How far has the financial “reform” legislation known as Dodd-Frank come in the three years since it was passed? Davis Polk, a law firm that has been helping corporations comply with the thousands of new regulations of Dodd-Frank, has put together an infographic breaking down the complex law.
Some key numbers:
- 42: For every word in the law, there are 42 words of rules
- 39: Percentage of rules in the law the government has so far completed
- 13,789: Number of pages of rules
- 10: Number of regulators writing the rules
- 6: Number of agencies contributing to the rules
- 2.8: Average time between a new rules being released
- 36.5: Average number of pages of each final rule
- 313: Number of pages of the longest final rule
