On May 6, 2025, Scott A. Brown participated in the Bank Legal Panel at the D.A. Davidson 27th Annual Financial Institutions Conference in Scottsdale, Arizona. The session focused on the current regulatory environment and mergers and acquisitions landscape, including regulatory issues and concerns.
Read More...On March 28, 2025, Scott A. Brown participated on a Federal Banking Agencies Update panel at a Connecticut Bankers Association meeting held in Bristol, Connecticut. The session focused on around the state of federal banking agencies and how they may evolve during the current administration.
Read More...Zac Davis presented at the Elliott Davis Financial Services Strategy Forum. The presentation addressed current hot topics for financial institutions focusing on the current regulatory environment, the landscape for mergers and acquisitions and capital raises, a summary of recent Supreme Court cases and the potential effects of the 2024 election for financial institutions.
Read More...On November 19, 2024, Brendan Clegg presented on key bank regulatory and enforcement updates at the New Hampshire Bankers Association and Vermont Bankers Association Fall 2024 Compliance Conference in Concord, New Hampshire. The presentation focused on potential policy, supervision, and personnel changes at the federal banking agencies after the 2024 election, recent landmark decisions by the Supreme Court that will affect bank relationships with their supervisors, new merger policy statements from the FDIC and OCC, and proposed rules from the FDIC related to corporate governance, brokered deposits and bank-fintech partnerships.
Read More...On October 4, 2024, Scott A. Brown presented at the Blue Rock Conference in Plymouth, Massachusetts. The session focused on the current mergers and acquisitions landscape, especially related to mutual holding company transactions, a summary of recent Supreme Court cases and its impact on community banks and the FTC’s proposed ban on non-competition agreements.
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