The Federal Reserve, FDIC and OCC jointly issued proposed guidance on banking organizations’ risk management of third-party relationships. The proposed interagency guidance would replac...
The FDIC announced a modified approach to implementing its insured depository institution (IDI) resolution planning rule for IDIs with $100 billion or more in total assets. Our client upd...
This memo provides our summary of the final rule amending the covered funds portion of the Volcker Rule regulations, which largely adopts the amendments as proposed. We point out the few ...
We have updated our memo on the legal architecture of the Main Street Program to reflect the expansion of the program and the revised program documents that the Federal Reserve announced ...
The banking sector should pay close attention to the recent bipartisan bill supporting marijuana legal reform (the “Strengthening the Tenth Amendment Through Entrusting States Act” or...
The U.S. banking agencies recently issued final rules that will require U.S. G-SIBs and certain foreign G-SIBs to amend their swap contracts, repurchase agreements and other qualified fin...
Buried in the latest Treasury Report, the third in a series, are important gems on the Volcker Rule and on the concept of controlling influence.[1] Of the three interesting new recommend...
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (the “OCC”) took a first formal step in evaluating how the regulations implementing the Volcker Rule should be revised by issuing a reque...
The Trump administration’s first certification to Congress regarding Iranian nuclear compliance focused more on Iran’s support for terrorism and the initiation of a National Security ...
Both responding and contributing to the general escalation of tensions between the United States and Iran, a bipartisan group of senators consisting of seven Democrats and seven Republica...
