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Legislature Selects Leaders, Committees

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Important leadership and committee positions were filled by the Alabama House and Senate during the recently concluded 2019 Organizational Session. In the 105-seat state House, Rep. Mac McCutcheon (R-Monrovia) of District 25 was elected to his first full term as Speaker and Rep. Victor ...Read More

What the Midterms Mean for Community Banks

Board Briefs, Breaking, Industry Reports, Politics, Publications

by Brian Malcom, Waller It is finally over. No more robocalls. No more yard signs. No more poorly-produced television commercials. The midterms are behind us. A few results are still being counted, but the landscape is clear. Democrats will have a majority in the ...Read More

Washington Update from Rob Nichols

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2019: Different Approach, Same Agenda Significant progress at the regulatory agencies as well as the passage and implementation of long-sought bipartisan regulatory reform made 2018 a breakthrough year in many ways. The new year brings fresh challenges, including how to maintain momentum for policy ...Read More

What the Midterms Mean for Community Banks

Board Briefs, Breaking, Industry Reports, Politics, Publications

by Brian Malcom, Waller It is finally over. No more robocalls. No more yard signs. No more poorly-produced television commercials. The midterms are behind us. A few results are still being counted, but the landscape is clear. Democrats will have a majority in the ...Read More

Supreme Court Update for Banking and Financial Services Professionals

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by Charles W. Prueter, Waller The benefits of arbitration to frequent and experienced litigants are widely known. For example, discovery generally is more limited, the length of the entire proceeding typically is shorter, the information at the center of the dispute more easily remains ...Read More

Washington Update: Keeping Pace With Change

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by Rob Nichols If you are like many of the hundreds of bankers I have talked to since joining ABA three years ago, odds are you have an issue with your core provider. Yes, these companies are critical partners, and they deliver many excellent ...Read More

Supreme Court Update for Banking and Financial Services Professionals

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by Charles W. Prueter In the last installment of the Update, I wrote about then-Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s commitment to textualism and the separation of powers. Suffice to say, nobody has thought much about any legal doctrines or methods over the month since. Nevertheless, here ...Read More

Branch Employee Sales Compensation Practices: The Sequel

Board Briefs, Breaking, Industry Reports, Legal, Politics, Publications

by Elena A. Lovoy The summer movie line-up always includes sequels or reboots of prior box office hits and this summer has been no exception. “Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again” was released on July 20. The Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (BCFP) also ...Read More

Supreme Court Update for Banking and Financial Services Professionals: A Look at (Soon-To-Be) Justice Brett Kavanaugh

Industry Reports, Legal, Politics, Publications

by Charles W. Prueter Since the departure of Justice Sandra Day O’Connor in 2005, Justice Anthony Kennedy has been considered the “swing” vote in cases of great moment, and focusing on—at times, obsessing over—how he would see the law became an oft-repeated ritual each ...Read More

New Banks as Bellwethers

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by Naomi Camper When I joined ABA as chief policy officer in June, a task force of bankers with experience launching and running new banks were mid-way through their analysis of why “de novo” activity had stalled in recent years. Their mission—as established by ...Read More

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