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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

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Mayer Brown

The Likely Road Ahead For The CFTC Under Chair Selig

In October 2025, the Administration nominated Michael Selig to serve as Chairman of the CFTC, which currently is under the leadership of CFTC Acting Chairman Caroline Pham.

United States Finance

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Davis Wright Tremaine

HUD Recently Announced The 2026 Loan Limits For FHA Forward Mortgages And HECMs

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) recently announced the 2026 loan limits for FHA insured forward mortgage loans and FHA...

United States Finance

BS

Ballard Spahr LLP

CFTC's Tokenized Collateral Guidance: Integrating Blockchain Into Derivatives Markets

The staff of three CFTC divisions have issued joint guidance outlining standards for the use of tokenized assets as collateral in futures and swaps trading.

United States Finance

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Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP

CFTC Launches Digital Assets Pilot Program For Tokenized Collateral In Derivatives Markets

United States Finance

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

European Commission Announces Legislative Package To Advance EU Financial Market Integration

United States Finance

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Nofziger And Raice Recommend FDIC Modernize Rules Governing Confidential Supervisory Information

United States Finance

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Pryor Cashman LLP

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

United States Finance

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Proskauer Rose LLP

OCC Conditionally Approves Five National Trust Bank Charter Applications

United States Finance

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Steptoe LLP

OCC Releases Preliminary Findings From Debanking Investigation

United States Finance

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Winston & Strawn LLP

Pay Attention To Your Orphans

United States Finance

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Fed Requests Input, Looks To Change Check Services

United States Finance

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Davis Wright Tremaine

Alternative Investment Funds - The Legal 500

United States Finance

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Dechert

House Passes Invest Act With Critical Implications For Fund Sponsors

United States Finance

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Shulman Rogers

How I Learned To Love Mediator's Proposals - Why Modern Mediation Sometimes Calls For A Guiding Hand

United States Litigation

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JAMS

USPTO Proposes Dramatic Restrictions For Inter Partes Review Institution

United States IP

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Osha Bergman Watanabe & Burton LLP

AI Innovation Is Accelerating, But Oversight Is Fragmented: Why ADR Must Fill The Governance Gap

United States Litigation

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JAMS

The U.S. Economy: Modest Activity And Intensifying Uncertainty (Ankura Monthly Economic Report November 2025)

United States Strategy

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Ankura Consulting Group LLC

Federal Circuit: Priority Document That 'Broadly Outlines' Possible Structures Fails To Provide Adequate Written Description Support For Subgenus Of Linkers In Antibody-Drug Conjugate

United States IP

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

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Banking Regulation

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Capital Adequacy/BASEL

OCC And FDIC Rescind Interagency Leveraged Lending Guidance

The Statement marks what could be a significant shift in the regulatory landscape for banks engaged in leveraged lending and comes amid the continued prevalence of the private credit market and other non-bank lending.

United States Finance

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Winston & Strawn LLP

Federal Banking Agencies Finalize The ESLR Rule, With Some Adjustments

New enhanced supplemental leverage ratio calculation allows for a range of low-risk activities such as U.S. Treasury market intermediation...

United States Finance

DW

Davis Wright Tremaine

How Regulatory Change Is Reshaping Global Lending

How are shifting capital and regulatory rules actually changing the way banks lend, borrowers negotiate, and lawyers structure deals?

United States Finance

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World Law Group

Federal Banking Agencies Propose Lower Community Bank Leverage Ratio Requirements

United States Finance

DW

Davis Wright Tremaine

3 Recent Regulatory Developments Relevant To The EU And UK Securitisation Markets

Worldwide Commercial

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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Will Crypto Capital Find A Home In The U.S.?

United States Technology

DW

Davis Wright Tremaine

OCC Settles With Bank Over Alleged BSA/AML Violations

United States Finance

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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

IRS Proposes Ending Look-Through Rule For Domestic Corporation REIT Ownership

United States Tax

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Cozen O'Connor

U.S. Pet Grooming & Boarding: Ankura Industry Spotlight (October 2025)

United States Commercial

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Ankura Consulting Group LLC

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Debt Capital Markets

IRS Issues New Regulations Impacting Foreign Government Investments In The United States

On December 12, 2025, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service and U.S. Department of Treasury issued proposed regulations, temporary regulations, and final regulations which could substantially affect the way foreign governments make U.S. directed investments.

