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Banking

A Hot Blawg for a Hot Area: CFPB Monitor has emerged as the must-read blog in the consumer finance world

One of the ABA’s Top 100 Blawgs for four straight years, Ballard Spahr’s CFPB Monitor sets itself apart with its laser focus on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. In the first of a continuing series of interviews focused on top bloggers in the top legal blogging network, LexBlog...

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Finance

Preserving a Fundamental Bankruptcy Tool: Despite uncertainty, credit bidding continues to serve lenders and investors well in distressed industries

Credit bidding allows secured creditors to protect their collateral in a bankruptcy sale and can provide an opportunity to strategically acquire a company’s assets. It is a valuable tool for all secured lenders but especially for private equity firms, hedge funds and other distressed debt...

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Finance

Through the Financial Regulation Looking Glass: Avoiding missteps, real or imagined, is no easy task when every move is hawked by a dizzying array of agencies

Financial institutions face tremendous scrutiny from the whole host of regulatory bodies that claim some authority over their services and operations. Jayant W. Tambe, co-head of Jones Day’s Financial Institutions Litigation & Regulation practice, and C. Hunter Wiggins, a former Principal...

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