Bank Counsel Handouts
| Tuesday, October 2 | |
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| 8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. | Hot Topics in Commercial and Real Estate Lending (Extra Handout) The panel will discuss important legislation and recent case law developments involving commercial and real estate lending. Hilary Gevondyan Senior Vice President & Associate General Counsel First Republic Bank Peter S. Munoz Counsel Reed Smith LLP |
| 9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. | What Goes Up, Must Come Down Is the economy’s long growth cycle nearing its end? Where are the weaknesses in commercial and real estate lending, and what events could signal a rise in defaults? This panel will discuss preparing for and dealing with a change in the credit cycle, including identifying and managing potentially distressed commercial and real estate credits, mitigating lender liability litigation risk, and applying lessons learned from the Great Recession. Amy Lerner Hill Senior Vice President, Senior Counsel City National Bank Jenny Park Vice President, Associate Counsel Pacific Premier Bank |
| 10:45 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. | The Empire Strikes Bank: An Operations Update Explore key impacts arising from the recent amendments to Regulation CC, including changes to the ECCHO Operating Rules; modifications to consider to terms governing indemnity in an account agreement; and new check-related payment standards in light of updates to ANSI X9.100-140. The panel will also discuss issues to consider when implementing the new beneficial ownership rule; and recent UCC issues related to instruments. Ted Kitada Senior Vice President, Senior Company Counsel Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Keith Forrester Principal Aldrich & Bonnefin, PLC |
| 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. | Hot Topics in Human Resources Law Hear from seasoned labor and employment law experts who will highlight current major employment and labor law challenges for the banking industry, including emerging trends in wage and hour law, recent cases, litigation trends, and best practices. This panel will examine these and other developments and consider what the law currently is, how it got there and where it may be going in the future. Steve Ganotis First Republic Bank Greg Glazer Partner Hirschfeld Kramer |
| 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | Regulators’ Changing Views on Bank Boards of Directors and Governance The penalties levied against Wells Fargo for its account-opening practices included an agreement to replace members of its Board of Directors, not for any specific wrongdoing, but for alleged inadequate oversight of the bank’s incentive compensation and marketing. The panelists will discuss what this might mean for bank directors generally, and the effect, if any, of the change of administration and senior regulatory officials. Mike Flynn Partner Goodwin Procter, LLP Samantha Kirby Partner Goodwin Procter, LLP |
| 3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | Hot Topics in Bank Litigation and Bankruptcy This panel will focus on privacy/data security cases, BSA/AML and CFPB enforcement actions, the PHH set of cases, and an update on class actions. Isabelle Ord Partner DLA Piper Deborah Daniloff Asst. General Counsel & Director, Global Transaction Services Bank of America, N.A. |