Breaking (Down) the Debt Ceiling
In the Boardroom With Resnick and Fuller - Episode 4
The Consequences Of Rising Inflation & Crude Oil Prices
Consumer Protection and Safety and Soundness Perspective of Credit Union Regulation - The Consumer Finance Podcast
Businessweek Reporter: BigLaw Is "Crash Landing"
With Radical Changes, Law Firms Can Beat Recession
It’s a good time for disaster movies…Civil War, The Day After Tomorrow, Armageddon and, of course, in the theatres right now, Godzilla vs. King Kong. Fun on the big screen, not so much in real life. Have you seen Godzilla...more
Help wanted. Since March 2022, the Federal Reserve has increased its target interest rate from a range of 0.25-0.50 percent to 5.25-5.50 percent, the steepest rate increases in four decades. The purpose of the increases was...more
Recent legal tech layoffs are part of a larger trend of cutbacks in the tech industry. What will the consequences be? We can look at the volatile history of tech for clues. With the looming possibility of a recession,...more
In 4Q22, volatile market conditions persisted, including high inflation, rising interest rates, recession anxiety and geopolitical uncertainties. The impact of these conditions was reflected in decreased loan market activity,...more
While an economic downturn is always possible, 2023 is likely to present more financial challenges to corporations, and legal ops in particular, than recent years. This economic climate will affect corporate legal...more
How accurate is all the talk about never-ending inflation and an inevitable, brutal recession in 2023? Maybe not that accurate. The data seems to be telling a very different story. Earlier this month, Woodruff Sawyer hosted...more
Rises in energy costs, disruption to global supply chains, the situation in Ukraine, soaring inflation and higher interest rates are pushing several major European economies towards recession. Borrowers and issuers in the...more
Ryan Dusek, Director in the Commodity Risk Advisory Group at Opportune LLP, discusses what the Fed is doing to combat inflation, how inflation is impacting crude oil prices and the broader economy, and more....more
How quickly things have changed. Just a year ago, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) gave a picturesque view of the economy. Any inflation was transitory and would likely fall to 2% in 2022. The federal funds rate would...more
I’m back from vacation in the English countryside, away from the hurly burly of life in our capital markets. While I tried hard not to obsess on the news whilst away, bad news has a way of slithering into your peripheral...more
As inflation hits a 40-year high and stock market valuations decline, many economists agree that a recession is looming in the U.S. While the timing or extent of a recession cannot be predicted, it is important to be prepared...more
Key Highlights - - Concerns of global recession top of mind in uncertain economy - Q2 M&A volume down slightly, mid-market remains robust - Pricing of deals could be a challenge, strategic accretive acquisitions...more
In closely watched testimony before the Senate Banking Committee, Fed Chair Powell acknowledged on Wednesday that the central bank faced a perilous situation in trying to “lower rapid inflation without tipping America into a...more
We certainly have an abundance of bad bits and bobs out there right now, don’t we? War, pestilence, chubby dictators with rockets, buff dictators without souls, miscellaneous threats to world peace. It’s everywhere. ...more