Resources
Books
Events
Clients & Friends Memos
Financial Recovery Resource Center
Future of Financial Regulation
Newsletters

Cadwalader lawyers author timely memoranda on significant developments in the law in order to keep our clients and friends apprised as to what these developments may mean for their business.

 
June 2009
PDF file  FBAR Filing Requirements For Owners of Foreign Accounts, Hedge Fund Investors, Hedge Fund Managers, and Financial Institutions; June 30, 2009 Filing Deadline Extended For Certain Filers
Jun 29, 2009
PDF file  Third Party Releases Survive Supreme Court's Decision in Travelers Indemnity Co. v. Bailey
Jun 25, 2009
PDF file  Obama Proposal for Regulatory Reform as It Relates to OTC Derivatives Markets
Jun 22, 2009
PDF file  The Obama Administration’s Financial Regulatory Reform Proposal
Jun 22, 2009
PDF file  The Obama Administration’s Financial Regulatory Reform Proposal and Its Impact on the Securitization Markets
Jun 22, 2009
PDF file  Obama Administration’s Financial Regulatory Reform Proposal Introduced
Jun 17, 2009
PDF file  Lenders File Motions to Dismiss Twenty-One Growth Properties Bankruptcy Cases as Bad Faith Filings
Jun 04, 2009
May 2009
PDF file  TALF for Legacy CMBS: New York Fed Releases Terms and Conditions and FAQs
May 20, 2009
PDF file  The Obama Administration's Fiscal Year 2010 Revenue Proposals
May 20, 2009
PDF file  General Growth Properties Bankruptcy Court Enters Final Order on Cash Collateral, Cash Management, and DIP Financing Issues
May 18, 2009
PDF file  Regulatory Reform of OTC Derivatives Markets
May 15, 2009
PDF file  The Hedge Fund Transparency Act and Its Unintended Consequences for Cat Bonds
May 12, 2009
PDF file  General Growth Properties Bankruptcy Court Defers Final Ruling on Cash Collateral, Cash Management and DIP Financing Issues
May 11, 2009
PDF file  TALF for New-Issue CMBS: New York Fed Releases Terms and Conditions, FAQs and Revised TALF FAQs
May 02, 2009
PDF file  Making Home Affordable Expanded to Second Lien Mortgages and to Incorporate Hope for Homeowners
May 01, 2009
April 2009
PDF file  Treasury, Federal Reserve, & FDIC Credit and Liquidity Programs
Apr 23, 2009
PDF file  IRS Offers to Ease Penalties for Taxpayers Who Disclose Their Overseas Accounts in the Wake of the Department of Justice's Continuing Crackdown on the Use of Tax Havens
Apr 14, 2009
PDF file  IRS Guidance on the Home Affordable Modification Program
Apr 13, 2009
PDF file  ISDA Auction Hardwiring and other Market Initiatives: Strengthening the Infrastructure for CDS Transactions
Apr 08, 2009
PDF file  Treasury Extends Deadline for PPIP Fund Manager Applications; Releases Additional Guidance on Legacy Securities Portion of PPIPs
Apr 06, 2009
PDF file  The Public-Private Investment Program For Legacy Loans: Unanswered Questions For Loan Sellers and Investors and Request For Comments by the FDIC
Apr 02, 2009
March 2009
PDF file  UPDATE: Understanding the Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility (“TALF”)
Mar 27, 2009
PDF file  The Public-Private Investment Program; Treasury’s Plan to Cleanse Legacy Assets from Banks’ Balance Sheets
Mar 26, 2009
PDF file  The Manny Ramirez Tax Lightbulb; Also (2 Ideas in 1 Memo) Putting Pay in Perspective
Mar 24, 2009
PDF file  Obama Administration Releases Details of the Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan
Mar 10, 2009
PDF file  The Banking Act 2009: Counterparty Rights and Insolvent Banks
Mar 10, 2009
PDF file  Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act (S. 506 and H.R. 1265)
Mar 06, 2009
PDF file  Understanding the Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility (“TALF”)
Mar 04, 2009
February 2009
PDF file  New Bankruptcy Cram Down and Foreclosure Prevention Legislation Introduced
Feb 26, 2009
PDF file  Highlights of the Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan
Feb 24, 2009
PDF file  Bank of England Asset Purchase Facility – A Panacea for the U.K. Corporate Credit Markets?
