The Filing Cabinet

The House Financial Services Committee will hold a hearing next week on the Financial CHOICE Act, a legislative package, sponsored by Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas) as a means to repeal and replace a large swath of the Dodd-Frank Act.

A coalition of Republican attorneys general is supporting the Trump Administration’s regulatory rollbacks amid a lawsuit that challenges the legality of an Executive Order directing agencies to repeal two regulations for every new rule issued.

The latest Executive Order issued by the Trump Administration targets trade deals and immigration policies it says "unfairly place American companies and workers at a disadvantage." Among the matters specifically targeted, H-1B visas.

The Federal Trade Commission is committing to the Trump Administration’s efforts to streamline government agencies. It has announced a new, in-house review.

In response to its plans for a massive regulatory rollback, the Trump Administration is defending itself against a growing number of lawsuits from both activist groups and state officials.

The latest nominations announced by President Trump include a pick to be the administration’s new “regulatory czar,” the administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs.

Tech companies that rely on a specialized visa program to fill highly skilled jobs can expect to face more intense scrutiny from government agencies.

To comply with a Presidential Memorandum, the Labor Department has announced a 60-day extension of the applicability dates of its fiduciary rule and related exemptions, including the Best Interest Contract Exemption.

President Trump has found his M&A guru and announced his intention to nominate Makan Delrahim to the Department of Justice. If confirmed, he will serve as an assistant attorney general in the Anti-Trust Division.

President Donald J. Trump, through an Executive Order, has directed the Environmental Protection Agency to dismantle the Obama Administration’s controversial, anti-coal Clean Power Plan.

With an Executive Order this week, President Trump has made good on a promise to repeal the Obama Administration’s so-called “blacklisting rule” for federal contractors.

The Department of the Interior has halted its participation in the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, a global anti-corruption effort for the oil, gas, and mining industries.

As he prepares to testify before the Senate Banking Committee on March 23, President Trump’s pick to serve as SEC chairman is facing questions about potential conflicts of interest he may face.

With Secretary of the Treasury Steve Mnuchin now in place, the Trump Administration is looking to add another Goldman Sachs executive to a top post at the Treasury Department. James Donovan, a managing director at Goldman Sachs, has been nominated as deputy secretary.

Even as President Trump was promising community bank executives regulatory relief, talk of a new Glass-Steagall Act sent bank stocks tumbling on Thursday.

President Trump is expected to finalize Congressional action that kills the Obama Administration’s so-called “blacklisting rule” for federal contractors, a requirement that they disclose labor law, civil rights, and wage violations.

U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) has asked the Treasury Department to review President Trump’s investment partners and business associates to assess whether there are violations of anti-terrorist financing, sanctions, or money laundering laws.

President Donald J. Trump has issued an Executive Order demanding that the EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers publish for notice and comment a proposal that rescinds or revises the controversial "Waters of the United States" rule.

President Trump has signed an Executive Order requiring that government agencies establish a Regulatory Reform Task Force to evaluate existing regulations and identify those that should be repealed or modified.

Consumer, environmental and worker advocacy groups joined forces to sue the Trump Administration over an Executive Order that directs federal agencies to repeal two federal regulations for every new rule they issue.

President Donald Trump’s regulatory rollback will include an FSOC review of financial rules and a review of the Labor Department’s “fiduciary duty” rule that could ultimately lead to its demise. Joe Mont explores.

An Executive Order issued on Monday by President Donald J. Trump demands that every new regulation issued by federal agencies must be offset by the elimination of at least two prior ones. Joe Mont explores.

President Donald Trump has named Philip Miscimarra acting chairman of the National Labor Relations Board, the first step in what observers see as a shift back to more management-friendly policies and rulings. Joe Mont reports.

President-elect Donald Trump has announced the nomination of Jay Clayton to replace current Chairman Mary Jo White at the conclusion of her term. Clayton is currently a partner with Sullivan & Cromwell. Joe Mont has more.

President-elect Donald Trump has added investor activist Carl Icahn to his transition team as a special adviser on issues relating to regulatory reform. Joe Mont has more.