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The Uniform Law Commission wrote this in 1989 to support the inclusion of Article 4A in the Uniform Commercial Code, which was ultimately adopted with little revision in all fifty states.

"The market is missing things, and we are not at our true value" is a common refrain we hear from company executives, both public and private equity-backed.

One by one, at devastating speed, communities across the globe are facing the effects of Covid-19.

The Southern District of Florida has added to the growing collection of cases under the Fair Debt Collections Practices Act (FDCPA) based on a lack of standing.

On April 27, 2022, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania certified a class comprised of individuals alleging the Defendants violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA).

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ("FDIC") Vice Chair Travis Hill gave a speech earlier this week, titled "Recent Bank Failures and the Path Ahead," at the Bipartisan Policy Center.

This week, the Federal Reserve Board ("FRB") and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency ("OCC") issued a notice of proposed rulemaking ("NPR") to amend the Enhanced Supplementary Leverage Ratio ("eSLR").

In a speech before the US Chamber of Commerce on March 26, Treasury Secretary Paulson addressed recent actions taken by regulators to relieve the turbulence in the financial markets, in particular, the actions taken by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (“FRB”) with regard to Bear Stearns.

On March 14, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit vacated the dismissal of a lawsuit alleging a failure to reasonably investigate a disputed debt.

The FRB revised its Main Street Lending Program (composed of the Main Street New Loan Facility, Main Street Expanded Loan Facility and Main Street Priority Loan Facility) to expand the scope of small- and medium-sized businesses ...

On July 14, the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona granted the Federal Trade Commission's request for a temporary restraining order against multiple defendants operating a nationwide debt relief scheme.

On May 1, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it had filed an amended complaint​ and entered into a proposed final order with a debt collector and its owner...

In comments supporting a CFPB proposal to amend the Fair Debt Collection Practice Act, the FTC recommended that the CFPB

In late July 2023, US banking agencies released proposals to significantly revise the risk-based regulatory capital requirements for certain midsize and larger US banking organizations...

Insurance holding companies should be closely following the accelerating efforts by state insurance regulators to impose oversight over group (in addition to legal entity) financial resources.

On November 17, 2011, Institutional Shareholder Services, the influential proxy advisory firm, released its 2012 proxy voting policies. These policies, which govern ISS' voting recommendations, will begin to apply for shareholder meetings that take place on or after February 1, 2012.

Over the course of the last several years, interest in Environmental, Social and Governance ("ESG") financing has skyrocketed, leading to the growth of several financial products focused on this market.

The Main Street Lending Program (MSLP) was established by the Treasury Department with $75 billion from the CARES Act to enhance access to credit for small and medium-sized businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic.