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On May 7, 2024, the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey issued a decision holding that the use by a debt collector of the Model Form validation notice under Regulation F...

The emerging Peer to Peer lending industry suffered a major shake-up this week, with Renaud Laplanche's resignation as CEO of Lending Club.

On September 22, 2008, the Federal Reserve issued a new policy statement that expands the ability of private equity funds, hedge funds, and other investors to make meaningful investments in bank holding companies and banks without subjecting themselves to regulation under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (the "BHC Act").

Proskauer released results from The Private Credit Group's market survey for 2018. The comprehensive survey features the predictions of top lending institutions, which complement the findings...

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) recently announced that it will launch two different funds that will commit $2 billion over the next five years to match private capital raised by privately owned investment funds investing in promising startups and high-growth companies.

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Atkins recently spoke at Fordham Law School for the "25th Annual A.A. Sommer, Jr. Lecture on Corporate, Securities, and Financial Law"...

The SEC's Division of Corporation Finance has issued a new exemptive order allowing qualifying tender or exchange offers for non-convertible debt securities to remain open for just five business days instead of the standard 20-day period. This order supersedes previous relief from 2015 and expands the conditions under which issuers can utilize abbreviated offering periods. The relief aims to address market inefficiencies and reduce exposure to interest rate fluctuations while maintaining investor protection

Regulation A reforms were then included in Title IV of the JOBS Act.

On the evening of May 5, 2020, the Small Business Administration (SBA), in consultation with the Department of the Treasury, extended the date from May 7 to May 14, 2020 for...

The debt markets have outperformed themselves during 2013, harkening back to the boom years of 2005 through 2007.

Earlier this month, the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) sent an email with the attention-grabbing subject line "Want to continue operating in California? You need to apply for a license with us."

All public companies with effective shelf registration statements should review whether such registration statements will expire under the three-year refiling requirement adopted in 2005 as part of Securities Offering Reform.

We recently blogged about President Trump's Truth Social post in which he announced his intent to impose a 10% per annum interest rate cap on credit cards...

Laboring in the shadow of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ("CFPB") since 2011, the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") has been an important...

In Johnson v. Columbia Debt Recovery, a Washington district court awarded each plaintiff $30,000 in emotional distress damages under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA)...

Military members and Department of Defense employees can occasionally find themselves owning a debt to the DoD as a result of the overpayment of pay or allowances, or early separation prior to fulfilling service.

The statutory authority given by the Congress to the U.S. Treasury to borrow a certain amount of money and/or issue securities to fund the operations of the federal government.