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CRS examines Fed responsibilities and challenges in the 119th Congress

Recently, the Congressional Research Service published a report titled, “Federal Reserve: Policy Issues in the 119th Congress,” which analyzed policy issues for Congress in each category of the Fed’s responsibilities. The...more

Proskauer - The Capital Commitment

Top Ten Regulatory and Litigation Risks for Private Funds in 2024

To understand the litigation and regulatory risks that are coming in 2024 for private capital, it is helpful to look back briefly on recent events. Arguably, the single most important event over the last 18 months was the...more

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Have Interest Rate Hikes Made Direct Market Comparison Valuations Irrelevant?

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It has been a busy month in the world economy and in the bank business especially. On March 10 a large commercial bank in California was closed for lack of ability to pay depositors. It has produced a wave of concerns about...more

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Bank Collapses Shake Financial and Tech Sectors

The past week delivered three major shocks to the financial and tech worlds: first, the March 8 failure of Silvergate Bank; second, the sudden, March 10 failure of Silicon Valley Bank (“SVB”); and third, the weekend collapse...more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Nutter Bank Report: December 2022

The Federal Reserve has adopted a final rule that provides benchmark replacement rates based on SOFR (Secured Overnight Financing Rate) for contracts governed by U.S. law that reference the overnight and one-, three-, six-,...more

Mintz - Bankruptcy & Restructuring Viewpoints

Charting New (and Familiar) Territory: The Voyager Crypto Bankruptcy

Voyager Digital Assets Inc., along with two of its affiliates, filed bankruptcy petitions in the Southern District of New York on July 5, 2022. The filing is significant—it followed months of an extreme downturn in the...more

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Canadian M&A in Q2 2022: Forging Ahead Through Choppy Seas

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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

Robins Kaplan LLP

Fed Raises Interest Rates by 50 Basis Points, Biggest Jump Since 2000

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The Federal Reserve made good on Wednesday of months of rate-hike foreshadowing, announcing a half-percentage-point increase in interest rates and detailing a plan to shrink the central bank’s “massive bond holdings.” In...more

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Wealth Management Update - May 2022

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The May Section 7520 rate for use with estate planning techniques such as CRTs, CLTs, QPRTs and GRATs is 3.0%, a sharp increase from the April rate of 2.2%. The May applicable federal rate (“AFR”) for use with a sale to a...more

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Fed Minutes Suggest Hawkish Turn, Rattle Markets

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The release of the Fed’s December meeting minutes (and its discussion of a quickened pace of rate hikes) was all it took to rattle markets, with the S&P 500 dropping nearly 2% on Wednesday—“its biggest drop in weeks.”...more

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Window on Washington – Vol. 5, Issue 51

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Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital Congress. The House and Senate are both in recess for the rest of the year. The Senate is expected to return on Jan. 3, and the House on Jan. 10. Congress managed to push through...more

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All Consuming - Financial Litigation Insights, Volume 2, Issue 19

Biden Administration Extends Student Loan Pause Until January 31, 2022 - "The Department believes this additional time and a definitive end date will allow borrowers to plan for the resumption of payments and reduce the...more

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All Consuming - Financial Litigation Insights, Volume 2, Issue 16

President Biden Extends Pause on Student Loan Payments to 2022 - "Student loan payments have been paused since Congress passed the CARES Act in March of last year but were due to resume in September." Why this is...more

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EEOC Releases Updated COVID-19 Vaccine Guidelines for Employers

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In This Issue. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released updated COVID-19 vaccine guidelines for employers. Meanwhile, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Federal Reserve) remained busy...more

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Blockchain Week in Review - April 2021 #4

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U.S. Developments - Bipartisan crypto bill passes House of Representatives - Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 1602, titled “Eliminate Barriers to Innovation Act of 2021.” The bill was first...more

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CFPB Grants No-Action Letter for Proposed Small-Dollar Credit Product

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In the News. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) granted a no-action letter (NAL) regarding a proposed small-dollar credit product and sought comment on the CFPB’s plan to study how consumers locate, comprehend...more

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Financial Daily Dose 5.14.2019 | Top Story: Stocks Plummet Amid Chinese Tariffs

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That massive thud?  That would be the other shoe dropping in the form of Chinese counter tariffs on another $60 billion in US goods in response to the White House’s trade moves last week....more

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Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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It was quite a run, but on Thursday, ECB chief Mario Draghi announced that the bank is finally putting an end to the quantitative easing program it’s used “to hold down interest rates and encourage lending” since 2015.  ...more

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Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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To no one’s surprise, the Fed followed through with its months of promises and raised its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points yesterday. The FOMC also indicated that it’s planning to raise rates again in December....more

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Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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As we anticipated, the Fed held pat on rates yesterday, acknowledged rising inflation but betrayed little concern about it, and gave no signs of moving away from plans to next raise rates in June....more

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Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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As widely expected, the Fed affirmed the general strength of the US economy today by raising the benchmark interest rate again today—the 5th raise since the financial crisis....more

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