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New FTC rule bans debt relief providers from charging advance fees

  • Loeb & Loeb LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 29 2010

Today the Federal Trade Commission announced a new rule directed specifically at regulating the debt relief industry

Freezing orders and fortification of cross-undertakings

  • RPC
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • August 12 2010

On 21 May 2010, Justice Floyd handed down his judgment in Bloomsbury International Ltd (in administration) v Mark Alan Holyoake

FDIC brings second action against directors or officers of failed banks

  • Dechert LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 16 2010

Industry observers have been waiting to see when bank failures arising out of the recent financial crisis would produce a wave of Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ("FDIC") litigation similar to that seen in the early 1990s after the savings and loan crisis

Liability considerations for officers and directors of failed FDIC-insured institutions

  • Venable LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • August 12 2009

In light of the possibility that several hundred FDIC-insured banks and thrifts may fail in the next two- to three-year period, many clients and friends of the firm have requested a summary of the legal concerns that arise for officers and directors immediately following the seizure of an institution by the FDIC, as well as steps that may be taken to be better prepared before a failure

The Open for Business Act: Bill 68 An act to promote Ontario as open for business by amending or repealing certain acts - enacted as: Chapter 16 of the Statutes of Ontario, 2010

  • Dentons
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • May 19 2011

Bill 68 An Act to promote Ontario as open for business by amending or repealing certain Acts (the “Open for Business Act”)1 received Royal Assent on October 25, 2010. It is an omnibus Act which contains more than 100 amendments to existing legislation spread out across 10 ministries

Suing naughty fiduciaries: delay is okay in claims ...

  • RPC
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • June 17 2011

A recent High Court case involving unlawful loans to directors illustrates the potential pitfalls involved in calculating limitation periods, and the circumstances in which the usual six year statutory limitation period will not apply to a recovery claim against a fiduciary

Finance, projects and banking matters

  • DLA Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr
  • -
  • South Africa
  • -
  • June 22 2011

One of the most widely debated issues under the old Act was the issue of the provision of financial assistance in terms of section 38

FDIC adopts final rule requiring living wills for financial institutions; institutions must now describe how they will be liquidated

  • Lowenstein Sandler PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 14 2011

On September 13, 2011, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation approved a final rule requiring certain financial institutions to prepare a plan for their dismantling in the event of material financial distress or failure

FDIC weighs in on director and officer removal of bank documents

  • Bryan Cave LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 19 2012

Following the failure of over 400 financial institutions since the beginning of 2008, the FDIC has clarified its expectations with respect to collection and retention of bank documents by directors and officers of troubled or failing financial institutions for the purpose of explaining or defending their conduct

Gift cards (the gift that may stop giving)

  • Reed Smith LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 30 2008

Attention holiday shoppers