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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 22, 2013

by Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 4/22/2013

Second Circuit Rejects Edge Act Jurisdiction in AIG RMBS Case - On April 19, the Second Circuit ruled that a lawsuit brought by American International Group (AIG) against several Bank of America entities involving...more

Orrick's Financial Industry Week In Review - April 2, 2013

by Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 4/2/2013

In This Issue: *Financial Industry Developments - CFTC No-Action Relief for Commodity Trader Advisor Registration - CFTC Regulations on Associated Persons of Swap Dealers and Major Swap Participants -...more

Orrick's Financial Industry Week in Review - March 25, 2013

by Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 3/25/2013

In This Issue: *Financial Industry Developments - Agencies Issue Updated Leveraged Lending Guidance - CFTC No-Action Relief from Required Clearing for Some Partial Swap Novations and Terminations - FHFA...more

Orrick's Financial Industry Week in Review - March 18, 2013

by Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 3/19/2013

In This Issue: *Financial Industry Developments - CFTC Announces the Start of Mandatory Clearing - CFTC Reminds Market Participants of Swap Data Reporting Requirements - Rating Agency Developments...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

Orrick's Financial Industry Week In Review - February 11, 2013

by Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 2/14/2013

In This Issue: *RMBS Litigation - Assured Wins $90 Million in Damages in RMBS Breach of Contract Trial - DOJ Brings Civil Fraud Action Against S&P - S&P Seeks Declaration That Credit Ratings Are Immune From...more

Alfa v Cukurova, Part VII

by Harney Westwood & Riegels on 2/5/2013

Like a low budget horror film, the Alfa v Cukurova litigation seems to have an inexhaustible supply of sequels. However, beyond a propensity for repetition, there the end of parallels to low budget horror films ends (or low...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

Skadden's 2013 Insights: Global Litigation

by Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 1/21/2013

New legal ground is expected to be broken this year in areas of importance to companies and their directors, officers and executives. We see those developments coming from around the globe and defining the litigation...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

Basel Committee on Banking Supervision Endorses Revised Basel III Liquidity Standards for Banks

by Orrick - Structured Finance Group on 1/15/2013

It was announced on January 6, that the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision’s (BCBS) Group of Governors and Heads of Supervision (GHOS) has endorsed revised Basel III liquidity standards for banks....more

Orrick's Financial Industry Week in Review - January 7, 2013

by Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 1/14/2013

In This Issue: *Financial Industry Developments - OCC Guidance on Transition Periods under Section 716 of the Dodd-Frank Act - CFTC Reporting of Swap Transactions and Swap Dealer Registration - Department...more

Liquidity Coverage Ratio: New Basel Measurement Published

by Jeremy C. Jennings-Mares, Dwight C. Smith, III | Morrison & Foerster LLP on 1/11/2013

On January 6, 2013, the Group of Governors and Heads of Supervision (“GHOS”), which oversees the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (“BCBS”), approved a significantly revised version of the liquidity coverage ratio...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

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