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Underwriters, Universities and Government Debt Issuers Face a Critical Deadline
Maximizing Outcomes in Upcoming Asia Restructurings - Executive Summary
Bar President: 3Ls Should Get Paid for Internships
Bill on Bankruptcy: Kodak Plan Bumps the Debt, Craters Stock
Consultant: More Big Law Firms Will "Implode"
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Will The Debt Ceiling Standoff End Up In Court?
Bill on Bankruptcy: MF Global Creditors Undeterred by Low Value
Symptoms of Student Loan Crisis Reveal Bubble About to Burst
Dean: There's No Oversupply of Lawyers
Bill on Bankruptcy: Will 2013 Be Kind To The Bankruptcy Bar?
It has been one year since the Canadian Securities Administrators (the CSA) introduced the listed issuer financing exemption (the LIFE Exemption) under Part 5A of National Instrument 45-106 Prospectus Exemptions, which is...more
Companies forced to wind down operations and liquidate their assets often choose a liquidation process known as an ABC (Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors). An ABC is usually more streamlined, requires fewer public...more
In light of the recent downturn and increased volatility in the global financial markets due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a number of companies have raised questions regarding the best practices and desirability of repurchasing...more
Beany & Cecil was a cartoon. The Current Expected Credit Loss accounting rules, better known as CECL, which the FASB is insisting will go into effect at the beginning of next year for publicly traded banks and lenders and a...more
The Amendments - The 2018 amendments to Rule 15c2-12 (the “Rule”) make the following additions to the continuing disclosure requirements applying to most publicly-held municipal securities: (a) Amending the list of...more
The Governmental Accounting Standards Board issued GASB Statement No. 88 (the "Statement") in March 2018. The Statement requires increased disclosure in notes to financial statements of all state and local governments. The...more
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on March 1, 2017, proposed adding two additional triggers – in new subparagraphs (15) and (16) – for the material events notice requirements under Rule 15c2-12 (the Proposed...more
SEC Approves IEX Proposal to Launch National Exchange, Issues Interpretation on Automated Securities Prices - On June 17, 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") approved the application of Investors'...more
On May 24, 2016, FINRA proposed amendments to its new debt research rule (Rule 2422). The amendments are intended to clarify Rule 2422 in four respects: (1) the consent requirement for institutional debt research reports...more
When a consumer's current balance will increase over time due to interest and late fees, a debt collection notice must disclose this information, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has ruled. In Avila v....more
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act was enacted as a measure to promote financial stability and protection for consumers through increased regulation of nearly every aspect of the consumer finance...more
On Friday, October 30, 2015, the Federal Reserve Board (“Board”) reaffirmed its commitment to both the bank holding company model and single point of entry resolution. In a departure from historical views of the purpose and...more
The Third Circuit Court of Appeals recently affirmed the decisions of the District and Bankruptcy Court denying, for reasons of inadequate disclosure, the approval of a third-party release provision in the Chapter 11 plan of...more
Join Pepper Hamilton in a special webinar examining the latest developments in the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Municipalities Continuing Disclosure Cooperation Initiative (MCDC Initiative), including what...more
In this issue: - Delaware Court of Chancery Rules That a Major Debt Holder and 48 Percent Stockholder Is a Controlling Stockholder and Owes Fiduciary Duties to Minority Stockholders - Delaware Court of Chancery...more
The West Virginia Legislature recently passed H.B. 4360, which amended Section 46A-2-128 of the West Virginia Code, that defines what constitutes unfair or unconscionable debt collection activities. The amendments are...more
The New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) has proposed new regulations that would impose significant disclosure and other requirements on persons engaged in the collection of consumer debts....more
A bipartisan group of Pennsylvania Senators led by Senators John Eichelberger (R) and Rob Teplitz (D), the majority and minority chairs of the Senate’s Local Government Committee, and including Senators Mike Folmer (R) and...more