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FOMC releases minutes from the August 10, 2010 meeting

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 1 2010

Yesterday, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) released minutes from the August 10, 2010 meeting, which indicated division over whether Federal Reserve officials should resume purchases of Treasury bonds and what impact the move could have on the nation's economy

Senate Subcommittee on Investigations holds hearing on the role of credit rating agencies on the financial crisis

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 24 2010

Yesterday, the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI) held a hearing entitled “Wall Street and the Financial Crisis: The Role of Credit Rating Agencies.”

Judge Rakoff requests extensive information before ruling on the SEC and Bank of America settlement

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 12 2010

Yesterday, Judge Jed S. Rakoff issued an order requesting additional information from the Securities and Exchange Commission and Bank of America in response to the proposed $150 million settlement for Bank of America’s alleged failure to disclose employee bonuses and financial losses at Merrill Lynch before shareholders approved the merger of the companies in December 2008

New York Attorney General files new charges as Bank of America and SEC agree to $150 million settlement

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 5 2010

On February 4, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, joined by Neil Barofsky, the special inspector general of the Troubled Asset Relief Program, announced civil fraud charges against Bank of America, former Chief Executive Officer Kenneth Lewis and former Chief Financial Officer Joe Price for failing to disclose material information to shareholders prior to their vote to approve the merger with Merrill Lynch

Treasury Department announces pricing of public offering of Capital One warrants

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 4 2009

Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced that it priced a secondary public offering of 12,657,960 warrants to purchase the common stock of Capital One Financial Corporation at $11.75 per warrant, or total gross proceeds of $148.7 million

House Financial Services Committee passes the Consumer Financial Protection Agency Act

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 22 2009

Today, after four days of mark up sessions, the House Financial Services Committee, by a 39-29 vote, approved H.R. 3126, the Consumer Financial Protection Agency Act of 2009 (CFPA Act