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On August 19, 2015, the European Banking Authority issued a press release stating that it will conduct an analysis on the Net Stable Funding Requirements and Leverage Ratio under the Capital Requirements Regulation.

The news that A.M. Best is developing stress testing to gauge the impact of COVID-19 on insurers is a timely reminder of the various regulatory capital ...

The U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts recently ruled that borrowers may proceed with a lawsuit to prevent foreclosure of a residential mortgage loan where the borrowers claimed they were induced by the bank to default on the loan as a first step in negotiating a modification of the loan.

Close corporations are the most common vehicle for doing business in the United States and their owners represent the most financially successful group in our society. These corporations are often formed by several individuals to pursue an idea or opportunity. Through hard work and good fortune the businesses often grow far beyond the original expectations of their founders. In time, the close corporation may possess great assets and be a source of significant compensation to the founding shareh

The Federal Reserve Board and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation have released two final rules to tailor the application of enhanced prudential standards to large U.S. and foreign banking organizations.

Forbearance agreements serve an important role in the lender-borrower relationship, especially in current credit market conditions.

In July 2009, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision ("BCBS") published supplemental Pillar 2 (supervisory review process) guidance to address perceived weaknesses that were revealed in some banks’ risk management processes during the recent financial turmoil.

A broker-dealer settled FINRA charges for registration and inspection failures.

On April 14, 2008, in Levitt Corp. v. Office Depot, Inc., 2008 WL 1724244, the Delaware Chancery Court issued another opinion narrowly construing a bylaw requiring advance stockholder notice of an intent to submit a proposal at an annual stockholders’ meeting.

On August 14, 2023, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Chair Martin Gruenberg gave remarks at the Brookings Institution during which he outlined additional steps federal banking regulators...

On April 12, 2016, the US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency released its Risk Appetite Statement, which documents the OCC's overall conservative risk appetite in carrying out its supervisory mission.

On August 4, 2015, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency issued guidance outlining safety and reliability measures that national banks and federal savings associations offering tax refund-related products should follow.

Financial Regulatory Developments Focus - September 22, 2015

Federal Reserve Board ("FRB") Vice Chair for Supervision Randal K. Quarles and OCC Comptroller Joseph M. Otting described certain supervisory...

Federal Reserve Vice Chair of Supervision Michael Barr gave remarks yesterday to the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. The speech was his first since being sworn in at the...

On September 19, 2023, the jurisdictional boundaries between the regulation of swaps by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the "CFTC") and the regulation of security-based swaps ("SBSs")...

In recently submitted comments, SIFMA, ISDA, the FIA, Morgan Stanley and Citadel, among others, urged the SEC to substantially revise proposed rules on capital, margin and segregation requirements...