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Mortgage Banking Update - July 24, 2025

July 24 – Read the newsletter below for the latest Mortgage Banking and Consumer Finance industry news, written by Ballard Spahr attorneys.

United States Finance

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Ballard Spahr LLP

Joint Ventures For Public REITs: Opportunities And Challenges

Joint venture structures continue to be an important tool for public real estate investment trusts (REITs), particularly in market environments where traditional capital-raising strategies may...

United States Finance

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Goodwin Procter LLP

From Oversight To Omission: The OCC's New Stance On Disparate Impact Liability

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) announced on July 14, 2025, that it will cease supervising banks for disparate impact liability

United States Finance

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Winston & Strawn LLP

Navigating Cayman Islands Investment Funds: 10 Key FAQs For Emerging Managers

Cayman Islands investment fund lawyers advise clients around the world with respect to the formation, operation, and wind-down of Cayman Islands investment funds.

Cayman Islands Finance

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Appleby

SEC Developments In 2025

United States Finance

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Torys LLP

Developments In Private Credit: Key Takeaways From Recent Conferences

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Torys LLP

Broker-Dealer Liability Risks In Elder Financial Exploitation Cases

United States Finance

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

CSA Announce Measures To Boost Competitiveness Of Canadian Capital Markets

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Wildeboer Dellelce LLP

Today's Podcast Episode: The Hidden Costs Of Financial Services: Consumer Complaints And Financial Restitution

United States Finance

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Ballard Spahr LLP

Can I Appeal My SMART Scholarship Debt?

United States Finance

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Tully Rinckey

European Central Bank Plans To Fine Banks For Failures To Address Climate Change

United States Finance

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Mintz

Co-investment Trends In 2025: Continuation Vehicles, Warehousing Costs And Fees

TL

Torys LLP

Expanded Enforcement Powers: Is CIRO Now Exercising 'Statutory' Powers?

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Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

Further Reform For UK Private Fund Managers: The Government's Road Map For Growth In Financial Services

United States Finance

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Goodwin Procter LLP

From Copyright Case To AI Data Crisis: How The New York Times v. OpenAI Reshapes Companies' Data Governance And EDiscovery Strategy

United States Technology

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Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Protectionism Or Free Trade?

United States International

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Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

Business Tax Law Provisions Of The OBBA

United States Commercial

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Offit Kurman

Summary - Tax Provisions In The One Big Beautiful Bill

United States Tax

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Hall Estill

CTPAT: An Anchor For Weathering The Trade Storms

United States International

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Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

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Mortgage Banking Update - July 24, 2025

July 24 – Read the newsletter below for the latest Mortgage Banking and Consumer Finance industry news, written by Ballard Spahr attorneys.

United States Finance

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Ballard Spahr LLP

Consumer Credit In Focus—DP 25/2 Mortgage Rule Review: The Future Of The Mortgage Market (Podcast)

Listen in for the latest developments in UK mortgage regulation with our insightful podcast, "Consumer Credit in Focus", where experts from our London Financial Services Regulatory team break down the recent Financial Conduct Authority's discussion paper on possible future reforms to UK mortgage regulation.

United States Consumer

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A&O Shearman

New York Legislature Targets Real Estate Lenders To Lower Rents

In an effort to protect small businesses from high rents, on June 13, both houses of New York's legislature passed a bill, S1163, that prohibits "rent minimums" in real estate secured loan documents.

United States Real Estate

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Jones Day

Eighth Circuit Voids FTC 'Click To Cancel' Rule

United States Consumer

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Ballard Spahr LLP

From Oversight To Omission: The OCC's New Stance On Disparate Impact Liability

United States Finance

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Winston & Strawn LLP

Is The Economy Shifting? Ankura's July 2025 U.S. Economic Tracker Reveals Key Trends

United States Strategy

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Ankura Consulting Group LLC

Don't Sign Blindly: The Costly Contract Mistakes You Must Avoid (Video)

United States Commercial

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Crowley Law LLC

Court Of Appeal Summaries (July 14-18, 2025)

Canada Litigation

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Blaney McMurtry LLP

The 2025 Cayman Islands Real Estate Guide

Cayman Islands Real Estate

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Appleby

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Acquisition Finance/LBOs/MBOs

Business Buyouts—a Breath Of Fresh Air For Our Economy

The Trump administration's attack against the Canadian economy may have more than just economic consequences.

