D.C. Circuit Reinstates Debit Card Transaction Fee Regulations

NEWS FROM WASHINGTON • D.C. Circuit Reinstates Debit Card Transaction Fee Regulations • SEC Chair Vows to Protect Retail Investors • House Republicans Press A.G. Holder About IRS Official • ACC, US Chamber Protest Whistleblower Privilege Decision • Gibson Dunn Lodges $32 Million Fee Request in Chevron Case • Plaintiffs Accuse BP of Accessing Confidential Claims D.C. Circuit Reinstates Debit Card Transaction Fee Regulations A federal appeals court in Washington on Friday reinstated debit card transaction fee regulations struck down last year by a lower court. The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System adopted the rules under the Dodd-Frank Act. Read More » SEC Chair Vows to Protect Retail Investors In a speech today before the Consumer Federation of America, SEC head Mary Jo White touted the agency's efforts to protect individual investors, describing the mission as "a constant focus of the SEC." Read More » House Republicans Press A.G. Holder About IRS Official Republican lawmakers on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee are pressing Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. for details about whether former IRS official Lois Lerner waived her right against self-incrimination when she spoke to investigators. Read More » ACC, US Chamber Protest Whistleblower Privilege Decision Raising concerns about the protection of attorney-client privilege, the Association of Corporate Counsel, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other business groups this week challenged a federal trial judge's ruling that ordered contractor Kellogg Brown & Root Services Inc. to hand over documents to lawyers for a whistleblower. Read More » Gibson Dunn Lodges $32 Million Fee Request in Chevron Case The request—made two weeks after Chevron scored its biggest win yet in the case—represents just a tiny fraction of Chevron's legal costs in its battle with Steven Donziger and his Amazon clients. Read More » Plaintiffs Accuse BP of Accessing Confidential Claims Lawyers in the $9.2 billion Deepwater Horizon settlement are accusing BP PLC of accessing confidential information about individuals and businesses that have filed claims for oil spill damages. Read More »

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