Regulation

As announced by U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano, U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu of Louisiana and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Craig Fugate, (see press release here) FEMA created a new arbitration process to expedite resolution of outstanding public assistance projects stemming from hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The administrative rules to govern this new arbitration process were publish

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Within President Obama’s proposal to reform the financial services sector, A New Foundation: Rebuilding Financial Supervision and Regulation, there is a provision that directs the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to study the use of mandatory arbitration clauses in investor contracts. Check out Professor Barbara Black’s discussion of the proposal in her post First Look at the Administration’s Financial Regulatory Re

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