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A regularly updated blog covering banking law news and issues. The blog is part of the Law Professor Blogs Network.

Author: Ann Graham, an assistant professor at Texas Tech University School of Law, edits the Banking Law Prof Blog and teaches banking law, commercial law, corporate governance and business analysis.

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Recent Posts from Banking Law Prof Blog

  • Ideas for Teaching Banking Law When Everything Is Changing

    Here's a discussion Cassandra Havard, Banking Law Professor at the University of Baltimore School of Law, would like to initiate. She says: "I'm writing to several banking law colleagues to ask how you've changed your…

  • What Exactly Is a Dual Banking System?

    One reader of this blog asks, "What exactly is a dual banking system?" So here's the background: In the U.S. today, we have two types of bank charters: 1. Each State has the authority to…

  • Analyzing the Consumer Financial Protection Agency Act of 2009

    On June 30, 2009, the administration delivered to Congress legislation which provides details behind the broad Financial Regulatory Reform White Paper. The draft “Consumer Financial Protection Agency Act of 2009” raises many critical issues, including:…

  • Arthur Wilmarth Interview on Cuomo Decision

    National Public Radio talked with George Washington University Law Professor Arthur Wilmarth yesterday. He is a highly regarded proponent of the dual banking system and an opponent of aggressive federal preemption in the financial institutions…

  • Analysis of the Cuomo Opinion

    Today, the U.S. Supreme Court delivered its opinion in Cuomo v. Clearing House Association, upholding the power of States to enforce their own non-preempted consumer protection laws by bringing suit against national banks and their…

  • Supreme Court Overturns OCC's Preemptive Regulation in Cuomo v. Clearing House Association

    The U.S. Supreme Court released its opinion in Cuomo v. Clearing House Association this morning. The good news for States and for consumer protection is that the decision invalidates an Office of the Comptroller of…

  • Extending Full FDIC Coverage for Payroll Accounts

    FDIC is proposing two alternatives for phasing out the Transaction Account Guarantee Program, originally set to expire December 31, 2009. Option One: The program, which provided full FDIC coverage of non-interest-bearing accounts such as payroll…

  • Proposed Amendments to CRA Rules - The Comment Period is Open

    The federal banking agencies (OCC, FRB, OTS, and FDIC) are proposing amendments to their Community Reinvestment Act regulations. The comment period will extend for 30 days after publication in the Federal Register. Changes incorporate a…

  • Madoff Sentencing Tomorrow

    Bernie Madoff appears for sentencing on Monday and is expected to receive a life sentence. This guy goes down in the annals of white collar crime and SEC oversight failures as the mastermind of one…

  • Bank Compliance Officer Gallows Humor

    Check out the compliance officer's viewpoint on financial institution-related regulatory changes, courtesy of the West Texas Compliance Officers' Association: Link: Download Compliance Officer - Run Over by Regulations


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