(Peter Thomas Lane, Schlanger & Schlanger LLP, Pleasantville, N.Y.; Owen Randolph Bragg, Horwitz, Horwitz & Associates, Chicago, IL, on the brief), for Saliha Madden.Thomas Arthur Leghorn (Joseph L. [read post]

In connection with the transactions involving the Builders and straw buyers, ROSE created and executed, and had the buyers and sellers execute, HUD-1 settlement statements that falsely indicated that the borrower brought cash to the closing when, in fact, as ROSE knew, the cash was provided by the Builders, including CONGLETON, HERNDON, HALL, PEELE, MALDINI, and others. [read post]

On July 27, 2023, US federal banking regulators issued proposals to (i) significantly revise the risk-based regulatory capital requirements for certain midsize and larger US banking organizations (the “Capital Proposal”), and (ii) change the method for calculating the capital surcharge for globally systemically important banking organizations (“G-SIBs”) (the “G-SIB Surcharge Proposal”).1 These proposals are of critical importance because the amount of capital a… [read post]