41.   Regulators are now checking whether Bank of New York violated disclosure rules.

42.   Republican members of Congress have questioned whether Brown paid all taxes and complied with financial disclosure rules.

43.   Rigid disclosure rules exist, but are often ignored.

44.   Republicans have challenged the effort, claiming it gives Democrats an unfair advantage and that it sidesteps federal disclosure rules.

45.   Separately, the professional body that sets accounting standards for U.S. business also is moving toward adopting a derivatives disclosure rule.

46.   Since then, many states have adopted permissive disclosure rules, he added.

47.   Smith demurred, for the time being, saying that DiFrancesco had complied with all disclosure rules in the past, and would continue to do so.

48.   Some critics of the current law say lobbyists hide their activities by characterizing them as legal work, which is not subject to disclosure rules.

49.   Stern, however, overstated the likelihood that the public would learn a lot about his finances if he complied with the disclosure rule.

50.   Still, the fair disclosure rule has had a significant impact.