2011 Issues Related To Banking S. 3254 FY 2013 Department of Defense Appropriations Bill H.R. 3671 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012 H.R. 3461 Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act H.R. 4367 To amend the Electronic Fund Transfer Act to limit the fee disclosure requirement for an automatic teller machine to the screen of that machine S. 3204 A bill to address fee disclosure requirements under the Electronic Fund Transfer Act, and for other purposes S. 3394 A bill to address fee disclosure requirements under the Electronic Fund Transfer Act, to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act with respect to information provided to the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, and for other purposes. S. 2099 A bill to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act with respect to information provided to the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection. H.R. 4014 To amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act with respect to information provided to the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection. Issues Related To CFPB H.R. 1315 Consumer Financial Protection Safety and Soundness Improvement Act of 2011 H.R. 1121 Responsible Consumer Financial Protection Regulations Act of 2011 S. 737 Responsible Consumer Financial Protection Regulations Act of 2011 H.R. 3871 Proprietary Information Protection Act of 2012 S. 2055 A bill to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act with respect to the protection of certain information Issues Related To Cyber Security H.R. 3523 The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act H.R. 3674 The Promoting and Enhancing Cybersecurity and Information Sharing Effectiveness (PRECISE) Act S. 2105 The Cybersecurity Act of 2012 H.R. 4263 SECURE IT Act of 2012 H.R. 2096 Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2012 S. 2151 SECURE IT Issues Related To Bankruptcy S. 1102 The Fairness for Struggling Students Act of 2011 H.R. 2028 The Private Student Loan Bankruptcy Fairness Act of 2011
Client expense: $900,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Education, Dept of, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
2012 · fourth_quarter · Banking
Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act (H.R. 5817);Privacy notice disclosures for financial institutions; Housing finance reform; Mortgage lending; Strategic default on mortgage loans; Mortgage bankruptcy cram-down; Federal Home Loan Bank Oversight Issues; Legislation to extend the Transaction Account Guarantee program at community banks and the corresponding program at credit unions for non-interest bearing transaction accounts (S.3637); Non-interest bearing transaction accounts; Credit union member business lending; Small Business Lending Enhancement Act of 2011(H.R. 1418); A bill to amend the Federal Credit Union Act, to advance the ability of credit unions to promote small business growth and economic development opportunities, and for other purposes (S. 2231); Interest on lawyers trust accounts; The credit union tax exemption; The credit union tax exemptions impact on the broader economy; Deficit reduction and efforts to change the corporate tax structure; Defense credit union issues; Supplemental capital for credit unions; Capital Access for Small Businesses and Jobs Act (H.R. 3993); ATM disclosures; To amend the electronic funds transfer act to limit fee disclosure requirement for an automatic teller machine to the screen of that machine (H.R. 4367); Interchange fees; Data security; Cyber Security Flood insurance; Patent Reform; Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (P.L. 111-203); Defense Base Closure and Realignment Closure Commission; Servicemembers Civil Relief Act; Military Lending Act; Military Family Home Protection Act (H.R. 5747); National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (H.R.4310); To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide surviving spouses with certain protections relating to mortgages and mortgage foreclosures (H.R.1263); Fairness for Military Homeowners Act of 2012 (H.R.4740); Military Savings Act of 2012 (H.R. 5946); Protecting Servicemembers from Mortgage Abuses Act of 2011 (S.486); Servicemember Housing Protection Act of 2012 (S.3179); Servicemembers' Protection Act of 2012 (S.3322); Military Family Home Protection Act (S. 3323); A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for relief in civil actions for violations of the protections on credit extended to members of the Armed Forces and their dependents (S.3207); National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (S. 3254); Regulatory relief for credit unions; Confidentiality of information shared between financial institutions and the CFPB; Proprietary Information Protection Act of 2012 (H.R. 3871); A bill to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act with respect to information provided to the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (S. 2099); A bill to address fee disclosure requirements under the Electronic Fund Transfer Act, to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act with respect to information provided to the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, and for other purposes (S. 3394); A bill to address fee disclosure requirements under the Electronic Fund Transfer Act, and for other purposes (S. 3204); Student loan interest rates; Federal Student Loans; Private student loans; Exam Fairness issues for credit unions; Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act (H.R. 3461); Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act (S. 2160); Small Business Administration loan guarantee and lending programs; Predatory lending and payday-alternative loans; Changes to Regulation Z, implementing the Truth in Lending Act (prompt crediting of payments and payoff statements; rate adjustment notices; initial rate adjustment notice; periodic statement requirement); Changes to Regulation X, implementing the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (error resolution and information requests; force placed insurance); CFPBs proposed rule to combine mortgage disclosures required under the Truth in Lending Act and the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act; Mortgage servicing; Encouraging regulatory compliance with the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act during agency rulemaking; Requirements under Regulation E for dual Automated Teller Machine fee disclosures; Joint rule on appraisals for higher risk mortgage loans; Financial education at credit unions; Loan originator compensation and appraisal forms; Qualified mortgages; Effective dates of mortgage-related rules from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; Proposed rule to amend Regulation B, the Equal Credit Opportunity Act with respect to appraisals and valuations; The Consumer Financial Protection Bureaus strategic plan; Regulatory capital requirements and implementation of Basel III; Federal Housing Finance Agency proposal to adjust changes by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac on mortgage loans for single-family units in five states; Development of Infrastructure for the Secondary Mortgage Market; Housing finance reform; The Federal Housing Administrations and FHA Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund audit report; Greater transparency for ACH-based person-to-person payments; National Credit Union Administrations 2013 operating budget; Amount of time that a credit union has to accept a designation as low-income; Certain changes to the credit union Profile and the 5300 Call Report; The definition of rural district for purposes of a community charter; Asset threshold for the definition of a small entity status; Treasury Inflation Protected Securities; Small Business Administrations rule to increase small business size standards for credit unions; Federal Housing Finance Agency guarantee fee increases.
Client expense: $800,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2012 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act (H.R. 5817);Privacy notice disclosures for financial institutions; Housing finance reform; Mortgage lending; Strategic default on mortgage loans; Mortgage bankruptcy cram-down; Federal Home Loan Bank Oversight Issues; Legislation to extend the Transaction Account Guarantee program at community banks and the corresponding program at credit unions for non-interest bearing transaction accounts (S.3637); Non-interest bearing transaction accounts; Credit union member business lending; Small Business Lending Enhancement Act of 2011(H.R. 1418); A bill to amend the Federal Credit Union Act, to advance the ability of credit unions to promote small business growth and economic development opportunities, and for other purposes (S. 2231); Interest on lawyers trust accounts; The credit union tax exemption; The credit union tax exemptions impact on the broader economy; Deficit reduction and efforts to change the corporate tax structure; Defense credit union issues; Supplemental capital for credit unions; Capital Access for Small Businesses and Jobs Act (H.R. 3993); ATM disclosures; To amend the electronic funds transfer act to limit fee disclosure requirement for an automatic teller machine to the screen of that machine (H.R. 4367); Interchange fees; Data security; Cyber Security Flood insurance; Patent Reform; Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (P.L. 111-203); Defense Base Closure and Realignment Closure Commission; Servicemembers Civil Relief Act; Military Lending Act; Military Family Home Protection Act (H.R. 5747); National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (H.R.4310); To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide surviving spouses with certain protections relating to mortgages and mortgage foreclosures (H.R.1263); Fairness for Military Homeowners Act of 2012 (H.R.4740); Military Savings Act of 2012 (H.R. 5946); Protecting Servicemembers from Mortgage Abuses Act of 2011 (S.486); Servicemember Housing Protection Act of 2012 (S.3179); Servicemembers' Protection Act of 2012 (S.3322); Military Family Home Protection Act (S. 3323); A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for relief in civil actions for violations of the protections on credit extended to members of the Armed Forces and their dependents (S.3207); National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (S. 3254); Regulatory relief for credit unions; Confidentiality of information shared between financial institutions and the CFPB; Proprietary Information Protection Act of 2012 (H.R. 3871); A bill to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act with respect to information provided to the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (S. 2099); A bill to address fee disclosure requirements under the Electronic Fund Transfer Act, to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act with respect to information provided to the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, and for other purposes (S. 3394); A bill to address fee disclosure requirements under the Electronic Fund Transfer Act, and for other purposes (S. 3204); Student loan interest rates; Federal Student Loans; Private student loans; Exam Fairness issues for credit unions; Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act (H.R. 3461); Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act (S. 2160); Small Business Administration loan guarantee and lending programs; Predatory lending and payday-alternative loans; Changes to Regulation Z, implementing the Truth in Lending Act (prompt crediting of payments and payoff statements; rate adjustment notices; initial rate adjustment notice; periodic statement requirement); Changes to Regulation X, implementing the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (error resolution and information requests; force placed insurance); CFPBs proposed rule to combine mortgage disclosures required under the Truth in Lending Act and the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act; Mortgage servicing; Encouraging regulatory compliance with the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act during agency rulemaking; Requirements under Regulation E for dual Automated Teller Machine fee disclosures; Joint rule on appraisals for higher risk mortgage loans; Financial education at credit unions; Loan originator compensation and appraisal forms; Qualified mortgages; Effective dates of mortgage-related rules from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; Proposed rule to amend Regulation B, the Equal Credit Opportunity Act with respect to appraisals and valuations; The Consumer Financial Protection Bureaus strategic plan; Regulatory capital requirements and implementation of Basel III; Federal Housing Finance Agency proposal to adjust changes by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac on mortgage loans for single-family units in five states; Development of Infrastructure for the Secondary Mortgage Market; Housing finance reform; The Federal Housing Administrations and FHA Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund audit report; Greater transparency for ACH-based person-to-person payments; National Credit Union Administrations 2013 operating budget; Amount of time that a credit union has to accept a designation as low-income; Certain changes to the credit union Profile and the 5300 Call Report; The definition of rural district for purposes of a community charter; Asset threshold for the definition of a small entity status; Treasury Inflation Protected Securities; Small Business Administrations rule to increase small business size standards for credit unions; Federal Housing Finance Agency guarantee fee increases.
Client expense: $800,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2012 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
S. 556, a bill to amend the securities laws to establish certain thresholds for shareholder registration, and for other purposes (all provisions) S. 1408, the Data Breach Notification Act of 2011 (all provisions, including data security and consumer notice requirements) S. 1434, the Data Security Act of 2011, (all provisions, including data security and consumer notice requirements) S. 1535, the Personal Data Protection and Breach Accountability Act of 2011 (all provisions, including data security and consumer notice requirements) S. 1615, the Financial Regulatory Responsibility Act of 2011 (all provisions) S. 1824, the Private Company Flexibility and Growth Act (all provisions) S. 1941, a bill to amend the securities laws to establish certain thresholds for shareholder registration, and for other purposes (all provisions) S. 2099, a bill to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act with respect to information provided to the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (all provisions) S. 2160, the Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act (all provisions) S. 2223, a bill to address the implementation of certain prohibitions under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, and for other purposes (all provisions) S. 2231, the Small Business Lending Enhancement Act of 2012 (all provisions) S. 3204, a bill to address fee disclosure requirements under the Electronic Fund Transfer Act, and for other purposes (all provisions) S. 3394, A bill to address fee disclosure requirements under the Electronic Fund Transfer Act, to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act with respect to information provided to the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, and for other purposes (all provisions) S. 3492, A bill to provide exemptions from municipal advisor registration requirements (all provisions) S. 3637, A bill to temporarily extend the transaction account guarantee program, and for other purposes (all provisions) H.R. 1573, a bill to facilitate implementation of title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, promote regulatory coordination, and avoid market disruption (all provisions) H.R. 1965, a bill to amend the securities laws to establish certain thresholds for shareholder registration, and for other purposes (all provisions) H.R. 2056, a bill to instruct the Inspector General of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to study the impact of insured depository institution failures, and for other purposes H.R. 2167, the Private Company Flexibility and Growth Act (all provisions) H.R. 2577, the SAFE Data Act (all provisions, including those to exclude GLBA institutions from data security and consumer notice requirements) H.R. 2827, to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to clarify provisions relating to the regulation of municipal advisors and for other purposes H.R. 3128, to amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to adjust the date on which consolidated assets are determined for purposes of exempting certain instruments of smaller institutions from capital deductions (all provisions) H.R. 3283, the Swap Jurisdiction Certainty Act (all provisions) H.R. 3461, the Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act (all provisions) H.R. 3606, the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act (provisions regarding shareholder threshold for SEC registration) H.R. 3871, the Proprietary Information Protection Act of 2012 (all provisions) H.R. 3993, Capital Access for Small Businesses and Jobs Act H.R. 4014, to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act with respect to information provided to the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (all provisions) H.R. 4088, the Capital Expansion Act (all provisions) H.R. 4235, to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Commodity Exchange Act to repeal the indemnification requirements for regulatory authorities to obtain access to swap data required to be provided by swaps entities under such Acts (all provisions) H.R. 4367, to amend the Electronic Fund Transfer Act to limit the fee disclosure requirement for an automatic teller machine to the screen of that machine (all provisions) H.R. 5860, the Executive Compensation Clawback Full Enforcement Act (all provisions) H.R. 6524, To make improvements to provisions of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 relating to proprietary trading by banking entities. H.R. 6613, the Markets and Trading Reorganization Act (all provisions) Proposal to Implement Basel III Capital Standards Proposal to implement the Volcker Rule under the Dodd-Frank Act
Client expense: $2,110,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2012 · fourth_quarter · Banking
Legislation dealing with the banking regulatory agency examination privilege and its applicability to state licensed and supervised finance companies within the jurisdiction of the Consumer Financial Protection Board seeking amendments to H.R. 3871, H.R. 4014, S. 2099 and in support of H.R. 6125.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2012 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
