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From the program: Advanced Swaps & Other Derivatives 2012

Released on: Oct. 31, 2012

The Dodd-Frank Act establishes a novel, comprehensive framework for the regulation of over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives and the market participants who transact in these products. The far-reaching effect of the Dodd-Frank Act upon the OTC markets is only now becoming clear. The new regulatory regime touches the activities of all participants in the swaps markets, from end users to major swap participants to swap dealers. The new regulations will ...

Recorded on: Jul. 29, 2013

ROBERT W. MURPHY: Hi, Bob Murphy again. And my presentation wrapping up today's seminar is on helping clients avoid getting run over. It's a primer on auto law. Before I get started, I have a little disclaimer. And I just put there because if I say something that's a little bit off-color with respect to a case, or perhaps with respect-- I don't say anything bad about the judge-- just remember it's with respect to me sometimes trying to be funny. ...

From the program: Representing the Pro Bono Client: Consumer Law Basics 2013 (Free)

Released on: Aug. 9, 2013

Volunteer lawyers are needed to help the many low income clients facing a wide assortment of consumer law matters who are unrepresented. In this program you will learn the basics of consumer law so that you can competently represent a client in need and learn new advocacy skills.Lecture Topics  [Total time 03:08:08]Segments with an asterisk (*) are available only with the purchase of the entire program. Program Overview and Introductions* ...

From the program: Asset Based Financing Strategies 2013

Released on: Mar. 25, 2013

Asset-based financing is a key source of credit for small and medium-size companies and for some larger, publicly traded companies as well. In contrast to equity financing where ownership in the company is diluted, asset-based financing allows companies to use their own assets to generate cash flow. In structuring these loans, lenders and their counsel must consider all senior interests in the collateral, as well as the practical difficulties in ...

From the program: Banking Law Institute 2012

Released on: Dec. 19, 2012

The banking industry is in the midst of a fundamental transformation of the regulatory framework in which it operates, as well as a shifting of regulatory and enforcement priorities and approaches. These changes, taking place in an environment of continuing global economic challenges, require bankers and counsel who practice in the financial services industry to reexamine basic assumptions about business operations and future trends. With changing ...

Recorded on: Aug. 7, 2013

Taken from the briefing Basel III: Complying with the New Rules recorded August, 2013.The federal banking agencies have just adopted comprehensive regulatory capital rules that will  implement Basel III in the U.S.  In turn, it is time for banking organizations to understand the new rules and bring themselves into compliance with them by the beginning of 2015 (2014, for the largest banking organizations).  The new rules make ...

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: Sep. 25, 2013

Taken from the briefing CFPB's Responsible Business Conduct: Scope and Application recorded September, 2013. Over the summer, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued important new guidance on the factors it will consider in exercising its enforcement discretion.  CFPB Bulletin 2013-06,  Responsible Business Conduct:  Self-Policing, Self-Reporting, Remediation, and Cooperation provides details on the four factors used to ...

From the program: Consumer Financial Services Institute (18th Annual)

Released on: Apr. 23, 2013

On January 4, 2012, President Obama appointed Richard Cordray as the first Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Since that time, the CFPB has been involved in a whirlwind of regulatory, supervisory and enforcement activities. In addition to the CFPB, state and other federal regulators are pursuing initiatives focused on consumer financial services. This year’s Institute will explore in detail the Bureau’s activities as well ...

Recorded on: Apr. 17, 2013

ALAN KAPLINSKY: We're going to the segue rather rapidly into the first panel of the morning, also focused on the CFPB. The CFPB has got many different functions, but the three things that we felt would be of most interest to all of you are what's happening in the regulatory area, what's happening in the enforcement area, and what's happening with respect to supervision. And so the first panel is going to focus on the regulatory area. And we have three ...

Recorded on: Apr. 17, 2013

JULIA STRICKLAND: So we're going to start our panel right on the minute. We have an enormous amount of ground to cover. So here we go. The four panel members are Jennifer McCabe, who's to my immediate right. Jennifer is a Principal in Cornerstone Research, a consulting firm that provides expert testimony and economic and financial analysis to lawyers in connection with all faces of commercial litigation and regulatory proceedings. I can vouch for ...

Recorded on: Oct. 16, 2012

EWA KNAPIK: Hello, again. At this time, I would like to introduce our last panel of today. This is the Closing Business Transactions panel. And it is my pleasure to introduce our speakers. Both of them are founder and senior managing directors of Pharus Advisors. Michael Goodman is, as I said, the founder and senior managing director. His experience includes significant operational experience in technology companies, M&A and deal making from ...

Recorded on: Oct. 19, 2012

Taken from the Web Program Pocket MBA Fall 2012 Recorded October, 2012 in New York Closing Business Transactions [01:01:32] A detailed look at negotiation How to divide-and-conquer when working with an investment bank Common stumbling blocks to closing transactions Examination of “fringe” deal issues that often create transaction friction Non-disclosure agreements from the banker’s perspective Letters ...

