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Orrick's Financial Industry Week In Review - May 20, 2013

by Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 5/20/2013

In This Issue: April Housing Scorecard; Rating Agency Developments; New York State Court Dismisses RMBS Putback Action Against Nomura As Time-Barred; New York State Court Allows Trustee Lawsuit Against DB Structured Products...more

Orrick's Financial Industry Week in Review - May 13, 2013

by Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 5/13/2013

In This Issue: FHFA Limit on Fannie and Freddie Loan Purchases to Qualified Mortgage; Rating Agency Developments; MBIA and Bank of America Settle MBS Litigation for $1.7 Billion: Assured and UBS Agree to Settle RMBS...more

Orrick's Financial Industry Week in Review - May 6, 2013

by Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 5/6/2013

On April 30, the FHFA issued its progress report on the steps being taken to establish a common securitization infrastructure for MBS. The FHFA is encouraging interested parties to provide written input on the progress...more

Orrick's Financial Industry Week in Review - April 15, 2013

by Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 4/15/2013

Fed Proposal on Annual Assessments - On April 15, the Fed requested comment on a proposed rule to establish an annual assessment for bank holding companies and savings and loan companies with $50 billion or greater in total...more

Orrick's Financial Industry Week in Review - April 8, 2013

by Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 4/8/2013

UK Financial Services Regulatory Handover - On April 1, the long-awaited handover of power from the FSA to the "twin-peaks system," consisting of the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and Financial Conduct Authority...more

Doing business, or thinking about investing, in Russia? Recent changes to the Russian Civil Code

by Victoria V. Bryxa, Dmitry Gubarev, Alexander Janes | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 3/18/2013

In This Presentation: 1. Why were changes needed? 2. How are things changing? 3. The process of change 4. Amendments in place now 5. What is still to change? - 2nd Draft Amendment - 3rd Draft...more

Orrick's Financial Industry Week in Review - March 11, 2013

by Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 3/11/2013

In This Issue: *Financial Industry Developments - SEC Risk Alert and Investor Bulletin on Investment Adviser Custody Rule - FHFA Outlines 2013 Goals for Fannie and Freddie - Rating Agency Developments ...more

Financial Services – Update on UK and European Regulatory Developments - March 2013

by Dechert LLP on 3/7/2013

In This Issue: - Part A – Regulation of Financial Markets - Part B – Regulation of Investment Management - Part C – Regulation of Investment Funds - Appendix: Regulatory Calendar – Key Milestones Please...more

Orrick's Financial Industry Week In Review - March 4, 2013

by Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 3/4/2013

In This Issue: *Financial Industry Developments - Amendments to Fed and OCC Foreclosure Consent Orders - Fed Proposed Rule on Systemically Important Financial Market Utilities - Rating Agency...more

Orrick's Financial Industry Week In Review - February 19, 2013

by Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 2/19/2013

In This Issue: - Financial Industry Developments •CFPB Implementation Plan for Mortgage Rules •FDIC Proposed Rule on Insured Deposits at Foreign Branches of U.S. Banks •CFPB Bulletin on Servicers'...more

Israeli Bank Sues UBS and Goldman Sachs Seeking a Combined $220 Million

by Orrick - Structured Finance Group on 2/5/2013

On January 29, Bank Hapoalim B.M., Israel’s largest bank, filed summonses with notice against UBS AG, Goldman Sachs & Co., and their affiliates, in the Supreme Court for the State of New York....more

Orrick's Financial Industry Week in Review - February 4, 2013

by Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 2/5/2013

In This Issue: *Financial Industry Developments - SEC Extends Exemptions for Security-Based Swaps - Fed Announces Release Dates for Results of Supervisory Stress Tests and CCAR - Rating Agency Developments...more

Orrick's Financial Industry Week in Review - January 22, 1013

by Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 1/25/2013

In This Issue: *Financial Industry Developments - CFPB Final Rule on Mortgage Servicing Standards - Joint Rule on Appraisals for Higher-Priced Mortgage Loans - CFPB Final Rule on Written Appraisals - SEC...more

Orrick's Financial Industry Week in Review - January 14, 2013

by Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 1/18/2013

In This Issue: - Financial Industry Developments •CFPB Rules on Ability-to-Repay and Qualified Mortgages •Independent Foreclosure Review Settlement •CFPB Final Rules on High-Cost Mortgages •Rating Agency...more

Orrick's Financial Industry Week In Review - December 17, 2012

by Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 12/20/2012

In This Issue: *Financial Industry Developments - CFTC No-Action Relief for Securitizations from Commodity Pool Operator Registration - CFTC No-Action Relief for Mortgage REIT Operators from Commodity Pool...more

Banking And Financial Services E-Note - November 2012

by Burr & Forman on 12/1/2012

In This Issue: - Banks Concerned as TAG Program Set to Expire - European Banks Set to Take Bigger Hit than U.S. Over Libor Probe - N.Y. AG Sues Credit Suisse for Misleading Investors on Mortgages -...more

CrunchedCredit.com's 3rd Annual Golden Turkey Awards

by Rick Jones | Dechert LLP on 11/26/2012

Our plates filled with year-end deals, Thanksgiving Week is upon us, and with it CrunchedCredit.com’s annual recognition of the stories, events and ideas that struck us as funny, outrageous or both amidst the tsunami of stuff...more

Fallen G-REITs in den Anwendungsbereich des KAGB?

by King & Spalding on 11/19/2012

Seit Vorlage des Entwurfs des Kapitalanlagegesetzbuchs (KAGB) am 20. Juli 2012 ist eine der vieldiskutierten Fragen hinsichtlich des Anwendungsbereichs des Gesetzes, ob Real Estate Investment Trusts („G-REIT“) von diesem...more

Reserve Bank of Australia RMBS Disclosure Criteria

by Orrick - Structured Finance Group on 11/6/2012

On October 22, the Reserve Bank of Australia introduced new criteria for the eligibility of RMBS in its operations, which will require RMBS issuers to provide detailed information on reporting templates regarding...more

International Criminal Defense Lawyer Douglas McNabb of McNabb Associates - News On Current International - Transnational Criminal...

by McNabb Associates, P.C. on 10/25/2012

October 25, 2012 - International & Transnational Criminal Defense Lawyers Our paper focuses on articles concerning US Federal Criminal Defense, INTERPOL Red Notice Removal, International Extradition and OFAC SDN Sanctions...more

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