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Coordinated Regulatory Agencies: New Governance For The Energy Sector
In December 2013, Mexico’s Congress approved constitutional reforms to the energy sector that liberalize the entire value chain of the hydrocarbon industry, open a wholesale electricity market, and propose a new institutional architecture for energy regulatory agencies. While the new...
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Corporate Internal Investigations Alert: SEC Gives $300,000 Whistleblower Award To Employee Responsible For Compliance And Audit Functions
On August 29, 2014, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced a whistleblower award of more than $300,000 for a company employee who performed audit and compliance functions.[1] The award, twenty percent of the amount the SEC collected in an enforcement action,...
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Volcker Rule Update
On December 6, 2013, five federal financial regulatory agencies – Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (FRB); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC); and Commodity Futures Trading...
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