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Recorded on: Jul. 30, 2013

Taken from the Web Program Representing the Pro Bono Client: Consumer Law Basics Recorded July, 2013 in San FranciscoA Primer on Automobile Fraud [01:00:39] The topic will cover the basic concepts of the representation of consumers who may have been the victim of automobile dealership fraud/misconduct, including: Review of dealer terminology and practices Common auto dealer sales and financing scams Use of Truth-in-Lending Act and state consumer ...

Recorded on: Jun. 4, 2013

Taken from the briefing Basel III and Derivatives Exposures: Understanding the Regulatory Capital Effectsrecorded May, 2013.The implementation of Basel III in the U.S. and in other jurisdictions may or may not be just around the corner, but it is none too soon for banking organizations to embark on the process of understanding how the evolving regulatory capital regime will affect their balance sheets and operations. One key area of impact will ...

Released on: Jul. 8, 2013

Taken from the briefing Considerations for End-Users of Derivatives recorded June, 2013.Derivatives market participants are becoming subject to a series of regulatory requirements related to clearing, trade reporting, and record-keeping. Even occasional corporate end-users of derivatives will have to prepare to comply with certain of these new obligations.In this Briefing, James Schwartz and Anna T. Pinedo of Morrison & Foerster LLP, and Matthew ...

Released on: Jul. 31, 2013

Taken from the briefing Growing Criminal Risks of Intermediaries for Cross-Border Financial Crimes recorded July, 2013.In the last couple of decades the U.S. and the world have experienced growing prosecutions of intermediaries for cross-border financial crimes.   A U.S. bank was convicted by a Spanish court for moving money in the Pinochet criminal investigation instead of freezing it.  The U.S. and State of New York have brought criminal ...

From the program: Negotiating Real Estate Deals 2013

Released on: Jun. 18, 2013

Many things have changed in the world of real estate: the structuring of transactions, availability of financing availability of equity capital, bankruptcy remote structures, the role of the bankruptcy process, joint venture considerations, work out pitfalls, carve-out guaranties and unanticipated judicial interpretations, global market gyrations, interest rate setting irregularities, evolving neighborhoods, mega public/private projects, special servicer ...

Recorded on: Jun. 26, 2013

Taken from the briefing Return of Structured Finance and Residential MBS recorded June, 2013.As the U.S. capital markets continue to gain relative strength and longstanding regulatory uncertainties are resolved, ABS, MBS and covered bond issuers are increasingly inquiring about the prospects for entering these markets once again. The years since the financial crisis have brought sweeping changes in the rules affecting structured finance ...

Recorded on: May. 1, 2013

Taken from the briefing SEC's Extension of Exemptions for Security-Based Swaps 2013 recorded April, 2013.Among its many important changes to the legal landscape, The Dodd-Frank Act defined the term “security” to include security-based swaps. The SEC has taken a deliberative approach in relation to the effects of this change, and recently extended until February, 2014 the expiration date of certain temporary exemptions and interim final rules ...