The recent In re Edgio, Inc. Stockholders Litigation decision highlighted concerns when a public company involved in a business combination adopts defensive measures that would continue f...
The Federal Reserve’s proposed supervisory guidance on corporate governance is a breath of fresh air that should encourage banking boards to focus on their core responsibilities and avo...
In October 2016, the SEC proposed rules that would, if adopted, substantially impact proxy contests at U.S. public companies. Under the SEC’s proposal, each party – management and one...
The involuntary chapter 11 bankruptcy filing of American Bancorporation (“American”), commenced by a group of distressed debt investors holding American’s trust-preferred securities...
On December 31, 2012, Strategic Growth Bancorp Inc. (“Strategic Growth”), an El Paso, Texas-based bank holding company, acquired Mile High Banks (the “Bank”), a Colorado community...
The first wave filers – the largest and most complex domestic and foreign bank holding companies – have now filed their living wills and the public portions have been posted on the FD...
Articles & Books
Regulation of Foreign Banks and Affiliates in the United States (7th ed.)
This chapter discusses the principal federal laws, and certain other legal considerations, involved in the acquisition of an insured U.S. bank or thrift (depository institution) by a fore...
The Federal Reserve’s decision this week to confer Comprehensive Consolidated Supervision status to three state-owned Chinese banks has been long awaited and paves the way for major Chi...
On August 12, 2011, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Board”) issued an interim final rule setting forth the Board’s regulations for savings and loan holdin...
