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Financial Services Legislative and Regulatory Update -- May 20‚ 2013

by Abby Matousek, Jason M. Rosenstock | Mintz Levin - Public Finance on 5/20/2013

In This Issue: Leading the Past Week; Legislative Branch; Executive Branch; and Upcoming Hearings. Excerpt from Leading the Past Week - The conflation of three scandals clearly tainted President Obama...more

Condominium And Homeowners Bills Enacted By The 2013 Florida Legislature

by Martin Schwartz | Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP on 5/14/2013

HB 73- Omnibus Legislation - This bill containing 74 pages is a "stripped down" version of a bill which passed the House last year but failed to obtain Senate approval. It contains a potpourri of changes to the...more

President Obama Nominates New FHFA Director

by BuckleySandler LLP on 5/10/2013

On May 1, President Obama announced the nomination of Representative Mel Watt (D-NC) to serve as Director of the FHFA. Mr. Watt has represented portions of Charlotte and other North Carolina communities since 1993 and...more

New Jersey Gets Federal Approval for $1.8 Billion in Hurricane Sandy Aid

by Holly Horsley, William C. Rhodes | Ballard Spahr LLP on 5/8/2013

The Obama administration recently approved more than $1.8 billion in aid to help New Jersey residents and businesses recover from Hurricane Sandy. The Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds for New Jersey, part of a...more

Capitol Report: Property Insurance Bill Creating Citizens Clearinghouse Passes 2013 Florida Legislature

by Kelly Cruz-Brown | Carlton Fields on 5/8/2013

Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 1770 (CS/SB 1770) passed by the 2013 Florida Legislature creates a “keep-out” clearinghouse to reduce the size and type of exposures insured by Citizens Property Insurance Corporation...more

President Releases Fiscal Year 2014 HUD Budget

by Mary Grace Folwell, Sharon Wilson Geno, Nydia Pouyes | Ballard Spahr LLP on 4/15/2013

President Obama's fiscal year 2014 budget for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), released on April 10, 2013, increases funding for many programs. The budget also includes legislative language that...more

Illinois House Considers Bill to Allow “Bonding Off” of Mechanics Liens

by Timothy Patenode, Jennifer Ryan | Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 4/12/2013

Lenders in Illinois might want to take note of pending Illinois House Bill 2804. The bill would amend the Mechanics Lien Act, so as to allow “bonding off” of mechanic liens for the first time in Illinois. Nearly every state...more

The Canadian Federal Budget and Financial Institutions

by Kashif Zaman | Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP on 4/10/2013

The recently published federal budget (titled “Canada’s Economic Action Plan 2013”) included high level guidance regarding the Government’s priorities for the regulation of financial institutions, services and markets. The...more

Under The Dome: Inside The Maine State House 4-5-13

by Avery T. Day, John D. Delahanty, Andrea Cianchette Maker | Pierce Atwood LLP on 4/5/2013

This week, Governor LePage vetoed two bills: LD 49, An Act to Amend the Laws Governing Payment of Fees to Registers of Deeds, and LD 272, An Act to Reduce Youth Cancer Risk. These were the first vetoes of the 126th...more

Democratic Lawmakers Push Regulators For Independent Foreclosure Review Details

by BuckleySandler LLP on 4/3/2013

On March 25, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Representative Elijah Cummings (D-MD) sent a letter to Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and Comptroller of the Currency Thomas Curry challenging the regulators’ response...more

Bill Introduced to Restore Cities' Ability to Require Affordable Housing

by Michael Hansen | Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 4/2/2013

On February 22, California State Assembly Member Toni Atkins, D-San Diego, introduced a bill, AB 1229, to restore the ability of California cities and counties to require affordable housing as part of market-rate housing...more

House, Senate Committees Hold Separate Hearings On Housing Finance Reform

by BuckleySandler LLP on 3/28/2013

On March 19, the Senate Banking Committee and the House Financial Services Committee each held a hearing to review issues related to housing finance post-federal conservatorship of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The House...more

Debate Over FHFA Leadership Resurfaces

by BuckleySandler LLP on 3/27/2013

On March 15, the attorneys general (AGs) for nine states sent a letter to President Obama and Senate leaders seeking the appointment of a permanent director for the FHFA to replace Acting Director Edward DeMarco. The AGs...more

Financial Services Legislative And Regulatory Update -- March 25‚ 2013

by Abby Matousek, Jason M. Rosenstock | Mintz Levin - Public Finance on 3/26/2013

In This Issue: Leading the Past Week; Legislative Branch; Executive Branch; and Upcoming Hearings. Excerpt from Leading the Past Week - Members rushed out of town at the end of last week for a two-week...more

Update: After Rehearing, Court Of Appeal Upholds Its Previous Parcel Tax Ruling

by Constantine Baranoff, P. Addison Covert, Brett L. Price, Meghan Covert Russell | Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard on 3/19/2013

The court of appeal recently upheld its previous ruling that a parcel tax approved by Alameda Unified School District (“District”) voters violates the Government Code’s restriction that special taxes apply “uniformly to all...more

SCA 3 Proposes Constitutional Amendment To Lower Voter Approval Requirement For Parcel Taxes From Two-Thirds To 55 Percent For...

by Constantine Baranoff, P. Addison Covert, Brett L. Price, Meghan Covert Russell | Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard on 3/19/2013

SCA 3 seeks to amend the California Constitution relating to taxation by amending Section 4 of Article XIIIA, adding Section 4.5 to Article XIIIA, amending Section 2 of Article XIIIC, and amending Section 3 of Article XIIID,...more

Eminent Domain News from the State Capitol

by Thomas Forestier | Winstead PC on 3/18/2013

Multiple bills regarding the power and exercise of eminent domain, both generally and by common carriers, have been filed during the current Texas legislative session. Below, please find a list of those bills with a brief...more

Bipartisan Committee Issues Report on Future of U.S. Housing - and Mortgage Bankers Issue Their Response: News Releases of the...

by Rosa Eckstein Schechter on 3/5/2013

Last week, a bipartisan commission of former Cabinet secretaries, ex-Senators, economists, and experts in various aspects of the American housing industry or market issued their report on how things are and how things should...more

Florida Senator Soto Files Four Bills to Counter Pending HB 87 Foreclosure Reform Act

by Rosa Eckstein Schechter on 3/1/2013

While HB87 continues through the Florida statehouse, the foreclosure reform bill filed by State Rep. Kathleen Passidomo, Florida State Senator Darren Soto has now filed not one or two, but four separate foreclosure-related...more

Defendants In CFPB Enforcement Action Renew Challenge To Validity Of Director’s Appointment

by BuckleySandler LLP on 2/25/2013

On February 11, a law firm and related parties sued by the CFPB for allegedly deceiving consumers through a network of mortgage loan modification businesses filed a brief in which they renewed a challenge to the CFPB...more

Government Relations Report - Week 6 Wrap-up: Property Tax, Education Reform, Red Light Cameras, Water Issues and Home Rule

by Katherine Carlucci, Thomas Stanberry | Davis Brown Law Firm on 2/25/2013

We have now completed six weeks of the 2013 Session of Iowa’s 85th General Assembly. The end of week five marked the first milestone: the deadline for individual bill requests. After February 15th individual legislators...more

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