He also wants information related to the bank's market-making activities and its clearing and settlement procedures.

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WTO's dispute-settlement procedures also need urgent overhaul to stop such rows festering in future.

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The court also seemed to be calling on judges to demand more information about settlement procedures before approving fees, or even withholding approval of fees until the claims have been administered.

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So the tech corp. crowd was hoping the Supreme Court would reverse the Ninth Circuit and rule that Denise Edwards could not in fact sue her bank for violating the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, since she suffered no harm.

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Earlier this year, the Commission reached an agreement with the U.S. that a system based on safe harbor principles did represent adequate levels of data privacy, after the U.S. administration agreed to reinforce consumer access rights and set up dispute settlement procedures for consumers.

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Marketing Services Agreements (MSA), Joint Ventures, Desk Rentals and whatever other form these relationships take, may seem counter to RESPA (Real Estate Settlement and Procedures Act), rules governing compensation for real estate referrals, but they are industry norms.

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Instead, we rely on a patchwork of authorities, largely derived from our role as a banking supervisor, as well as on moral suasion, to help ensure that the various payment and settlement systems have the necessary procedures and controls in place to manage the risks they face.

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The CFTC settlement says Barclays had "no internal procedures and controls" determining how the Libor rates were calculated.

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In the settlement, the firms agreed to review their compliance procedures.

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Some control procedures appear to have been predictable, being timed to take place shortly before the settlement date of futures contracts.

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