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Infobytes - A Weekly In-depth review of news & developments in the financial services industry - May 17, 2013

by BuckleySandler LLP on 5/20/2013

In This Issue: - FEDERAL ISSUES - STATE ISSUES - COURTS - FIRM NEWS - FIRM PUBLICATIONS - MORTGAGES - BANKING - CONSUMER FINANCE - SECURITIES - PRIVACY/DATA SECURITY - Excerpt from...more

Infobytes - A Weekly In-depth review of news & developments in the financial services industry - May 3, 2013

by BuckleySandler LLP on 5/6/2013

In This Issue: - FEDERAL ISSUES - STATE ISSUES - COURTS - FIRM NEWS - FIRM PUBLICATIONS - MORTGAGES - BANKING - CONSUMER FINANCE - CREDIT CARDS - E-COMMERCE - PRIVACY/DATA SECURITY -...more

Banking & Financial Services E-Note - April 25, 2013

by John Chiles, Benjamin Coulter, Bryan Glover, John Michael Kearns, Mignon Lunsford, Zachary Miller, Jordan Teague | Burr & Forman on 4/26/2013

In This Issue: - Regulators Could Step in with Tougher Rules as Bank Profits Rise - Bill Would Force Study of Basel III Impact on Bank Capital Costs - Regulator Wants Enforcement Powers Against Bank...more

Infobytes - A Weekly In-depth review of news & developments in the financial services industry - April 19, 2013

by BuckleySandler LLP on 4/22/2013

In This Issue: - FEDERAL ISSUES - STATE ISSUES - COURTS - FIRM NEWS - FIRM PUBLICATIONS - MORTGAGES - BANKING - CONSUMER FINANCE - SECURITIES - CREDIT CARDS - Excerpt from Consumer...more

Infobytes - A Weekly In-depth review of news & developments in the financial services industry - April 5, 2013

by BuckleySandler LLP on 4/8/2013

In This Issue: - FEDERAL ISSUES - STATE ISSUES - COURTS - MISCELLANY - FIRM NEWS - MORTGAGES - BANKING - CONSUMER FINANCE - SECURITIES - PAYMENTS - Excerpt from Payments: CFPB...more

Corporate and Financial Weekly Digest - April 5, 2013

by Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 4/8/2013

In this issue: - SEC Advisory Committee on Small and Emerging Companies Makes Recommendations - SEC Provides Guidance Regarding Social Media and Regulation Fair Disclosure (Regulation FD) - SEC Amends...more

Infobytes - A Weekly In-depth review of news & developments in the financial services industry - March 29, 2013

by BuckleySandler LLP on 3/29/2013

In This Issue: - FEDERAL ISSUES - STATE ISSUES - COURTS - MISCELLANY - FIRM NEWS - FIRM PUBLICATIONS - MORTGAGES - BANKING - CONSUMER FINANCE - SECURITIES - CREDIT CARDS - PAYMENTS -...more

Federal Reserve Board And OCC Release Amended Foreclosure Consent Orders

by BuckleySandler LLP on 3/12/2013

On February 28, the Federal Reserve Board and the OCC jointly released amendments to their enforcement actions against multiple mortgage servicers to resolve allegations that the servicers engaged in improper mortgage...more

Washington Insight - January 2013

by King & Spalding on 2/5/2013

In This Issue: - President Obama Sworn in for a Second Term - 113th Congress Underway - More Fiscal Challenges in Store - Cabinet Re-Shuffle - A Game of Musical Chairs - Tax Reform and...more

Financial Services Legislative And Regulatory Update -- February 4‚ 2013

by Abby Matousek, Jason M. Rosenstock | Mintz Levin - Public Finance on 2/4/2013

In This Issue: Leading the Past Week; Legislative Branch; Executive Branch; Miscellaneous; and Upcoming Hearings. Excerpt from Leading the Past Week - Even though the Senate sent a debt limit extension to the...more

Agencies Issue Final Rule on Appraisals for Higher-Priced Mortgage Loans

by Jeffrey M. Werthan | Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 2/1/2013

On January 18, six federal financial regulatory agencies (the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Housing Finance...more

Dodd-Frank News: January 2013: Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform And Consumer Protection Act Monthly Update

by Rachel Cash, David Elliott, Kristin Peters, Jordan Teague | Burr & Forman on 1/25/2013

In This Issue: - RECENT CASES . Dodd-Frank Challenges Under the Administrative Procedure Act and Commodity Exchange Act . Preemption . Whistleblower Protection Under the Dodd-Frank Act . Arbitration...more

Federal Regulators Announce Additional Monetary Settlements In Lieu Of Independent Foreclosure Review

by BuckleySandler LLP on 1/24/2013

On January 16, the Federal Reserve Board announced that two additional mortgage servicers subject to consent orders issued in April 2011 agreed in principle to a monetary resolution of allegations that the firms engaged in...more

New Rules Offer Homeowners Protection from Foreclosure

by Michele Bowman | Lawyers.com on 1/24/2013

As anyone who’s ever dealt with a mortgage – not to mention a foreclosure – knows, getting a straight story from mortgage servicers, the companies that handle loan modifications and foreclosures, can be next to impossible....more

Federal Regulators Agree To Monetary Settlement With 10 Servicers In Lieu Of Independent Foreclosure Review

by BuckleySandler LLP on 1/21/2013

On January 7, the OCC and the Federal Reserve Board announced that 10 of the 14 mortgage servicers subject to consent orders issued in April 2011 regarding alleged improper servicing and foreclosure practices agreed in...more

Agencies Adopt Final Appraisal Rule for Higher-Priced Mortgage Loans

by Richard J. Andreano, Jr., John D. Socknat, Michael S. Waldron | Ballard Spahr LLP on 1/21/2013

Today, the federal financial institution agencies (the FDIC, Fed, OCC, and NCUA), the CFPB, and the Federal Housing Finance Agency adopted a joint final rule to implement Dodd-Frank appraisal requirements for higher-priced...more

Is the Fed's Settlement with Mortgage Servicers Good for the Market?

by Donald Rea | Saul Ewing LLP on 1/17/2013

On January 7, 2013, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and the U.S. Federal Reserve Board announced an $8.5 Billion settlement with 10 of the nation's top residential loan servicers ending independent...more

Federal Reserve Announces Another Major Cash Settlement with Mortgage Servicers: $8.5 Billion to be Paid in Cash, Used to Help...

by Rosa Eckstein Schechter on 1/15/2013

In a joint press release issued by the Federal Reserve and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, news this past week is that 10 mortgage servicers around the country have entered into a settlement agreement with the...more

Infobytes - A Weekly In-depth review of news & developments in the financial services industry - December 22, 2012

by BuckleySandler LLP on 12/24/2012

In This Issue: - FEDERAL ISSUES - STATE ISSUES - COURTS - FIRM NEWS - FIRM PUBLICATIONS - MORTGAGES - BANKING - CONSUMER FINANCE - SECURITIES - CREDIT CARDS - INSURANCE - E-COMMERCE - PRIVACY/DATA...more

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