Wild Times for the Community Reinvestment Act
Point-of-Sale Finance Series: The Great Debate of Loans vs. Credit Sales — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Explore the Impact of Point-of-Sale Finance in Our Upcoming Series — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Welcoming a New Payment Pro: Jason Cover Joins the Payments Pros Podcast — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
Insider Transaction Traps for the Unwary
Driven by Data: Auto Finance Trends Uncovered - Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Everything You Want to Know About the CFPB as Things Stand Today, and Lots More - Part 1
Dialing In: The TCPA and Auto Finance — Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast
Williams Mullen Mezzanine Lending Video Series - Episode 5
Unlawful Debt Collection Claims - RICO Report Podcast
Advancing Agriculture - Identifying and Addressing Distressed Debts
Pillsbury's Industry Insights - Episode #22: Real Estate Market Update
Path Forward: Borrowing Base Redeterminations In A Restructuring World
THE WONDER YEARS WEBINAR
HEAVEN CAN WAIT
COVID-19 Comeback Plan: Part III - How Banks Think About Loan Defaults: Lessons for Borrowers in Troubled Times
THE WONDER YEARS WEBINAR - LOAN REGIME METHOD OF SPLIT DOLLAR LIFE INSURANCE
THE WAY WE WERE
Williams Mullen's Comeback Plan: Part II - How Banks Think About Loan Defaults: Lessons for Borrowers in Troubled Times
The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (the “Act”), which recently became law, makes significant changes to federal financial aid programs administered under Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (“HEA”). These changes...more
As the U.S. faces surging electricity demand from AI data centers, infrastructure upgrades and decarbonization goals, nuclear energy is re-emerging as a viable clean power source. Central to this 2025 revival is the U.S....more
On March 21, 2025, Prime Minister Carney announced important changes to the federal Indigenous Loan Guarantee Program (Program). The Government of Canada doubled funding for the Program from C$5billion to C$10 billion and...more
As previously reported, last year the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) launched a Veterans Affairs Servicing Purchase (VASP) program, which VA characterized as a “last-resort tool” for VA home loan borrowers facing...more
In recent years, growing attention and effort has been placed on studying Indigenous economies in Canada with the aim of closing gaps in business, project, community and housing financing, ultimately closing the...more
A memorandum from the Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) on January 27, 2025 notified heads of federal agencies of a temporary pause on all disbursements of federal grants and loans, effective at 5pm Eastern on January...more
Summary - This memorandum institutes a temporary pause on all federal financial assistance, effective January 28, 2025, at 5:00 PM. It further requires all agencies to conduct a review of every federal...more
On January 27, 2025, the United States Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a pause, set to go into effect at 5 p.m. on January 28, to all “federal financial assistance programs and supporting activities.” The order...more
UPDATE: As of 5:00 PM EST on January 28, a federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from enforcing the freeze detailed below. This situation is ongoing and clients should still prepare accordingly....more
Growth companies needing to scale manufacturing capacity often struggle to source adequate and affordable financing. Traditional banks usually can not take the credit risk and non-bank lenders (e.g. private equity) impose...more
On March 20, 2024, Intel and the White House announced Intel will receive $8.5 billion in federal subsidies to support Intel’s semiconductor plants in the United States. This grant is the largest award announced under the...more
With housing availability at record lows in many communities across the U.S., including gateway cities such as New York, and commercial office space still not fully recovered from the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government...more
Maintaining independence is fundamental for people living with disabilities. Having mobility options allows people with certain disabilities to go to doctor’s appointments, grocery shop, visits friends, and keep a sense of...more
As Michigan public schools navigate the preparation of their 2023-2024 budgets, we wanted to again provide you with a reminder of the short-term borrowing options available to cover projected operating cash-flow shortfalls....more
The Oklahoma governor recently signed SB 794, which increases the maximum loan finance charge for certain loans (i.e., supervised loans under applicable Oklahoma law) by additionally including the federal funds rate published...more
On April 26, the Texas Bankers Association and Rio Bank, McAllen, Texas filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas challenging the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB or Bureau)...more
As we noted very briefly on Monday in our “Quick Take on a Sudden Change in the Banking Landscape,” among the various actions the government took Sunday evening to try to stabilize the banking market, the Federal Reserve...more
Applications For Leading Edge Commercial Fabrication Facilities And For Current-Generation Facilities Accepted Beginning March 31, 2023 And June 26, 2023, Respectively - On August 9, 2022, President Joseph R. Biden signed...more
The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Act), signed into law on December 27, 2020, provides up to $9 billion to Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) and minority depository institutions (MDIs). The Act...more
On December 27, 2020, the Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small Business, Nonprofits and Venues Act (the “Act”) became law. The Act included $284 billion of additional funding under the Paycheck Protection Program (the “PPP”). The...more
As the country struggles with COVID-19, many companies have applied for and received funds under the CARES Act and its Payment Protection Program (“PPP”). Those companies must understand there are significant risks tied to...more
Vermont has largely escaped the physical devastation of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the vast majority of cities and towns reporting zero to five cases. But the economic toll has been immense, and the scope of financial losses...more
As in the rest of the world, the coronavirus (“COVID-19”) pandemic has caused significant disruption in the Turkish economy and financial markets. In response, the Turkish Government has introduced an economic stimulus...more
Since March 2020, the Russian authorities have taken a number of measures to mitigate the effect of COVID-19 on the Russian economy. The range of measures is very broad. Some measures are directed at wide categories of...more
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) supports a wide range of grants, loan and financing programs and also funds transformational and up-and-coming technologies that create innovative ways to source, distribute, and use energy...more