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Treasury Provides More Details on the Volcker Rule
Morrison Foerster Please see our Hot Topics for more on this subject. |
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The Volcker Rule – Impact and Implications for Passage
Paul Hastings Please see our Hot Topics for more on this subject. |
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Alternative Approaches to Restructuring Troubled U.S. Insurers
Debevoise & Plimpton |
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Treasury Proposes “Volcker Rule” Legislative Text
Davis Polk Please see our Hot Topics for more on this subject. |
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Bankruptcy Court Casts Cloud of Uncertainty Over Treatment of Executory Contracts and Swaps
Dechert Please see our Hot Topics for more on the Lehman US bankruptcy proceedings & ipso facto ruling. |
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Congressional Oversight Panel Releases Report Analyzing Commercial Real Estate Losses and Risks
Seyfarth Shaw |
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Amid a Bleak Credit Environment, Flexible Techniques Aid PE Buyers
Milbank |
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The FDIC’s Authority to Repudiate Contracts
Haynes and Boone |
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US Financial Services Reform at the Crossroads
Clifford Chance |
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U.S. Regulation of International Financial Institutions: It’s Time for an Integrated Approach to Compliance
Foley & Lardner |
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Congressional Report Warns of Commercial Real Estate Crisis and Discusses Proactive Strategies to Potentially Minimize Losses
Troutman Sanders |
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Mortgage Banking Update
Patton Boggs
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Understanding the Significance of the Obama Administration’s Proposed “Volcker Rules”
Shearman & Sterling Please see our Hot Topics for more on this subject. |
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FRB Chairman Bernanke Announces Exit Strategy for Crisis Response Programs, Including by Raising Interest Rates on Reserve Balances
Goodwin Procter |
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Title Insurance Industry Reacts to Recession: Creditors’ Rights Endorsements Decertified by ALTA and Generally Unavailable
K+L Gates |
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The End of “Too Big To Fail”? Potential New Size and Activity Restrictions on Financial Firms
Debevoise & Plimpton Please see our Hot Topics for more on this subject. |
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Global Clampdown on Short Selling: an Overview (v6)
Shearman & Sterling |
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Swap termination and the subordination of termination payments in the Lehman bankruptcy
Hunton & Williams Please see our Hot Topics for more on the Lehman US bankruptcy proceedings. |
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President Obama Calls for Prohibitions on Banks Sponsoring or Investing in Hedge Funds and Private Equity Funds
Chadbourne & Parke Please see our Hot Topics for more on this subject. |
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The Year in Bankruptcy: 2009
Jones Day |
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Financial Services Reform for Private Fund Advisers—Where are We?
Kirkland & Ellis Please see our Hot Topics for more on the Private Fund Investment Advisers Registration Act of 2009. |
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Mortgage Assistance Relief Services Targeted in Federal Trade Commission Rulemaking
Venable |
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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 Please see our Hot Topics for more FDIC rules re investment in failed banks. |
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Lehman Bankruptcy Decision Has Potentially Broad Reaching Effects
Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell Please see our Hot Topics for more on the Lehman US bankruptcy proceedings. |
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OCC Approves First Use of “Shelf Charter” to Acquire a Failed Bank
Goodwin Procter Please see our Hot Topics for more on this subject. |
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Questions on the Volcker Rule: the effects on U.S. and non-U.S. banks
Allen & Overy Please see our Hot Topics for more on this subject. |
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Lehman Brothers: Ipso facto clauses and the anti-deprivation rule—US and English Courts speak a different language
Shearman & Sterling Please see our Hot Topics for more on the Lehman US bankruptcy proceedings. |
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Down from the Shelf: Special Charter Used to Purchase Failed Bank
Morgan Lewis Please see our Hot Topics for more on this subject. |
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The New Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and FHLB Whistleblower Rule
K+L Gates |
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Translating ‘Macro-Prudential Supervision’ Principles Into Law: A focus on the ‘forest’ instead of just the ‘trees’
Shearman & Sterling |
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Recent Lehman Decision Raises Questions About Application of Safe Harbors to Complex Financial Products
WilmerHale Please see our Hot Topics for more on the Lehman US bankruptcy proceedings. |
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Bankruptcy Court Rules “Flip Clause” Violates Ipso Facto Provisions
Paul Weiss Please see our Hot Topics for more on the Lehman US bankruptcy proceedings. |
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FDIC Seeks Comments on Incorporating Employee Compensation Criteria into its Deposit Insurance Assessment System
Arnold & Porter Please see our Hot Topics for more on this subject. |
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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 |
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President Obama Proposes New Restrictions on the Size and Scope of Financial Institutions
Goodwin Procter Please see our Hot Topics for more on this subject. |
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Lehman Bankruptcy Court Holds That CDO Provision Subordinating Swap Termination Payments to Lehman Is Unenforceable
Cleary Gottlieb Please see our Hot Topics for more on the Lehman US bankruptcy ... |
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US Bankruptcy Court decision [US Bankruptcy Court declaratory judgment in favour of Lehman Brothers Special Financing Inc]
Ashurst Please see our Hot Topics for more on the Lehman US bankruptcy proceedings. |
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Obama proposal for new restrictions on size and scope of U.S. financial institutions
Allen & Overy Please see our Hot Topics for more on this subject. |
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President Obama calls for new restrictions on size and scope of financial institutions
DLA Piper Please see our Hot Topics for more on this subject. |
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President Obama Proposes Size and Activities Limits for Financial Institutions
Davis Polk Please see our Hot Topics for more on this subject. |
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President Obama Proposes Limits on Bank Proprietary Trading and Size of Liabilities of Financial Firms
Clifford Chance Please see our Hot Topics for more on this subject. |
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Financial Regulatory Reform: President Obama Proposes Additional Financial Reforms Aimed at Large Financial Institutions
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher |
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FDIC Issues Revised Questions and Answers on Policy Statement on Qualifications for Failed Bank Acquisitions
Goodwin Procter Please see our Hot Topics for more FDIC rules re investment in failed banks. |
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Obama Administration Announces Financial Crisis Responsibility Fee Levied on Large Financial Institutions to Recoup Projected TARP Losses
Goodwin Procter Please see our Hot Topics for more on this subject. |
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Cloudy With a Chance of Recovery: 2009 In Review and What To Expect In 2010
Sullivan & Cromwell |
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FDIC Issues FAQs on Statement of Policy Relating to Acquisitions of Failed Banks
Ropes & Gray Please see our Hot Topics for more FDIC rules re investment in failed banks. |
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Obama Administration Proposes Financial Crisis Responsibility Fee
Sutherland Please see our Hot Topics for more on this subject. |
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President Obama Introduces "Financial Crisis Responsibility Fee"
Clifford Chance Please see our Hot Topics for more on this subject. |
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FDIC Releases Questions and Answers Regarding Final Policy Statement Governing Private Equity Investments in Failed Banks
WilmerHale Please see our Hot Topics for more FDIC rules re investment in failed banks. |
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SEC Adopts Final Rules Establishing Shareholder Say-on-Pay Requirement for TARP Recipients
Sullivan & Cromwell |
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