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Revisiting Financial Institution Incentive Compensation Rules Under Dodd-Frank — The Consumer Finance Podcast

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In this episode of The Consumer Finance Podcast, Chris Willis delves into the renewed focus on incentive compensation by federal financial regulators. Joined by colleagues Sheri Adler and Jina Davidovich from the Employee...more

BCLP

Personal Matters - How will the risks to firms from individuals’ behaviour increase in 2024?

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Financial regulators in the UK have been interested for some years in the question of how personal behaviour can affect the risk profile of a financial institution. A recent SEC case suggests that US regulators may now be...more

Guidepost Solutions LLC

Will your Due Diligence Program Meet the New DFS Requirement?

The final guidance, issued by DFS on January 22, 2024, requires “regular and rigorous” vetting of key personnel at banking organizations and non-depository institutions. It is clear, that DFS is focused on enhanced scrutiny...more

Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC

What Troubled Company Fiduciaries Need to Know About the Corporate Transparency Act – Sooner Rather Than Later

January 1, 2024, was a milestone for small businesses and their owners, as well as bankruptcy trustees, receivers, and chief restructuring officers (“CRO” and collectively, “Troubled Company Fiduciaries”) of small businesses...more

Foley Hoag LLP

The SVB Bankruptcy Decision and Its Lessons for D&O Insurance Programs

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Directors and Officers (D&O) policies are intended first and foremost to protect a company’s individual directors and officers from significant claims which may be asserted against those individuals in their capacities as...more

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New York Department of Financial Services Proposes Heightened Standards for Character and Fitness of Executives

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On May 9, New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS or the Department) Superintendent Adrienne A. Harris issued proposed guidance to clarify the DFS’s updated expectations regarding the review and assessment of the...more

Goodwin

Bank Officer and Director Enforcement Exposures In the Wake of Silicon Valley Bank

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The recent and sudden failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, and the threat of other bank failures, have led to intense public focus on what caused these banks to run into trouble, who is to blame, and what...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

What to Ask Potential Bank Directors

A bank’s board of directors should reflect the diversity of its senior management, its employees, its shareholders, customers, and its community. A diverse board of directors can help cultivate multiple perspectives from the...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

FCA Issues Final Notice to Former Banking CEO Over Anti-Money Laundering Failures

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The case provides instructive practical examples of the “reasonable steps” companies can take according to the FCA and a reminder of the FCA’s cultural expectations of CEOs. On 16 November 2022, the FCA issued a final...more

Holland & Knight LLP

FinCEN Issues Final Rule Implementing Corporate Transparency Act Requirement

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The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a final rule on Sept. 29, 2022, implementing the beneficial ownership information (BOI) reporting requirement of the Corporate...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

FERC Order No. 856-A Clarifies Regulations Regarding Interlocking Directorates of Public Utilities and Certain Other Entities

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in Order No. 856-A on July 18, 2019 granted in part and denied in part a request for rehearing of Order No. 856. Order No. 856 eased restrictions on current or potential interlocking...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Officers’ Duty to Obey Board of Directors’ Instructions Overrides Duty to Provide Information

Citing duty to obey the board’s lawful instructions, the Seventh Circuit rejects breach of fiduciary duty claims under Indiana law against bankrupt bank holding company’s former officers. Corporate officers of a distressed...more

BCLP

Singularis v Daiwa: UK banks beware!

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The Global Restructuring and Insolvency Developments team of BCLP presents this very concerning opinion for any financial institution that operates in the United Kingdom. Specifically, in Singularis Holdings Ltd (in Official...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

FERC Proposes to Clarify and Streamline Its Interlocking Directorate Regulations

On July 19, 2018, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or the “Commission”) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) to update and clarify its regulations covering “interlocking directorate” positions (i.e.,...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

CFPB files amicus brief in Eleventh Circuit ECOA case

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The CFPB has filed an amicus brief in Regions Bank v. Legal Outsource PA, a case on appeal to the Eleventh Circuit that involves two important issues under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA): whether the ECOA provides a...more

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog

Fed Seeks Comment on Corporate Governance Proposal for Financial Institutions

In June, Treasury issued a report noting that it believes duties imposed on bank boards are too voluminous, lack appropriate tailoring, and undermine the important distinction between the role of management and that of boards...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Clawbacks – Putting Fear into Executives' Hearts?

We are in October and I am looking forward to my annual exploration of classic monster movies beginning this coming Friday. This year I decided to go back to the roots by watching the 30s and 40s classic Universal monster...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Legal Alert: New York’s New BSA/AML Rule Imposes Monitoring, Filtering and Certification Requirements

On June 30, 2016, the New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) adopted a new anti-terrorism and anti-money laundering (AML) regulation (Final Rule) that builds on federal anti-money laundering requirements to address...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

New Incentive-Based Compensation: Proposed Rules for Financial Institutions

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A group of financial regulatory agencies has released for comment revised proposed rules under Section 956 of the Dodd-Frank Act Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. The rules provide for regulations and guidelines...more

King & Spalding

FFIEC Releases Cybersecurity Assessment Tool

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On June 30, 2015, the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (“FFIEC”), an interagency body that prescribes principles and standards for the federal examination of financial institutions, released a Cybersecurity...more

Dechert LLP

Financial Services Quarterly Report - Second Quarter 2015: Incentive-Based Compensation: Dodd-Frank and the Example of Europe

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After a four-year hiatus, some of the more controversial elements of the executive compensation rules mandated by the U.S. Dodd-Frank Act are back on the table. This article explores these elements – principally in the...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council Releases Cybersecurity Assessment Results: Boards of Directors and Senior...

The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) released general observations yesterday from a cybersecurity assessment of over 500 community financial institutions. The cybersecurity assessment evaluated the...more

The Volkov Law Group

The Justice Department and Individual Criminal Prosecutions

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Recently, Attorney General Holder and DAAG Marshall Miller from the Criminal Division delivered important speeches on the Justice Department’s initiative to increase individual criminal prosecutions....more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

CFPB Has Authority to Bring Actions Against a Non-Depository Institution’s Related Persons; Are Payday Lenders Next?

The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act grants to the U.S. Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (the “CFPB”) the power to bring actions against “related persons” of non-depository institutions. A...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

FDIC Bars Financial Institutions from Purchasing Insurance Coverage for Civil Monetary Penalties for Directors and Officers: FDIC...

We recently notified you of the FDIC’s Financial Institution Letter 47-2013 , which urges directors and officers of financial institutions to examine their institutions’ directors and officers (D&O) insurance coverage to...more

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