Breaking Archive

By Victoria Stephen, Compliance Alliance On July 7 the CFPB finally issued its much-anticipated final rule amending various parts of the TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure Rule. Clocking in at 560 pages, the final rule clarifies a variety of issues that have been thorns in the sides ...Read More

By Rob Nichols, American Bankers Association Nothing in Washington that is worth doing is easy, and tax reform is no exception. There is no doubt that our tax code needs a rewrite. As Congress’ Joint Committee on Taxation points out, since our last overhaul ...Read More

by Tom Younger, J. Smith Lanier This will likely be one of a number of changes to the Senate’s Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA) as Senate leadership struggles to garner sufficient support to pass the legislation. But just for general interest, a new section ...Read More

MAY 22, 2017 — A total of 82 hours expired last week between the time the Legislature first gaveled in – 11 a.m. on Monday – and finally adjourned sine die – at 9 p.m. on Friday. During the same period, representatives and senators ...Read More

MAY 5, 2017 – The most intense week of the 2017 legislative session ended late yesterday evening as representatives and senators tackled some of the weightier matters of the year: maps redrawing Senate and House legislative districts and the State General Fund budget for ...Read More

APRIL 28, 2017 – With only nine legislative days remaining in the 2017 session, the chance of ABA-supported legislation becoming law is technically growing slimmer. Luckily, however, two bills on ABA’s radar, Senate Bill 356 and House Bill 355, made major strides this week ...Read More

APRIL 21, 2017 – Yesterday, Gov. Kay Ivey signed House Bill 263 into law, marking the end of a complex project the association began in December 2015. The bill was assigned Act number 2017-165. With her signature, the governor set in motion a process that ...Read More