• Divided D.C. Circuit panel partially overturns SEC conflict minerals law [Bainbridge, more, more, Adler, earlier]
• Dodd-Frank vs. small banks, cont’d [Todd Zywicki]
• A failing grade for new Financial Stability Oversight Council? [Louise Bennetts, Cato; Peter Wallison, AEI, on Prudential SIFI designation]
• Regulators’ “choke hold” effort to throttle online payday lending draws protests [Kevin Funnell, more, yet more]
• Securities litigation after Amgen: time to reassess the fraud on the market presumption [Richard Epstein, Cato Regulation mag (PDF)]
• House hearing on allegations of employee retaliation at CFPB [Free Beacon, Funnell, more]
• “How To Destroy The Stock Market In 8 Steps,” series of Marc Andreessen tweets [Business Insider] “The Growing Executive Compensation Advantage of Private Versus Public Companies” [Marc Hodak]

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