Board Briefs Archive

By Cathy Moore and Chris Hawkins On Aug. 26 the “Family Farmer Relief Act of 2019” (H.R. 2336) was signed into law, substantially increasing the debt limit for agricultural producers seeking to file for relief under Chapter 12 of the United States Bankruptcy Code. ...Read More

by R. Aaron Chastain and Christopher K. Friedman In 2014, the Nevada Supreme Court sent shockwaves through the mortgage lending industry when it held that a portion of a homeowners’ association (“HOA”) or condominium owners association’s (“COA”) statutory assessment lien had priority over a ...Read More

by Brian Malcom, Waller Unfortunately, big data breaches are not new. So there is the temptation to shrug one’s shoulders and think, “It’s just another day in modern life.” A data breach at a financial institution, however, demands our attention. In March 2019, Capital ...Read More

by Brian Malcom, Waller Unfortunately, big data breaches are not new. So there is the temptation to shrug one’s shoulders and think, “It’s just another day in modern life.” A data breach at a financial institution, however, demands our attention. In March 2019, Capital ...Read More

by Aaron Flinn, Waller For banks with significant trust activities or banks that are considering expansion into new markets, recently passed legislation in Tennessee provides significant benefits that are currently only permitted in Tennessee and South Dakota. Specifically, Tennessee law now permits the creation ...Read More

by Paul Leonard One of the more important decisions of the United States Supreme Court in 2018, at least for states, was the Court’s decision in South Dakota v. Wayfair (Wayfair). As widely reported, the Court held in Wayfair that an Internet seller of ...Read More

By Jenny McCain In late April, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System approved a notice of proposed rulemaking that would revise the Federal Reserve’s “control” rules under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (Regulation Y). These rules that establish the ...Read More