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08.08.17

Next Steps on Healthcare Reform

Though President Trump has continued to call for action on repeal and replace in the wake of the Senate’s failed vote at the end of July, congressional Republicans have been fairly muted about possible next steps, a sign of conflicting views of whether it is time to move on to other ...


08.03.17

DFS Provides Answers to Cybersecurity FAQs

Hoping to provide greater clarity to financial institutions subject to its new cybersecurity requirements, New York’s Department of Financial Services (DFS) published a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) document to assist those institutions as the Aug. 28, 2017, compliance deadline looms.


08.03.17

Will the CFPB’s Arbitration Rule Survive?

As previously reported, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released its new rule prohibiting the use of mandatory arbitration clauses that foreclose group lawsuits. 


08.03.17

OCC Report Highlights Top Risks for Banks

What are the top risk areas for national banks and federal savings associations?


08.03.17

Regulators Seek Comment on Proposed Jump in Appraisal Threshold

The federal banking regulators proposed an increase in the threshold for commercial real estate transactions requiring an appraisal from the current $250,000 to $400,000, a move the agencies said was in response to “concerns about the time and cost associated with completing real estate ...


08.03.17

Manatt Hosts Panel on Changes, Challenges in Financial Industry

At a recent event hosted by the Washington Business Journal and Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, partner Joseph Passaic shared his thoughts on issues ranging from the impact of the Dodd-Frank Act to potential changes presented by the pending Financial CHOICE Act to the challenges of financial ...


08.03.17

Will the CFPB’s Arbitration Rule Survive?

As previously reported, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released its new rule prohibiting the use of mandatory arbitration clauses that foreclose group lawsuits.


08.03.17

U.K. to Ban Gender Stereotypes in Ads

Gender stereotypes in advertising will be banned as a result of new guidelines that will be promulgated by the main advertising regulators in the United Kingdom and go into effect in 2018.


08.01.17

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC—Potential New Conditions for CDEEE-Related PPAs for Renewables

Last May, the Corporación Dominicana de Empresas Eléctricas Estatales (CDEEE), the governmental entity required by law (Law No. 57-07 of Renewable Energy Incentives and Special Regimes and related Regulations) to enter into power purchase agreements (PPAs) with developers of renewable energy ...


07.31.17

Fast Intro to Cryptocurrency

What is cryptocurrency? This is an important question to address because it is a digital technology that is quietly transforming our financial landscape in a very big way.