In light of the JOBS Act’s liberalization of public reporting laws, attorneys weigh in on the benefits and drawbacks of being a publicly traded bank or thrift.

Recent enforcement actions against Standard Chartered show the difficulty of challenging U.S. regulators, explains Ropes and Gray LLP.

Legal experts generally think compensation rules will do little to make the banking system safer.

Should everyone be subjected to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s new mortgage rules?

Bank attorneys discuss whether the big banks should be dismantled for the sake of the U.S. economy.

Weil attorneys Derrick Cephas and Dimia Fogam talk about New York’s ring-fencing law, which allows creditors to lay claim against the New York assets of foreign banks.

In an interconnected world, are Europe’s problems our own? We asked legal experts their take.

Sullivan & Cromwell attorneys discuss the many things that remain unresolved under the new regulatory regime.

Bank attorneys by and large think Basel III will hurt lending.

Since a good relationship with regulators is paramount, Bank Director polled attorneys and former regulators on what they found to be the best “first steps” in achieving this.