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On October 3rd, the President signed into law the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (Act), which authorized the Treasury Secretary (Treasury) to establish the Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP) to purchase "troubled assets."

On January 29, 2009, a bill was introduced in the US Senate (the “Transparency Act”), which, if it were to become law, would require certain private investment funds, including hedge funds, private equity funds, private real estate funds, securitization vehicles, and family offices, among others, with $50 million or more in assets or assets under management, to register with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) as investment companies (albeit subject to lighter regulation than t

In the early days of the financial crisis in late 2007 and early 2008, monoline financial guaranty insurers began to experience rating agency downgrades due, in part, to their wrapping of structured financial products such as collateralized debt obligations and asset-backed securities.

President Obama signed H.R. 1, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) into law on February 17, 2009.

In this month's recap: major stock benchmarks descend as new developments in the U.S.-China tariff dispute lead to a broad risk-off in equities; consumer confidence surges, while the housing market cools.

On June 3, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the "FDIC") announced that a pilot sale of assets under the Legacy Loans Program component of the Public-Private Investment Program ("PPIP"), initially scheduled for June, will be postponed indefinitely.

The Treasury announced further details on its Public-Private Investment Program (“PPIP”), which is a component of the Financial Stability Plan.

Implementation of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) (P.L. 111-5) continues to be conducted by the executive departments at a rapid pace. For the second consecutive week the Obama Administration has marked the release of ARRA funding with highly publicized events.

Womble Carlyle's Economic Development Digest aggregates news, opportunities and legislation impacting business in the United States.

On October 3, 2008, President Bush signed the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (the “EESA” or the “Act”) into law.

The U.S. Department of Energy ("DOE") has announced two new solicitations for loan guarantees pursuant to its loan guarantee program under the Energy Policy Act of 2005 ("EPAct 2005").

On October 14, 2008, the US Department of the Treasury (the “Treasury”) announced the development of three programs under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (“TARP”) authorized by the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (the “EESA”).

In this month's recap: Stocks, gold, and oil all surge, a door opens for U.S.-China trade talks to resume, and the Federal Reserve suddenly sounds dovish.

Since late 2008, the global financial markets have been under incredible, and perhaps unprecedented, strain. Lenders have decreased their lending activity, in part as a result of the collapse in value of commercial mortgage-backed securities and derivatives.

We have prepared this White Paper to clearly state the case for availability payments to demand side resources in electric markets.

This report provides a snapshot of the U.S. Executive Branch priorities via daily schedules and the prior day's press releases.

As the Coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to disrupt markets and industries globally, businesses face significant internal and external challenges with how to identify and plan for issues caused by the outbreak.

2015 was a record breaking year for the hotel sector: occupancy levels rose to 65.5%, and according to Moody's, RevPar increased by 6.3% over 2014 levels.