United States Commercial

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Dechert

JONES DAY TALKS®: Real Assets Roundup – Episode 6: Higher Education (Podcast)

The funding and operational models attendant to college and university infrastructure and facilities have remained largely unaltered for nearly 100 years.

United States Consumer

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Jones Day

Democratic AGs To Check Out Buy-Now-Pay-Later Companies

Seven Democratic AGs, co-led by North Carolina AG Jeff Jackson, sent letters to the six largest Buy-Now-Pay-Later (BNPL) providers seeking information...

United States Consumer

CO

Cozen O'Connor

SEC Sheds Light On 2026 Priorities: Risk Areas And Key Insights For Broker-Dealers

United States Finance

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Goodwin Procter LLP

From Direct Lending To ABS: Private Credit's $3T Toolkit Fuels PE Deals

United States Finance

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Dechert

Distressed Debt Legal Insights

United States Finance

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Ropes & Gray LLP

Privy Council Holds That There Is No Legal Requirement In The Tort Of Deceit To Show That A Claimant Was Consciously Aware Of The Representation Made

United States Finance

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

ACA Files Suit Challenging Colorado Law That Omits Medical Debts From Credit Reports

United States Finance

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Ballard Spahr LLP

State-Level Digital Asset Licensing: What To Watch As We Head Into 2026

United States Technology

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

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Charges, Mortgages, Indemnities

HUD Recently Announced The 2026 Loan Limits For FHA Forward Mortgages And HECMs

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) recently announced the 2026 loan limits for FHA insured forward mortgage loans and FHA...

United States Finance

BS

Ballard Spahr LLP

Four Pillars Of Remedies For The Mortgage Loan In Default

Under New York law, lenders can accelerate the debt, foreclose on the property, appoint a receiver to manage it, and seek a deficiency judgment if sale proceeds fall short.

United States Real Estate

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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

New York's Highest Court Says FAPA Applies Retroactively

Almost three years after New York's "Foreclosure Abuse Prevention Act" (FAPA) changed how the six-year time clock applicable to mortgage actions starts and stops, the state's highest court resolved a heavily litigated dispute, concluding that FAPA is, indeed, retroactive.

United States Finance

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Goodwin Procter LLP

All's Well That Ends Well: The CFTC Amends Its Wells Notice Process And Other Rules Of Practice For The Better

United States Finance

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Crystallex Sale Approved And Lone Star Funds V. Republic Of Korea – ICSID Annulment Highlights Due Process In Investor-State Arbitration

United States Litigation

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Steptoe LLP

New York Court Of Appeals Finds Foreclosure Abuse Prevention Act Constitutional Under Due Process

United States Litigation

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

OFAC Announces $4.7 Million Penalty On Real Estate Investor For Dealing In Blocked Property Linked To Russian Oligarch

United States Real Estate

MB

Mayer Brown

CFPB Proposes Narrowing ECOA Regulations

United States Finance

MB

Mayer Brown

FHFA Announces 2026 Conforming Mortgage Loan Limits

United States Finance

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Ballard Spahr LLP

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Financial Services

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

The Likely Road Ahead For The CFTC Under Chair Selig

In October 2025, the Administration nominated Michael Selig to serve as Chairman of the CFTC, which currently is under the leadership of CFTC Acting Chairman Caroline Pham.

United States Finance

DW

Davis Wright Tremaine

CFTC's Tokenized Collateral Guidance: Integrating Blockchain Into Derivatives Markets

The staff of three CFTC divisions have issued joint guidance outlining standards for the use of tokenized assets as collateral in futures and swaps trading.

United States Finance

CG

Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP

CFTC Launches Digital Assets Pilot Program For Tokenized Collateral In Derivatives Markets

United States Finance

KM

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

European Commission Announces Legislative Package To Advance EU Financial Market Integration

United States Finance

KM

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Nofziger And Raice Recommend FDIC Modernize Rules Governing Confidential Supervisory Information

United States Finance

PC

Pryor Cashman LLP

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

United States Finance

PR

Proskauer Rose LLP

Sovereign Wealth Fund Sues PE Firm Over Continuation Vehicle Process

United States Commercial

WS

Winston & Strawn LLP

OCC Conditionally Approves Five National Trust Bank Charter Applications

United States Finance

SJ

Steptoe LLP

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Latest Videos

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

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Proskauer Rose LLP

Emerging Manager Minute (Video)

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Designated Gifts — Honoring Intent, Avoiding Liability (Video)

MB

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

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