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Scott M. Baird is an associate in the firm's Business Transactions and Finance Groups, where his practice involves all aspects of corporate and securities law, including corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital transactions, joint ventures, finance transactions, and securities law and compliance. He focuses on new legislation as well as regulatory and compliance matters involving financial service institutions. Read his full rc.com bio.

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In addition to providing long-term funding for highway infrastructure improvements and other transportation projects, the newly enacted Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act) seeks to reduce consumer confusion by eliminating annual privacy notice requirements for financial institutions in some circumstances.

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“The Internet has a dark side,” Deputy Treasury Secretary Sarah Bloom Raskin remarked while addressing senior level banking executives at this year’s Clearing House Annual Conference. Raskin focused her comments on malicious cyber activity, pointing out that weaknesses in the financial sector’s complex interconnected system attract bad actors like water “drawn to cracks in a…