S. 509, the Small Business Lending Enhancement Act of 2011 (all provisions) S. 556, a bill to amend the securities laws to establish certain thresholds for shareholder registration, and for other purposes (all provisions)S. 1151, the Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2011 (all provisions, including those to exclude GLBA institutions from data security and consumer notice requirements) S. 1207, the Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2011 (all provisions, including data security and consumer notice requirements) S. 1408, the Data Breach Notification Act of 2011 (all provisions, including data security and consumer notice requirements) S. 1434, the Data Security Act of 2011, (all provisions, including data security and consumer notice requirements) S. 1535, the Personal Data Protection and Breach Accountability Act of 2011 (all provisions, including data security and consumer notice requirements) S. 1615, the Financial Regulatory Responsibility Act of 2011 (all provisions) S. 1824, the Private Company Flexibility and Growth Act (all provisions) S. 1941, a bill to amend the securities laws to establish certain thresholds for shareholder registration, and for other purposes (all provisions) S. 2099, a bill to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act with respect to information provided to the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (all provisions) S. 2160, the Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act (all provisions) S. 2223, a bill to address the implementation of certain prohibitions under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, and for other purposes (all provisions) S. 2231, the Small Business Lending Enhancement Act of 2012 (all provisions) S. 3204, a bill to address fee disclosure requirements under the Electronic Fund Transfer Act, and for other purposes (all provisions) S. 3394, A bill to address fee disclosure requirements under the Electronic Fund Transfer Act, to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act with respect to information provided to the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, and for other purposes (all provisions) S. 3492, A bill to provide exemptions from municipal advisor registration requirements (all provisions) H.R. 1070, the Small Company Capital Formation Act of 2011 (all provisions) H.R. 1418, the Small Business Lending Enhancement Act of 2011 (all provisions) H.R. 1539, the Asset-Backed Market Stabilization Act of 2011 (all provisions) H.R. 1573, a bill to facilitate implementation of title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, promote regulatory coordination, and avoid market disruption (all provisions) H.R. 1965, a bill to amend the securities laws to establish certain thresholds for shareholder registration, and for other purposes (all provisions) H.R. 2056, a bill To instruct the Inspector General of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to study the impact of insured depository institution failures, and for other purposesH.R. 2167, the Private Company Flexibility and Growth Act (all provisions) H.R. 2577, the SAFE Data Act (all provisions, including those to exclude GLBA institutions from data security and consumer notice requirements) H.R. 2827, to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to clarify provisions relating to the regulation of municipal advisors and for other purposes H.R. 3128, to amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to adjust the date on which consolidated assets are determined for purposes of exempting certain instruments of smaller institutions from capital deductions (all provisions) H.R. 3283, the Swap Jurisdiction Certainty Act (all provisions) H.R. 3461, the Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act (all provisions) H.R. 3606, the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act (provisions regarding shareholder threshold for SEC registration) H.R. 3871, the Proprietary Information Protection Act of 2012 (all provisions) H.R. 3993, Capital Access for Small Businesses and Jobs Act H.R. 4014, to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act with respect to information provided to the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (all provisions) H.R. 4088, the Capital Expansion Act (all provisions) H.R. 4235, to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Commodity Exchange Act to repeal the indemnification requirements for regulatory authorities to obtain access to swap data required to be provided by swaps entities under such Acts (all provisions) H.R. 4367, to amend the Electronic Fund Transfer Act to limit the fee disclosure requirement for an automatic teller machine to the screen of that machine (all provisions) H.R. 5860, the Executive Compensation Clawback Full Enforcement Act (all provisions) H.R. 6524, To make improvements to provisions of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 relating to proprietary trading by banking entities. Proposal to Implement Basel III Capital Standards Proposal to implement the Volcker Rule under the Dodd-Frank Act
Client expense: $1,650,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2012 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Met with House and Senate on issues related to derivatives and credit default swaps Met with House and Senate on implementation of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 HR 2586 - Swap Execution Facility Clarification Act - all provisions Met with House and Senate on issues related to bank size, including resolution authority H.R.1573 - To facilitate implementation of title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, promote regulatory coordination, and avoid market disruption - all provisions H.R.1838 - To repeal a provision of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act prohibiting any Federal bailout of swap dealers or participants - all provisions H.R.2308 - SEC Regulatory Accountability Act - all provisions H.R.2577 - SAFE Data Act - all provisions H.R.2586 - Swaps Execution Facility Clarification Act - all provisions H.R.2779 - To exempt inter-affiliate swaps from certain regulatory requirements put in place by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act - all provisions H.R.3045 - Retirement Income Protection Act of 2011 - all provisions H.R.3156 - Consumer Debit Card Protection Act - all provisions H.R.3283 - Swap Jurisdiction Certainty Act - all provisions H.R.3461 - Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act - all provisions H.R.3523 - Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act - all provisions H.R.3674 - The PRECISE Act - all provisions H.R.3871 - Proprietary Information Protection Act - all provisions H.R.4014 - To amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act with respect to information provided to the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection - all provisions other purposes - all provisions H.R.4235 - To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Commodity Exchange Act to repeal the indemnification requirements for regulatory authorities to obtain access to swap data required to be provided by swaps entities under such Acts. - all provisions - all provisions H.R.4348 - MAP-21 - all provisions H.R.5747 - Military Family Home Protection Act - all provisions S.413 - Cyber Security and Internet Freedom Act - all provisions S.799 - Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights - met with House and Senate to discuss privacy, data security legislation and cyber security S.913 - Do Not Trade Online Act - all provisions S.967 - Regulation of Mortgage Servicing Act of 2011 - all provisions S.1151 - Personal Data Privacy and Security Act - met with House and Senate to discuss privacy, data security legislation and cyber security S.1207 - Data Security and Breach Notification Act - met with House and Senate to discuss privacy, data security legislation and cyber security S.1408 - Data Breach Notification Act - all provisions S.1434 - Data Security Act - all provisions S.1469 - International Cybercrime Reporting Act - all provisions S.1535 - Personal Data Protection & Breach Accountability Act - all provisions S.1650 - Dodd-Frank Improvement Act of 2011 - all provisions- S.2099 - A bill to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act with respect to information provided to the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection - all provisions S.2105 - Cybersecurity Act of 2012 - all provisions S.2151 - SECURE IT - all provisions S.2223 - A bill to address the implementation of certain prohibitions under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 - all provisions S.3048 - A bill to provide for a safe, accountable, fair, and efficient banking system, and for other purposes - all provisions S.3085 - Responsible Homeowner Refinancing act - all provisions S.3179 - Servicemember Housing Protecton Act - all provisions S.3245 - A bill to extend by 3 years the authorization of the EB-5 Regional Center Program, the E-Verify Program, the Special Immigrant Nonminister Religious Worker Program, and the Conrad State 30 J-1 Visa Waiver Program. - all provisions S.3323 - Military Family Home Protection Act - all provisions S.3333 - Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2012 - all provisions Met with House and Senate about Basel III and capital requirements and international coordination Met with House and Senate on Volcker Rule Met with House and Senate on credit card interchange H.R.2827 - A bill to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1937 to clarify provisions relating to the regulation of municial securities, and for other purposes - all provisions S.3394 - A bill to address fee disclosure requirements under the Electronic Funds Transfer Act, to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act with respect to information provided to the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, and for other purposes - all provisions S.3492 - A bill to provide for exemptions from municipal advisor registration requirements - all provisions Met with House and Senate on market structure issues.
Client expense: $1,310,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2012 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Issues related to the implementation of Dodd Frank HR 940 - The United States Covered Bonds Act of 2011 Bank Tax and the "Robin Hood" Tax HR 1610 - The Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act HR 1573 - To facilitate implementation of title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, promote regulatory coordination, and avoid market disruption. HR 2682 - Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act HR 1840 - A Bill to improve the CFTC's Cost Benefit Analysis HR 2779 - To exempt inter-affiliate swaps from certain regulatory requirements put in place by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act HR 2533 - The Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Venue Reform Act of 2011 S 2055 - To Amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act with respect to the protection of certain information HR 3871 - The Proprietary Information Protection Act of 2012 S 947 - A Bill to end user exemptions from certain provisions of Commodity Exchange Act and Securities Exchange Act S 1610 - Dodd-Frank Implementation Act of 2011 S 3410 - A Bill to provide end user exemptions from certain provisions of Commodity Exchange Act and Securities Exchange Act
Client expense: $3,890,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
2012 · third_quarter · Disaster Planning/Emergencies
HR 1157, HR 3871, HR 4257, S 1151, S 1408, S 1535
Client expense: $720,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
2012 · third_quarter · Consumer Issues/Safety/Products
HR 3871, HR 4257, S 1151, S 1408, S 1535
Client expense: $720,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
2012 · first_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Dodd-Frank Act Implementation HR 1062 - The Burdensome Data Collection Review Act HR 2072 - Securing American Jobs Through Exports Act of 2011 HR 940 - The United States Covered Bonds Act of 2011 HR 1081 - Consumer Payment System Protection Act Bank Tax HR 1610 - The Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act HR 1573 - To facilitate implementation of title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, promote regulatory coordination, and avoid market disruption. HR 2682 - Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act HR 1840 - A Bill to improve the CFTC's Cost Benefit Analysis HR 2779 - To exempt inter-affiliate swaps from certain regulatory requirements put in place by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act HR 2533 - The Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Venue Reform Act of 2011 S 2055 - To Amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act with respect to the protection of certain information HR 3606 - JumpStart our Business Startups Act HR 3871 - The Proprietary Information Protection Act of 2012
Client expense: $5,280,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
2012 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Public Law 111-203 - Dodd Frank Act (Rulemakings and Implementation) H.R. 31 - Fannie Mae and Fredie Mac Accountability and Transparency for Taxpayers Act H.R. - The Security in Bonding Act Public Law 112-106 - Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (Rulemaking and Implementation) H.R. 2306 - SEC Regulatory Accountability Act H.R. 1838 - To repeal a provision of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act that disadvantages U.S. financial institutions by forcing them to move their swap desks to a separately registrered and capitalized entity. H.R. 3871 - Proprietary Information Protection Act of 2012 H.R. 2483 - Whistleblower Improvement Act of 2011 H.R. 5860 - Executive Compensation Clawback Full Enforcement Act Public Law 112-105 - Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act (The STOCK Act)
Client expense: $768,022 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
2012 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 363 (Housing Opportunity and Mortgage Equity Act of 2011); H.R. 344 (Fiscal Responsibility Effective Enforcement Act of 2011); H.R. 463 (Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Transparency Act of 2011); H.R. 653 (Financial Information Privacy Act of 2011); H.R. 757 (Equitable Treatment of Investors Act); H.R. 836 (Emergency Mortgage Relief Program Termination Act); H.R. 1053 (stock quote decimalization); H.R. 1062 (Burdensome Data Collection Relief Act); H.R. 1070 (Small Company Capital Formation Act of 2011); H.R. 1082 (Small Business Capital Access and Job Preservation Act); H.R. 1112 (National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act of 2011); H.R. 1151 (Emergency Mortgage Relief and Neighborhood Stabilization Programs Cost Recoupment Act of 2011); H.R. 1341 (A bill to provide a point of order against consideration of any measure that would increase the statutory limit on the public debt above $14.294 trillion unless that measure has been publicly available for a full 7 calendar days before consideration on the floor of the Senate); H.R. 1438 (Regulation Moratorium and Jobs Preservation Act of 2011); H.R. 1532 (A bill to amend the Budget Control Act of 2011 to require the joint select committee of Congress to report findings and propose legislation to restore the Nation's workforce to full employment over the period of fiscal years 2012 and 2013); H.R. 1535 (Personal Data Protection and Breach Accountability Act of 2011); H.R. 1539 (Asset-Backed Market Stabilization Act of 2011); H.R. 1544 (Small Company Capital Formation Act of 2011); H.R. 1550 (National Infrastructure Bank Act of 2011); H.R. 1573 (To facilitate implementation of title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, promote regulatory coordination, and avoid market disruption); H.R. 1610 (Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act of 2011); H.R. 1838 (To repeal a provision of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act prohibiting any Federal bailout of swap dealers or participants); H.R. 1840 (To improve consideration by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission of the costs and benefits of its regulations and orders); H.R. 1965 (To amend the securities laws to establish certain thresholds for shareholder registration, and for other purposes.); H.R. 2167 (Private Company Flexibility Act); H.R. 2308 (SEC Regulatory Accountability Act); H.R. 2313 (To repeal the authority to provide certain loans to the International Monetary Fund, the increase in the United States quota to the Fund, and certain other related authorities, to rescind related appropriated amounts, and for other purposes); H.R. 2413 (Secondary Market Facility for Residential Mortgages Act of 2011); H.R. 2483 (Whistleblower Improvement Act); H.R. 2517 (Shareholder Protection Act of 2011); H.R. 2586 (Swap Execution Facility Clarification Act); H.R. 2603 (Maintaining Agency Direction on Financial Fraud Act); H.R. 2612 (To amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to repeal the authority of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection to prohibit certain acts or practices); H.R. 2651 (To require that the United States Government prioritize all obligations on the debt held by the public, Social Security benefits, and military pay in the event that the debt limit is reached, and for other purposes); H.R. 2682 (Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act); H.R. 2779 (To exempt inter-affiliate swaps from certain regulatory requirements put in place by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act); H.R. 2827 (To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to clarify provisions relating to the regulation of municipal advisors, and for other purposes); H.R. 2855 (Emergency Jobs Now Act); H.R. 2930 (Entrepreneur Access to Capital Act); H.R. 2931 (Full Faith and Credit Act); H.R. 2940 (Access to Capital for Job Creators Act); H.R. 2964 (Unfunded Mandates Accountability Act); H.R. 3010 (Regulatory Accountability Act of 2011); H.R. 3078 (United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act); H.R. 3079 (United States-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act); H.R. 3080 (United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act); H.R. 3084 (Mortgage Credit Availability Act of 2011); H.R. 3128 (To amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to adjust the date on which consolidated assets are determined for purposes of exempting certain instruments of exempting smaller institutions from capital deductions); H.R. 3213 (Small Company Job Growth and Regulatory Relief Act of 2011); H.R. 3283 (Swap Jurisdiction Certainty Act); H.R. 3313 (Wall Street Trading and Speculators Tax Act); H.R. 3318 (Growing Jobs Through Capital Act of 2011); H.R. 3336 (Small Business Credit Availability Act); H.R. 3527 (Protecting Main Street End-Users From Excessive Regulation); H.R. 3530 (Freddie Mac Debt Reduction Act of 2011); H.R. 3606 (Reopening American Capital Markets to Emerging Growth Companies Act of 2011); H.R. 3635 (Investing in America's Small Businesses Act of 2011); H.R. 3644 (Private Mortgage Market Investment Act); H.R. 3655 (Small Business Access to Capital Act of 2011); H.R. 3665 (Wall Street Accountability through Sustainable Funding Act); H.R. 3733 (Affordable Mortgage for Homeowners Act of 2011); H.R. 3871 (Proprietary Information Protection Act of 2012); H.R. 4088 (Capital Expansion Act); H.R. 4235 (To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Commodity Exchange Act to repeal the indemnification requirements for regulatory authorities to obtain access to swap data required to be provided by swaps entities under such Acts.); H.R. 4624 (Investment Advisor Oversight Act of 2012); H.R. 6397 (Defending American Taxpayers from Abusive Government Takings Act of 2012); H. Amdt. 465 (Amendment prohibits the use of funds by the CFTC to promulgate any final rules under the Commodity Exchange Act as added by the Dodd-Frank Act until 12 months after the promulgation of final swap transaction reporting rules under the Commodity Exchange Act.); S. 23 (Patent Reform Act of 2011); S. 556 (A bill to amend the securities laws to establish certain thresholds for shareholder registration, and for other purposes); S. 1276 (To repeal the authority to provide certain loans to the International Monetary Fund, the increase in the United States quota to the Fund, and certain other related authorities, to rescind related appropriated amounts, and for other purposes); S. 1544 (Small Company Capital Formation Act of 2011); S. 1619 (The Currency Exchange Act); S. 1641 (A Bill to Implement the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement); S. 1642 (A Bill to Implement the U.S.