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Updated legal information for the financial institution industry.

Author: Dickinson Mackaman Tyler & Hagen has offices in Washington, D.C., and Des Moines, Iowa.

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Recent Posts from Iowa Banking Law Blog

The Mighty Sword of Preemption Sheathed; State AGs Can Enforce State Lending Laws
The battle between federal banking regulation and state regulation of national banks has been brewing for years. It has been primarily a one-sided battle; the OCC has wielded the mighty sword of preemption and consistently…
Turf Battles May Impede Financial Regulatory Reform
The global credit crisis, the global recession, the decline in real estate values and the negative effects of these events on the banking industry have stimulated interest in regulatory reform of the financial sector. The…
The Credit Crisis and Commercial Impracticability
The bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. in September of 2008 resulted in a global credit crisis. It seems clear that this credit crisis has greatly exacerbated the current global recession and has been extremely…
FDIC Forms Advisory Committee to Study Community Banks
The FDIC Board of Directors today approved establishing the FDIC Advisory Committee on Community Banking. The Committee will provide the FDIC with advice and guidance on a broad range of important policy issues impacting small…
Government Oversight of the Use of TARP Funds
As funding provided by the Troubled Asset Relief Program (“TARP”) works its way through sectors of the economy, it is important for banks and their customers to have an awareness of the federal government’s program…
False Claims Act Liability and the Economic Stimulus Package
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the “FDIC”) has received over 400 comment letters on its new program for the purchase of legacy loans (the “Legacy Loans Program”). A review of several of these comments letters…
TARP Capital Purchase Program to Re-open for Small Banks
This morning in a speech to the Independent Community Bankers of America, Treasury Secretary Geithner said that, using the proceeds of the repayments expected from some of the larger banks that received TARP funds, the…
Deposit Insurance Limits Legislation Approved in Senate
On Wednesday, May 6, the US Senate passed legislation to help prevent home foreclosures and ease access to credit. The Senate approved the "Helping Families Save Their Homes Act" sponsored by Senate Banking Committee Chairman…
ABC's of Carbon Markets
Following is a link to a booklet on carbon markets produced by the Green Business and Sustainability Practice Group of Dickinson Mackaman Tyler & Hagen. ABCs of Carbon Markets The booklet includes descriptions of the…
Ideas About the FDIC's Role in the Legacy Loans Program
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the “FDIC”) has received over 400 comment letters on its new program for the purchase of legacy loans (the “Legacy Loans Program”). A review of several of these comments letters…