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11/18/2008  California’s Proposed Mortgage Modification Program – Updated
11/12/2008  California’s Proposed Mortgage Modification Program
11/11/2008  OFAC Strengthens Iranian Embargo by Revoking Authorization of “U-turn” Transactions
10/28/2008  Issues to Consider in Connection with the Reevaluation of Credit Card Lending and Charge-Off Policies
10/14/2008  Steps for Lenders to Consider in Connection with Mortgage Modification Programs
10/07/2008  Website Accessibility – Once a Technical Advantage, Now a Point of Vulnerability for Retailers
10/03/2008  Recovery Legislation Creates Both Opportunities and Risks for Government Contractors
10/03/2008  Economic Stabilization Act: Overview of Transactions Involving Troubled Assets
10/03/2008  Economic Stabilization Act: Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation
09/30/2008  Seventh Circuit Holds Rescission Cannot Be Pursued on a Class-wide Basis Under TILA
09/23/2008  New Massachusetts Regulation Requires Encryption of Portable Devices and Comprehensive Data Security Programs
09/23/2008  Federal Reserve Board Liberalizes Rules for Investments in Banks
09/05/2008  Financial Services Report, Fall 2008
09/01/2008  Danger and Opportunities in Distressed Financial Institutions for Private Equity Investors
Reprinted with permission of II News © 2008 Institutional Investor, Inc. First published in II News: Global Private Equity and M&A Legal Guide September 2008.
07/18/2008  New York Adopts “Economic Nexus” Position for Credit Card Banks
07/09/2008  Identity Theft Red Flags Rule and Address Discrepancy Rule--Frequently Asked Questions
06/03/2008  Financial Services Report, Summer 2008
Financial Services Report, Vol. 4, No. 2 Summer 2008
05/19/2008  Federal Trade Commission Issues New CAN-SPAM Act Regulations
04/02/2008  Contemporaneous Notice of Credit Card Default Interest Rate Increase Not Required, Says Ninth Circuit
03/04/2008  Financial Services Report, Spring 2008
01/02/2008  OTS Authorizes Federal Savings Bank to Establish a Subsidiary Bank in China
12/11/2007  Financial Services Report, Winter 2007
11/28/2007  Federal Agencies Issue Long-Awaited Affiliate-Marketing Rule
11/07/2007  State Statutes Restricting or Prohibiting the Use of Social Security Numbers
10/16/2007  California Expands Its Security Breach Notification Law But Rejects Merchant Liability Standard
09/11/2007  Financial Services Report, Fall 2007
Financial Services Report, Vol. 3 No. 3, Fall 2007
09/04/2007  U.S. Bankruptcy Court Declines to Recognize Bear Stearns’ Cayman Liquidation
08/22/2007  Hedge Fund Failure Predictions and Strategies: How to Catch a Falling Knife and Not Get Cut
06/13/2007  Federal Appellate Court Holds That Federal Law Preempts State’s Attempt To Regulate Gift Cards Issued By National Banks And Federal Thrifts
06/01/2007  Merchant Liability for Security Breaches
06/01/2007  Financial Services Report: Staying Ahead of the Summons
Financial Services Report, Vol 3, No 2. Summer 2007
05/31/2007  Beltway Report
05/31/2007  Ahead of the Summons
05/31/2007  Privacy Report
05/31/2007  California Report
05/31/2007  Operations Report
05/10/2007  NY Court Affirms Right to Ex Parte Interviews of Adversary’s Former Employees
03/12/2007  Financial Services Report, Spring 2007
Financial Services Report, Volume 3, No 1.
03/09/2007  Ahead of the Summons
03/09/2007  Privacy Report
03/09/2007  California Report
03/09/2007  Operations Report
03/09/2007  Firm Offer Update
03/09/2007  Mortgage Report
03/09/2007  Beltway Report
12/07/2006  Beltway Report
12/07/2006  Operations Report
12/07/2006  Mortgage Report
12/07/2006  Privacy Report
12/07/2006  Preemption Report
12/07/2006  Ahead of the Summons
12/07/2006  Financial Services Report, Winter 2006
Financial Services Report, Volume 2, No 4.
09/12/2006  Financial Services Report, Fall 2006
Financial Services Report, Volume 2, No 3.
09/11/2006  Privacy Report
09/11/2006  Beltway Report
09/11/2006  Ahead of the Summons
09/11/2006  Preemption Report
09/11/2006  California Report
09/11/2006  Mortgage Report
08/03/2006  Federal Court Rejects New Hampshire's Challenge to Gift Cards Issued by National Bank and Federal Savings Association, Finds State Law Preempted
06/07/2006  Beltway Report
06/07/2006  Ahead Of The Summons
06/07/2006  Privacy Report
06/07/2006  Preemption Report
06/07/2006  California Report
06/07/2006  Mortgage Report
06/06/2006  Financial Services Report, Summer 2006
Financial Services Report, Volume 2, No 2.
