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Special Alert: President Signs Executive Order Calling For Review of Financial Regulations

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Federal Issues

On February 3, President Trump signed an executive order (the Executive Order) directing the Treasury Secretary and the heads of the member agencies of the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) to review financial laws and regulations—including the Dodd-Frank Act and regulations implementing that law—thereby setting into motion a process by which the 2010 financial law could be significantly scaled back.

Under the Executive Order, the Secretary of the Treasury – who has yet to be confirmed – has 120 days to review and report to the President which existing laws, treaties, regulations, guidance, reporting and recordkeeping requirements promote the “core principles” listed below and those that do not.  The core principles include:

  • restoring public accountability within Federal financial regulatory agencies and rationalize the Federal financial regulatory framework
  • fostering economic growth and vibrant financial markets through more rigorous regulatory impact analysis that addresses systemic risk and market failures, such as moral hazard and information asymmetry
  • enabling American companies to be competitive with foreign firms in domestic and foreign markets
  • advancing American interests in international financial regulatory negotiations and meetings
  • preventing taxpayer-funded bailouts, and
  • empowering Americans to make independent financial decisions and informed choices in the marketplace, save for retirement, and build individual wealth

 

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If you have questions about the order or other related issues, visit our Consumer Financial Protection Bureau practice for more information, or contact a BuckleySandler attorney with whom you have worked in the past.