The Dodd-Frank Act: a cheat sheet Morrison & Foerster Morrison 1 Foerster THE DODD-FRANK WALL STREET REFORM AND CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT‚ OR DODD-FRANK ACT‚ REPRESENTS THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REGULATORY REFORM MEASURES TAKEN SINCE THE GREAT DEPRESSION. Morrison 2 Foerster The Dodd-Frank Act implements changes that‚ among other things‚ affect the oversight and supervision of financial institutions‚ provide for a new resolution procedure for large financial companies‚ create
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When the Wire Tap Act was passed‚ it only protected wire and oral communications‚ this is the reason why the Electronic Communications Privacy Act was enacted‚ so that the law protected electronic communications interception as well. Councilman‚ as the president of Inteerloc‚ had the power to give the IT guys orders‚ so he one way or another received emails that were not intended to be received by him personally. Afterall his main goal was to intercept the emails to review the messages sent by
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Purple Heart when he had never served in the military or received a Purple Heart. Abel Fields’s was convicted because he lied about serving in the military and lied about receiving a Purple Heart which is against the Stolen Valor Act. The Stolen Valor Act was made in 2006. This act made it a crime to make false claims about receiving many types of military awards. It established fines and prison sentences as punishment. Abel Fields’s was found guilty in his first trial and he appealed his sentence. The
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(SOX) act‚ was enacted in 2002‚ in the wake of large accounting scandals ENRON and WORLDCOM .Especially for SMEs (small to mid-sized enterprises) that can benefit from implementing the control objectives‚ for governance‚ compliance and improved security. SOX compliance did not gave detailed requirements for IT compliance‚ therefore many auditors adopted COBIT and COBIT guidelines to comply with SOX. This research discusses the latest sox developments in the SME‚ key findings from ISACA study and COBIT
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The consequences on the firm and the individual. Although Yarushka’s family saw victory‚ It is hard to decipher just who won the case due to the fact that most False Claims Act cases are settled out of court before ever going to trial in order to avoid the severe consequences that may be imposed under the statute (Enstrom 2016). The penalty can range up to 11‚000 per false claim and possibly triple the damages (Enstrom 2016). State Farm Insurance State Farm insurance company
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In order to apply the Equal Pay Act there are four criteria that need to be met. They are; Equal Skill‚ Equal Effort‚ Equal Responsibility‚ and Similar Working Conditions. According to the article titled An Analysis of the Equal Pay Act‚ “Equal Skill constitutes the performance requirement of the jobs under consideration‚ not the skills which are unnecessary for the job but which an employee might possess.” Examples of the skills that are under consideration are experience‚ training‚ education‚ and
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tablet to post to social media‚ or turning on your favorite streaming video service for a movie with lightning fast internet speeds has become second nature to most of the world. This‚ however‚ is not the case in some rural communities in America. This has been changing since the 2009 Recovery Act was passed into law. Rural communities have steadily been getting the opportunity to join the urban core and experience broadband speeds from their internet provider. Although the process of getting broadband
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Article or Case Law Search Obamacare (Affordable Care Act) We have all heard about Obama Care. What is Obama Care? Obama Care also known as the Affordable care Act is a nationwide health care plan that is aimed primarily to alter the American health. Obamacare primary focus is to regulate the health insurance industry create a reduction in the USA government spending on the healthcare. Does that mean all people of the United States be able to afford this health care insurance? The following
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The Children Act 1989 states that in matters concerning the upbringing of a child "the child ’s welfare shall be the court ’s paramount consideration". Introduction This essay will critically evaluate the extent to which if at all the principle that "the Childs welfare shall be the courts paramount decision." The critical analysis of this will be done in context to health care and children. The discussion will include current relevant statute law not only from English courts‚ but also law and legislation
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several years the accountants and CEOs of these corporate giants were “cooking the books‚” the act of fooling the market into believing profits are higher than they actually are. The unlucky individuals who had believed their money was invested in high earning companies were hoodwinked‚ and their money was lost forever
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