Chris Dodd

MOSCOW, May 31 (Reuters) - Former U.S. Senator Christopher Dodd said the shocking disclosure by JPMorgan Chase & Co of a $2 billion trading loss is proof of the need for legislation he co-authored to limit excessive risk-taking by banks.  

to ID people who keep pushing for web-killing proposals such as CISPA, SOPA, and PIPA in this new, occasional feature: "The People Trying To Ruin The Internet." Enjoy! Oh, Chris Dodd. The former Democratic senator from Connecticut didn't manage to make it ...  

Now, does this mean Dodd doesn’t view piracy as theft or is this simply a change in strategy in an attempt to woo support for future editions of SOPA? Judging by the “promoting future antipiracy legislation” portion, it suggests very clearly that the ...  

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This speech was given by Sen. Chris Dodd (Chairman and CEO, MPAA) on Tuesday, April 24, 2012, at CinemaCon 2012 and is reprinted here with his permission. Thank you, Nora (Dashwood), for that nice introduction. And thank you, John (Fithian) for being such ...  

Earlier this year, the internet (including this site) responded aggressively to the Stop Online Piracy Act pushed into Congress by Representative Lamar S. Smith. In response, SOPA died. It was important to reject it, and it will be even more important to reject it when it comes up again. Because it will, Romero-like, inevitably rise again. In fact, MPAA Chairman Chris Dodd publicly told The Hollywood Reporter that negotiations were taking...  

MPAA chief Chris Dodd promised theater owners on Tuesday that he ... the bills threatened free speech and could stifle innovation. Also read: Sacha Baron Cohen's 'Dictator' Warns CinemaCon: 'There Are Bigger Bombs Than John Carter ' Those ...  

LAS VEGAS — The head of the Motion Picture Association of America says Hollywood and Silicon Valley must work together to protect intellectual property. Chief executive Chris Dodd said Tuesday that movie studios must embrace new technologies to appeal to ...  

I wrote Friday that a lot of people in Connecticut were glad to see Chris Dodd go as one of the state's two senators, and that many probably don't miss him. The former senator called me up midday Friday and said he has no doubt a lot of people ...  

National Association of Theater Owners CEO John Fithian concurred. If the MPAA didn’t take on the assignment then it could result in government censorship or local ratings. That would result in havoc because “what people care about in LA is vastly ...  

I know a lot of people were glad to see Chris Dodd go as one of Connecticut's two senators. I suspect not many miss him. And yet, as we approach another OpSail event here in Connecticut, it is hard to forget how Sen. Dodd, co-chairman of both ...  

The stark comments, from the man who pushed for tougher anti-piracy laws, come after a concerted effort ... like so-called "torrents" of movies, music and software. The tech community said the bill was too broad and would have unfairly ensnared ...  

The source of this is the Wall Street Journal. According to the Journal we have new members of the TBTF Club because of language inserted into the Dodd-Frank Bill by Senator Chris Dodd. These new secret TBTF members are not even banks.  

Stevenson afterward said she was pleased with Romney's message ... Romney during his speech also took a brief shot at former Connecticut U.S. Sen. Chris Dodd's landmark legislation, the Dodd/Frank financial services regulations. Romney said the new laws ...  

Barney Frank and Chris Dodd, as well-intended as they may be, have created a piece of legislation that hardly puts a band-aid on a deep wound. Instead of take initiative from the time of a telegraphed collapse, congress could only react and it would be in ...