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Grade Incomplete: Examining The Securities And Exchange Commission's Attempt To Implement Credit Rating And Certain Corporate Governance Reforms Of Dodd-Frank, Tod Perry, Randle B. Pollard
Grade Incomplete: Examining The Securities And Exchange Commission's Attempt To Implement Credit Rating And Certain Corporate Governance Reforms Of Dodd-Frank, Tod Perry, Randle B. Pollard
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Following the financial crisis of 2007-2009, Congress passed the Dodd-Frank Act with stated goals, among others, of creating a sound economic foundation and protecting consumers. The Dodd-Frank Act creates several new agencies and restructures the financial regulatory system, yet controversies remain on the promulgation of new rules and the overall effectiveness in accomplishing the stated goals of the Act.
This Article briefly discusses the status of rulemaking by newly created agencies and the restructured financial regulatory system mandated by the Dodd- Frank Act three years after its passage. Next, we focus on certain aspects of the SEC and its charge …
Big Banks And Business Method Patents, Megan M. La Belle, Heidi Mandanis Schooner
Big Banks And Business Method Patents, Megan M. La Belle, Heidi Mandanis Schooner
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The banking industry and the patent system are longstanding American institutions whose histories date back to the founding of this country. Historically, however, the paths of these two institutions rarely crossed. Although financial firms have been increasing their innovative output for decades now, until recently they relied on trade secrecy, first mover advantages, and other business mechanisms to protect and monetize their intellectual property — not patents.
Through a convergence of circumstances over the past several years, that pattern has changed. The shift began when the Federal Circuit decided that business methods — banks’ primary mode of innovation — are …