From the program: Commercial Real Estate Financing 2013

Released on: Mar. 1, 2013

This seminar will explore major issues and problems, and recent changes, in how lenders and borrowers negotiate commercial real estate loans in the still-lingering shadow of the recent financial crisis. Speakers will show how today’s lower valuations and the renewed conservatism of lenders will shape the terms, legal negotiations, and closing process of commercial real estate financing in 2013. This year’s program will turn back toward ...

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 ...

Recorded on: Apr. 17, 2013

JULIA B. STRICKLAND: We're going to start our final panel of the day. And we know that everybody's going to stay so that they can get free drinks at 5 o'clock. In any event, the panel is "Credit Card, Retail Banking and Emerging Payment Models." We have two extremely able lawyers as our speakers here. They have a lot to add. Mike Donovan is to my right. He's a founding member of the Philadelphia firm of Donovan Axler and focuses his practice ...

Recorded on: Dec. 17, 2012

LEE A. MEYERSON: As I mentioned at the beginning of this conference, at one point within living memory, this conference was actually the bank M&A conference. Bank M&A has now been reduced to a 45-minute panel with three panelists. But I'm sure some day it's all going to change, and we'll stop talking about enforcement actions and start talking about doing deals. We have three of the leading market players in such bank M&A as there is. ...

Recorded on: Dec. 6, 2012

PATRICK T. QUINN: OK, welcome back. We're ready to start our second panel. As I mentioned this morning, in a year where regulatory activity across the securitization markets was a little lighter than expected-- the derivatives markets are certainly an exception. There's been quite a bit of regulatory activity, and that's going to be the subject of this upcoming panel. Let me introduce to my right, Jeff Robins. Jeff is my partner at Cadwalader. To ...

From the program: New Developments in Securitization 2012

Released on: Dec. 14, 2012

As the securitization world begins to emerge from the financial crisis, it faces an onslaught of new regulation and uncertainty.  Many transactions have been downgraded and have suffered unforeseeable losses.  Additionally, investor confidence in structured products has been badly shaken.  Moreover, many transactions have been subject to restructurings and litigation of various types.  Will these reforms be sufficient to restore ...

From the program: ERISA Fiduciary Investment Basics 2013

Recorded on: Feb. 11, 2013

Taken from the Web Program ERISA Fiduciary Investment Basics 2013 recorded February, 2013 in New York. Lecture Topics  [01:00:44] Understanding Basic Financial Institution Activities  [01:00:44] What is a prime broker? What is a swap? Parties in interest, prohibited transaction rules, and key exemptions The purchase price of this segment includes the following article from the Course Handbook available online:  ...

From the program: Ethics in Banking and Financial Services 2013

Released on: Aug. 22, 2013

Lecture Topics  [Total time 02:46:42]Segments with an asterisk (*) are available only with the purchase of the entire program. Ethics in Banking and Financial Services 2013 [02:46:30]C. Evan Stewart, Michael J. Dell, Professor Samuel Issacharoff, Brent J. McIntosh, Jessie K. Liu The purchase price of this Web Program includes the following articles from the Course Handbook available online: New York Rules of Professional Conduct (Effective ...

Recorded on: Aug. 22, 2013

JANET SIEGEL: And now it's my pleasure to introduce to you our program chair for this morning's program. Evan Stewart is a partner at Zuckerman Spaeder, here in New York City. Mr. Stewart was featured by the New York Law Journal in the top trials of 2005, and more recently, Mr. Stewart prevailed against the Securities and Exchange Commission after three-week bench trial in Federal Court in May of 2013. He has substantial experience in the financial ...

Released on: Nov. 1, 2012

Taken from the briefing FATCA: The Deadline Looms... Will You Be Ready? recorded October, 2012. In the wake of the massive criminal tax prosecutions of UBS and other foreign firms by the Department of Justice in the late 2000s, Congress enacted FATCA to combat tax evasion by U.S. persons and to deter the facilitation of tax evasion by foreign financial institutions (“FFIs”).  To achieve these goals, FATCA requires that foreign ...

Released on: Feb. 28, 2013

Taken from the briefing Final FATCA Regulations: What Hedge Funds and Private Equity Funds Need to Know recorded February, 2013. The FATCA regime represents the IRS’s far-reaching effort to require “foreign financial institutions,” including offshore investment vehicles, to assist it in enforcing the US tax obligations of US persons. The lengthy final FATCA regulations were published on January 17, 2013. The FATCA regime will ...

From the program: Fundamentals of Swaps & Other Derivatives 2012

Released on: Oct. 29, 2012

Over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives are key elements in many of our financial markets. The Dodd-Frank Act is substantially changing how these important instruments are regulated and transacted. This program will introduce you to both the instruments and their new environment. A derivative is a financial instrument that allocates the risks and price exposures associated with a designated reference asset or entity between the parties thereto. Derivatives ...