The New York Times reports that current pushback against the Volcker Rule is the latest effort under way on Wall Street to mute the impact of Dodd-Frank.

The Irish Takeovers Panel has proposed its third set of changes to the takeovers rules in the past year.

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has issued a Staff Report arguing that the existing regime for information disclosure is primarily one of compliance, and that to improve corporate governance, reforms should be directed toward providing incentives for disclosure, rather than mandating it.

The proposed Personal Liability for Corporate Fault Reform Bill 2012 (“Bill”) represents the first tranche of the Commonwealth Government’s response to the Directors’ Liability reform project, which forms part of the Council of Australian Governments’ National Partnership Agreement to Deliver a Seam