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On April 7, 2010, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") proposed rules that would significantly alter existing Regulation AB, which governs registration, disclosure and reporting for asset-backed securities

Consistent with the trend observed in 2015, federal agencies continue to bring the majority of actions, compared to actions by state attorneys general and state regulatory agencies.

On April 30, DBRS published its methodology for evaluating the mortgage servicers in a Canadian structured finance transaction.

On May 2, 2011, the United States Treasury Department announced that it was suspending, on May 6 until further notice, the issuance of U.S. Treasury State and Local Government Series (SLGS) securities.

Staff members of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System ("FRB") issued a report warning that nonbank mortgage lending has increased within the mortgage market to...

On January 31, 2017, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced a Consent Order with a mortgage lender and certain of its affiliates ("Lender").

A reverse mortgage lender settled CFPB charges for sending advertisements to senior citizens that misrepresented the costs and risks associated with the lender's loans.

The recent surge in residential mortgage buyback demands by Freddie Mac, among others, has a number of industry analysts bracing for a new wave of indemnification claims and put-back attempts against correspondent lenders and brokers by mortgage aggregators.

On February 23, 2009, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") adopted a new short selling rule which places restrictions on the short selling of securities which experience a price decline of 10% or more in one day.

On March 21, the US Securities and Exchange Commission voted unanimously to adopt new rule changes that will enable non-US issuers that meet specified conditions to more easily terminate the registration of their securities under the US Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and more easily extract themselves from ongoing public reporting obligations in the United States.

On October 2, 2009, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") announced that all remaining public reporting companies will be required to fully comply with the requirements set forth in Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act ("SOX"), beginning in June 2010.

On Friday, September 19, 2008, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced a trifecta of emergency orders that will remain in effect through October 2, 2008.

The SEC recently proposed rules to revise its definition of "Accredited Investor" so that it mirrors the definition adopted by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.

The staff of the SEC’s Division of Investment Management has posted Frequently Asked Questions Regarding Mid-Sized Advisers on the SEC website.

In order to properly address the impact of the Covid-19 crisis on today's capital markets, the Structured Finance Association ("SFA") is urging the Board of Governors...

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a favorable ruling for banks and loan servicers.

The United States Supreme Court indicated that it will review an opinion from the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit awarding "costs of suit" to a prevailing debt collector in a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act action.