-Korea Trade Promotion Agreement); S. 1643 (A Bill to Implement the U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement); S. 1650 (Dodd-Frank Improvement Act of 2011); S. 1787 (Wall Street Trading and Speculators Tax Act); S. 1791 (Democratizing Access to Capital Act of 2011); S. 1824 (Private Company Flexibility and Growth Act); S. 1831 (Access to Capital for Job Creators Act); S. 1835 (United States Covered Bond Act); S. 1907 (PCAOB Enforcement Transparency Act of 2011); S. 1933 (Reopening American Capital Markets to Emerging Growth Companies Act of 2011); S. 1941 (To amend the securities laws to establish certain thresholds for shareholder registration, and for other purposes); S. 1962 (Startup Expansion and Investment Act); S. 1963 (Mortgage Finance Act of 2011); S. 1970 (CROWDFUND Act); S. 1975 (No More IMF Bailouts Act); S. 1997 (FHA Bailout Protection Act of 2011); S. 2033 (Closing the Derivatives Blended Rate Loophole Act); S. 2038 (STOCK Act); S. 2055 (A bill to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act with respect to the protection of certain information.); S. 2102 (Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2012); S. 2105 (Cybersecurity Act of 2012); S. 3414 (A bill to enhance the security and resiliency of the cyber and communications infrastructure of the United States.); S. 3620 (A bill to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to clarify provisions relating to the regulation of municipal advisors, and for other purposes.); S. Amdt. 1818 to S. 1813 (offshore tax havens); SR-NASDAQ-2012-005 (Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change to Establish an Enhanced Display Distributor Fee); SR-NASDAQ-2012-042 (Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change to Re-organize NASDAQ's Rules Governing the Fees Applicable to NASDAQ's Depth-of-Book Market Data); SR-NASDAQ-2012-044 (Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change to Modify the Fees Applicable to Non-Display Usage of Certain NASDAQ Depth-of-Book Market Data); SR-NYSEArca-2011-96 (Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change To Establish Fees for the NYSE Arca Integrated Data Feed); FINRA Rule 4560 (short interest reporting); EU data protection rules; Swap dealer and major swap participant recordkeeping and reporting, duties, and conflicts of interest policies and procedures; Futures Commission Merchant and Introducing Broker Conflicts of Interest Policies and Procedures; Swap dealer, major swap participant, and futures commission merchant chief compliance officer; Recordkeeping under Exchange Act Rule 17a-4(b)(4); Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Implementation (Section 913; Section 914; Systemic risk regulation and liquidation authority; Section 342 (Office of Minority and Women Inclusion); Section 621; Section 941); Systemic Risk Regulation and liquidation authority; Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) Funding (Regulatory Capital Requirements, systemic risk regulation and liquidation authority); Resolution Authority for Systemically Significant Financial Companies Act of 2009; China - strategic and economic dialogue; Market Structure Issues (dark pools, flash quotes, high frequency trading); Transatlantic Economic Council (Trade Issues); Preservation of independent contractor status for financial services sector; Asian Pacific Economic Council Privacy Issues; Bilateral Investment Treaties, India; Eminent domain; Russia Permanent Normal Trade Relations; Transpacific Partnership; U.S./EU cross-border regulatory issues; India Market Access Issues, Response to Royal Bank of India discussion; European Union proposal regarding Credit Default Swaps and Credit Rating Agencies and their impact on US Markets; EU Alternative Investment Fund Managers Proposal (AIFM); Basel Capital Rules; G-20; Amendments to the 2012 Indian Finance Bill; Regulatory Capital Requirements; Single Platform/Government Sponsored Enterprises; SEC Regulation AB2; Trust Indenture Act; Accounting standards for municipalities; Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC) reform and funding fees; Financial Stability Board Outreach; Establishment of the Office of Financial Research; Bankruptcy reform for municipalities; Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC); Support of financial literacy; Privacy and cyber security issues; Self-Regulatory Organizations (SRO) rulemaking; Municipal advisor regulation; Tax-exemption for municipal bonds; Cross-border guidance; CFTC exemptive order on extraterritorial scope of Title VII; Tri-party repo; Computerized trading; Market Data Exchange Act Section 19 (and related rules).
Client expense: $1,530,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Ginnie Mae, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2012 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
S. 509, the Small Business Lending Enhancement Act of 2011 (all provisions) S. 556, a bill to amend the securities laws to establish certain thresholds for shareholder registration, and for other purposes (all provisions) S. 1151, the Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2011 (all provisions, including those to exclude GLBA institutions from data security and consumer notice requirements) S. 1207, the Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2011 (all provisions, including data security and consumer notice requirements) S. 1408, the Data Breach Notification Act of 2011 (all provisions, including data security and consumer notice requirements) S. 1434, the Data Security Act of 2011, (all provisions, including data security and consumer notice requirements) S. 1535, the Personal Data Protection and Breach Accountability Act of 2011 (all provisions, including data security and consumer notice requirements) S. 1615, the Financial Regulatory Responsibility Act of 2011 (all provisions) S. 1824, the Private Company Flexibility and Growth Act (all provisions) S. 1941, a bill to amend the securities laws to establish certain thresholds for shareholder registration, and for other purposes (all provisions) S. 2099, a bill to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act with respect to information provided to the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (all provisions) S. 2160, the Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act (all provisions) S. 2223, a bill to address the implementation of certain prohibitions under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, and for other purposes (all provisions) S. 2231, the Small Business Lending Enhancement Act of 2012 (all provisions) S. 3204, a bill to address fee disclosure requirements under the Electronic Fund Transfer Act, and for other purposes (all provisions) S. 3394, A bill to address fee disclosure requirements under the Electronic Fund Transfer Act, to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act with respect to information provided to the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, and for other purposes (all provisions) S. 3492, A bill to provide exemptions from municipal advisor registration requirements (all provisions) H.R. 1070, the Small Company Capital Formation Act of 2011 (all provisions) H.R. 1418, the Small Business Lending Enhancement Act of 2011 (all provisions) H.R. 1539, the Asset-Backed Market Stabilization Act of 2011 (all provisions) H.R. 1573, a bill to facilitate implementation of title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, promote regulatory coordination, and avoid market disruption (all provisions) H.R. 1965, a bill to amend the securities laws to establish certain thresholds for shareholder registration, and for other purposes (all provisions) H.R. 2056, a bill To instruct the Inspector General of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to study the impact of insured depository institution failures, and for other purposes H.R. 2167, the Private Company Flexibility and Growth Act (all provisions) H.R. 2577, the SAFE Data Act (all provisions, including those to exclude GLBA institutions from data security and consumer notice requirements) H.R. 2827, to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to clarify provisions relating to the regulation of municipal advisors and for other purposes H.R. 3128, to amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to adjust the date on which consolidated assets are determined for purposes of exempting certain instruments of smaller institutions from capital deductions (all provisions) H.R. 3283, the Swap Jurisdiction Certainty Act (all provisions) H.R. 3461, the Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act (all provisions) H.R. 3606, the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act (provisions regarding shareholder threshold for SEC registration) H.R. 3871, the Proprietary Information Protection Act of 2012 (all provisions) H.R. 3993, Capital Access for Small Businesses and Jobs Act H.R. 4014, to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act with respect to information provided to the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (all provisions) H.R. 4088, the Capital Expansion Act (all provisions) H.R. 4235, to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Commodity Exchange Act to repeal the indemnification requirements for regulatory authorities to obtain access to swap data required to be provided by swaps entities under such Acts (all provisions) H.R. 4367, to amend the Electronic Fund Transfer Act to limit the fee disclosure requirement for an automatic teller machine to the screen of that machine (all provisions) H.R. 5860, the Executive Compensation Clawback Full Enforcement Act (all provisions) H.R. 6524, To make improvements to provisions of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 relating to proprietary trading by banking entities. Proposal to Implement Basel III Capital Standards Proposal to implement the Volcker Rule under the Dodd-Frank Act
Client expense: $1,650,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2012 · second_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 363 (Housing Opportunity and Mortgage Equity Act of 2011); H.R. 344 (Fiscal Responsibility Effective Enforcement Act of 2011); H.R. 463 (Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Transparency Act of 2011); H.R. 653 (Financial Information Privacy Act of 2011); H.R. 757 (Equitable Treatment of Investors Act); H.R. 836 (Emergency Mortgage Relief Program Termination Act); H.R. 1062 (Burdensome Data Collection Relief Act); H.R. 1070 (Small Company Capital Formation Act of 2011); H.R. 1082 (Small Business Capital Access and Job Preservation Act); H.R. 1112 (National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act of 2011); H.R. 1151 (Emergency Mortgage Relief and Neighborhood Stabilization Programs Cost Recoupment Act of 2011); H.R. 1341 (A bill to provide a point of order against consideration of any measure that would increase the statutory limit on the public debt above $14.294 trillion unless that measure has been publicly available for a full 7 calendar days before consideration on the floor of the Senate); H.R. 1438 (Regulation Moratorium and Jobs Preservation Act of 2011); H.R. 1532 (A bill to amend the Budget Control Act of 2011 to require the joint select committee of Congress to report findings and propose legislation to restore the Nation's workforce to full employment over the period of fiscal years 2012 and 2013); H.R. 1535 (Personal Data Protection and Breach Accountability Act of 2011); H.R. 1539 (Asset-Backed Market Stabilization Act of 2011); H.R. 1544 (Small Company Capital Formation Act of 2011); H.R. 1550 (National Infrastructure Bank Act of 2011); H.R. 1573 (To facilitate implementation of title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, promote regulatory coordination, and avoid market disruption); H.R. 1610 (Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act of 2011); H.R. 1838 (To repeal a provision of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act prohibiting any Federal bailout of swap dealers or participants); H.R. 1840 (To improve consideration by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission of the costs and benefits of its regulations and orders); H.R. 1965 (To amend the securities laws to establish certain thresholds for shareholder registration, and for other purposes.); H.R. 2167 (Private Company Flexibility Act); H.R. 2308 (SEC Regulatory Accountability Act); H.R. 2313 (To repeal the authority to provide certain loans to the International Monetary Fund, the increase in the United States quota to the Fund, and certain other related authorities, to rescind related appropriated amounts, and for other purposes); H.R. 2413 (Secondary Market Facility for Residential Mortgages Act of 2011); H.R. 2483 (Whistleblower Improvement Act); H.R. 2517 (Shareholder Protection Act of 2011); H.R. 2586 (Swap Execution Facility Clarification Act); H.R. 2603 (Maintaining Agency Direction on Financial Fraud Act); H.R. 2612 (To amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to repeal the authority of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection to prohibit certain acts or practices); H.R. 2651 (To require that the United States Government prioritize all obligations on the debt held by the public, Social Security benefits, and military pay in the event that the debt limit is reached, and for other purposes); H.R. 2682 (Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act); H.R. 2779 (To exempt inter-affiliate swaps from certain regulatory requirements put in place by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act); H.R. 2827 (To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to clarify provisions relating to the regulation of municipal advisors, and for other purposes); H.R. 2855 (Emergency Jobs Now Act); H.R. 2930 (Entrepreneur Access to Capital Act); H.R. 2931 (Full Faith and Credit Act); H.R. 2940 (Access to Capital for Job Creators Act); H.R. 2964 (Unfunded Mandates Accountability Act); H.R. 3010 (Regulatory Accountability Act of 2011); H.R. 3078 (United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act); H.R. 3079 (United States-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act); H.R. 3080 (United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act); H.R. 3084 (Mortgage Credit Availability Act of 2011); H.R. 3128 (To amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to adjust the date on which consolidated assets are determined for purposes of exempting certain instruments of exempting smaller institutions from capital deductions); H.R. 3213 (Small Company Job Growth and Regulatory Relief Act of 2011); H.R. 3283 (Swap Jurisdiction Certainty Act); H.R. 3313 (Wall Street Trading and Speculators Tax Act); H.R. 3318 (Growing Jobs Through Capital Act of 2011); H.R. 3336 (Small Business Credit Availability Act); H.R. 3527 (Protecting Main Street End-Users From Excessive Regulation); H.R. 3530 (Freddie Mac Debt Reduction Act of 2011); H.R. 3606 (Reopening American Capital Markets to Emerging Growth Companies Act of 2011); H.R. 3635 (Investing in America's Small Businesses Act of 2011); H.R. 3644 (Private Mortgage Market Investment Act); H.R. 3655 (Small Business Access to Capital Act of 2011); H.R. 3665 (Wall Street Accountability through Sustainable Funding Act); H.R. 3733 (Affordable Mortgage for Homeowners Act of 2011); H.R. 3871 (Proprietary Information Protection Act of 2012); H.R. 4088 (Capital Expansion Act); H.R. 4235 (To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Commodity Exchange Act to repeal the indemnification requirements for regulatory authorities to obtain access to swap data required to be provided by swaps entities under such Acts.); H.R. 4624 (Investment Advisor Oversight Act of 2012); H. Amdt. 465 (Amendment prohibits the use of funds by the CFTC to promulgate any final rules under the Commodity Exchange Act as added by the Dodd-Frank Act until 12 months after the promulgation of final swap transaction reporting rules under the Commodity Exchange Act.); S. 23 (Patent Reform Act of 2011); S. 556 (A bill to amend the securities laws to establish certain thresholds for shareholder registration, and for other purposes); S. 1276 (To repeal the authority to provide certain loans to the International Monetary Fund, the increase in the United States quota to the Fund, and certain other related authorities, to rescind related appropriated amounts, and for other purposes); S. 1544 (Small Company Capital Formation Act of 2011); S. 1619 (The Currency Exchange Act); S. 1641 (A Bill to Implement the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement); S. 1642 (A Bill to Implement the U.S.-Korea Trade Promotion Agreement); S. 1643 (A Bill to Implement the U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement); S. 1650 (Dodd-Frank Improvement Act of 2011); S. 1787 (Wall Street Trading and Speculators Tax Act); S. 1791 (Democratizing Access to Capital Act of 2011); S. 1824 (Private Company Flexibility and Growth Act); S. 1831 (Access to Capital for Job Creators Act); S. 1835 (United States Covered Bond Act); S. 1907 (PCAOB Enforcement Transparency Act of 2011); S. 1933 (Reopening American Capital Markets to Emerging Growth Companies Act of 2011); S. 1941 (To amend the securities laws to establish certain thresholds for shareholder registration, and for other purposes); S. 1962 (Startup Expansion and Investment Act); S. 1963 (Mortgage Finance Act of 2011); S. 1970 (CROWDFUND Act); S. 1975 (No More IMF Bailouts Act); S. 1997 (FHA Bailout Protection Act of 2011); S. 2033 (Closing the Derivatives Blended Rate Loophole Act); S. 2038 (STOCK Act); S. 2055 (A bill to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act with respect to the protection of certain information.); S. Amdt. 1818 to S. 1813 (offshore tax havens); SR-NASDAQ-2012-005 (Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change to Establish an Enhanced Display Distributor Fee); SR-NASDAQ-2012-042 (Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change to Re-organize NASDAQ's Rules Governing the Fees Applicable to NASDAQ's Depth-of-Book Market Data); SR-NASDAQ-2012-044 (Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change to Modify the Fees Applicable to Non-Display Usage of Certain NASDAQ Depth-of-Book Market Data); SR-NYSEArca-2011-96 (Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change To Establish Fees for the NYSE Arca Integrated Data Feed); FINRA Rule 4560 (short interest reporting); EU data protection rules; Swap dealer and major swap participant recordkeeping and reporting, duties, and conflicts of interest policies and procedures; Futures Commission Merchant and Introducing Broker Conflicts of Interest Policies and Procedures; Swap dealer, major swap participant, and futures commission merchant chief compliance officer; Recordkeeping under Exchange Act Rule 17a-4(b)(4); Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Implementation (Section 913; Section 914; Systemic risk regulation and liquidation authority; Section 342 (Office of Minority and Women Inclusion); Section 621; Section 941); Systemic Risk Regulation and liquidation authority; Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) Funding (Regulatory Capital Requirements, systemic risk regulation and liquidation authority); Resolution Authority for Systemically Significant Financial Companies Act of 2009; China - strategic and economic dialogue; Market Structure Issues (dark pools, flash quotes, high frequency trading); Transatlantic Economic Council (Trade Issues); Preservation of independent contractor status for financial services sector; Asian Pacific Economic Council Privacy Issues; Bilateral Investment Treaties, India; Eminent domain; Russia Permanent Normal Trade Relations; Transpacific Partnership; U.S./EU cross-border regulatory issues; India Market Access Issues, Response to Royal Bank of India discussion; European Union proposal regarding Credit Default Swaps and Credit Rating Agencies and their impact on US Markets; EU Alternative Investment Fund Managers Proposal (AIFM); Basel Capital Rules; G-20; Amendments to the 2012 Indian Finance Bill; Regulatory Capital Requirements; Single Platform/Government Sponsored Enterprises; SEC Regulation AB2; Trust Indenture Act; Accounting standards for municipalities; Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC) reform and funding fees; Financial Stability Board Outreach; Establishment of the Office of Financial Research; Bankruptcy reform for municipalities; Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC); Support of financial literacy; Privacy and cyber security issues; Self-Regulatory Organizations (SRO) rulemaking; Municipal advisor regulation; Tax-exemption for municipal bonds.
