http://nelsonmullins.com Nelson Mullins Newsletters RSS Feed Tue, 21 May 2013 19:01:07 GMT http://www.nelsonmullins.com/newsletters/community-banks-week-in-review-vol-1-no-1 The Economy "Prospects for a Stronger Recovery," Speech by Federal Reserve Governor Raskin at the Society of Government Economists and the National Economists Club (May 16, 2013), available here. "Most members of the FOMC project a modest improvement in the pace of the recovery this year and ... Mon, 20 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.nelsonmullins.com/newsletters/community-banks-week-in-review-vol-1-no-1 http://www.nelsonmullins.com/newsletters/carolina-canada-connections-vol-5-no-12 Weekly Washington Wrap This week Washington, D.C., became "Scandal City" as three scandals erupted that have the White House in major damage control: 1. Benghazi – House Republicans continue to pound away at the Obama Administration over the deadly September 11, 2... Thu, 16 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.nelsonmullins.com/newsletters/carolina-canada-connections-vol-5-no-12 http://www.nelsonmullins.com/newsletters/e-update-for-may-14-2013 Updates Last week, the House Committee on Education and the Workforce held a full committee hearing titled "Raising the Bar: Exploring State and Local Efforts to Improve Accountability." Members of the committee questioned the witnesses about the appropriate federal role in accountability and focus... Tue, 14 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.nelsonmullins.com/newsletters/e-update-for-may-14-2013 http://www.nelsonmullins.com/newsletters/payday-lending-proposed-standards-for-banks On April 25, 2013, both the OCC and the FDIC proposed guidance (the "Proposals") on deposit advance products-small-dollar, short-term credit that banks offer in competition with payday advance products offered by nonbanks.[1] The Proposals mark a new step in the regulation of deposit adv... Mon, 13 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.nelsonmullins.com/newsletters/payday-lending-proposed-standards-for-banks http://www.nelsonmullins.com/newsletters/aca_model Following its postponement of a required notice under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) from March 1, 2013 to the "fall," the Department of Labor (DOL) has now issued guidance and model notices earlier than expected. Under ACA, employers are required to provide empl... Mon, 13 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.nelsonmullins.com/newsletters/aca_model http://www.nelsonmullins.com/newsletters/international-law-bulletin-vol-19-no-4 Vol. 19, No. 4 - April 2013 Editor Henry M. Burwell Co-Editors William M. Poole Steven L. Berson Philip C. Thompson Jason I. Epstein... Fri, 10 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.nelsonmullins.com/newsletters/international-law-bulletin-vol-19-no-4 http://www.nelsonmullins.com/newsletters/carolina-canada-connections-vol-5-no-11 Special Edition Washington Wrap On Tuesday, former South Carolina Governor and Congressman Mark Sanford (R-SC) defeated Democrat Elizabeth Colbert-Busch (sister of comedian Stephen Colbert) in a special election for the open 1st District House seat in South Carolina. The seat was vacated by Sen... Thu, 09 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.nelsonmullins.com/newsletters/carolina-canada-connections-vol-5-no-11 http://www.nelsonmullins.com/newsletters/i-94 Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is phasing out the issuance of paper I-94 cards to foreign nationals arriving in the U.S. by air or sea. (Foreign nationals arriving at land points of entry/border crossings will still continue to receive the paper I-94 card.) The I-94 card grants no... Thu, 02 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.nelsonmullins.com/newsletters/i-94 http://www.nelsonmullins.com/newsletters/brown-vitter-bill-a-summary Last week, on April 25, 2013, Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and David Vitter (R-LA) introduced S.798, the 'Terminating Bailouts for Taxpayer Fairness Act of 2013' (the 'Bill'),[1] their effort to put an end to the too-big-to-fail phenomenon. While the Bill focuses on the larg... Wed, 01 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.nelsonmullins.com/newsletters/brown-vitter-bill-a-summary http://www.nelsonmullins.com/newsletters/e-update-for-april-30-2013 Updates Since the release of the President's budget proposal, Secretary Duncan has been actively promoting the budget's education spending proposals, especially its dramatically increased commitment to early learning. He appeared before the House Labor H Appropriations Subcommittee on 11 and the Se... Tue, 30 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.nelsonmullins.com/newsletters/e-update-for-april-30-2013