Showing posts with label SEC; FOIA Requests. Show all posts
Showing posts with label SEC; FOIA Requests. Show all posts

Monday, August 2, 2010

SEC Clarifies New FOIA Exemption Amid Uproar over Wall Street Reform Act

"Section 929I changes that wording to read that the commission if exempt from disclosing “any records… if such records or information have been obtained by the commission for… surveillance, risk assessments or other regulatory and oversight activities.” 

Latte's question for the day: Did U.S. Financial Corporations request that Senate Conference Committee members insert language that would prevent attorneys (including state Attorney Generals) from gathering evidence in consumer protection litigation?