Client expense: $1,380,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2012 · third_quarter · Banking
Qualified Mortgages mortgage loan data the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) received from the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), and legal protections afforded to lenders under the ability-to-repay rule; Qualified mortgage (QM) definition; Qualified Residential Mortgage (QRM) definition; CFPBs proposed disclosure policy regarding financial products and services; CFPBs advanced notice of proposed rulemaking on (ANPR) on general purpose, reloadable, prepaid cards (GPR cards); CFPBs proposed rules for asserting supervisory authority over nonbank entities; CFPBs request for information (RFI) regarding senior financial exploitation; CFPBs request for information on reverse mortgages; CFPBs proposed changes to the Home Ownership Equity Protection Act; CFPBs proposed changes to the definition of finance charge; The National Credit Union Administrations (NCUAs) 2012 mid-year budget review; NCUAs 2012 regulatory review; NCUAs Federal Credit Union Bylaws; Issues discussed during NCUA listening sessions including: examinations, member business lending, definition of rural district, small and low-income credit unions, investment powers, sources of income for certain credit unions, credit union services organizations and loan participations, short-term small amount loans, and issues related to Allowance for Lean and Loan Losses; NCUA proposed changes to the finance charge in Regulation Z; NCUAs proposed rule requiring federally-insured credit unions to maintain access to emergency liquidity; NCUAs proposed changes to the definition of a troubled condition; FHFAs proposed rule regarding Enterprise Housing Goals for the years 2012-2014; FHFA sought input on use of eminent domain to restructure performing loans; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) proposed rule regarding swap clearing exemptions for cooperatives; Financial Accounting Standards Boards (FASB) draft on disclosures about liquidity risk and interest rate risk; The Electronic Payments Association (NACHA) regarding international ACH transactions (IAT) entries; NACHA regarding various compliance and operation topics including proof of authorization for non-consumer debit entries, stop payments, and notifications of change for single entry transactions; Remittance transfers; CFPBs database to disclose credit card complaints the Bureau receives from consumers; CFPBs proposed rule on mortgage loan origination compensation; Joint-agency proposed rule regarding appraisal requirements for higher-risk mortgages; Credit union tax exemption; Unrelated business income tax; Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Financial Protection Act [P.L. 111-203]; Non-interest bearing transaction accounts; Interest on Lawyers Trust Accounts; ATM fees and the Electronic Funds Transfer Act; H.R. 4367 - To amend the Electronic Fund Transfer Act to limit the fee disclosure requirement for an automatic teller machine to the screen of that machine; Access to supplemental capital for certain credit unions; H.R. 3993 - Capital Access for Small Businesses and Jobs Act; Prompt corrective action (PCA) rules; Regulatory relief for credit unions; Coordination among members of the Financial Stability Oversight Council to facilitate regulatory coordination among member agencies; Cyber security; Data security; H.R. 2577 Secure and Fortify Data Act of 2011; S. 1434 Data Security Act of 2011; H.R. 1151 Personal Data Privacy Act of 2011; S. 1207 Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2011; S. 1535 Personal Data Protection and Breach Accountability Act of 2011; S. 1408 Data Breach Notification Act of 2011; S. 3414 Cyber Security Act of 2012; S.Amdt. 2641 to S. 3414 (Carper-Blunt); Patent Reform; Mortgage loan disclosure forms; Truth in Lending Act (TILA);The Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA); Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act; Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and the future of the Government Sponsored Enterprises; Housing Finance Reform; Small lender access to the Government Sponsored Enterprises; Confidentiality of information shared between financial institutions and the CFPB; H.R. 3871 Proprietary Information Protection Act of 2012; S.2099 - A bill to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act with respect to information provided to the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection; S.3394 - A bill to address fee disclosure requirements under the Electronic Fund Transfer Act, to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act with respect to information provided to the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, and for other purposes; S.3204 - A bill to address fee disclosure requirements under the Electronic Fund Transfer Act, and for other purposes; Student loan interest rates; Federal Student Loans; Private student loans; Exam Fairness issues for credit unions; H.R. 3461 - Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act; S. 2160 - Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act; Credit union member business lending; H.R. 1418 - Small Business Lending Enhancement Act of 2011 S. 2231 - A bill to amend the Federal Credit Union Act, to advance the ability of credit unions to promote small business growth and economic development opportunities, and for other purposes; Credit card interchange fees; Debit card interchange fees; H.R. 3156 Consumer Debit Card Protection Act; Flood insurance; Strategic defaults on mortgage loans; Mortgage bankruptcy cram-down; Federal Home Loan Bank Oversight Issues; Small Business Administration loan guarantee and lending programs; Service members Civil Relief Act; Base Realignment and Closure Commission; Military Lending Act; Military Family Home Protection Act (H.R. 5747);National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (H.R. 4310); To amend the Service members Civil Relief Act to provide surviving spouses with certain protections relating to mortgages and mortgage foreclosures, and for other purposes (H.R. 1263); National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (H.R. 1540); Fairness for Military Homeowners Act of 2012 (H.R. 4740); Military Savings Act of 2012 (H.R. 5946); Protecting Service members from Mortgage Abuses Act of 2011 (S. 486); Hiring Heroes Act of 2011 (S. 951); National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (S. 1253); Department of Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (S. 1254); National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (S. 1867); Service member Housing Protection Act of 2012 (S. 3179); Service members' Protection Act of 2012 (S. 3322); Military Family Home Protection Act (S. 3323); Bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for relief in civil actions for violations of the protections on credit extended to members of the Armed Forces and their dependents (S. 3207); Family and Business Tax Cut Certainty Act (S. 3521).
Client expense: $710,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2012 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Qualified Mortgages mortgage loan data the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) received from the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), and legal protections afforded to lenders under the ability-to-repay rule; Qualified mortgage (QM) definition; Qualified Residential Mortgage (QRM) definition; CFPBs proposed disclosure policy regarding financial products and services; CFPBs advanced notice of proposed rulemaking on (ANPR) on general purpose, reloadable, prepaid cards (GPR cards); CFPBs proposed rules for asserting supervisory authority over nonbank entities; CFPBs request for information (RFI) regarding senior financial exploitation; CFPBs request for information on reverse mortgages; CFPBs proposed changes to the Home Ownership Equity Protection Act; CFPBs proposed changes to the definition of finance charge; The National Credit Union Administrations (NCUAs) 2012 mid-year budget review; NCUAs 2012 regulatory review; NCUAs Federal Credit Union Bylaws; Issues discussed during NCUA listening sessions including: examinations, member business lending, definition of rural district, small and low-income credit unions, investment powers, sources of income for certain credit unions, credit union services organizations and loan participations, short-term small amount loans, and issues related to Allowance for Lean and Loan Losses; NCUA proposed changes to the finance charge in Regulation Z; NCUAs proposed rule requiring federally-insured credit unions to maintain access to emergency liquidity; NCUAs proposed changes to the definition of a troubled condition; FHFAs proposed rule regarding Enterprise Housing Goals for the years 2012-2014; FHFA sought input on use of eminent domain to restructure performing loans; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) proposed rule regarding swap clearing exemptions for cooperatives; Financial Accounting Standards Boards (FASB) draft on disclosures about liquidity risk and interest rate risk; The Electronic Payments Association (NACHA) regarding international ACH transactions (IAT) entries; NACHA regarding various compliance and operation topics including proof of authorization for non-consumer debit entries, stop payments, and notifications of change for single entry transactions; Remittance transfers; CFPBs database to disclose credit card complaints the Bureau receives from consumers; CFPBs proposed rule on mortgage loan origination compensation; Joint-agency proposed rule regarding appraisal requirements for higher-risk mortgages; Credit union tax exemption; Unrelated business income tax; Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Financial Protection Act [P.L. 111-203]; Non-interest bearing transaction accounts; Interest on Lawyers Trust Accounts; ATM fees and the Electronic Funds Transfer Act; H.R. 4367 - To amend the Electronic Fund Transfer Act to limit the fee disclosure requirement for an automatic teller machine to the screen of that machine; Access to supplemental capital for certain credit unions; H.R. 3993 - Capital Access for Small Businesses and Jobs Act; Prompt corrective action (PCA) rules; Regulatory relief for credit unions; Coordination among members of the Financial Stability Oversight Council to facilitate regulatory coordination among member agencies; Cyber security; Data security; H.R. 2577 Secure and Fortify Data Act of 2011; S. 1434 Data Security Act of 2011; H.R. 1151 Personal Data Privacy Act of 2011; S. 1207 Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2011; S. 1535 Personal Data Protection and Breach Accountability Act of 2011; S. 1408 Data Breach Notification Act of 2011; S. 3414 Cyber Security Act of 2012; S.Amdt. 2641 to S. 3414 (Carper-Blunt); Patent Reform; Mortgage loan disclosure forms; Truth in Lending Act (TILA);The Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA); Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act; Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and the future of the Government Sponsored Enterprises; Housing Finance Reform; Small lender access to the Government Sponsored Enterprises; Confidentiality of information shared between financial institutions and the CFPB; H.R. 3871 Proprietary Information Protection Act of 2012; S.2099 - A bill to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act with respect to information provided to the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection; S.3394 - A bill to address fee disclosure requirements under the Electronic Fund Transfer Act, to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act with respect to information provided to the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, and for other purposes; S.3204 - A bill to address fee disclosure requirements under the Electronic Fund Transfer Act, and for other purposes; Student loan interest rates; Federal Student Loans; Private student loans; Exam Fairness issues for credit unions; H.R. 3461 - Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act; S. 2160 - Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act; Credit union member business lending; H.R. 1418 - Small Business Lending Enhancement Act of 2011 S. 2231 - A bill to amend the Federal Credit Union Act, to advance the ability of credit unions to promote small business growth and economic development opportunities, and for other purposes; Credit card interchange fees; Debit card interchange fees; H.R. 3156 Consumer Debit Card Protection Act; Flood insurance; Strategic defaults on mortgage loans; Mortgage bankruptcy cram-down; Federal Home Loan Bank Oversight Issues; Small Business Administration loan guarantee and lending programs; Service members Civil Relief Act; Base Realignment and Closure Commission; Military Lending Act; Military Family Home Protection Act (H.R. 5747);National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (H.R. 4310); To amend the Service members Civil Relief Act to provide surviving spouses with certain protections relating to mortgages and mortgage foreclosures, and for other purposes (H.R. 1263); National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (H.R. 1540); Fairness for Military Homeowners Act of 2012 (H.R. 4740); Military Savings Act of 2012 (H.R. 5946); Protecting Service members from Mortgage Abuses Act of 2011 (S. 486); Hiring Heroes Act of 2011 (S. 951); National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (S. 1253); Department of Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (S. 1254); National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (S. 1867); Service member Housing Protection Act of 2012 (S. 3179); Service members' Protection Act of 2012 (S. 3322); Military Family Home Protection Act (S. 3323); Bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for relief in civil actions for violations of the protections on credit extended to members of the Armed Forces and their dependents (S. 3207); Family and Business Tax Cut Certainty Act (S. 3521).
