Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Regulators Escalate Focus on the Risks of Bank Relationships with Fintechs and Other Third Parties
DE Under 3: OFCCP Resurrects Proposal for Monthly CC-257 Employment Utilization Reports for Construction Contractors
DE Under 3: Updated EEOC COVID-19 Technical Assistance Guidance, Case Decision & Wage & Hour Division Proposed Rule
Digital Assets Regulation Framework: Commerce Solicits Public Comment
DE Under 3: EEOC & DOJ Technical Guidance for Employer’s AI Use; Upcoming EEOC Hearing; Event for Mental Health in the Workplace
Comment Deadline Approaching: Proposed Amendments Restricting Use of Prop 65 Short-Form Warnings
2BInformed: The Future of Fluoride in Drinking Water, the New TSCA Fees Rule, and the Drinking Water Contaminant Candidate List 5
Recent Actions on Ag Biotech by EPA’s Emerging Technologies Branch
III-44- A Little Help From The DOL
[WEBINAR] Laying the Foundation for Maximizing Benefits Around Emerging Technologies
[WEBINAR] Fairly (or Unfairly?) Traceable: Are Discharges Through Groundwater Subject to the Clean Water Act?
Episode 014: Business Divorce Stories: Business Appraiser Tony Cotrupe and Attorney Jeff Eilender
Federal bank regulators have released a proposal to rescind the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) final rule that was issued in October 2023....more
On July 16, the Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) (collectively, the federal banking agencies) jointly published a proposed rule...more
The Single Resolution Board (SRB) has opened a consultation on its operational guidance on resolvability testing for banks under the SRB's remit. It aims to ensure that European banks are regularly testing their capabilities...more
The federal banking regulators (The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation) issued on July 25 a lengthy joint statement...more
On March 21, 2024, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) approved a Federal Register notice seeking public comment on its proposal to revise its current Statement of Policy on Bank Merger Transactions. Among the...more
Today, a divided Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s (FDIC) Board of Directors issued a proposed Statement of Policy (SOP) on bank merger transactions that would create a combined bank with more than $100 billion in...more
On January 29, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking regarding its review of business combinations under the Bank Merger Act (BMA). Specifically, the OCC proposed: (i)...more
FTC Amends Safeguards Rule to Require Non-Banking Financial Institutions to Report Data Security Breaches - “Amendment will require non-bank financial institutions to report when they discover that information affecting...more
On October 20, 2023, the US federal banking regulators announced that they were extending the period for public comment to January 16, 2024 for both the (i) Basel Endgame proposal to significantly revise the risk-based...more
On October 5, 2023, the Department of Finance (Canada) launched a public consultation as part of its periodic review of the key statutes governing federally-regulated financial institutions: the Bank Act, the Insurance...more
On July 19, Federal Reserve Board (“FRB”) Vice Chair Lael Brainard gave remarks to the National Native Coalition Virtual Series sponsored by the National Congress of American Indians. Her remarks focused on the joint proposal...more
On July 19, the Federal Reserve issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (“NPR”) that would implement the Federal LIBOR Act. The NPR focuses primarily on identifying the particular version of SOFR that will apply to legacy...more
On May 5, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”), the Federal Reserve Board (“FRB”) and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”) (together, the “Agencies”) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to...more
Last week the FDIC announced it will publish in the Federal Register a Request for Information and Comment (“RFI”) on the regulatory framework regarding mergers involving one or more insured depository institutions (i.e.,...more
COVID-19: PRA PS19/20 on FSCS temporary high balances coverage extension - On 4 August 2020, the UK Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) published a policy statement, PS19/20, on the Financial Services Compensation Scheme...more
On July 20, 2020, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issued its anticipated notice of proposed rulemaking on how to determine when a national bank or federal savings association (referred to collectively as a...more
As we previously reported, the CFPB is conducting an assessment of the TILA/RESPA Integrated Disclosure (TRID) Rule. Although the comment period associated with the Federal Register notice regarding the assessment ended on...more
On January 30, 2020, five federal financial regulatory agencies published the long awaited notice of proposed rulemaking (the “NPR”) to revise certain aspects of the Volcker Rule (Section 13 of the Bank Holding Company Act)...more
The Federal Reserve Board has determined that the Federal Reserve should take the following two actions: Develop a new interbank 24x7x365 real-time gross settlement (RTGS) service to be offered by the Federal Reserve Banks...more