Canada Commercial

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Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg

Credit Insights: VTBs In Financing Transactions – Key Considerations

The standard Canadian mid-market buyout transaction involves both a senior loan with a Canadian bank and the buyer contributing equity to fund the purchase price.

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Torkin Manes LLP

The Little Buy-Sell That Could

With apologies to the pseudonymous children's book author Watty Piper, this is the story of a humble buy-sell provision in a family-owned LLC's operating agreement...

United States Anti-trust

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Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Seven Success Factors For Winning Section 363 Acquisitions

United States Insolvency

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Goodwin Procter LLP

PE Continues To Evolve And Enhance The Add-On Acquisition Process To Maximize Returns

United States Commercial

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Riveron

Secondaries In A Challenging Fundraising Environment

Canada Commercial

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Torys LLP

Treasury And IRS Issue Final And Proposed Regulations Regarding Stock Repurchase Excise Tax Under Code Section 4501

United States Finance

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Arnold & Porter

Insights Into The Latest Treasury And IRS Proposed Regulations On Excise Tax For Corporate Stock Repurchases

United States Tax

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

LPs Seek Ways To Share Profits In Continuation Fund 'Quick Flips'

United States Finance

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Mintz

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Commodities/Derivatives/Stock Exchanges

Enactment Of The GENIUS Act: Defining A Regulatory Framework For Payment Stablecoins Issued And Sold In The United States

On July 18, 2025, President Trump signed into law Public Law No: 119-27, the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act, commonly referred to as the GENIUS Act.

United States Technology

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Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC

Building A Digital Asset Regulatory Framework: The GENIUS Act And Next Steps

On July 18, President Trump signed into law the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act of 2025 (the GENIUS Act) establishing a regulatory framework for digital assets classified as payment stablecoins.

United States Technology

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Wiley Rein

Expanded Enforcement Powers: Is CIRO Now Exercising 'Statutory' Powers?

Since its formation on January 1, 2023, the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO), Canada's only truly national capital markets regulator...

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Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

OSC Adopts New Framework To Distribute Funds From Disgorgement Orders To Harmed Investors

Canada Litigation

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Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

The GENIUS Act Is Here. What Now?

United States Technology

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Steptoe LLP

Québec Amendments Affecting Financial Sector Aim To Harmonize With Other Canadian Jurisdictions

OH

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

CFTC Issues Guidance For Referrals Of Criminal Regulatory Offenses To DOJ

United States Finance

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Mayer Brown

FINRA's $25K Rule Is On The Chopping Block: What A Lower PDT Threshold Could Mean For Retail Trading

United States Finance

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Anderson P.C.

The Texas Stock Exchange: A New Era For Public Markets In The Lone Star State

United States Commercial

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

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Islamic Finance

Guide To The Canadian Tax Treatment Of Halal Mortgages: Halal Mortgages Are Shari'ah-Compliant But Taxable In Canada

Islamic or 'halal' financial products are growing globally and this is being driven by the peculiarity of these products in closing financial exclusion gaps affecting Muslims around the globe.

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Rotfleisch & Samulovitch P.C.

Budget 2024: Halal Mortgages

In the 2024 federal budget released on April 16, the federal government stated its intention to explore new measures to expand access to alternative financing products...

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Torys LLP

Navigating Halal Financing For Residential And Commercial Transactions In Canada

In residential transactions, Halal financing typically involves structures such as Murabaha (cost-plus sale), Ijarah (leasing), Musharakah (partnership), and Istisna'a (manufacturing contracts).

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Nelligan Law

Islamic Finance Integration With Project Finance

Worldwide Finance

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Milbank LLP

The Use Of Cayman Islands Structures In Islamic Real Estate Financings In The UK

Worldwide Finance

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Walkers

Growing Opportunity For US Fund Managers In The Middle East

Worldwide Finance

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Ocorian

US Fund Managers Focus On Raising Shariah-Compliant Capital

United States Finance

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Ocorian

How US Fund Managers Can Raise Shariah-Compliant Capital

United States Finance

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Ocorian

Munib Hussain Authors Islamic Finance Chapter In Project Finance Law Review 2019

United States Finance

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Milbank LLP

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Latest Videos

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Navigating The Retail Alternatives Landscape (Video)

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Alvarez & Marsal

Emerging Manager Minute (Video)

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Securities Docket Weekly Update - March 29 (Video)

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Anderson P.C.

Arrangements With Third-Party Creditors: Secured Creditor Of A Target On An Acquisition (Video)

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Gowling WLG

6 Quick Tips For An Effective Financial Check-up (Video)

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Kaufman Rossin

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