The disclosure and dissemination of mine safety information mandated by the Dodd-Frank Act improves safety performance, but also causes an overall decline in productivity according to a new paper released by the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, FDIC, National Credit Union Administration, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and U.S. Treasury Financial Crimes Enforcement Network issued guidance on applying customer identification program requirements to prepaid cards issued by banks.

The SEC updated its "Questions and Answers of General Applicability" concerning the description of management and shareholder proposals on proxy cards.

The CFTC settled charges that a bank and its energy subsidiary failed to comply with swap dealer requirements to submit accurate large trader reports for physical commodity swap positions.

The SEC requested additional comments on FINRA's proposal to create a separate rule set that would apply to firms that met the definition of "capital acquisition broker."