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| 18 November 2009 |  | Protecting Against WMD Proliferators
Los Angeles Daily Journal
Media Coverage - Global Financial Markets Initiative, Government Relations, Litigation & Dispute Resolution, United States
Bylined article by Alex Lakatos and Carol Bilzi discusses the Office of Foreign Control Assets (OFAC). |
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| 16 November 2009 |  | Clearing – who decides?
FinancialTimes.com
Media Coverage - Derivatives & Structured Products, Global Financial Markets Initiative, Structured Finance, United States
Ed Parker interviewed on the debate over who should decide which OTC derivatives are cleared - regulators or clearers. |
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| 13 November 2009 |  | Hong Kong is new target of US crackdown on taxes
Bloomberg.com
Media Coverage - Hong Kong
David Ellis quoted on US prosecutors pursuing corporations in Hong Kong evading federal taxes. |
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| November 2009 | | Too big to fail: antitrust authorities could intervene, but will they?
Client Alert - Antitrust & Competition, Belgium, Europe
The Dutch financial conglomerate ING Group, under pressure from the European Commission, recently announced plans to accelerate the sale of its insurance operations and its internet banking business in the United States. It also agreed to stop making further acquisitions. |
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| 12 November 2009 | | Crucial Transitional Relief Under the FDIC Securitization Safe Harbor
Client Alert - Financial Services Regulatory & Enforcement, Securitization, United States
On November 12, 2009, the Board of the FDIC approved an interim rule that provides some crucial transitional relief relating to recent changes in US accounting standards for securitizations (see our June 22, 2009, Client Update “Big Changes to Securitization Accounting”). One of the key impacts of the accounting changes is that banks (among other entities) will no longer be able to achieve sale treatment in securitizations of credit card and other receivables using many traditional structures. |
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| 12 November 2009 | | No jurisdiction for Lehman scheme dealing with client assets
Client Alert - Global Financial Markets Initiative, Restructuring, Bankruptcy & Insolvency, United Kingdom / England & Wales
The Court of Appeal has unanimously upheld the decision of Mr Justice Blackburne dated 21 August 2009, holding that the Court did not have jurisdiction to sanction a scheme of arrangement ("Scheme") proposed by the administrators of Lehman Brothers International (Europe) ("LBIE") with respect to client (trust) assets held by LBIE. |
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| 12 November 2009 | | Japan credit –default swaps seen unraveling on Aiful’s bad debts
Bloomberg.com
Media Coverage - Banking & Finance, Derivatives & Structured Products, Global Financial Markets Initiative, Structured Finance, United States
Paul Forrester quoted on consumer confidence in the Japanese derivatives market. |
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| 12 November 2009 | | FDIC extends securitization safe harbor
Total Securitization
Media Coverage - Global Financial Markets Initiative, Securitization, United States
Jason Kravitt quoted on the FDIC’s safe harbor rule for securitizations. Subscription required. |
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| 6 November 2009 |  | Financial system overhaul slow, but coming: experts
Law 360
Media Coverage - Financial Services Regulatory & Enforcement, Global Financial Markets Initiative, United States
Charles Horn quoted on financial regulatory reform. Subscription required. |
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| 3 November 2009 | | US’s Frank wants SEC/CFTC to decide on swaps clearing
Reuters
Media Coverage - Banking & Finance, Derivatives & Structured Products, Global Financial Markets Initiative, Structured Finance, United States
Paul Forrester quoted on whether privately traded derivative contracts should be cleared through a central clearinghouse. |
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| 29 October 2009 | | Privately run infrastructure deals dry up
USA Today
Media Coverage - Global Financial Markets Initiative, Infrastructure, United States
John Schmidt quoted on infrastructure privatization deals. “These deals aren't dead… The economic logic makes too much sense,” he said. |
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| 29 October 2009 | | Battle to restore confidence in securitization
Financial Times
Media Coverage - Banking & Finance, Derivatives & Structured Products, Global Financial Markets Initiative, Securitization, Structured Finance, United States
Paul Forrester quoted on the securitization market. “There are still many questions that need to be analyzed and understood about the role of asset-backed securities in the financial crisis,” he said. |
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| 29 October 2009 | | East Side CRE On the Rocks
Investment Dealers' Digest
Media Coverage - Global Financial Markets Initiative, Tax Controversy, United States
Richard Leavy quoted on the recent New York court ruling against Tishman Speyer and BlackRock Realty regarding Stuyvesant Town Peter Cooper Village residential apartment complex. Subscription required. |
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| 5 October 2009 | | Showtime at the SEC: Courts and prosecutors are stepping in where federal regulators failed to act
Securities Industry News
Media Coverage - Global Financial Markets Initiative, Securities Enforcement & Investigations, United States
Article mentions Mayer Brown’s Global Financial Markets Initiative teleconference on “Reorganizing and Re-Arming of the SEC’s Division of Enforcement” and quotes Richard Morvillo on SEC enforcement efforts. |
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| 24 September 2009 | | Moody's may bear brunt of rating agency mistrust
Reuters
Media Coverage - Banking & Financial Services, Derivatives & Structured Products, Global Financial Markets Initiative, Securitization, Structured Finance, United States
Jason Kravitt quoted on how rating agencies will be affected by increased regulatory scrutiny of the derivatives industry. |
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