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Finance law and banking law thought leadership, articles, podcasts, videos and webinars from expert sources across the legal world. Explore insights covering topics such as capital adequacy, BASEL, acquisition finance, debt capital markets, fund finance, islamic finance, securitization and structured finance.

CFTC No-Action Letter Restores The "QEP Exemption" From CPO Registration Available To Registered Investment Advisers Of Private Funds

On December 19, 2025, the Market Participants Division (MPD) of the CFTC published CFTC Letter No. 25-50, issuing interim relief in response to a request from the Managed Funds Association.

United States Finance

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Goodwin Procter LLP

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani Seeks To Eliminate 'Junk Fees' And 'Subscription Traps'

As part of his campaign for election, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani vowed to make New York City more affordable. To that end and as part of his affordability...

United States Finance

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Ballard Spahr LLP

OCC Publishes NPR On National Bank Chartering

On January 12, 2026, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) published in the Federal Register a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPR) entitled "National Bank Chartering."

United States Finance

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Ballard Spahr LLP

CFPB Brings Clarity To Earned Wage Access Products

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued an advisory opinion on December 23, 2025, that resolves significant regulatory uncertainty surrounding whether earned wage access (EWA) products and are "credit" for purposes of Regulation Z, the Truth in Lending Act's (TILA) implementing regulation.

United States Finance

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Goodwin Procter LLP

Federal And State Efforts Intensify Focus On 'Debanking'

United States Finance

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

LSTA Proposes Introduction Of Late Payment Fees In Loan Trade Transactions

United States Finance

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Crowell & Moring LLP

OCC Unveils Aggressive State Banking Law Preemption Moves

United States Finance

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Davis Wright Tremaine

Build A Smarter 2026 Budget For Your Professional Services Firm

United States Finance

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MGO CPA LLP

CFPB Does An About-face On Its Funding From Fed

United States Finance

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Ballard Spahr LLP

To Z Or Not To Z? CFPB Clarifies The Regulation Z Treatment Of Certain Earned Wage Access Products

United States Finance

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K&L Gates LLP

BaFin's Expectations For ICT Risk Management And The Use Of AI

United States Finance

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Jones Day

Senate Sends Levenbach Nomination To Be CFPB Director Back To President, Allowing Vought To Serve Longer As Acting Director

United States Finance

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Ballard Spahr LLP

Leverage Ratio Reform For Community Banks Proposed By Federal Regulators

United States Finance

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Mayer Brown

Understanding The Spectrum Of Permanent Capital Vehicles

United States Finance

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Mayer Brown

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Webinars

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20 Jan 2026 | 3:00 PM

2026 Canadian In-House Counsel Report: Unparalleled Insights into Canada's In-House Profession from CBA In-House Lawyers

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CBA In-House Lawyers

Recorded on 9 Jul 2025 | 2:00 PM

Digital Assets – Innovation vs Compliance: Emerging Offshore Jurisdictional Trends – How Legal Advisers' Roles Will Change

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Walkers

Recorded on 24 Jun 2025 | 3:00 PM

(2nd Session) 2025 Global In-House Counsel Survey Report: Unique Insights into the Global In-House Counsel Profession

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In-House Counsel Worldwide

Recorded on 24 Jun 2025 | 9:00 AM

(1st Session) 2025 Global In-House Counsel Survey Report: Unique Insights into the Global In-House Counsel Profession

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In-House Counsel Worldwide

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Debt Capital Markets

Asia Private Capital: Fourth-quarter Data And Trends

We started 2025 by predicting that, after a subdued first quarter, data suggested an imminent uptick in the M&A and exit markets.

Worldwide Commercial

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

CFPB Brings Clarity To Earned Wage Access Products

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued an advisory opinion on December 23, 2025, that resolves significant regulatory uncertainty surrounding whether earned wage access (EWA) products and are "credit" for purposes of Regulation Z, the Truth in Lending Act's (TILA) implementing regulation.

United States Finance

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Goodwin Procter LLP

OECD Publishes Policy Brief On Financing Instruments And Policy Levers To Harness Biomanufacturing For Climate, Biodiversity, And Growth

On December 2, 2025, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) published a policy brief entitled "Financing instruments and policy levers to harness biomanufacturing for climate...

United States Finance

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Bergeson & Campbell

Private Credit ETFs For Retail Investors: Yield Potential, Liquidity Risks And Regulatory Scrutiny

United States Finance

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Illinois Revamps The Scope Of Its Collection Agency Licensing Law

United States Finance

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Mayer Brown

Illinois Revamps The Scope Of Its Collection Agency Licensing Law

United States Finance

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Mayer Brown

CFTC Staff Extends Relief To Certain RIAs Operating Private Commodity Pools

United States Finance

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Dechert

CFPB: Earned Wage Products Are Not Loans Under TILA

United States Consumer

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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

CFTC No-Action Reinstates Broad Registration Exemption For Institutional CPOs, Pending Further Action

United States Finance

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

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Leasing

Subleasing Your Office Space? You May Have Triggered An Impairment Of Right-of-Use Assets

Adopting Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) 842, Leases, introduces new considerations for companies with leases. One such complex consideration is accounting for the potential impairment...

United States Accounting

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Marcum

Judge Albright Shifts Approach To Automaker Venue After Federal Circuit Reversal

Western District of Texas District Judge Alan D. Albright frequently found himself at odds with the Federal Circuit over his handling of transfer motions just a few years ago

United States Finance

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RPX Corporation

Aviation Finance Comparative Guide

Aviation Finance Comparative Guide for the jurisdiction of United States, check out our comparative guides section to compare across multiple countries

United States Transport

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Vedder, Price P.C.

