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Understanding the Newly Proposed Credit Fund Exclusion Under the Volcker Rule
Section 13 of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (the BHC Act) generally prohibits any insured depository institution (as defined in Section 3(c) of …
The 2019 SNC Review Results: Increased Criticized Loans Observed
On Jan. 31, 2020, the board of governors of the Federal Reserve System (the Federal Reserve), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the …
SEC Proposal To Modernize MD&A Disclosures and Guidance on MD&A Performance Metrics
Proposed MD&A Amendments On Jan. 30, 2020, the SEC proposed amendments to modernize Management’s Discussion and Analysis (MD&A) financial …
FDIC Views on Leveraged Lending
The FDIC Fall 2019 edition of Supervisory Insights contained an article entitled “Leveraged Lending: Evolution, Growth and Heightened Risk”. …
Is US government inaction on climate change a breach of the constitution?
Corporate Debt and Treasury Research 2020
The new environment for climate change litigation
Delaware Confirms the High Threshold for Material Adverse Effect Claims and Interprets ‘Commercially Reasonable Efforts’
A year after Akorn v. Fresenius (Akorn case), the first Delaware case holding that a party was entitled to terminate a merger agreement based on a …
ISDA Reopens the CDS NTCE Protocol
ISDA has reopened the CDS NTCE Protocol prior to its effective date on Jan. 27, 2020. The Protocol will remain open for adherence until noon on Friday, …
SEC Issues Streamlined Guidance for Confidential Treatment Requests
On Dec. 19, 2019, the Division of Corporation Finance of the SEC updated its guidance with respect to the SEC’s procedures for confidential …
Responsible lending: ASIC publishes significant new guidance aimed at helping credit providers apply the law in practice
ACT Renewable Energy Reverse Auction