03/10/2006  Financial Services Report, Spring 2006
Financial Services Report, Volume 2, No 1.
03/10/2006  Operations Report
03/10/2006  Arbitration Report
03/10/2006  California Report
03/10/2006  Credit Card Report
03/10/2006  Ahead Of The Summons
03/10/2006  Mortgage Report
02/02/2006  Morrison & Foerster Represents ACON Laboratories in $175 Million Acquisition by Inverness Medical Innovations, Resolving Patent Litigation Between the Two Companies Over Rapid Diagnostic Technology
01/18/2006  National Bank Victory in Supreme Court
12/09/2005  Beltway Report
12/09/2005  Preemption Report
12/09/2005  Financial Services Report, Winter 2005
Financial Services Report, Volume 1, No 2.
10/05/2005  SB-1 is Preempted by the FACT Act
09/13/2005  Financial Services Report, Fall 2005
Financial Services Report, Volume 1, No 1.
09/12/2005  Beltway Report
09/12/2005  Arbitration Report
09/12/2005  California Report
09/12/2005  Privacy Report
09/12/2005  Ahead of the Summons
09/12/2005  Insurance Report
09/12/2005  Creditor's Rights Report
09/12/2005  Mortgage Report
09/12/2005  Car Report
08/22/2005  $1Billion Reversal Likely to Curtail Some Class Action Abuses
08/17/2005  Ninth Circuit Hands Out "Mixed Bag" on Federal Preemption
08/09/2005  Troubling Decision on the Fair Credit Reporting Act
07/19/2005  Consumer Arbitration Update
06/29/2005  BJ's and DSW Cases Open a New Front in the War on Data Insecurity
05/27/2005  FTC Opens New CAN-SPAM Act Proceeding
05/20/2005  Businesses Required to Dispose of Consumer Information
05/19/2005  The OCC and the Future of Principal-Protected Products in Hedge Fund Transactions
04/01/2005  North Dakota Supreme Court Upholds Arbitration Provision In U.S. Bank's Credit Card Agreement
03/15/2005  Southern District Rules That Cardholders Subject To Arbitration Are Properly Estopped From Litigating Same Claims Against Non-Signatories
02/25/2005  Lockyer v. Mirant Summary
11/29/2004  Does Your Privacy Policy Comply with the California Online Privacy Protection Act?
10/06/2004  A New Era - AIM's Change of Status to an Exchange Regulated Market
09/21/2004  New California Direct Marketing Disclosure Statute Will Impact Companies Inside and Outside of California
09/17/2004  Knorr-Bremse: The Federal Circuit Overrules Its Precedent And Reshapes Willfulness
09/15/2004  EPA's Proposed "All Appropriate Inquiry" Rule Adds Substantive New Requirements to Environmental Due Diligence Activities
07/27/2004  MoFo Assists Millennia in Acquiring 240-acre Sacramento UP Railyard Site
12/02/2003  Congress Passes Anti-Spam Law, Preempts Much State Anti-Spam Legislation
10/01/2003  New California Law Prohibits Unsolicited "Commercial" E-mail
09/29/2003  California Passes Another Consumer Privacy Bill
07/01/2003  Codes of Conduct: The Solution for International Data Transfers?
06/03/2003  National Information for National Markets: Congress Considers Extension of the Fair Credit Reporting Act's Uniform Standards
04/25/2003  FTC "Safeguards" Rule to Take Effect
03/11/2003  Made in Japan: The American Lawyer's Profile of MoFo's Tokyo Office and Practice
09/28/2002  Quarterly Report on Water Industry Developments in Asia -- September 2002
01/14/2002  Overview of the UK Financial Services and Markets Act -- 2000 (In Force From 12/01/01)
11/26/2001  Overview of Political Risk Insurance for Commercial Banks
11/26/2001  The Legal Response to the September 11 Attacks: The USA-PATRIOT Act, the Executive Order on Prohibited Dealings with Terrorists, and the EU Directive On Money Laundering
07/24/2001  Recent Guidance on Money Laundering
Bank Regulatory Law Commentary No. 3
03/16/2001  D.C. Speaks: Balancing Privacy with Need to Know
An American Banker article, reprinted with permission, on MoFo's Rick Fischer and James Johnson and their work to help banks steer through conflicting privacy and anti-money-laundering laws.
02/01/2001  The Rapidly Changing World of Privacy
10/01/2000  The E-Sign Act: A Federal Foundation for E-Commerce
07/01/2000  Restrictions on Acquisition, Disclosure and Use of Personal Information by Private Entities in the United States
02/01/2000  European Union Data Directive
10/01/1999  Amended Proposal for an Electronic Commerce Directive
02/26/1999  California Supreme Court Denies Review in Badie v. Bank of America
09/01/1998  Another Step Towards A European Framework for Electronic Signatures; The Commission's Directive Proposal