Alabama Bank News

by Heather Howell Wright and Stewart Cox Directors and officers (D&O) insurance policies provide protection to the directors and officers of a company for claims asserted against those directors and officers arising from the management of the company. D&O policies may also protect the ...Read More

by Marc Adesso With so many community banks being acquired as part of a general consolidation in the industry, many institutions must sell their own equity securities in order to scale operations. A key decision banks must make when considering a sale of securities ...Read More

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

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

by Nancy A. Bush We have decided that being a bank analyst in 2018 is roughly the equivalent of being Bill Murray in some financial services industry version of Groundhog Day. Every quarter, we wake up at the beginning of earnings season, dutifully record ...Read More

by William “Bill” C. Athanas and Andrew “Drew” A. Warth Lost among the flurry of recent media stories was a relatively quiet but vitally important pronouncement by the Department of Justice: a policy enabling companies to avoid criminal prosecution when violations were uncovered and ...Read More

by Gaines Brake and Jim Goyer, Maynard Cooper & Gale Authors’ note: This article provides an update to an article published in Vol. 2, No. 4 of Board Briefs, in which the authors discussed pending federal legislation for reporting by financial institutions of suspected ...Read More