On May 22, 2018, Congress passed a financial regulatory reform bill, S. 2155, the “Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act” (the “Reform Bill”). Among other things, the Reform Bill clarifies the...more
On November 7, 2017, the House of Representatives, by voice vote, passed H.R. 2148, the Clarifying Commercial Real Estate Loans Act (the “Bill”). The Bill was reported favorably out of the House Financial Services Committee...more
On September 27, 2017, the three federal banking agencies (the “Agencies”) released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPR”), which proposes changes to certain aspects of the bank capital rules under the “standardized...more