Client expense: $710,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2012 · third_quarter · Banking
see next page Issues Related To Small Business S. 509 Small Business Lending Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 1418 Small Business Lending Enhancement Act of 2011 Issues Related To Data Security/Privacy S. 799 Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2011 H.R. 1528 Consumer Privacy Protection Act of 2011 Issues Related To Banking S. 222 Limiting Investor and Homeowner Loss in Foreclosure Act of 2010 H.R. 1249 Leahy-Smith America Invents Act H.J.Res.48 Additional Continuing Appropriations Amendments, 2011 H.R. 1473 Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 H.R. 3035 Mobile Informational Call Act of 2011 S. 23 America Invents Act S. 1829 Empowering State's Rights To Protect Consumers Act H.R. 3671 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012 H.R. 3461 Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act H.R. 4367 To amend the Electronic Fund Transfer Act to limit the fee disclosure requirement for an automatic teller machine to the screen of that machine S. 3204 A bill to address fee disclosure requirements under the Electronic Fund Transfer Act, and for other purposes S. 3394 A bill to address fee disclosure requirements under the Electronic Fund Transfer Act, to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act with respect to information provided to the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, and for other purposes. S. 2099 A bill to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act with respect to information provided to the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection. H.R. 4014 To amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act with respect to information provided to the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection. Issues Related To CFPB H.R. 1315 Consumer Financial Protection Safety and Soundness Improvement Act of 2011 H.R. 1121 Responsible Consumer Financial Protection Regulations Act of 2011 S. 737 Responsible Consumer Financial Protection Regulations Act of 2011 H.R. 3871 Proprietary Information Protection Act of 2012 S. 2055 A bill to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act with respect to the protection of certain information Issue Related To Budget Presidents FY2012 Budget Proposal Issues Related To Cyber Security H.R. 3523 The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act H.R. 3674 The Promoting and Enhancing Cybersecurity and Information Sharing Effectiveness (PRECISE) Act S. 2105 The Cybersecurity Act of 2012 H.R. 4263 SECURE IT Act of 2012 H.R. 2096 Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2012 S. 2151 SECURE IT Issues Related To Bankruptcy S. 1102 The Fairness for Struggling Students Act of 2011 H.R. 2028 The Private Student Loan Bankruptcy Fairness Act of 2011
Client expense: $600,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Education, Dept of, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
2012 · third_quarter · Government Issues
Please see addendum. H.R. 10, the Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrunity Act, all provisions H.R. 1564, Faster FOIA Act of 2011, all provisions H.R. 3871, the Proprietary Information Protection Act, all provisions H.R. 4014, a bill to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act with respect to information provided to the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, all provisions S. 2099, a bill to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act with respect to information provided to the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, all provisions Office of Government Ethics Proposed Amendments to Gift Rules, provisions related to the attendance of certain government employees at widely attended gatherings.
Client expense: $1,044,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Office of Government Ethics (OGE), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of
2012 · third_quarter · Banking
Legislation dealing with the banking regulatory agency examination privilege and its applicability to state licensed and supervised finance companies within the jurisdiction of the Consumer Financial Protection Board seeking amendments to H.R. 3871, H.R. 4014, S. 2099 and in support of H.R. 6125.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2012 · second_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
S. 509, the Small Business Lending Enhancement Act of 2011 (all provisions). S. 556, a bill to amend the securities laws to establish certain thresholds for shareholder registration, and for other purposes (all provisions). S. 1151, the Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2011 (all provisions, including those to exclude GLBA institutions from data security and consumer notice requirements) S. 1207, the Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2011 (all provisions, including data security and consumer notice requirements) S. 1408, the Data Breach Notification Act of 2011 (all provisions, including data security and consumer notice requirements) S. 1434, the Data Security Act of 2011, (all provisions, including data security and consumer notice requirements) S. 1535, the Personal Data Protection and Breach Accountability Act of 2011 (all provisions, including data security and consumer notice requirements) S. 1615, the Financial Regulatory Responsibility Act of 2011 (all provisions) S. 1824, the Private Company Flexibility and Growth Act (all provisions) S. 1941, a bill to amend the securities laws to establish certain thresholds for shareholder registration, and for other purposes (all provisions) S. 2099, a bill to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act with respect to information provided to the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (all provisions) S. 2160, the Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act (all provisions) S. 2223, a bill to address the implementation of certain prohibitions under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, and for other purposes (all provisions) S. 2231, the Small Business Lending Enhancement Act of 2012 (all provisions) S. 3204, a bill to address fee disclosure requirements under the Electronic Fund Transfer Act, and for other purposes (all provisions) H.R. 1070, the Small Company Capital Formation Act of 2011 (all provisions) H.R. 1418, the Small Business Lending Enhancement Act of 2011 (all provisions) H.R. 1539, the Asset-Backed Market Stabilization Act of 2011 (all provisions) H.R. 1573, a bill to facilitate implementation of title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, promote regulatory coordination, and avoid market disruption (all provisions) H.R. 1965, a bill to amend the securities laws to establish certain thresholds for shareholder registration, and for other purposes (all provisions) H.R. 2056, a bill To instruct the Inspector General of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to study the impact of insured depository institution failures, and for other purposes H.R. 2167, the Private Company Flexibility and Growth Act (all provisions) H.R. 2577, the SAFE Data Act (all provisions, including those to exclude GLBA institutions from data security and consumer notice requirements). H.R. 2827, to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to clarify provisions relating to the regulation of municipal advisors and for other purposes H.R. 3128, to amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to adjust the date on which consolidated assets are determined for purposes of exempting certain instruments of smaller institutions from capital deductions (all provisions) H.R. 3283, the Swap Jurisdiction Certainty Act (all provisions) H.R. 3461, the Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act (all provisions) H.R. 3606, the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act (provisions regarding shareholder threshold for SEC registration) H.R. 3871, the Proprietary Information Protection Act of 2012 (all provisions) H.R. 3993, Capital Access for Small Businesses and Jobs Act H.R. 4014, to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act with respect to information provided to the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (all provisions) H.R. 4088, the Capital Expansion Act (all provisions) H.R. 4235, to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Commodity Exchange Act to repeal the indemnification requirements for regulatory authorities to obtain access to swap data required to be provided by swaps entities under such Acts (all provisions) H.R. 4367, to amend the Electronic Fund Transfer Act to limit the fee disclosure requirement for an automatic teller machine to the screen of that machine (all provisions) H.R. 5860, the Executive Compensation Clawback Full Enforcement Act (all provisions) Proposal to implement the Volcker Rule under the Dodd-Frank Act
Client expense: $2,100,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2012 · second_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Met with House and Senate on issues related to derivatives and credit default swaps Met with House and Senate on implementation of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 HR 2586 - Swap Execution Facility Clarification Act - all provisions H.R.940 - United States Covered Bond Act - all provisions H.R.1121 - Responsible Consumer Financial Protection Regulations Act - all provisions H.R.1136 - Executive Cyberspace Coordination Act - met with House and Senate to discuss privacy, data security legislation and cyber security H.R.1315 - Consumer Financial Safety and Soundness Improvement Act - all provisions H.R.1573 - To facilitate implementation of title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, promote regulatory coordination, and avoid market disruption - all provisions H.R.1667 - Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Transfer Clarification Act - all provisions H.R.1838 - To repeal a provision of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act prohibiting any Federal bailout of swap dealers or participants - all provisions H.R.1859 - Housing Finance Reform Act of 2011 - all provisions H.R.2308 - SEC Regulatory Accountability Act - all provisions H.R.2577 - SAFE Data Act - all provisions H.R.2586 - Swaps Execution Facility Clarification Act - all provisions H.R.2779 - To exempt inter-affiliate swaps from certain regulatory requirements put in place by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act - all provisions H.R.3035 - Mobile Informational Call Act - all provisions H.R.3045 - Retirement Income Protection Act of 2011 - all provisions H.R.3156 - Consumer Debit Card Protection Act - all provisions H.R.3283 - Swap Jurisdiction Certainty Act - all provisions H.R.3461 - Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act - all provisions H.R.3523 - Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act - all provisions H.R.3674 - The PRECISE Act - all provisions H.R.3871 - Proprietary Information Protection Act - all provisions H.R.4014 - To amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act with respect to information provided to the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection - all provisions other purposes - all provisions H.R.4235 - To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Commodity Exchange Act to repeal the indemnification requirements for regulatory authorities to obtain access to swap data required to be provided by swaps entities under such Acts. - all provisions - all provisions H.R.4348 - MAP-21 - all provisions S.413 - Cyber Security and Internet Freedom Act - all provisions S.799 - Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights - met with House and Senate to discuss privacy, data security legislation and cyber security S.913 - Do Not Trade Online Act - all provisions S.967 - Regulation of Mortgage Servicing Act of 2011 - all provisions S.1151 - Personal Data Privacy and Security Act - met with House and Senate to discuss privacy, data security legislation and cyber security S.1207 - Data Security and Breach Notification Act - met with House and Senate to discuss privacy, data security legislation and cyber security S.1408 - Data Breach Notification Act - all provisions S.1434 - Data Security Act - all provisions S.1469 - International Cybercrime Reporting Act - all provisions S.1535 - Personal Data Protection & Breach Accountability Act - all provisions S.1650 - Dodd-Frank Improvement Act of 2011 - all provisions- S.1834 - Residential Mortgage Market Privitization and Stabilization Act of 2011 - all provisions S.2099 - A bill to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act with respect to information provided to the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection - all provisions S.2105 - Cybersecurity Act of 2012 - all provisions S.2151 - SECURE IT - all provisions S.2223 - A bill to address the implementation of certain prohibitions under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, and for S.3048 - A bill to provide for a safe, accountable, fair, and efficient banking system, and for other purposes. - all provisions S.3245 - A bill to permanently reauthorize the EB-5 Regional Center Program, the E-Verify Program, the Special Immigrant Nonminister Religious Worker Program, and the Conrad State 30 J-1 Visa Waiver Program. - all provisions S.3333 - Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2012 - all provisions Met with House and Senate about Basel III and capital requirements and international coordination Met with House and Senate on Volcker Rule Met with House Staff on agency settlement process Met with House and Senate on credit card interchange
Client expense: $1,320,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2012 · first_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Met with House and Senate on issues related to derivatives and credit default swaps Met with House and Senate on implementation of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 HR 2586 - Swap Execution Facility Clarification Act - all provisions H.R.940 - United States Covered Bond Act - all provisions H.R.1121 - Responsible Consumer Financial Protection Regulations Act - all provisions H.R.1136 - Executive Cyberspace Coordination Act - met with House and Senate to discuss privacy, data security legislation and cyber security H.R.1315 - Consumer Financial Safety and Soundness Improvement Act - all provisions H.R.1573 - To facilitate implementation of title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, promote regulatory coordination, and avoid market disruption - all provisions H.R.1667 - Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Transfer Clarification Act - all provisions H.R.1838 - To repeal a provision of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act prohibiting any Federal bailout of swap dealers or participants - all provisions H.R.1859 - Housing Finance Reform Act of 2011 - all provisions H.R.2308 - SEC Regulatory Accountability Act - all provisions H.R.2577 - SAFE Data Act - all provisions H.R.2586 - Swaps Execution Facility Clarification Act - all provisions H.R.2779 - To exempt inter-affiliate swaps from certain regulatory requirements put in place by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act - all provisions H.R.3035 - Mobile Informational Call Act - all provisions H.R.3045 - Retirement Income Protection Act of 2011 - all provisions H.R.3156 - Consumer Debit Card Protection Act - all provisions H.R.3283 - Swap Jurisdiction Certainty Act - all provisions H.R.3461 - Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act - all provisions H.R.3523 - Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act - all provisions H.R.3674 - The PRECISE Act - all provisions H.R.3871 - Proprietary Information Protection Act - all provisions H.R.4014 - To amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act with respect to information provided to the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection - all provisions other purposes - all provisions H.R.4235 - To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Commodity Exchange Act to repeal the indemnification requirements for regulatory authorities to obtain access to swap data required to be provided by swaps entities under such Acts. - all provisions - all provisions H.R.4348 - MAP-21 - all provisions S.413 - Cyber Security and Internet Freedom Act - all provisions S.799 - Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights - met with House and Senate to discuss privacy, data security legislation and cyber security S.913 - Do Not Trade Online Act - all provisions S.967 - Regulation of Mortgage Servicing Act of 2011 - all provisions S.1151 - Personal Data Privacy and Security Act - met with House and Senate to discuss privacy, data security legislation and cyber security S.1207 - Data Security and Breach Notification Act - met with House and Senate to discuss privacy, data security legislation and cyber security S.1408 - Data Breach Notification Act - all provisions S.1434 - Data Security Act - all provisions S.1469 - International Cybercrime Reporting Act - all provisions S.1535 - Personal Data Protection & Breach Accountability Act - all provisions S.1650 - Dodd-Frank Improvement Act of 2011 - all provisions- S.1834 - Residential Mortgage Market Privitization and Stabilization Act of 2011 - all provisions S.2099 - A bill to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act with respect to information provided to the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection - all provisions S.2105 - Cybersecurity Act of 2012 - all provisions S.2151 - SECURE IT - all provisions S.2223 - A bill to address the implementation of certain prohibitions under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, and for S.3048 - A bill to provide for a safe, accountable, fair, and efficient banking system, and for other purposes. - all provisions S.3245 - A bill to permanently reauthorize the EB-5 Regional Center Program, the E-Verify Program, the Special Immigrant Nonminister Religious Worker Program, and the Conrad State 30 J-1 Visa Waiver Program. - all provisions S.3333 - Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2012 - all provisions Met with House and Senate about Basel III and capital requirements and international coordination Met with House and Senate on Volcker Rule Met with House Staff on agency settlement process Met with House and Senate on credit card interchange
Client expense: $1,320,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2012 · second_quarter · Banking
