About This Site

The CCH Financial Crisis News Center is intended to provide the legal community and others with news and links to vital information on the current financial crisis. Maintained by a staff of attorney-editors, this site helps visitors track ongoing developments in this wide-ranging crisis and the multiple responses from lawmakers and regulatory agencies. Users may subscribe to receive the site’s RSS feed or subscribe via e-mail.

The Home page presents timely news stories and analysis. Links to the full text of source documents are provided for regulatory actions. All materials are archived by topic and by agency or organization.  An additional archive allows users to peruse by month. Market Crisis Web Headlines provide links to stories from major news publications. Jim Hamilton’s World of Securities Regulation offers commentary on issues of particular importance to securities lawyers and their clients, and encourages a dialogue, with emphasis on SEC rulemaking and industry trends.

For subscribers to CCH publications, the CCH Subscriber Resources tab on the menu bar directs users to a list of links to CCH banking and securities law information on the crisis. This page serves as a central repository of primary source material (e.g., legislation, regulations and agency issuances) and analytical content (e.g., white papers, journal articles and CCH explanations), arranged chronologically by issuing body. Links at the top of the page enable users to jump directly to a pertinent section.

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