Feb 17, 2009
PDF file  Certain Federal Income Tax Provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
Feb 17, 2009
PDF file  Treasury’s Financial Stability Plan Increases Access to Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility (TALF)
Feb 10, 2009
PDF file  Legislation Affecting the REMIC Status of Existing Mortgage Securitization Transactions
Feb 05, 2009
PDF file  Draft U.S. Law Seeks to Regulate Credit Default Swaps
Feb 02, 2009
PDF file  Regulation D Filings for Hedge Funds - Beware the Ides of March!
Feb 02, 2009
January 2009
PDF file  The Future of Financial Regulation: Meet the New Regulators, Better Than the Old Regulators?
Jan 22, 2009
PDF file  ECB Eligible Collateral: The ECB Raises the Bar
Jan 21, 2009
PDF file  Delaware Bankruptcy Court Decision in SemCrude Poses Setback to Triangular Setoff
Jan 16, 2009
PDF file  Interim Guidance on Deferred Compensation Arrangements Under Section 457A of the Internal Revenue Code (IRS Notice 2009-8)
Jan 16, 2009
December 2008
PDF file  Litigation Victories
Dec 22, 2008
PDF file  Recent Developments in Residential Mortgage Loan Modification Programs
Dec 18, 2008
PDF file  U.S. Federal Reserve Announces Two New Programs To Ease Credit Markets
Dec 03, 2008
November 2008
PDF file  UK Pre-Budget Report 2008
Nov 26, 2008
PDF file  The Commercial Paper Funding Facility Program
Nov 25, 2008
PDF file  A Plain English Summary of Credit Default Swap Settlement Protocols
Nov 18, 2008
PDF file  House Takes Testimony From Hedge Fund Industry’s Major Players and Academics on the Topic of Hedge Fund Regulation
Nov 14, 2008
PDF file  FINRA Issues Research Rule Proposal for Consolidated FINRA Rulebook
Nov 05, 2008
PDF file  Managed Bank Loan Financing Facilities: Basic Overview for Hedge Funds
Nov 03, 2008
October 2008
PDF file  The Continuing Evolution of ECB Eligible Collateral
Oct 23, 2008
PDF file  Taxation of Nonqualified Deferred Compensation from Certain Offshore Entities
Oct 20, 2008
PDF file  Senator Proposes Legislation to Regulate Derivatives
Oct 17, 2008
PDF file  The DOL Issues Final Rule under ERISA Section 408(b)(19) Statutory Exemption for Cross-Trading of Securities
Oct 16, 2008
PDF file  Lehman Brothers Bankruptcy Filings: Issues for Replacement Swap Counterparties and their Municipal Clients
Oct 08, 2008
PDF file  Proposed Retention Requirements on Securitisation Positions Sold to European Credit Institutions
Oct 07, 2008
PDF file  The Proposed Troubled Asset Relief Program and the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008
Oct 02, 2008
September 2008
PDF file  New York State Insurance Department Issues Circular Letter Regarding Regulation of Credit Default Swaps
Sep 24, 2008
PDF file  Highlights of the Proposed Legislation to Implement the Treasury Department’s Bailout Plan
Sep 23, 2008
PDF file  Temporary SEC Rules Regarding Naked Short Selling and Related Matters
Sep 22, 2008
PDF file  Lehman Court Orders Outline Rights of Counterparties to Safe Harbored Financial Contracts
Sep 21, 2008
PDF file  ECB Eligible Collateral: What Has Changed?
Sep 10, 2008
PDF file  What Are Covered Bonds and Why Should You Care?
