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The TIA and REMIC securitizations: one year after Policemen’s Annuity

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 4 2013

In April 2012, U.S. District Court Judge William Pauley concluded that mortgage-backed pass-through certificates issued pursuant to pooling and

U.S. Secret Service issues Advisory on attacks targeting prepaid debit account payment processors

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 21 2013

After observing a noticeable increase in sophisticated attacks targeting payment processors of prepaid debit accounts in which criminals are able to

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau defines “qualified mortgage” for residential loans what implications will this definition have for RMBS “put-back” litigation?

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 12 2013

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (the "CFPB") has amended Regulation Z with respect to the Truth in Lending Act, which regulates a lender's

Evolving DDOS attacks provide the driver for financial institutions to enhance response capabilities

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 12 2013

Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks are not a new method employed by cyber criminals to inflict damage on victim entities’ networks. In fact

RMBS “put-back” litigation: is the assured guaranty decision a game-changer?

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 11 2013

Based on a recent bellwether federal court decision, plaintiffs in mortgage loan put-back litigations may now have a roadmap to establish pool-wide

The impact of Noel Canning on Richard Cordray’s directorship of the CFPB and on CFPB post-appointment activity

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 29 2013

On Friday, January 25, 2013, the D.C. Circuit ruled on the highly anticipated case of Noel Canning v. NLRB, in which the legality of President Barack

Changes to Basel III as we ring in 2013

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 23 2013

Over the weekend of January 5, 2013, the Basel Committee of the Bank for International Settlements issued its new plans for determining a bank's

U.S. Secret Service and Texas Bankers Electronic Crimes Task Force release best practices for reducing the risks of corporate account takeovers

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 22 2013

First identified in 2006, the financial services sector has been battling a form of cybercrime known as "corporate account takeovers," in which cyber

Global banks being audited

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 7 2013

All global banks currently being audited by the IRS, which have engaged in cross-border withholding planning for clients, should take careful notice of AM

OCC issues an alert on DDoS attacks

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 2 2013

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), an independent bureau of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, recently released an alert to CEOs of