The Latest on the Global Credit Crisis

Treasury Provides More Details on the Volcker Rule

Morrison Foerster
March 5, 2010

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The Volcker Rule – Impact and Implications for Passage

Paul Hastings
March 8, 2010

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Alternative Approaches to Restructuring Troubled U.S. Insurers

Debevoise & Plimpton
March 2010

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Treasury Proposes “Volcker Rule” Legislative Text 

Davis Polk
March 4, 2010

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Bankruptcy Court Casts Cloud of Uncertainty Over Treatment of Executory Contracts and Swaps

Dechert
March 2010

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Congressional Oversight Panel Releases Report Analyzing Commercial Real Estate Losses and Risks

Seyfarth Shaw
March 3, 2010

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Amid a Bleak Credit Environment, Flexible Techniques Aid PE Buyers

Milbank
From The Journal of Private Equity
February 26, 2010

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The FDIC’s Authority to Repudiate Contracts

Haynes and Boone
February 23, 2010

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US Financial Services Reform at the Crossroads

Clifford Chance
February 22, 2010

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U.S. Regulation of International Financial Institutions: It’s Time for an Integrated Approach to Compliance

Foley & Lardner
February 18, 2010

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Congressional Report Warns of Commercial Real Estate Crisis and Discusses Proactive Strategies to Potentially Minimize Losses

Troutman Sanders
February 19, 2010

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Mortgage Banking Update

Patton Boggs
February 16, 2010
In this Issue:

  • Second Annual NMLS User Conference a Success
  • FTC Proposes Rule to Regulate Mortgage Assistance Relief Providers
  • News from the Hill: Senate Banking Committee Considers “Volcker Rule”
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Understanding the Significance of the Obama Administration’s Proposed “Volcker Rules”

Shearman & Sterling
February 17, 2010

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FRB Chairman Bernanke Announces Exit Strategy for Crisis Response Programs, Including by Raising Interest Rates on Reserve Balances

Goodwin Procter
February 16, 2010

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Title Insurance Industry Reacts to Recession: Creditors’ Rights Endorsements Decertified by ALTA and Generally Unavailable

K+L Gates
February 12, 2010

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The End of “Too Big To Fail”? Potential New Size and Activity Restrictions on Financial Firms

Debevoise & Plimpton
February 2010

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Global Clampdown on Short Selling: an Overview (v6)

Shearman & Sterling
February 12, 2010

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Swap termination and the subordination of termination payments in the Lehman bankruptcy

Hunton & Williams
From Financial Regulation International
February 2010

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President Obama Calls for Prohibitions on Banks Sponsoring or Investing in Hedge Funds and Private Equity Funds

Chadbourne & Parke
February 11, 2010

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The Year in Bankruptcy: 2009

Jones Day
February 9, 2010

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Financial Services Reform for Private Fund Advisers—Where are We?

Kirkland & Ellis
February 5, 2010

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Mortgage Assistance Relief Services Targeted in Federal Trade Commission Rulemaking

Venable
February 5, 2010


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Structuring Private Equity Investments in Failed U.S. Banks Under New Guidance to the FDIC Policy Statement and the Bank Holding Company Act

Shearman & Sterling
February 4, 2010

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Lehman Bankruptcy Decision Has Potentially Broad Reaching Effects

Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell
February 4, 2010

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OCC Approves First Use of “Shelf Charter” to Acquire a Failed Bank

Goodwin Procter
February 2, 2010

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Questions on the Volcker Rule: the effects on U.S. and non-U.S. banks

Allen & Overy
February 3, 2010

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Lehman Brothers: Ipso facto clauses and the anti-deprivation rule—US and English Courts speak a different language

Shearman & Sterling
February 3, 2010

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Down from the Shelf: Special Charter Used to Purchase Failed Bank

Morgan Lewis
February 2, 2010

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The New Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and FHLB Whistleblower Rule

K+L Gates
February 1, 2010

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Translating ‘Macro-Prudential Supervision’ Principles Into Law: A focus on the ‘forest’ instead of just the ‘trees’

Shearman & Sterling
February 1, 2010

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Recent Lehman Decision Raises Questions About Application of Safe Harbors to Complex Financial Products

WilmerHale
February 1, 2010

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Bankruptcy Court Rules “Flip Clause” Violates Ipso Facto Provisions

Paul Weiss
January 29, 2010

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FDIC Seeks Comments on Incorporating Employee Compensation Criteria into its Deposit Insurance Assessment System

Arnold & Porter
January 2010

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FDIC and Bank of England Sign Memorandum of Understanding Regarding Enhanced Cooperation in Resolving Troubled Cross-Border Depository Institutions

Goodwin Procter
January 26, 2010

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President Obama Proposes New Restrictions on the Size and Scope of Financial Institutions

Goodwin Procter
January 26, 2010

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Lehman Bankruptcy Court Holds That CDO Provision Subordinating Swap Termination Payments to Lehman Is Unenforceable

Cleary Gottlieb
January 26, 2010

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US Bankruptcy Court decision [US Bankruptcy Court declaratory judgment in favour of Lehman Brothers Special Financing Inc]

Ashurst
January 2010

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Obama proposal for new restrictions on size and scope of U.S. financial institutions

Allen & Overy
January 26, 2010

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President Obama calls for new restrictions on size and scope of financial institutions 

DLA Piper
January 25, 2010

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President Obama Proposes Size and Activities Limits for Financial Institutions

Davis Polk
January 25, 2010

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President Obama Proposes Limits on Bank Proprietary Trading and Size of Liabilities of Financial Firms

Clifford Chance
January 22, 2010

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Financial Regulatory Reform: President Obama Proposes Additional Financial Reforms Aimed at Large Financial Institutions

