FINRA amended its Codes of Arbitration Procedure. The revisions make changes to the arbitrator list selection process and clarify requirements on prehearing conferences, hearings, claims and motions practice, case dismissals and hearing records.
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The OCC, FRB and FDIC requested comment on a set of rules as part of a process to identify "outdated" or "unnecessary" regulatory requirements on insured depository institutions and their holding companies.
The SEC adopted final rules on (i) the mandatory clearing of transactions in Treasury securities and (ii) the application of the broker-dealer customer protection rule to Treasury securities.
In its 2023 Annual Report, the SEC Office of the Investor Advocate detailed its Fiscal Year 2023 efforts on investor outreach, responding to investor inquiries, and engaging in substantive research on (i) registered index-linked annuities and (ii) mandatory arbitration clauses in investment advisory agreements.
Senator Cynthia M. Lummis (R-WY) and Representative French Hill (R-AR) urged the DOJ to evaluate the extent to which Binance and Tether are supporting terrorism through violations of federal law on material support to entities engaged in terrorism, applicable sanctions laws, and the Bank Secrecy Act.