see next page Issues Related To Small Business S. 509 Small Business Lending Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 1418 Small Business Lending Enhancement Act of 2011 Issues Related To Data Security/Privacy S. 799 Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2011 H.R. 1528 Consumer Privacy Protection Act of 2011 Issues Related To Banking S. 222 Limiting Investor and Homeowner Loss in Foreclosure Act of 2010 H.R. 1249 Leahy-Smith America Invents Act H.J.Res.48 Additional Continuing Appropriations Amendments, 2011 H.R. 1473 Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 H.R. 3035 Mobile Informational Call Act of 2011 S. 23 America Invents Act S. 1829 Empowering State's Rights To Protect Consumers Act H.R. 3671 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012 H.R. 3461 Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act H.R. 4367 To amend the Electronic Fund Transfer Act to limit the fee disclosure requirement for an automatic teller machine to the screen of that machine S. 3204 A bill to address fee disclosure requirements under the Electronic Fund Transfer Act, and for other purposes Issues Related To CFPB H.R. 1315 Consumer Financial Protection Safety and Soundness Improvement Act of 2011 H.R. 1121 Responsible Consumer Financial Protection Regulations Act of 2011 S. 737 Responsible Consumer Financial Protection Regulations Act of 2011 H.R. 3871 Proprietary Information Protection Act of 2012 S. 2055 A bill to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act with respect to the protection of certain information Issue Related To Budget Presidents FY2012 Budget Proposal Issues Related To Cyber Security H.R. 3523 The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act H.R. 3674 The Promoting and Enhancing Cybersecurity and Information Sharing Effectiveness (PRECISE) Act S. 2105 The Cybersecurity Act of 2012 Issues Related To Bankruptcy S. 1102 The Fairness for Struggling Students Act of 2011 H.R. 2028 The Private Student Loan Bankruptcy Fairness Act of 2011
Client expense: $490,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Education, Dept of, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
2012 · second_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Public Law 111-203 - Dodd Frank Act (Rulemakings and Implementation) H.R. 31 - Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Accountability and Transparency for Taxpayers Act H.R. 3534 - The Security in Bonding Act H.R. 3606 - Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act H.R. 2306 - SEC Regulatory Accountability Act H.R. 1838 - To repeal a provision of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act that disadvantages U.S. financial institutions by forcing them to move their swap desks to a separately registered and capitalized entity. H.R. 3871 - Proprietary Information Protection Act of 2012 H.R. 2483 - Whistleblower Improvement Act of 2011 H.R. 5860 - Executive Compensation Clawback Full Enforcement Act Public Law 112-105 - Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act (The STOCK Act)
Client expense: $491,523 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2012 · second_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Issues related to the implementation of Dodd Frank HR 2072 - Securing American Jobs Through Exports Act of 2011 HR 940 - The United States Covered Bonds Act of 2011 Bank Tax and the "Robin Hood" Tax HR 1610 - The Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act HR 1573 - To facilitate implementation of title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, promote regulatory coordination, and avoid market disruption. HR 2682 - Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act HR 1840 - A Bill to improve the CFTC's Cost Benefit Analysis HR 2779 - To exempt inter-affiliate swaps from certain regulatory requirements put in place by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act HR 2533 - The Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Venue Reform Act of 2011 S 2055 - To Amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act with respect to the protection of certain information HR 3871 - The Proprietary Information Protection Act of 2012
Client expense: $4,860,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
2012 · second_quarter · Consumer Issues/Safety/Products
HR 3871, HR 4257, S 1151, S 1408, S 1535
Client expense: $730,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
2012 · second_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
S. 509, the Small Business Lending Enhancement Act of 2011 (all provisions). S. 556, a bill to amend the securities laws to establish certain thresholds for shareholder registration, and for other purposes (all provisions). S. 1151, the Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2011 (all provisions, including those to exclude GLBA institutions from data security and consumer notice requirements) S. 1207, the Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2011 (all provisions, including data security and consumer notice requirements) S. 1408, the Data Breach Notification Act of 2011 (all provisions, including data security and consumer notice requirements) S. 1434, the Data Security Act of 2011, (all provisions, including data security and consumer notice requirements) S. 1535, the Personal Data Protection and Breach Accountability Act of 2011 (all provisions, including data security and consumer notice requirements) S. 1615, the Financial Regulatory Responsibility Act of 2011 (all provisions) S. 1824, the Private Company Flexibility and Growth Act (all provisions) S. 1941, a bill to amend the securities laws to establish certain thresholds for shareholder registration, and for other purposes (all provisions) S. 2099, a bill to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act with respect to information provided to the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (all provisions) S. 2160, the Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act (all provisions) S. 2223, a bill to address the implementation of certain prohibitions under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, and for other purposes (all provisions) S. 2231, the Small Business Lending Enhancement Act of 2012 (all provisions) S. 3204, a bill to address fee disclosure requirements under the Electronic Fund Transfer Act, and for other purposes (all provisions) H.R. 1070, the Small Company Capital Formation Act of 2011 (all provisions) H.R. 1418, the Small Business Lending Enhancement Act of 2011 (all provisions) H.R. 1539, the Asset-Backed Market Stabilization Act of 2011 (all provisions) H.R. 1573, a bill to facilitate implementation of title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, promote regulatory coordination, and avoid market disruption (all provisions) H.R. 1965, a bill to amend the securities laws to establish certain thresholds for shareholder registration, and for other purposes (all provisions) H.R. 2056, a bill To instruct the Inspector General of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to study the impact of insured depository institution failures, and for other purposes H.R. 2167, the Private Company Flexibility and Growth Act (all provisions) H.R. 2577, the SAFE Data Act (all provisions, including those to exclude GLBA institutions from data security and consumer notice requirements). H.R. 2827, to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to clarify provisions relating to the regulation of municipal advisors and for other purposes H.R. 3128, to amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to adjust the date on which consolidated assets are determined for purposes of exempting certain instruments of smaller institutions from capital deductions (all provisions) H.R. 3283, the Swap Jurisdiction Certainty Act (all provisions) H.R. 3461, the Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act (all provisions) H.R. 3606, the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act (provisions regarding shareholder threshold for SEC registration) H.R. 3871, the Proprietary Information Protection Act of 2012 (all provisions) H.R. 3993, Capital Access for Small Businesses and Jobs Act H.R. 4014, to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act with respect to information provided to the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (all provisions) H.R. 4088, the Capital Expansion Act (all provisions) H.R. 4235, to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Commodity Exchange Act to repeal the indemnification requirements for regulatory authorities to obtain access to swap data required to be provided by swaps entities under such Acts (all provisions) H.R. 4367, to amend the Electronic Fund Transfer Act to limit the fee disclosure requirement for an automatic teller machine to the screen of that machine (all provisions) H.R. 5860, the Executive Compensation Clawback Full Enforcement Act (all provisions) Proposal to implement the Volcker Rule under the Dodd-Frank Act
Client expense: $2,100,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2012 · second_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 363 (Housing Opportunity and Mortgage Equity Act of 2011); H.R. 344 (Fiscal Responsibility Effective Enforcement Act of 2011); H.R. 463 (Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Transparency Act of 2011); H.R. 653 (Financial Information Privacy Act of 2011); H.R. 757 (Equitable Treatment of Investors Act); H.R. 836 (Emergency Mortgage Relief Program Termination Act); H.R. 1062 (Burdensome Data Collection Relief Act); H.R. 1070 (Small Company Capital Formation Act of 2011); H.R. 1082 (Small Business Capital Access and Job Preservation Act); H.R. 1112 (National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act of 2011); H.R. 1151 (Emergency Mortgage Relief and Neighborhood Stabilization Programs Cost Recoupment Act of 2011); H.R. 1341 (A bill to provide a point of order against consideration of any measure that would increase the statutory limit on the public debt above $14.294 trillion unless that measure has been publicly available for a full 7 calendar days before consideration on the floor of the Senate); H.R. 1438 (Regulation Moratorium and Jobs Preservation Act of 2011); H.R. 1532 (A bill to amend the Budget Control Act of 2011 to require the joint select committee of Congress to report findings and propose legislation to restore the Nation's workforce to full employment over the period of fiscal years 2012 and 2013); H.R. 1535 (Personal Data Protection and Breach Accountability Act of 2011); H.R. 1539 (Asset-Backed Market Stabilization Act of 2011); H.R. 1544 (Small Company Capital Formation Act of 2011); H.R. 1550 (National Infrastructure Bank Act of 2011); H.R. 1573 (To facilitate implementation of title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, promote regulatory coordination, and avoid market disruption); H.R. 1610 (Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act of 2011); H.R. 1838 (To repeal a provision of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act prohibiting any Federal bailout of swap dealers or participants); H.R. 1840 (To improve consideration by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission of the costs and benefits of its regulations and orders); H.R. 1965 (To amend the securities laws to establish certain thresholds for shareholder registration, and for other purposes.); H.R. 2167 (Private Company Flexibility Act); H.R. 2308 (SEC Regulatory Accountability Act); H.R. 2313 (To repeal the authority to provide certain loans to the International Monetary Fund, the increase in the United States quota to the Fund, and certain other related authorities, to rescind related appropriated amounts, and for other purposes); H.R. 2413 (Secondary Market Facility for Residential Mortgages Act of 2011); H.R. 2483 (Whistleblower Improvement Act); H.R. 2517 (Shareholder Protection Act of 2011); H.R. 2586 (Swap Execution Facility Clarification Act); H.R. 2603 (Maintaining Agency Direction on Financial Fraud Act); H.R. 2612 (To amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to repeal the authority of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection to prohibit certain acts or practices); H.R. 2651 (To require that the United States Government prioritize all obligations on the debt held by the public, Social Security benefits, and military pay in the event that the debt limit is reached, and for other purposes); H.R. 2682 (Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act); H.R. 2779 (To exempt inter-affiliate swaps from certain regulatory requirements put in place by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act); H.R. 2827 (To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to clarify provisions relating to the regulation of municipal advisors, and for other purposes); H.R. 2855 (Emergency Jobs Now Act); H.R. 2930 (Entrepreneur Access to Capital Act); H.R. 2931 (Full Faith and Credit Act); H.R. 2940 (Access to Capital for Job Creators Act); H.R. 2964 (Unfunded Mandates Accountability Act); H.R. 3010 (Regulatory Accountability Act of 2011); H.R. 3078 (United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act); H.R. 3079 (United States-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act); H.R. 3080 (United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act); H.R. 3084 (Mortgage Credit Availability Act of 2011); H.R. 3128 (To amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to adjust the date on which consolidated assets are determined for purposes of exempting certain instruments of exempting smaller institutions from capital deductions); H.R. 3213 (Small Company Job Growth and Regulatory Relief Act of 2011); H.R. 3283 (Swap Jurisdiction Certainty Act); H.R. 3313 (Wall Street Trading and Speculators Tax Act); H.R. 3318 (Growing Jobs Through Capital Act of 2011); H.R. 3336 (Small Business Credit Availability Act); H.R. 3527 (Protecting Main Street End-Users From Excessive Regulation); H.R. 3530 (Freddie Mac Debt Reduction Act of 2011); H.R. 3606 (Reopening American Capital Markets to Emerging Growth Companies Act of 2011); H.R. 3635 (Investing in America's Small Businesses Act of 2011); H.R. 3644 (Private Mortgage Market Investment Act); H.R. 3655 (Small Business Access to Capital Act of 2011); H.R. 3665 (Wall Street Accountability through Sustainable Funding Act); H.R. 3733 (Affordable Mortgage for Homeowners Act of 2011); H.R. 3871 (Proprietary Information Protection Act of 2012); H.R. 4088 (Capital Expansion Act); H.R. 4235 (To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Commodity Exchange Act to repeal the indemnification requirements for regulatory authorities to obtain access to swap data required to be provided by swaps entities under such Acts.); H.R. 4624 (Investment Advisor Oversight Act of 2012); H. Amdt. 465 (Amendment prohibits the use of funds by the CFTC to promulgate any final rules under the Commodity Exchange Act as added by the Dodd-Frank Act until 12 months after the promulgation of final swap transaction reporting rules under the Commodity Exchange Act.); S. 23 (Patent Reform Act of 2011); S. 556 (A bill to amend the securities laws to establish certain thresholds for shareholder registration, and for other purposes); S. 1276 (To repeal the authority to provide certain loans to the International Monetary Fund, the increase in the United States quota to the Fund, and certain other related authorities, to rescind related appropriated amounts, and for other purposes); S. 1544 (Small Company Capital Formation Act of 2011); S. 1619 (The Currency Exchange Act); S. 1641 (A Bill to Implement the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement); S. 1642 (A Bill to Implement the U.S.-Korea Trade Promotion Agreement); S. 1643 (A Bill to Implement the U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement); S. 1650 (Dodd-Frank Improvement Act of 2011); S. 1787 (Wall Street Trading and Speculators Tax Act); S. 1791 (Democratizing Access to Capital Act of 2011); S. 1824 (Private Company Flexibility and Growth Act); S. 1831 (Access to Capital for Job Creators Act); S. 1835 (United States Covered Bond Act); S. 1907 (PCAOB Enforcement Transparency Act of 2011); S. 1933 (Reopening American Capital Markets to Emerging Growth Companies Act of 2011); S. 1941 (To amend the securities laws to establish certain thresholds for shareholder registration, and for other purposes); S. 1962 (Startup Expansion and Investment Act); S. 1963 (Mortgage Finance Act of 2011); S. 1970 (CROWDFUND Act); S. 1975 (No More IMF Bailouts Act); S. 1997 (FHA Bailout Protection Act of 2011); S. 2033 (Closing the Derivatives Blended Rate Loophole Act); S. 2038 (STOCK Act); S. 2055 (A bill to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act with respect to the protection of certain information.); S. Amdt. 1818 to S. 1813 (offshore tax havens); SR-NASDAQ-2012-005 (Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change to Establish an Enhanced Display Distributor Fee); SR-NASDAQ-2012-042 (Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change to Re-organize NASDAQ's Rules Governing the Fees Applicable to NASDAQ's Depth-of-Book Market Data); SR-NASDAQ-2012-044 (Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change to Modify the Fees Applicable to Non-Display Usage of Certain NASDAQ Depth-of-Book Market Data); SR-NYSEArca-2011-96 (Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change To Establish Fees for the NYSE Arca Integrated Data Feed); FINRA Rule 4560 (short interest reporting); EU data protection rules; Swap dealer and major swap participant recordkeeping and reporting, duties, and conflicts of interest policies and procedures; Futures Commission Merchant and Introducing Broker Conflicts of Interest Policies and Procedures; Swap dealer, major swap participant, and futures commission merchant chief compliance officer; Recordkeeping under Exchange Act Rule 17a-4(b)(4); Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Implementation (Section 913; Section 914; Systemic risk regulation and liquidation authority; Section 342 (Office of Minority and Women Inclusion); Section 621; Section 941); Systemic Risk Regulation and liquidation authority; Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) Funding (Regulatory Capital Requirements, systemic risk regulation and liquidation authority); Resolution Authority for Systemically Significant Financial Companies Act of 2009; China - strategic and economic dialogue; Market Structure Issues (dark pools, flash quotes, high frequency trading); Transatlantic Economic Council (Trade Issues); Preservation of independent contractor status for financial services sector; Asian Pacific Economic Council Privacy Issues; Bilateral Investment Treaties, India; Eminent domain; Russia Permanent Normal Trade Relations; Transpacific Partnership; U.S./EU cross-border regulatory issues; India Market Access Issues, Response to Royal Bank of India discussion; European Union proposal regarding Credit Default Swaps and Credit Rating Agencies and their impact on US Markets; EU Alternative Investment Fund Managers Proposal (AIFM); Basel Capital Rules; G-20; Amendments to the 2012 Indian Finance Bill; Regulatory Capital Requirements; Single Platform/Government Sponsored Enterprises; SEC Regulation AB2; Trust Indenture Act; Accounting standards for municipalities; Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC) reform and funding fees; Financial Stability Board Outreach; Establishment of the Office of Financial Research; Bankruptcy reform for municipalities; Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC); Support of financial literacy; Privacy and cyber security issues; Self-Regulatory Organizations (SRO) rulemaking; Municipal advisor regulation; Tax-exemption for municipal bonds.
