Printable version (PDF) 

BAHAMAS

– Luxury resort property owners' RICO class action against Credit Suisse Bank and Cushman and Wakefield (D. Idaho), 94:28

BANK FAILURES

See FAILED BANKS

BANK SECRECY

– Enforcement of tax evasion laws, offshore financial centers meeting on strategy, 94:385
– European Parliament pressure on Luxembourg and Austria to give up national laws, 94:384
– France

– – Return of stolen data to HSBC Private Bank (Suisse), 94:31; tentative informal understanding, 94:243
– – Tax agreement with Switzerland, formalized deal on interpretation, 94:386

– Stolen Swiss bank data, Germany considering purchase as aid to identification of potential tax evaders, 94:292; Merkel support for purchase, 94:333

BANK SUPERVISION

– EU, regulatory reform, recommendation to restore binding decision-making powers and review clause, 94:240; expanded powers for new banking authority, 94:332
– Regulatory policy, haphazard approach problematic for community banks and regional banks, 94:349
– Taxation, American Bar Ass'n Tax Section discussion, 94:146

BANKRUPTCY

– Advanta Bank, FDIC asset freeze complaint (D.D.C.), 94:70
– CIB Marine Bancshares, effectiveness of Chapter 11 pre-pack plan, 94:66
– Debt buyer sanctions for not producing original loan documents, database reliance allowed (6th Cir.), 94:159
– Disclosure of price paid for claims, proposed amendment to federal procedure rules, interest group opinions, 94:321
– Emergency homeownership and equity protection

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 225

– Garnishment, service of papers on proper subject of orders, intangible interests in out-of-state firms (N.Y. Ct. App.), 94:373
– Homeownership preservation

– – House actions

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 200, HR 1106

– – Senate actions

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, S 896

– Loan modification, Senate measure

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, S 61

– Manipulative debtors, interests of creditors can be weighed (8th Cir.), 94:328

BASEL II CAPITAL ACCORD

See CAPITAL

BNA INSIGHTS

– Mortgages, strategic defaults more sensible with negative equity, 94:335
– Taxation

– – New IRS audit guidelines on equity swaps with non-U.S. counterparties, 94:389
– – Uncertain tax position reporting plan seen changing landscape of disclosure, 94:294

BNA INTERVIEWS

– Ludwig, Outlook 2010, Special Report, 94:177

Contact the Webmaster at webmaster@bna.com
1801 S. Bell Street, Arlington, VA 22202 - Phone: 1-800-372-1033

Copyright © The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. All Rights Reserved.