Roadmaps and Summaries on the key provisions and regulatory rulemakings impacting investment advisers can be found below for each relevant title:

Roadmaps           Summaries   
Title IV Title IV
Title IX Title IX


News and Legal Alerts
Sutherland Forms Response Team to Help Clients Address Whistleblower Claims in 2012
December 21, 2011

While You Were Complying: SEC and FINRA Disciplinary Actions Taken Against Chief Compliance Officers
October 2010 Reprinted with permission Practical Compliance & Risk Management for the Securities Industry

Broker-Dealers, Fiduciary Duties and Enhanced Conduct Standards Under the Financial Reform Act
October 2010 Reprinted with permission Practical Compliance & Risk Management for the Securities Industry

Legal Alert: New Whistleblower Protections for Financial Service Employees
October 1, 2010


The Playing Field: The Dodd-Frank Reform Bill Afterlife
September 1, 2010

Does a Statutory Fiduciary Duty Mean a More Substantive Fiduciary Duty? What the Future May Hold
August 2010 Reprinted with permission IAA Newsletter

Past Events

Webinar - Whistleblower Initiatives: Implementing the SEC's Bounty Program
June 22, 2011

To listen to the full webinar, please click on the link above. For the presentation slides, please click here.

Webinar - Whistleblower Initiatives: What You Need to Know
January 26, 2011

To listen to the full webinar, please click on the link above. For the presentation slides, please click here. To view a summary of selected comment letters to the SEC regarding proposed rule 21F, click here.

ALI-ABA - The Financial Services Regulatory Revolution: Navigating the New World of Broker-Dealer and Investment Adviser Regulation, Supervision and Sales
October 21-22, 2010

ALI-ABA - Dodd-Frank Financial Reform and its Impact on the Securities Industry
October 8, 2010

The Fiduciary Forum 2010
September 24, 2010

Dodd-Frank and the New Regulatory Regime for Advisers
September 21, 2010

Fiduciary Duty Forum
July 28, 2010

Envestnet Webinar - Exploring the Fiduciary Opportunity
July 27,2010

The Financial Services Regulatory Revolution: Navigating the New World of Broker-Dealer and Investment Adviser Regulation
October 8-9, 2009

Webinar: Investment Advisers: The Changing Regulatory Landscape
September 21, 2009

Investment Adviser Roundtable: 2009 Industry and Regulatory Outlook
January 14, 2009

Contacts
Eric C. Freed     212.389.5055
Clifford E. Kirsch 212.389.5052   
Michael B. Koffler 212.389.5014


Other Resources

Legislative Benchmarks
November 19, 2009:
Regulatory Reform, markup, The Senate Banking Committee, on the Dodd bill entitled, "The Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2009."  For additional details, click here.

October 22, 2009:
Regulatory Reform, markup, House Financial Services Committee, on the following bills:  H.R. 3813, the Private Fund Investment Advisers Registration Act of 2009; H.R. 3817, the Investor Protection Act of 2009; H.R. 2609, the Federal Insurance Office Act of 2009; and the Accountability and Transparency in Rating Agencies Act of 2009, which remains in discussion draft.  For additional details, click here. 


Roadmaps

 

As various Title sections are updated, an asterisk(*) next to a Title will note changes in certain Key Provisions and Regulations in the Roadmap. Within each Roadmap Title, the section most recently updated is highlighted in yellow.

Title IV - Key Provisions and Regulatory Rulemakings

*Title IX - Key Provisions and Regulatory Rulemakings