ant discussion regarding enhancing governmental scrutiny and/or increasing the regulation of the private equity industry. On July 21, 2010, the U.S. Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the "Dodd-Frank Act") was signed into law. A key feature of the Dodd- Frank Act is the extension of prudential regulati

rt, hearing, audit, or investigation, or from the news media, unless the whistleblower is a source of the information. 33.15 USC. § 78u-6; see also Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, Pub. L. No. 111-203, § 922, 124 Stat. 1376, 1841-49 (2010). 394 For detailed information about the program, including el