The Republicans will be holding the White House and the house of congress and the preident-elec will have the opportunity to select two SEC Commisioner and a new Chair.
Legal & Regulatory
Facebook-owned Oculus gets patent infringement lawsuit
Facebook-owned Oculus gets patent infringement lawsuit Oculus, a virtual reality (VR) company acquired by Facebook, was sued for patent infringement. Reuters reported that TechnoView IP, a technology trading company, filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Oculus and Facebook in the US federal court in Delaware on July 7 (local time).
Vanke On China's Regulatory Gaps and Governance
China Vanke, the largest property with more than 200 billion yuan in annual sales is now ending its interventions by the Chinese securities.
Regulatory Framework For Bitcoin Considered by the Philippine Central Bank
The Philippine central bank is now considering the digital currency regulation for them to protect consumers and this is also because of the rising numbers of the overseas filipino workers who are using bitcoin and other digital currencies.
Regulatory Capture of the Press
Regulatory Capture describes how the governement regulators come to be controlled by those that they are meant to reglate.
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Although the emergency response in the recent ammonia leak was considered quick and effective, concerns on possible regulatory blind spots in facility safety inspection surfaced.
The annual Insurance Regulation Report Card determined the effectiveness of the states' insurance regulatory system. The report revealed that Vermont has the best insurance regulation, receiving an A+ grade.
To help guide entrepreneurs in the process of setting up their small businesses, the local government of Minneapolis set up a "navigator" office. Owners of small businesses who shared their previous experiences going through the "confusing and frustrating" system, gathered at the City Hall to celebrate the city's recent action.
South Africa's nuclear regulatory framework is robust, but improvements are needed in the country's regulation of the use of radiation sources, an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) review mission has found.
A recent study that focused in measuring health care openness and access ranked Vermont among the worst in the nation. Jared Rhoads, a research project manager with the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and one of the authors of the study, cited the state's over-regulation as one of the factors for the ranking.
NAFA's bid to delay the implementation deadline of the fiduciary rule has been defeated after the federal court rejected the group's request. The new regulation has been opposed by many industry members, but the Department of Labor has also been active in defending the matter in several courts.
First Ascent Position Paper Explores Robo Advice Regulatory Issues The core question in a new position paper released today by First Ascent Asset Management.
Rising halibut catch may lead to regulatory change. Fishermen say stocks are healthier, but the federal government still lists the species as 'overfished.'
Nawaz-led govt to clip wings of regulatory authorities. In Islamabad, the government is all set to take over the regulatory bodies to end their independence, monitoring and regulation role and transfer them to relevant ministries.
