By Brian J. Pfeil The potential for fraud has always existed in the construction, lending and real estate world. However, as electronic communications continue to reach new heights in innovation so has the permeation of complex and sophisticated fraud schemes affecting these and other industries. These trending schemes make it imperative for...
Since the 2008 financial crisis, federal financial regulators have tightened their requirements for capital and liquidity for lenders. Concerns about underwriting standards that led to the mortgage bubble and collapse led to new, stricter risk weighting levels for lenders in certain loan categories under Basel III rules. Designed to increase...
By Elizabeth K. Miles Does your business include mandatory arbitration clauses in its contracts? Such clauses are increasingly common, but restrictions may be imminent. One source of restrictions may be through rulemaking by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Congress, through the Dodd-Frank Act, required the CFPB to study the use...
By Aaron E. Hall Sales are negotiated and consummated between companies every day. Yet, what often gets overlooked in these negotiations is which company’s terms and conditions govern the transaction. In a typical commercial transaction, a variety of documents may be exchanged between the contracting companies. At minimum, a purchase order and a...
By Thomas V. Rohan Tom Rohan of Davis & Kuelthau’s corporate, commercial finance, M&A, and real estate teams authored an article, Don’t Let Your Contract Turn Litigation Into a “Road Game”, for New North B2B's September 2015 publication. To read the article, please click here.
Tom Rohan of Davis & Kuelthau’s corporate, commercial finance, M&A, and real estate teams authored an article, In Commercial Contracts, We Do Not Want to Be Our Brother’s Keeper, for New North B2B’s March 2015 publication. To read the article, please click here.