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
January 21, 2010

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FDIC Issues Revised Questions and Answers on Policy Statement on Qualifications for Failed Bank Acquisitions

Goodwin Procter
January 20, 2010

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Obama Administration Announces Financial Crisis Responsibility Fee Levied on Large Financial Institutions to Recoup Projected TARP Losses

Goodwin Procter
January 20, 2010

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Cloudy With a Chance of Recovery: 2009 In Review and What To Expect In 2010

Sullivan & Cromwell
From The M&A Lawyer
January 19, 2010

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FDIC Issues FAQs on Statement of Policy Relating to Acquisitions of Failed Banks

Ropes & Gray
January 19, 2010

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Obama Administration Proposes Financial Crisis Responsibility Fee

Sutherland
January 15, 2010

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President Obama Introduces "Financial Crisis Responsibility Fee"

Clifford Chance
January 18, 2010

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FDIC Releases Questions and Answers Regarding Final Policy Statement Governing Private Equity Investments in Failed Banks

WilmerHale
January 15, 2010

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SEC Adopts Final Rules Establishing Shareholder Say-on-Pay Requirement for TARP Recipients

Sullivan & Cromwell
January 15, 2010

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Hot Topics: The Credit Crisis

Obama Administration's Financial Regulatory Reform Proposals
Overview
Obama Proposes Size & Scope Limitations For US Banks  
Financial Crisis Responsibility Fee
Senator Dodd's "Restoring American Financial Stability Act"
OTC Derivatives
Insurance
Private Funds
Securitization 
Consumer Financial Services
The Financial Stability Plan

Financial Stability Plan (Overview) 
Capital Assistance Program ("CAP") & "Stress Tests" 
Treasury's Public-Private Investment Program
Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan
TALF & Asset-Backed Securities  
 The Stimulus Package
The Stimulus Package (overview)
Buy American Provisions in Stimulus Bill
Energy Provisions in Stimulus Bill
Stimulus Funding For Environmental Programs 
Stimulus Bill & Cancellation of Debt Income (CODI)
Public Finance Provisions in Stimulus Bill
ARRA's Recovery Zone Facility Bonds 
Broadband Funding in Stimulus Package
Health Information Technology (HITECH) In Stimulus Act
ARRA's Whistleblower Protection
The "New Rules of the Game"
Systemic Risk & Systemically Significant Institutions
The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act ("EESA")
EESA Overview   
False Claims Act Liability for EESA Participants
OCC's National Bank "Shelf Charter"  
Troubled Asset Relief Program ("TARP")
SEC Adopts "Say On Pay" Rules for TARP Funding
SEC Proposes "Say On Pay" Rules for TARP Funding
Treasury & SEC Announce Comprehensive Executive Compensation Principles
TARP-Executive Compensation (pre June 10, 2009 DATED MATERIAL)
TARP Fund Recipients are "H-1B Dependent"
SIGTARP (Special Inspector General TARP)

Treasury's Capital Purchase Program ("CPP")   
Subchapter S Corporations & The CPP
Investigation & Litigation
The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission
Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force
  Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009 
Credit Default Swaps ("CDSs")
Treasury's Proposed Regulation of OTC Derivatives  
Credit Default Swaps: Background & Regulation
CDS Counterparty Initiatives
ISDA Changes ("Big Bang" Protocol, Definitions, etc) 
Internal Revenue Service: Rules & Guidance
Using Net Operating Losses (NOLs) 
Mark-to-Market Accounting, FAS 157 & EESA 
IRS Section 457A: Deferred Offshore Income
Stimulus Bill & Cancellation of Debt Income (CODI)
IRS Eases Loan Modification Rules for REMICs
IRS's Rule 409A: Deferred Compensation
Debt Issuers Get Break on AHYDOs
IRS Relief for REITs
FDIC: Programs, Rules & Guidance
FDIC Considers Risk/Compensation Analysis for Insured Banks
Federal Regulators with Guidance on Prudent Commercial Real Estate Workouts  
FDIC Rules re: Private Investment in Failed Banks
FDIC's Temporary Liquidity Guarantee Program
 The SEC: Rules & Guidance
Investor Protection Act of 2009
SEC Formalizes/Amends Emergency Short Selling Rules (July 2009)
SEC Seeks Comments on Short-Selling: Uptick or Circuit Breaker?
SEC's October 2008 Emergency Short Selling Rules 
Proposed Regulation of Private Funds (Hedge, Private Equity, etc)
Jeopardized WKSI Status 
The Federal Reserve & Treasury: Further Programs, Rules & Guidance
Fed Proposes Compensation Guidelines For All Supervised Banks
The Fed's Money Market Investor Funding Facility
  The Fed's Commercial Paper Funding Facility
  Treasury's Money Market Fund Guarantee Program
Bankruptcy & Litigation
Lehman & US Bankruptcy Proceedings
Lehman & UK Scheme of Arrangement
The Credit Crisis, Litigation & D&O Policies
"Cramdown" Legislation & Chapter 13 Bankruptcy
Citigroup Prevails in Delaware Subprime Shareholder Action
Directors' Duties & "The Zone of Insolvency"
The Markets React
Opportunistic Financing: eg Registered Direct & "At-The-Market" Offerings
Private Equity's Growing Secondary Market
Covered Bonds
Repurchasing Portfolio Debt
The Crisis, Hostile Bidders & Takeover Defenses
On the HR Front
Workforce Reductions
EEOC Issues Guidance on Separation Agreements
Amended COBRA & Extended Health Care Benefits
DOL's Model Notices for COBRA
Underwater Options
Worker, Retiree, and Employer Recovery Act of 2008
Outsourcing & The Crisis
International
EC Guidelines on State Aid to Banks
International Response to Global Credit Crisis
Foreign Government Investment in Banks & The FCPA
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