Sep 10, 2008
August 2008
PDF file  Short Positions and Reporting Obligations for Holders of UK-Listed Securities
Aug 11, 2008
July 2008
PDF file  The SEC Moves To Protect The Market From False Rumors And Certain Short-Selling
Jul 24, 2008
PDF file  Bank of New York v. Montana Board of Investments: Limitation on the Power of the Senior Class of Note Holders to Control the Disposition of the Assets of a Structured Investment Vehicle
Jul 18, 2008
PDF file  Creating ECB Eligible Collateral: Some Traps For The Unwary
Jul 17, 2008
PDF file  SEC Proposals to Remove References to Ratings from the Securities Laws Create Implications for ABS Transactions
Jul 17, 2008
PDF file  CSX Corporation v. The Children's Investment Fund Management (UK) LLP, et al.: New Developments Concerning Reporting Beneficial Ownership and Group Formation under Section 13(d)
Jul 09, 2008
PDF file  SEC Issues Proposed Amendments to Rule 15a-6
Jul 09, 2008
June 2008
PDF file  European Statutory Covered Bonds: New Opportunities For Commercial Mortgage Finance
Jun 10, 2008
May 2008
PDF file  American Home Court Expands Scope of Repo Safe Harbor
May 29, 2008
March 2008
PDF file  Federal Reserve Invokes Depression-Era Law to Expand to Broker-Dealers Last Resort Lending
Mar 19, 2008
PDF file  Telephone Taping and Capturing Electronic Communications: Obligations for UK Firms; US Implications and Perspectives
Mar 17, 2008
February 2008
PDF file  IRS Asserts Variable Prepaid Forward Contract with Share Lending is a Present Sale
Feb 21, 2008
PDF file  Regulated Covered Bonds 2008
Feb 13, 2008
January 2008
PDF file  The DOL’S Proposed Amendment to Regulation under ERISA Section 408(b)(2) Relating to Service Provider Fee Disclosures
Jan 15, 2008
PDF file  Cadwalader Successfully Concludes Cases
Jan 14, 2008
PDF file  American Home Court Excludes Servicing From Safe Harbors
Jan 08, 2008
November 2007
PDF file  Analysis of In re Foreclosure Cases, 2007 WL 3232420 (N.D. Ohio Oct. 31, 2007)
Nov 16, 2007
PDF file  FERC’s Initial Application of its New Anti-Manipulation Enforcement Authority in the Energy Trading Markets Along With Expanded CFTC Authority: Implications for Energy Traders of Financial Firms
Nov 15, 2007
PDF file  Proposed REMIC Regulations on Modification of Mortgage Loans Held by REMICs
Nov 12, 2007
October 2007
PDF file  Regulation R: Implementing the Bank Brokerage “Push-out” Provisions of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
Oct 02, 2007
September 2007
PDF file  China Adopts Its Landmark Antitrust Law
Sep 28, 2007
PDF file  SEC Charges NEXT Financial Group With Violating Regulation S-P
Sep 05, 2007
July 2007
PDF file  China’s New Labor Contract Law Provides More Protection for Employees
Jul 20, 2007
PDF file  PRC’s CSRC Officially Permits Overseas Securities Investment by Qualified Domestic Institutional Investors (“QDIIs”) (Chinese Version)
Jul 03, 2007
PDF file  PRC’s CSRC Officially Permits Overseas Securities Investment by Qualified Domestic Institutional Investors (“QDIIs”) (English Version)
Jul 03, 2007
June 2007
PDF file  CFTC Proposes New Rule to Obtain Greater Oversight of OTC Derivatives Markets
Jun 27, 2007
PDF file  SEC Accounting Proposal: Positive Development for PRC Based Companies With Shares Listed in the U.S. (Chinese Version)
Jun 26, 2007
PDF file  SEC Accounting Proposal: Positive Development for PRC Based Companies With Shares Listed in the U.S. (English Version)
Jun 26, 2007
PDF file  Cadwalader Securities Litigation Team Extends Winning Streak
Jun 06, 2007
January 2007
PDF file  SEC Provides Guidance on Implementation of Regulation AB
Jan 30, 2007
December 2006
PDF file  NYSE Amendments to Rule 431
Dec 15, 2006
October 2006
PDF file  2006 Securities Litigation Wins Continue
Oct 30, 2006
PDF file  Brokerage Push-out - Back to the Drawing Board
Oct 17, 2006
August 2006
PDF file  Highlights of the Pension Protection Act of 2006
Aug 08, 2006
July 2006
PDF file  Important Court Decision For No-Fault Insurers
Jul 31, 2006
June 2006
PDF file  Investment Fund Alert
Jun 23, 2006
PDF file  Relief for ABCP Conduits, Hedge Funds and other Structured Vehicles under Final New York Publication Law
Jun 19, 2006
May 2006
PDF file  Interagency Statement on Sound Practices Concerning Elevated Risk Complex Structured Finance Activities
May 16, 2006
March 2006
PDF file  New York Publication Law
Mar 15, 2006
PDF file  New EPA Rule for “All Appropriate Inquiries,” New ASTM Standard for Phase I ESA and the Loan & Securitization Implications
Mar 01, 2006
February 2006
PDF file  Introduction of the ‘New Global Note’ Format for International Bonds
Feb 23, 2006
View Archives