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	Luse Gorman Pomerenk & Schick, P.C. 5335 Wisconsin Avenue, NW Suite 780 Washington, D.C. 20015 Phone: 202.274.2000 Fax: 202.362.2902

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2012
• .	GAO Report Reveals the NCUA's Inability to Accurately Assess the Full Extent of the Corporate Credit Union Crisis
• .	Employee Benefits Alert: Reporting Obligations for Exercising Incentive Stock Options and Employee Stock Purchase Plan Options
2011
•	Why the Fed needs to amend its interim final rule on MHC dividend waivers
• .	IRS Finally Says Federal Credit Unions Can Sponsor Code Section 457(b) and 457(f) Deferred Compensation Plans
• .	The NCUA Addresses the Loss of Insured Credit Unions through Charter Conversions and Private Insurance
• .	Comments on the Federal Reserve Board's Interim Final Rule on Dividend Waivers are Due by November 1, 2011
• .	Federal Reserve Issues Interim Final Rule on Dividend Waivers by Federally Chartered MHCs
•	Dodd-Frank Executive Compensation Rulemaking Delayed
•	Preserving Your Credit Union's Equity Capital through the Mutual Savings Bank Charter
• .	Regulatory Policies Regarding Capital Distributions by Bank and Savings and Loan Holding Companies
•	Federal Reserve Board Adopts Final Rule Establishing Cap on Debit Card Swipe Fees
•	NCUA Adopts New Rule on Indemnification Payments to Directors, Officers and Employees
• .	NCUA Approves New Rule Restricting Golden Parachute Payments for Troubled Credit Unions
•	NCUA Proposes Rules on Dodd-Frank Sound Incentive Compensation Arrangements
•	Credit Union Update on Code Section 457 Supplemental Executive Retirement Plans
• .	Federal Reserve Board Sets Out Policies For Savings and Loan Holding Company Supervision and Capital Assessment
• .	FDIC Proposes Incentive-Based Compensation Rules For Financial Institutions Over $1 Billion
•	Credit Union to Mutual Bank Mergers and Credit Union to Mutual Bank Conversions
•	SEC Finalizes Say-on-Pay Rules Smaller Reporting Companies Exempt until 2013
•	Community Banks Can Apply for Small Business Lending Fund Capital
•	NCUA Issues Final Rule on Fiduciary Duties of Credit Union Directors
• .	Employee Benefits Alert: Reporting Obligations for Exercising Incentive Stock Options and Employee Stock Purchase Plan Options
2010
•	Treasury Issues Term Sheets for Small Business Lending Fund
•	FDIC Publishes Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Deposit Insurance Assessments
•	FDIC Issues Final Rule on Noninterest-Bearing Transaction Accounts
•	Executive Health Benefits May Trigger Big Penalties
•	SEC Proposes New Rules on Say on Pay and Other Shareholder Advisory Votes
•	Small Business Lending Fund for Community Banks
•	SEC Requires Proxy Access for Shareholder Nominees
•	Inter-Agency Guidance on Sound Incentive Compensation
•	New SEC Risk Reviews for Proxy Disclosure
•	New IRS Reporting Rules for Incentive Stock Options
•	SEC Expands Proxy Disclosure Requirements

2009
•	Recent Developments in CU Mergers
•	Luse Gorman Pomerenk & Schick, P.C. is #1 Nationally in Total Bank and Thrift M&A Deals
•	Employee Benefits Alert What You Need To Know For 2009
• .	The Economic Stimulus Bill Adds New Restrictions on Executive Compensation and Corporate Governance for TARP Participants
•	U.S. Treasury’s Capital Purchase Program for Mutual Banks and MHCs

2008
•	U.S. Treasury’s Capital Purchase Program for Mutual Banks and MHCs
•	It's a Good Time for Issuer Tender Offers
•	Tuesdays with Laurie: To MHC or not to MHC, that is the question
• .	The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008. The Capital Purchase and FDIC Guarantee Programs
•	Executive Compensation Rules Under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008
•	FDIC’s Debt Guarantee Program Clarification of Election Form Options
• .	Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Approves Final Rule for Temporary Liquidity Guarantee Program
• .	Treasury Announces Terms of TARP Capital Purchase Program for Non-Public Financial Institutions Other Than S Corporations and Mutual Depository Institutions
•	Treasury Provides Update on Application Process for Capital Purchase Program

2006
•	Treasury Provides Update on Application Process for Capital Purchase Program
• .	Luse Gorman submits comment letter to NCUA in opposition to proposed NCUA rules that would complicate charter conversions
•	Planning for a Healthy Merger "Baby"
• .	Luse Gorman submits comment letter to OTS in support of proposed amendments to mutual holding company rules simplifying the implementation of stock benefit plans
•	Section 457 and Tax Treatment of Federal Credit Union Plans

2005
•	Section 457 and Tax Treatment of Federal Credit Union Plans
•	MHCs Continue to be the Preferred Capital Raising Model for Thrifts
•	Update on Guidance to New Deferred Compensation Law
•	New Charter Options Give Mutual Holding Companies More Flexibility

2004
•	New Charter Options Give Mutual Holding Companies More Flexibility
•	Regulators Intensify Bank Secrecy Act Enforcement

2003
•	Regulators Intensify Bank Secrecy Act Enforcement
•	The Mutual Savings Bank Alternative for Growth-Oriented Credit Unions
• .	Current Market Conditions Offer Smaller Mutuals Unique Opportunities to Raise Capital and Grow
•	Tax Credits Have Financial Institutions Thinking about Developing New Markets
•	Weighing the Options for Taking Your Bank Private

2002
•	Public Institutions Must Enhance Audit Committees In the Wake of Corporate Scandals

2001
•	Trust preferred stock, a new financing vehicle for community financial institutions