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Financial Daily Dose 9.21.2020 | Top Story: White House Signs Off on Deal for Oracle & Walmart to Take Stake in TikTok

Robins Kaplan LLP on 9/21/2020

The White House has given its crucial imprimatur to a deal for Oracle (and Walmart) to take a stake in Chinese video app TikTok, “an agreement that will delay the U.S. government’s threat to block the popular app in the...more

Insight on Illinois - August 2020 #1

Clark Hill PLC on 8/13/2020

As we hit the dog days of August, government at all levels continues to battle COVID-19 while supporting businesses and families. Nationally, negotiations over a relief package have stalled, and President Trump has issued an...more

Coronavirus: The Hill and the Headlines – COVID-19 D.C. Update – July 2020 #6

Hogan Lovells on 7/10/2020

In Washington: Just as some federal agencies are calling for federal employees who are teleworking to return, several Virginia and Maryland lawmakers are warning that it might be too early. ...more

Coronavirus: The Hill and the Headlines – COVID-19 D.C. Update – July 2020 #5

Hogan Lovells on 7/10/2020

In Washington: The Trump administration continues to pressure local officials to open its schools for children to return to class, as the Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos threatened to cut federal funding to...more

Coronavirus: The Hill and the Headlines – COVID-19 D.C. Update May 2020

Hogan Lovells on 5/5/2020

In Washington: COVID-19 cases may not peak in the D.C. region until mid- or even late May. The Senate is back in session, but it may be a while before the House returns as leaders have not reached a bipartisan agreement on...more

Emergency Protections in Place for Tenants and Homeowners in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic

Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass on 3/20/2020

In recent days, the federal government, the state of California, and many local governments have taken action to provide tenant and homeowner protections in response to the COVID-19 pandemic....more

Financial Daily Dose 2.20.2020 | Top Story: Fed Minutes Show Central Bank Happy With Economy, Worried About Coronavirus

Robins Kaplan LLP on 2/20/2020

Newly released minutes from the Fed’s January meeting show central bankers preoccupied with global risks, including the still-growing economic impact of the coronavirus, while still taking a wait-and-see approach to any...more

Inside the Beltway – Ringing in the Near Year With an Impeachment Trial

Ballard Spahr LLP on 1/24/2020

What legislative activity can we expect in 2020 in the area of housing finance reform? With the Senate kicking off the New Year with an impeachment trial, it is highly unlikely Congress will make much headway on housing...more

Financial Daily Dose 12.18.2019 | Top Story: Fiat Chrysler and Peugeot Boards Agree to $50 Billion Merger

Robins Kaplan LLP on 12/18/2019

Fiat Chrysler and rival Peugeot have agreed to binding merger terms that, if approved by US and European regulators, would create a “$50 billion auto giant that would rank among the world’s largest car companies by sales”....more

Inside the Beltway – Will Impeachment Trump Housing Finance Reform?

Ballard Spahr LLP on 10/4/2019

We continue to gauge the potential for Congress to act on the administration’s housing finance plan and/or pass their own before adjourning for the year. When Congress returned from August recess, members faced an ambitious...more

Financial Daily Dose 9.6.2019 | Top Story: A Preview of Today’s U.S. August Jobs Report

Robins Kaplan LLP on 9/6/2019

Jobs Report Friday! Here’s what to look for in the numbers – WSJ and Bloomberg and NYTimes The White House has rolled out its “long-awaited plan” to return federal mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to the private...more

Financial Daily Dose 8.14.2019 | Top Story: U.S. Backs Off New Tariffs on China Until December

Robins Kaplan LLP on 8/14/2019

In the internal battle between keeping China off balance and keeping Wall Street happy, the White House has decided once again to focus on the latter, walking back the latest tariff escalation by postponing promised...more

Self-Reporting, TRID, and CFPB

ArentFox Schiff on 7/19/2019

On July 11, 2019, I presented at the American Bankers Association webinar, entitled, “Mortgage Disclosure Cures and Corrections — Mitigating Liability.” Below is a summary of the points presented in the webinar and additional...more

European Real Estate Finance: Recent developments – June 2019

White & Case LLP on 6/11/2019

As part of our periodic updates, here is an overview of recent developments of relevance to participants in the real estate finance market across certain key jurisdictions in Europe....more

Financial Daily Dose 5.31.2019 | Top Story: Fed Eyeing Global Stability in Future Rate-cut Decisions

Robins Kaplan LLP on 5/31/2019

Fed vice chair Richard Clarida, in comments to the Economic Club of NY on Thursday, hoped to calm turbulent markets by noting that central bank officials would indeed consider lower-than-desired inflation along with “global...more

Financial Daily Dose 5.28.2019 | Top Story: Fiat Chrysler and Renault in Talks to Merge

Robins Kaplan LLP on 5/28/2019

Fiat Chrysler and struggling post-Ghosn French automaker Renault are in talks to complete a merger of equals that could “reshape the global automobile industry.” If a deal is reached the combined company would be the third...more

Inside the Beltway: Chairwoman Waters Introduces Bill to Reverse Mulvaney Actions

Ballard Spahr LLP on 3/25/2019

House Financial Services Committee Chairwoman Maxine Waters recently introduced the "Consumers First Act," H.R. 1500, a modified version of a bill she introduced in the last session of Congress when Mick Mulvaney was still...more

Your Daily Dose of Financial News

Robins Kaplan LLP on 1/25/2019

US banks are reporting that cases of financial abuse of seniors are on the rise. Treasury department data showed a 2-fold increase in suspected cases from just 5 years ago and a 12% increase from just a year ago....more

Trade Groups Support Confirmation of Kraninger as CFPB Director

Ballard Spahr LLP on 11/14/2018

A number of housing and financial industry trade groups, including the Mortgage Bankers Association and Real Estate Services Providers Council, Inc. (RESPRO®), recently sent a letter to Senators Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and...more

Eleventh Hour Reauthorization of National Flood Insurance Program

Ballard Spahr LLP on 8/1/2018

On July 31, 2018, the day that the National Flood Insurance Program was set to expire, the United States Senate voted 86 to 12 to reauthorize the program through November 30, 2018. ...more

Qualified mortgages: The uncertain future of the GSE patch

Bricker Graydon LLP on 7/27/2018

Late last month, President Trump’s administration released a wide-sweeping reform and reorganization plan for the federal government. Included in this plan was a proposal to reform two of the largest government sponsored...more

President Trump Signs the First Major Financial Services Deregulation Law in a Decade

Jones Day on 6/11/2018

President Trump has signed into law the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act ("Act"), with the principal goals of promoting U.S. economic growth, recalibrating burdensome rules, and strengthening...more

Window On Washington - Vol. 2, Issue 22

Clark Hill PLC on 6/5/2018

Outlook for This Week in the Nation's Capital - Minibus Appropriations Strategy. The House and Senate are planning to move appropriations bills in small packages of two or three bills in order to avoid a significantly delayed...more

Your Daily Dose of Financial News

Robins Kaplan LLP on 5/30/2018

Despite recent signs that both sides were backing off of the brinksmanship moving the US and China towards a protracted trade war, the White House unveiled plans on Tuesday to move ahead with tariffs and other “punitive...more

Bank Deregulation Bill Becomes Law

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP on 5/29/2018

On May 24, President Trump signed into law the most significant banking legislation since the enactment of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (“Dodd-Frank”) in 2010. The bill – named the Economic...more

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