Client expense: $1,330,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2012 · second_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
S. 509, the Small Business Lending Enhancement Act of 2011 (all provisions). S. 556, a bill to amend the securities laws to establish certain thresholds for shareholder registration, and for other purposes (all provisions). S. 1151, the Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2011 (all provisions, including those to exclude GLBA institutions from data security and consumer notice requirements) S. 1207, the Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2011 (all provisions, including data security and consumer notice requirements) S. 1408, the Data Breach Notification Act of 2011 (all provisions, including data security and consumer notice requirements) S. 1434, the Data Security Act of 2011, (all provisions, including data security and consumer notice requirements) S. 1535, the Personal Data Protection and Breach Accountability Act of 2011 (all provisions, including data security and consumer notice requirements) S. 1615, the Financial Regulatory Responsibility Act of 2011 (all provisions) S. 1824, the Private Company Flexibility and Growth Act (all provisions) S. 1941, a bill to amend the securities laws to establish certain thresholds for shareholder registration, and for other purposes (all provisions) S. 2099, a bill to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act with respect to information provided to the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (all provisions) S. 2160, the Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act (all provisions) S. 2223, a bill to address the implementation of certain prohibitions under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, and for other purposes (all provisions) S. 2231, the Small Business Lending Enhancement Act of 2012 (all provisions) S. 3204, a bill to address fee disclosure requirements under the Electronic Fund Transfer Act, and for other purposes (all provisions) H.R. 1070, the Small Company Capital Formation Act of 2011 (all provisions) H.R. 1418, the Small Business Lending Enhancement Act of 2011 (all provisions) H.R. 1539, the Asset-Backed Market Stabilization Act of 2011 (all provisions) H.R. 1573, a bill to facilitate implementation of title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, promote regulatory coordination, and avoid market disruption (all provisions) H.R. 1965, a bill to amend the securities laws to establish certain thresholds for shareholder registration, and for other purposes (all provisions) H.R. 2056, a bill To instruct the Inspector General of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to study the impact of insured depository institution failures, and for other purposes H.R. 2167, the Private Company Flexibility and Growth Act (all provisions) H.R. 2577, the SAFE Data Act (all provisions, including those to exclude GLBA institutions from data security and consumer notice requirements). H.R. 2827, to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to clarify provisions relating to the regulation of municipal advisors and for other purposes H.R. 3128, to amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to adjust the date on which consolidated assets are determined for purposes of exempting certain instruments of smaller institutions from capital deductions (all provisions) H.R. 3283, the Swap Jurisdiction Certainty Act (all provisions) H.R. 3461, the Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act (all provisions) H.R. 3606, the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act (provisions regarding shareholder threshold for SEC registration) H.R. 3871, the Proprietary Information Protection Act of 2012 (all provisions) H.R. 3993, Capital Access for Small Businesses and Jobs Act H.R. 4014, to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act with respect to information provided to the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (all provisions) H.R. 4088, the Capital Expansion Act (all provisions) H.R. 4235, to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Commodity Exchange Act to repeal the indemnification requirements for regulatory authorities to obtain access to swap data required to be provided by swaps entities under such Acts (all provisions) H.R. 4367, to amend the Electronic Fund Transfer Act to limit the fee disclosure requirement for an automatic teller machine to the screen of that machine (all provisions) H.R. 5860, the Executive Compensation Clawback Full Enforcement Act (all provisions) Proposal to implement the Volcker Rule under the Dodd-Frank Act
Client expense: $2,100,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2012 · second_quarter · Banking
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau international remittance transfers; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau treatment of privileged information; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau consolidating disclosures required under the Truth in Lending Act (TILA) and the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA);Consumer Financial Protection Bureau defining larger participants in the financial services market; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau credit card fees and technical concern regarding an example that the CFPB included in the Official Interpretations; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau overdraft protection programs; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau arbitration agreements; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau request for comment on regulatory streamlining; Financial Crimes Enforcement Network requiring credit unions and other institutions to adopt a customer due diligence program; National Credit Union Administration independent authority for credit unions to engage in derivatives; National Credit Union Administration future of the Central Liquidity Facility and plans for and implementation of reform of the Central Liquidity Facility; National Credit Union Administration consequences of the financial situation in Europe; Treasury Department regulatory coordination among members of the Financial Stability Oversight Council; Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act;Mortgage origination and mortgage servicing standards; Escrow accounts;National Credit Union Administrations review of regulations;National Credit Union Administrations Regulatory Flexibility (RegFlex) Program; Electronic Funds Transfer Act and its implementing rule (Regulation E 12 CRF 1005.16);National Credit Union Administrations exam process;Adverse action notices required under Regulation B (Equal Credit Opportunity Act) and Regulation V (Fair Credit Reporting Act);Cost benefit analysis required at federal agencies , impact on small entities;Regulatory Accountability Act of 2011, a bill to modernize the Administrative Procedures Act; Qualified Residential Mortgage (QRM) definition; Bill to repeal an Electronic Funds Transfer Act provision requiring dual signage in disclosing ATM fees (H.R. 4367 / S.3204); Cyber Security;Data security; Secure and Fortify Data (SAFE) Act of 2011 (H.R. 2577); Data Security Act of 2011 (S. 1434); Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2011 (S. 1151); Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2011 (S. 1207); Personal Data Protection and Breach Accountability Act of 2011 (S. 1535); Data Breach Notification Act of 2011 (S. 1408); Patent Reform; The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (H.R. 1249); America Invents Act (S.23); The Dodd Frank Act (P.L. No. 111-203) as it relates to the credit rating industry; Responsible Consumer Financial Protection Regulations Act of 2011 (S. 737); The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (H.R. 4173 - P.L. 111-203);To repeal the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (H.R. 87); The Responsible Consumer Financial Protection Regulations Act of 2011(H.R. 1121); Consumer Financial Protection Safety and Soundness Improvement Act of 2011 (H.R. 1315);Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Transfer Clarification Act (H.R. 1667); Supplement capital; Capital Access for Small Businesses and Jobs Act (H.R. 3993); To amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act with respect to information provided to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (H.R. 3871 / H.R. 4014 / S. 2099); Government Sponsored Enterprise reform; Small lender access to the government sponsored enterprises;Guarantee fees charged to lenders by the housing Government Sponsored Enterprises; Strategic defaults on mortgage loans;Principal reduction on mortgage loans; Mortgage bankruptcy cram-down;Federal Home Loan Bank Oversight Issues; Flood Insurance; The National Flood Insurance Program; Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2011 (H.R. 1309); An original bill to amend the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, to restore the financial solvency of the flood insurance fund, and for other purposes (S.1940); S.Amdt.2468 to S. 1940 in the nature of a substitute; Map -21 (H.R. 4348 / became law No. 112-141); Student loans; Clarifying existing law with respect to existing law by explicitly allowing lenders to collect premiums for force-placed flood insurance during the 45-day notification period if borrowers let policies lapse; credit union tax exemption; Federal Reserves final rule on the CARD Acts ability to repay requirement; FY 2013 Financial Services Spending bills (H.R.6020 / S.3301);Community Development Financial Institutions fund Appropriations; Community Development Revolving Loan Fund Appropriations; Lending ability of NCUAs Central Liquidity Fund;Regulatory directives stemming from the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act [P.L. 111-203]; Credit union members business lending cap; The Small Business Lending Enhancement Act (H.R. 1418 / S. 509 / S. 2231);The Communities First Act (H.R. 1697);Interchange fees; Debit interchange fees; Debit interchange repeal (H.R. 3156);Consumers Payment System Protection Act (H.R. 1081);Debit Interchange Fee Study Act (S. 575); Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act (H.R. 3461/ S. 2160); Small Business Administration loan guarantee and lending programs; Small Business Administration Express program; Small Business Administration Patriot Express program; Restore Main Streets Credit Act (H.R. 4293); Small Business Administration 7(a) program; Small Business Administration 504 program; Credit Union Small Business Lending Act (H.R. 4191); Interest on Lawyers Trust Accounts;Non-Interest Bearing Transaction Accounts; Servicemembers Civil Relief Act; Base Realignment and Closure Commission;Military Lending Act;Military Family Home Protection Act (H.R. 5747);National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (H.R. 4310);To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide surviving spouses with certain protections relating to mortgages and mortgage foreclosures, and for other purposes (H.R. 1263);National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (H.R. 1540); Fairness for Military Homeowners Act of 2012 (H.R. 4740);Military Savings Act of 2012 (H.R. 5946);Protecting Servicemembers from Mortgage Abuses Act of 2011 (S. 486); Hiring Heroes Act of 2011 (S. 951);National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (S. 1253);Department of Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (S. 1254);National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (S. 1867);Servicemember Housing Protection Act of 2012 (S. 3179);Servicemembers' Protection Act of 2012 (S. 3322);Military Family Home Protection Act (S. 3323).
Client expense: $660,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2012 · second_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau international remittance transfers; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau treatment of privileged information; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau consolidating disclosures required under the Truth in Lending Act (TILA) and the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA);Consumer Financial Protection Bureau defining larger participants in the financial services market; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau credit card fees and technical concern regarding an example that the CFPB included in the Official Interpretations; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau overdraft protection programs; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau arbitration agreements; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau request for comment on regulatory streamlining; Financial Crimes Enforcement Network requiring credit unions and other institutions to adopt a customer due diligence program; National Credit Union Administration independent authority for credit unions to engage in derivatives; National Credit Union Administration future of the Central Liquidity Facility and plans for and implementation of reform of the Central Liquidity Facility; National Credit Union Administration consequences of the financial situation in Europe; Treasury Department regulatory coordination among members of the Financial Stability Oversight Council; Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act;Mortgage origination and mortgage servicing standards; Escrow accounts;National Credit Union Administrations review of regulations;National Credit Union Administrations Regulatory Flexibility (RegFlex) Program; Electronic Funds Transfer Act and its implementing rule (Regulation E 12 CRF 1005.16);National Credit Union Administrations exam process;Adverse action notices required under Regulation B (Equal Credit Opportunity Act) and Regulation V (Fair Credit Reporting Act);Cost benefit analysis required at federal agencies , impact on small entities;Regulatory Accountability Act of 2011, a bill to modernize the Administrative Procedures Act; Qualified Residential Mortgage (QRM) definition; Bill to repeal an Electronic Funds Transfer Act provision requiring dual signage in disclosing ATM fees (H.R. 4367 / S.3204); Cyber Security;Data security; Secure and Fortify Data (SAFE) Act of 2011 (H.R. 2577); Data Security Act of 2011 (S. 1434); Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2011 (S. 1151); Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2011 (S. 1207); Personal Data Protection and Breach Accountability Act of 2011 (S. 1535); Data Breach Notification Act of 2011 (S. 1408); Patent Reform; The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (H.R. 1249); America Invents Act (S.23); The Dodd Frank Act (P.L. No. 111-203) as it relates to the credit rating industry; Responsible Consumer Financial Protection Regulations Act of 2011 (S. 737); The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (H.R. 4173 - P.L. 111-203);To repeal the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (H.R. 87); The Responsible Consumer Financial Protection Regulations Act of 2011(H.R. 1121); Consumer Financial Protection Safety and Soundness Improvement Act of 2011 (H.R. 1315);Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Transfer Clarification Act (H.R. 1667); Supplement capital; Capital Access for Small Businesses and Jobs Act (H.R. 3993); To amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act with respect to information provided to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (H.R. 3871 / H.R. 4014 / S. 2099); Government Sponsored Enterprise reform; Small lender access to the government sponsored enterprises;Guarantee fees charged to lenders by the housing Government Sponsored Enterprises; Strategic defaults on mortgage loans;Principal reduction on mortgage loans; Mortgage bankruptcy cram-down;Federal Home Loan Bank Oversight Issues; Flood Insurance; The National Flood Insurance Program; Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2011 (H.R. 1309); An original bill to amend the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, to restore the financial solvency of the flood insurance fund, and for other purposes (S.1940); S.Amdt.2468 to S. 1940 in the nature of a substitute; Map -21 (H.R. 4348 / became law No. 112-141); Student loans; Clarifying existing law with respect to existing law by explicitly allowing lenders to collect premiums for force-placed flood insurance during the 45-day notification period if borrowers let policies lapse; credit union tax exemption; Federal Reserves final rule on the CARD Acts ability to repay requirement; FY 2013 Financial Services Spending bills (H.R.6020 / S.3301);Community Development Financial Institutions fund Appropriations; Community Development Revolving Loan Fund Appropriations; Lending ability of NCUAs Central Liquidity Fund;Regulatory directives stemming from the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act [P.L. 111-203]; Credit union members business lending cap; The Small Business Lending Enhancement Act (H.R. 1418 / S. 509 / S. 2231);The Communities First Act (H.R. 1697);Interchange fees; Debit interchange fees; Debit interchange repeal (H.R. 3156);Consumers Payment System Protection Act (H.R. 1081);Debit Interchange Fee Study Act (S. 575); Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act (H.R. 3461/ S. 2160); Small Business Administration loan guarantee and lending programs; Small Business Administration Express program; Small Business Administration Patriot Express program; Restore Main Streets Credit Act (H.R. 4293); Small Business Administration 7(a) program; Small Business Administration 504 program; Credit Union Small Business Lending Act (H.R. 4191); Interest on Lawyers Trust Accounts;Non-Interest Bearing Transaction Accounts; Servicemembers Civil Relief Act; Base Realignment and Closure Commission;Military Lending Act;Military Family Home Protection Act (H.R. 5747);National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (H.R. 4310);To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide surviving spouses with certain protections relating to mortgages and mortgage foreclosures, and for other purposes (H.R. 1263);National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (H.R. 1540); Fairness for Military Homeowners Act of 2012 (H.R. 4740);Military Savings Act of 2012 (H.R. 5946);Protecting Servicemembers from Mortgage Abuses Act of 2011 (S. 486); Hiring Heroes Act of 2011 (S. 951);National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (S. 1253);Department of Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (S. 1254);National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (S. 1867);Servicemember Housing Protection Act of 2012 (S. 3179);Servicemembers' Protection Act of 2012 (S. 3322);Military Family Home Protection Act (S. 3323).
