In September 2015, the SBIC Funding Corporation completed a pooling of SBA debentures in the amount of nearly $1.2 billion, the largest pooling in the program's 56-year history.

The "American Banker" is reporting that the FDIC took action against eight companies in the final quarter of 2013 — most of which were community banks.

Section 16.038 of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code codifies a procedure to unilaterally rescind or waive an acceleration by written notice.

McGuireWoods has provided comments to the SEC on several aspects of the proposed rules to implement the Say-on-Pay provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.

Nasdaq is changing its listing rules to allow compensation committee members to receive compensatory fees from a company when those fees are not for board service.

On Dec. 23, SEC spokesman John Nester announced a new task force for scrutinizing broker-dealers.

Late last year, the attorneys general of California, New York, Illinois and 13 other states urged the CFPB to use its statutory authority to "regulate pre-dispute mandatory arbitration clauses in consumer agreements for financial products or services."

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

On June 6, 2012, Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee Chairwoman Mary Landrieu, backed by the committee’s ranking member Olympia Snowe, published the Expanding Access to Capital for Entrepreneurial Leaders (EXCEL) Act.

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has issued a call inviting experienced early stage fund managers to submit the Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) Management Assessment Questionnaire (MAQ) for consideration by the SBA to be licensed as Early Stage Small Business Investment Companies.

On December 10, 2013, the SEC, FDIC, OCC and Federal Reserve jointly approved the so-called Volcker Rule, prohibiting banking entities and certain nonbank financial institutions from engaging in proprietary trading or owning interests in or sponsoring certain hedge funds or private equity funds.

Currently, the CFPB does not consult with small businesses and lenders before adopting rules and regulations that affect them.

The Office of Inspector General has issued Advisory Opinion 12-22 which provides a favorable review of a co-management arrangement between a hospital and a group of cardiologists that included performance-based compensation for patient and employee satisfaction, quality, and cost-savings measures.

With a string of court decisions in 2013 upholding local ordinances banning or imposing a charge for the use of plastic bags, municipalities are now looking to expand the reach of such laws.

A new column from Becker's Hospital Review identifies 50 things to know about healthcare costs.

It's no secret that while some U.S. hospitals are thriving, others are struggling under the weight of decreasing reimbursement, rising expenses and pressures relative to integrated care.

On November 2, President Obama signed into the law the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (the "Act"), which contains language that will significantly change how hospital-based outpatient care is reimbursed.

The Ninth Circuit recently upheld California’s Proposition 2, Cal. Health & Safety Code §§ 25990-25991, agreeing with the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California that the new shelled egg law is constitutional

Castle Biosciences, headquartered in Friendswood, Texas, is a cancer-focused molecular diagnostics company which currently offers prognostic tests for patients.

CMS has announced it will extend the federal programs to encourage hospitals and physicians to adopt electronic health records — with Stage 2 now starting in 2015 and continuing through 2016, and Stage 3 beginning in 2017 for providers that have completed two or more years at that lower level.