Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Recent Developments Affecting Student Loan Origination and Servicing
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Gavels & Gowns - Responding to Borrower Defense to Repayment Applications
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: The U.S. Supreme Court’s Decision Invalidating the Biden Administration’s Student Loan Forgiveness Plan and its Potential Legal Repercussions
A Deep Dive into the Debate Over Federal Student Loan Forgiveness
Compliance Perspectives: Changes to Title IX
New Title IX Regulations: A Seismic Shift During a Pandemic (Webinar Recording)
Investigating Sexual Misconduct in High Education: Potential Pitfalls During Title IX Investigations and How to Avoid Them
Congressman: My Plan Would Reduce Student Loan Defaults: Video
December 7, 2023- U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Ranking Member Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and Banking Committee Republicans are calling on Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Chairman Martin...more
December 5, 2023- The U.S. House Committee on Financial Services Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology and Inclusion held a hearing entitled, "Fostering Financial Innovation: How Agencies Can Leverage...more
A first-of-its-kind executive order issued October 2023 already has the voluntary commitment of several major technology companies — here’s why. Just last week, President Joe Biden signed a new, first-of-its-kind AI...more
September 29, 2023- The U.S Department of the Treasury released a report prepared in consultation with members of the Financial Literacy and Education Commission, entitled The Impact of Climate Change on American Household...more
June 30, 2023- President Joe Biden announced new actions aimed at providing debt and supporting student loan borrowers: i) The Secretary of Education initiated a rulemaking process aimed at opening an alternative path...more
Today, in the last day of the 2022-2023 term, the Supreme Court of the United States issued three decisions: Department of Education v. Brown, No. 22-535; Biden v. Nebraska, No. 22-506: These cases addressed suits...more
November 23, 2022- The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation announced the results of their joint review of the resolution plans—also known as living wills—that the eight largest and most...more
October 31, 2022- Securities and Exchange Commission Commissioner Caroline A. Crenshaw gave remarks at the inaugural ECGI Responsible Capitalism Summit entitled, "Moving Forward in Our Lane."...more
Blog: How Much Did Supply Constraints Boost U.S. Inflation? August 24, 2022- The Federal Reserve Bank of New York published a Liberty Street Economics blog post entitled, "How Much Did Supply Constraints Boost U.S....more
July 13, 2022- Michael Barr, President Biden's nominee for Governor and Vice Chair for Supervision at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, was confirmed by the U.S. Senate....more
Federal Agencies- Securities and Exchange Commission- SEC Investor Advisory Committee to Discuss Non-Traditional Accounting and Climate Disclosure on June 9-...more
Congress- U.S. House of Representatives- Committee on Small Business- Committee Announces June Hearings- May 27, 2022- The House Small Business Committee announced several committee hearings throughout June:...more
The Government Contracts and Global Trade Group is pleased to provide a summary of some of the key class deviations and other memoranda published by U.S. Government agencies implementing the federal contractor COVID-19...more
The Daily Report is a compilation of COVID-19 (coronavirus) news briefs from around the world to help life sciences and health care companies stay current in this challenging time....more
Below, please find a summary of the federal government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic since our last update (Thursday, June 18) – including today’s proclamation by President Trump to extend and expand COVID-19 related...more
Below, please find a summary of today’s federal government activities in response to COVID-19. Congress - During today’s Senate Small Business Committee hearing on CARES Act small business lending programs, Ranking...more
Following is a synopsis of today’s federal government actions in response to COVID-19. Congress - Today, House leaders reversed plans to return to Washington on Monday – citing concerns about the spread of COVID-19 and...more
The House and Senate convene today at noon and 3 p.m., respectively. House - FY 2019 Appropriations. The chamber is gearing up to tackle its second “minibus” spending package for fiscal year 2019. ...more
Senate Again Delays Action on Remaining Appropriations Bill: The Senate has yet to schedule any mark-ups for next week for its remaining four appropriations bills (Clark Hill Insight). Senate Reaches Deal on Budget...more
Budget/Appropriations - April Deadline: The first deal Trump must cut is one to keep the government open past April 28, and here Republicans and Democrats mostly want him to get out of the way. Senate appropriators in...more
Regulatory Developments - SEC to Vote on Final Title III Crowdfunding Rules Oct. 30: The SEC has announced that it will vote on whether to adopt rules and forms related to the offer and sale of securities through...more