Airline Lands A Significant Blow: Frontier And Carlyle Aviation Fight It Out In The Courts Over Breach Of Contract Claims

United States Transport

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Smith Gambrell & Russell

The FASB's Lease Accounting Rules Leave Restaurant Investors Searching For Deferred Rent

United States Accounting

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Alvarez & Marsal

Are Unmatured Lease Obligations Considered Noncontingent Debt For Purposes Of Calculating Eligibility To File A Subchapter v Bankruptcy?

United States Insolvency

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Thompson Coburn LLP

New Fed Policy On Extend And Hold Bank Loans For Retail Properties - Welcome Back To 2008

United States Finance

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Kane Russell Coleman Logan

State AGs And CFPB Stop Tempoe's Rhythm

United States Finance

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Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Multistate And CFPB Enforcement Actions Against Lease Finance Company Tempoe

United States Finance

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Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

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Asset Finance

U.S. Tax Planning For Israeli Investment In U.S. Real Estate: A Tale Of Scylla And Charybdis

U.S. real estate remains a favored asset class for foreign investment by Israeli residents. With the Israeli shekel currently being relatively strong against the U.S. dollar, investments in the U.S.

United States Real Estate

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Ruchelman PLLC

Insights On The NAV Lending Market – Full Year 2023

In the middle of 2023, we conducted an informal, small-scale survey to gather insights from prominent non-bank lenders on their activity in the net asset value (NAV) lending market for the first half of 2023.

United States Finance

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Proskauer Rose LLP

Blockchain+ Bi-Weekly

The past two weeks were filled with legislative activity as members of Congress worked to get digital asset legislation through committees prior to Congress going on its August break.

United States Technology

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Polsinelli LLP

SEC Adopts Money Market Fund Reforms And Changes To Reporting Requirements For Large Liquidity Fund Advisers

United States Finance

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Ropes & Gray LLP

MassMutual Direct Private Investments And MassMutual Asset Finance To Transition To Barings

United States Finance

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Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Mintz Venture Watch — Volume 2: A Report On Deal Trends From Q3 And Q4 2021

United States Commercial

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Mintz

NBAA Article Assists Members With Tax Regulations On Meals And Entertainment

United States Transport

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Holland & Knight

Sale Or Assignment Of US Government Receivables – FACA Considerations

United States Finance

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Mayer Brown

Robare V. SEC: The D.C. Circuit "May" Have Punted On Key Disclosure Question, But Takes Clear Stand On "Willful" Conduct

United States Finance

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Ropes & Gray LLP

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Fund Finance

Asset-Level Eligibility Series: "Eligible To Be Sold" & Transferability Restrictions

This Legal Update explores why, in order for an underlying loan to be included in a warehouse facility's borrowing base, the underlying loan must be eligible to be sold and transferred to the facility's SPV borrower...

United States Finance

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Mayer Brown

Asset-Level Eligibility Series: Governmental Authorities

This Legal Update explores why, in order for an underlying loan to be included in a warehouse facility's borrowing base, the underlying loan's obligor cannot be a governmental authority.

United States Finance

MB

Mayer Brown

Fund Finance To The Fore

More than a third (36%) of survey respondents in the 2026 Global Private Equity Outlook survey expect fund finance to increase in the next 12-18 months, which is a significantly more optimistic outlook than a year ago, when only 2% anticipated an increase.

United States Finance

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Dechert

Anticipating Shutdown, CFPB Is Transferring Cases To DoJ

United States Finance

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Ballard Spahr LLP

Key Takeaways - 2025 Cadwalader Finance Forum

United States Real Estate

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Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Eligibility Spotlight For Private Credit ABL Facilities: Fully Funded Loans

United States Finance

MB

Mayer Brown

Investor Letters In Subscription Credit Facilities: Strategic Benefits For SMAs And Concentrated Investor Funds

United States Finance

MB

Mayer Brown

Private Credit 2026 Private Credit In Fund Finance: From Customer To Colleague

United States Finance

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Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Asset-Level Eligibility Series: Confidentiality Restrictions

United States Finance

MB

Mayer Brown

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Latest Videos

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Episode 17: Dealmaking For The Future Generation – Inside Empower Youth Zones (Video)

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Alvarez & Marsal

AIFMD 2.0 Digest: What's Next For Non-EU Managers? (Podcast)

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Proskauer Rose LLP

Designated Gifts — Honoring Intent, Avoiding Liability (Video)

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Michael Best

Ten Minute Interview: Investment Professionals And Family Offices (Video)

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Foley & Lardner

A Deep Dive Into The Fight For The CFPB's Survival (Podcast)

BS

Ballard Spahr LLP

Upcoming Events

SIFMA’s C&L Society Forum: What’s New At FINRA

United States Finance

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WilmerHale

Capital Markets Know-How Series - Synthetic Risk Transfer

United States Finance

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Mayer Brown

Securities Enforcement Forum New York 2026

United States Finance

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WilmerHale

AUTM Annual Meeting 2026

United States Finance

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Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

2026 Global ETF Think Tank

United States Finance

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K&L Gates LLP

Speaking Engagement

ABA Banking Law Committee Meeting 2026

United States Finance

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WilmerHale

SBIA: Northeast Private Equity Conference

United States Finance

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Foley Hoag LLP

Mayer Brown Structured Finance NOW | NEXT 2026

United States Finance

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Mayer Brown

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