Finance

On Thursday, May 16, 2013, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (the "CFPB") adopted clarifying and technical amendments to its Escrow Requirements Under the Truth in Lending Act final rule issued on January 10, 2013.

On Wednesday, May 1, 2013, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") proposed rules and interpretive guidance for parties to cross-border security-based swap transactions.

On Thursday, April 25, 2013, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (the "OCC") and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the "FDIC") proposed guidance and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the "Fed") issued a statement related to deposit advance products.

On Wednesday, April 10, 2013, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the "CFTC") and the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") jointly issued final rules and guidelines that will require certain regulated entities to establish programs to address risks of identity theft.

On Thursday, March 28, 2013, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the "CFTC") approved a final order that exempts certain non-financial energy derivative transactions between and amongst government-owned electric utilities and cooperatively-owned electric utilities from most of the requirements of the Commodity Exchange Act (the "CEA") and the CFTC's regulations, subject to certain anti-fraud, anti-manipulation, and record inspection conditions.

On Thursday, March 14, 2013, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (the "CFPB") proposed, pursuant to Title X of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, a rule that would identify a market for student loan servicing, and define certain nonbank student loan servicers as "larger participants," thereby allowing the CFPB to oversee their activity for compliance with federal consumer financial laws.