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Lawsuit challenges termination of insured credit default swaps

  • Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 26 2008

In a lawsuit filed in New York federal court on March 19, 2008, Merrill Lynch International (“MLI”), an affiliate of the investment banking firm Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., alleges that bond insurer XL Capital Assurance Inc. wrongfully terminated a series of insured credit default swap agreements based on XL’s claim that MLI repudiated the agreements by assigning voting rights with respect to the insured reference securities to a third party

Treasury releases blueprint for stronger regulatory structure

  • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 4 2008

On March 31, the U.S. Treasury released its “Blueprint for a Modernized Financial Regulatory Structure.”

A regulatory Mulligan for the 21st century

  • Jorden Burt LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 31 2008

By now, almost everyone can agree that current regulatory regimes (or the implementation thereof) have not adequately addressed new financial products and practices that have developed in the past few years

2009 SEC trends

  • Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 16 2009

What does 2009 hold in store for the SEC?

IRS releases final regulations on the comparable effectiveness fee

  • Haynes and Boone LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 21 2012

The U.S. Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") recently released final regulations regarding the "comparable effectiveness fee" applicable to certain health

NCOIL debates credit default swaps regulation

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 3 2009

At a hearing held by the National Conference of Insurance Legislators (“NCOIL”) on Saturday, January 24, 2009, a panel of state legislators heard testimony from a number of experts regarding the advantages and disadvantages of regulating the credit default swap (“CDS”) market on a state, rather than federal, basis

House of Representatives passes Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act

  • Dykema Gossett PLLC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 30 2009

As has been expected for several months now, the House of Representatives has passed H.R. 4173, the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009 (the "Bill"

Financial services regulatory reform - issues to watch

  • Dentons
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 7 2009

After months of Congressional hearings, principally in the House of Representatives, financial services regulatory reform is likely to be taken up, at least by the House, this year

House Financial Services Subcommittee holds hearing on systemic risk

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 6 2009

The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises held a hearing yesterday regarding perspectives on systemic risk in the financial system

The Obama Administration’s financial regulatory reform proposal

  • Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 22 2009

On June 17, the Obama Administration released its recommendations for reform of our financial regulatory system, and the Firm sent its clients and friends a memorandum summarizing the proposal (the "Proposal"

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