Client expense: $660,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2012 · second_quarter · Government Issues
Please see addendum. H.R. 10, the Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrunity Act, all provisions H.R. 1564, Faster FOIA Act of 2011, all provisions H.R. 3871, the Proprietary Information Protection Act, all provisions H.R. 4014, a bill to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act with respect to information provided to the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, all provisions S. 2099, a bill to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act with respect to information provided to the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, all provisions Office of Government Ethics Proposed Amendments to Gift Rules, provisions related to the attendance of certain government employees at widely attended gatherings.
Client expense: $1,171,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Office of Government Ethics (OGE), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of
2012 · second_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Privileged Information Protection at Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: HR 3871, S 2099.
Client expense: $100,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2012 · second_quarter · Banking
Legislation dealing with the banking regulatory examination privilege and its applicablity to state licensed and supervised consumer finance companies within the jurisdiction of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; seeking perfecting amendments to HR 3871, HR 4014, S. 2009 and successor bills.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2012 · first_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Met with House and Senate on issues related to derivatives and credit default swaps Met with House and Senate on implementation of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 HR 2586 - Swap Execution Facility Clarification Act - all provisions H.R.940 - United States Covered Bond Act - all provisions H.R.1121 - Responsible Consumer Financial Protection Regulations Act - all provisions H.R.1136 - Executive Cyberspace Coordination Act - met with House and Senate to discuss privacy, data security legislation and cyber security H.R.1315 - Consumer Financial Safety and Soundness Improvement Act - all provisions H.R.1573 - To facilitate implementation of title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, promote regulatory coordination, and avoid market disruption - all provisions H.R.1667 - Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Transfer Clarification Act - all provisions H.R.1838 - To repeal a provision of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act prohibiting any Federal bailout of swap dealers or participants - all provisions H.R.1859 - Housing Finance Reform Act of 2011 - all provisions H.R.2308 - SEC Regulatory Accountability Act - all provisions H.R.2577 - SAFE Data Act - all provisions H.R.2586 - Swaps Execution Facility Clarification Act - all provisions H.R.2779 - To exempt inter-affiliate swaps from certain regulatory requirements put in place by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act - all provisions H.R.3035 - Mobile Informational Call Act - all provisions H.R.3045 - Retirement Income Protection Act of 2011 - all provisions H.R.3156 - Consumer Debit Card Protection Act - all provisions H.R.3283 - Swap Jurisdiction Certainty Act - all provisions H.R.3461 - Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act - all provisions H.R.3523 - Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act - all provisions H.R.3679 - The PRECISE Act - all provisions H.R.3871 - Proprietary Information Protection Act - all provisions H.R.4014 - To amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act with respect to information provided to the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection - all provisions other purposes - all provisions H.R.4235 - To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Commodity Exchange Act to repeal the indemnification requirements for regulatory authorities to obtain access to swap data required to be provided by swaps entities under such Acts. - all provisions S.413 - Cyber Security and Internet Freedom Act - all provisions S.799 - Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights - met with House and Senate to discuss privacy, data security legislation and cyber security S.913 - Do Not Trade Online Act - all provisions S.967 - Regulation of Mortgage Servicing Act of 2011 - all provisions S.1151 - Personal Data Privacy and Security Act - met with House and Senate to discuss privacy, data security legislation and cyber security S.1207 - Data Security and Breach Notification Act - met with House and Senate to discuss privacy, data security legislation and cyber security S.1408 - Data Breach Notification Act - all provisions S.1434 - Data Security Act - all provisions S.1469 - International Cybercrime Reporting Act - all provisions S.1535 - Personal Data Protection & Breach Accountability Act - all provisions S.1834 - Residential Mortgage Market Privitization and Stabilization Act of 2011 - all provisions S.2151 - SECURE IT - all provisions S.2223 - A bill to address the implementation of certain prohibitions under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, and for Met with House and Senate about Basel III and capital requirements and international coordination Met with House and Senate on Volcker Rule
Client expense: $1,320,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2012 · first_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Proposals regarding financial regulatory reform implementation- relating to consumer loans, regulatory oversight and consumer products, implementation of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010; Legislation to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act with respect to information provided to the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (H.R.4014, S.2099, S.2055, H.R.3871); Financial Literacy & Education Efforts.
Client expense: $520,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2012 · first_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 363 (Housing Opportunity and Mortgage Equity Act of 2011); H.R. 344 (Fiscal Responsibility Effective Enforcement Act of 2011); H.R. 463 (Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Transparency Act of 2011); H.R. 653 (Financial Information Privacy Act of 2011); H.R. 757 (Equitable Treatment of Investors Act); H.R. 836 (Emergency Mortgage Relief Program Termination Act); H.R. 1062 (Burdensome Data Collection Relief Act); H.R. 1070 (Small Company Capital Formation Act of 2011); H.R. 1082 (Small Business Capital Access and Job Preservation Act); H.R. 1112 (National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act of 2011); H.R. 1151 (Emergency Mortgage Relief and Neighborhood Stabilization Programs Cost Recoupment Act of 2011); H.R. 1341 (A bill to provide a point of order against consideration of any measure that would increase the statutory limit on the public debt above $14.294 trillion unless that measure has been publicly available for a full 7 calendar days before consideration on the floor of the Senate); H.R. 1438 (Regulation Moratorium and Jobs Preservation Act of 2011); H.R. 1532 (A bill to amend the Budget Control Act of 2011 to require the joint select committee of Congress to report findings and propose legislation to restore the Nation's workforce to full employment over the period of fiscal years 2012 and 2013); H.R. 1535 (Personal Data Protection and Breach Accountability Act of 2011); H.R. 1539 (Asset-Backed Market Stabilization Act of 2011); H.R. 1544 (Small Company Capital Formation Act of 2011); H.R. 1550 (National Infrastructure Bank Act of 2011); H.R. 1573 (To facilitate implementation of title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, promote regulatory coordination, and avoid market disruption); H.R. 1610 (Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act of 2011); H.R. 1838 (To repeal a provision of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act prohibiting any Federal bailout of swap dealers or participants); H.R. 1840 (To improve consideration by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission of the costs and benefits of its regulations and orders); H.R. 1965 (To amend the securities laws to establish certain thresholds for shareholder registration, and for other purposes.); H.R. 2167 (Private Company Flexibility Act); H.R. 2308 (SEC Regulatory Accountability Act); H.R. 2313 (To repeal the authority to provide certain loans to the International Monetary Fund, the increase in the United States quota to the Fund, and certain other related authorities, to rescind related appropriated amounts, and for other purposes); H.R. 2413 (Secondary Market Facility for Residential Mortgages Act of 2011); H.R. 2483 (Whistleblower Improvement Act); H.R. 2517 (Shareholder Protection Act of 2011); H.R. 2586 (Swap Execution Facility Clarification Act); H.R. 2603 (Maintaining Agency Direction on Financial Fraud Act); H.R. 2612 (To amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to repeal the authority of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection to prohibit certain acts or practices); H.R. 2651 (To require that the United States Government prioritize all obligations on the debt held by the public, Social Security benefits, and military pay in the event that the debt limit is reached, and for other purposes); H.R. 2682 (Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act); H.R. 2779 (To exempt inter-affiliate swaps from certain regulatory requirements put in place by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act); H.R. 2827 (To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to clarify provisions relating to the regulation of municipal advisors, and for other purposes); H.R. 2855 (Emergency Jobs Now Act); H.R. 2930 (Entrepreneur Access to Capital Act); H.R. 2931 (Full Faith and Credit Act); H.R. 2940 (Access to Capital for Job Creators Act); H.R. 2964 (Unfunded Mandates Accountability Act); H.R. 3010 (Regulatory Accountability Act of 2011); H.R. 3078 (United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act); H.R. 3079 (United States-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act); H.R. 3080 (United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act); H.R. 3084 (Mortgage Credit Availability Act of 2011); H.R. 3128 (To amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to adjust the date on which consolidated assets are determined for purposes of exempting certain instruments of exempting smaller institutions from capital deductions); H.R. 3213 (Small Company Job Growth and Regulatory Relief Act of 2011); H.R. 3283 (Swap Jurisdiction Certainty Act); H.R. 3313 (Wall Street Trading and Speculators Tax Act); H.R. 3318 (Growing Jobs Through Capital Act of 2011); H.R. 3336 (Small Business Credit Availability Act); H.R. 3527 (Protecting Main Street End-Users From Excessive Regulation); H.R. 3530 (Freddie Mac Debt Reduction Act of 2011); H.R. 3606 (Reopening American Capital Markets to Emerging Growth Companies Act of 2011); H.R. 3635 (Investing in America's Small Businesses Act of 2011); H.R. 3644 (Private Mortgage Market Investment Act); H.R. 3655 (Small Business Access to Capital Act of 2011); H.R. 3665 (Wall Street Accountability through Sustainable Funding Act); H.R. 3733 (Affordable Mortgage for Homeowners Act of 2011); H.R. 3871 (Proprietary Information Protection Act of 2012); H.R. 4088 (Capital Expansion Act); H.R. 4235 (To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Commodity Exchange Act to repeal the indemnification requirements for regulatory authorities to obtain access to swap data required to be provided by swaps entities under such Acts.); H. Amdt. 465 (Amendment prohibits the use of funds by the CFTC to promulgate any final rules under the Commodity Exchange Act as added by the Dodd-Frank Act until 12 months after the promulgation of final swap transaction reporting rules under the Commodity Exchange Act.); S. 23 (Patent Reform Act of 2011); S. 556 (A bill to amend the securities laws to establish certain thresholds for shareholder registration, and for other purposes); S. 1276 (To repeal the authority to provide certain loans to the International Monetary Fund, the increase in the United States quota to the Fund, and certain other related authorities, to rescind related appropriated amounts, and for other purposes); S. 1544 (Small Company Capital Formation Act of 2011); S. 1619 (The Currency Exchange Act); S. 1641 (A Bill to Implement the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement); S. 1642 (A Bill to Implement the U.S.-Korea Trade Promotion Agreement); S. 1643 (A Bill to Implement the U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement); S. 1650 (Dodd-Frank Improvement Act of 2011); S. 1787 (Wall Street Trading and Speculators Tax Act); S. 1791 (Democratizing Access to Capital Act of 2011); S. 1824 (Private Company Flexibility and Growth Act); S. 1831 (Access to Capital for Job Creators Act); S. 1835 (United States Covered Bond Act); S. 1907 (PCAOB Enforcement Transparency Act of 2011); S. 1933 (Reopening American Capital Markets to Emerging Growth Companies Act of 2011); S. 1941 (To amend the securities laws to establish certain thresholds for shareholder registration, and for other purposes); S. 1962 (Startup Expansion and Investment Act); S. 1963 (Mortgage Finance Act of 2011); S. 1970 (CROWDFUND Act); S. 1975 (No More IMF Bailouts Act); S. 1997 (FHA Bailout Protection Act of 2011); S. 2033 (Closing the Derivatives Blended Rate Loophole Act); S. 2038 (STOCK Act); S. 2055 (A bill to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act with respect to the protection of certain information.); SR-NASDAQ-2012-005 (Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change to Establish an Enhanced Display Distributor Fee); SR-NASDAQ-2012-042 (Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change to Re-organize NASDAQ's Rules Governing the Fees Applicable to NASDAQ's Depth-of-Book Market Data); SR-NASDAQ-2012-044 (Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change to Modify the Fees Applicable to Non-Display Usage of Certain NASDAQ Depth-of-Book Market Data); SR-NYSEArca-2011-96 (Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change To Establish Fees for the NYSE Arca Integrated Data Feed); FINRA Rule 4560 (short interest reporting); Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Implementation (Section 913; Section 914; Systemic risk regulation and liquidation authority; Section 342 (Office of Minority and Women Inclusion); Systemic Risk Regulation and liquidation authority; Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) Funding (Regulatory Capital Requirements, systemic risk regulation and liquidation authority); Resolution Authority for Systemically Significant Financial Companies Act of 2009; China - strategic and economic dialogue; Market Structure Issues (dark pools, flash quotes, high frequency trading); Transatlantic Economic Council (Trade Issues); Preservation of independent contractor status for financial services sector; Asian Pacific Economic Council Privacy Issues; Bilateral Investment Treaties, India; Transpacific Partnership; U.S./EU cross-border regulatory issues; India Market Access Issues, Response to Royal Bank of India discussion; European Union proposal regarding Credit Default Swaps and Credit Rating Agencies and their impact on US Markets; EU Alternative Investment Fund Managers Proposal (AIFM); Basel Capital Rules; G-20; Amendments to the 2012 Indian Finance Bill; Regulatory Capital Requirements; Accounting standards for municipalities; Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC) reform and funding fees; Financial Stability Board Outreach; Establishment of the Office of Financial Research; Bankruptcy reform for municipalities; Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC); Support of financial literacy; Privacy and cyber security issues; Self-Regulatory Organizations (SRO) rulemaking; Municipal advisor regulation; Tax-exemption for municipal bonds.
Client expense: $1,270,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2012 · first_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Dodd-Frank Act Implementation HR 1062 - The Burdensome Data Collection Review Act HR 2072 - Securing American Jobs Through Exports Act of 2011 HR 940 - The United States Covered Bonds Act of 2011 HR 1081 - Consumer Payment System Protection Act Bank Tax HR 1610 - The Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act HR 1573 - To facilitate implementation of title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, promote regulatory coordination, and avoid market disruption. HR 2682 - Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act HR 1840 - A Bill to improve the CFTC's Cost Benefit Analysis HR 2779 - To exempt inter-affiliate swaps from certain regulatory requirements put in place by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act HR 2533 - The Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Venue Reform Act of 2011 S 2055 - To Amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act with respect to the protection of certain information HR 3606 - JumpStart our Business Startups Act HR 3871 - The Proprietary Information Protection Act of 2012
Client expense: $5,470,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
2012 · first_quarter · Consumer Issues/Safety/Products
HR 3871, HR 4257, S1151, S1408, S1535
Client expense: $750,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2012 · first_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Public Law 111-203 - Dodd Frank Act (Rulemakings and Implementation) Public Law 110-343 - TARP (Oversight) H.R. 31 - Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Accountability and Transparency for Taxpayers Act H.R. 3534 - The Security in Bonding Act H.R. 3606 - Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act H.R. 2306 - SEC Regulatory Accountability Act H.R. 1838 - To repeal a provision of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act that disadvantages U.S. financial institutions by forcing them to move their swap desks to a separately registered and capitalized entity. H.R. 3871 - Proprietary Information Protection Act of 2012 H.R. 2483 - Whistleblower Improvement Act of 2011
Client expense: $818,830 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE