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How To Manage A Bank Examination, Delaware Banker, Winter 2020

OCC Issues Valid-When-Made Rule With an Eye Toward Legal

Challenges, Lexology, June 4, 2020

Differing Decisions by Same Judge Highlight Challenges of Drafting

MCA Agreements, (with Greg Nowak ), Lexology, May 28, 2020

Merchant Cash Advance Participations and the Federal Securities

Laws, (with Greg Nowak), Lexology, May 26, 2020

Five Things You Need To Know - CFPB Issues Interpretive Rule

Addressing COVID-19 Impact on TRID and Reg Z Waiver

Requirements, Lexology, May 1, 2020

Heeding Bank Agencies' Call for Increased Small-Dollar and Short-

Term Lending Through Fintech Relationships, Lexology, April 23, 2020

FDIC Issues Proposed Rule for Owning or Controlling Industrial

Banks, Lexology, April 17, 2020

PPP Loans and Complying With the Equal Credit Opportunity Act,

Lexology, April 17, 2020

You Got This: Managing Your Next Bank Examination, ABA Banking

Journal, March 10, 2020

OCC Bulletin for Third-Party Oversight Breaks New Ground for

Bank Relationships With Fintechs, Lexology, March 20, 2020

 FDIC and OCC Issue Strong Rebuke to Madden in Joint Amicus Brief:

'Madden Is Not Just Wrong; It Is Unfathomable,' Lexology, September 19, 2019

Bankruptcy Recourse in MCA Agreements, Lexology, June 11, 2019

FTC Investigates Small Business Financing Based on Expansive View

of UDAP Authority, Lexology, June 7, 2019

Participation-Based 'Bank Sponsor' Lending Programs: Exploring

the Advantages and Risks, Lexology, May 2, 2019

FDIC Reminds Small Banks of Need to Oversee Technology Service

Providers, Lexology, April 10, 2019

A Remedy For ‘True Lender’ Lawsuits Already Exists, American

Banker, January 17, 2019

True Lender: A Potential Ready Remedy, Lexology, January 8, 2019

MCA Participations and Securities Laws: Recognizing and

Managing A Looming Threat, (with Greg Nowak), Lexology, December 10,

2018

CRA-Like Standards For Fintechs Could Reduce Access to Credit,

American Banker, August 21, 2018

OCC Gives Green Light to Chartering Fintechs as Special Purpose

National Banks, Lexology, August 3, 2018

For Our Eyes Only—Attorney-Client Privilege and Its Application to

Banks, Delaware Banker, Winter 2017

Regulatory Uncertainty at Federal Level Continues for 'Bank Model'

Lending Arrangements, Lexology, June 17, 2018

New FTC Lawsuit Against Lending Club Provides Helpful Insights,

Lexology, April 26, 2018

The CFPB Under New Leadership: What to Expect in 2018, Lexology,

February 27, 2018.

D.C. Circuit Court Affirms the Legality of Captive Reinsurance

Arrangements, Lexology, February 7, 2018

Risk Management Principles Should Guide Compliance Management

System Development, Lexology, February 1, 2018

CFPB to Reconsider Payday Loan Rule, Lexology, January 19, 2018

• Federal Reserve Proposes Rulemaking to Simplify the Volcker Rule,

Lexology, January 19, 2018

Recent Congressional Review Act Developments Could Have Far-

Reaching Effects, Lexology, December 5, 2017

Major Changes Looming for HMDA Reporting, Lexology, September 25,

2017

CFPB Issues Final Arbitration Rule; Efforts to Nullify Are Underway,

Lexology, July 14, 2017

New OCC Bulletin on Third-Party Oversight Highlights Fintech

Relationships, Lexology, June 28, 2017

District Court Offers Guidance on Merchant Cash Advances in

Precedent-Setting Decision, Lexology, June 6, 2017

Law Firm-Issued Collections Letters Continue to Pose High Risks,

Lexology, May 30, 2017

 D.C. Circuit Rebukes CFPB in Civil Investigative Demand

Enforcement Decision, Lexology, April 25, 2017

California Supreme Court Finds Arbitration Agreement Waiver of

'Public Right' Unenforceable, Lexology, April 18, 2017

Establishing An Effective Compliance Management System For

Financial Institutions, Lexology, April 14, 2017

Wells Fargo Consent Orders Highlight Importance of Acting on

Information From Third-Party Vendors, Lexology, April 5, 2017

Colorado Attorney General Pursues 'True Lender' and 'Madden'

Actions Against Major Non-Bank Online Lenders, Lexology, April 3,

2017

OCC's Proposed Licensing Guidelines Treat Fintech Charters Like

Any Other National Bank, Lexology, March 24, 2017

Remand Decision in Madden v. Midland Funding Raises Questions

Regarding Choice of Law Clauses in Consumer Loan Agreements,

Lexology, March 7, 2017

OCC Establishes New Third-Party Risk Management Expectations,

Including for Bank Relationships With Marketplace Lenders,

Lexology, February 21, 2017

The OCC Launches Its New FinTech Charter Initiative, Lexology,

December 6, 2016

CFPB Issues Rigorous New Guidance to Financial Services Industry

Regarding Sales Incentives, Lexology, December 5, 2016

Court Rules MCA Arrangement Is a Loan Under New York's Usury

Laws, Lexology, November 8, 2016

Federal Appeal Court Finds CFPB’s Structure Unconstitutional,

Lexology, October 12, 2016