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Regulatory Theory And Deposit Insurance Reform, R. Mark Williamson Jan 1994

Regulatory Theory And Deposit Insurance Reform, R. Mark Williamson

Cleveland State Law Review

The purpose of this article, however, is not to summarize the maze of federal and state banking regulation. Instead, recognizing that deposit insurance is a centerpiece of the overall regulatory scheme to which any financial institution in the United States is subject, this article is primarily concerned with subjecting this form of bank regulation to analysis based upon general principles of regulatory theory. This article is less concerned with the details of banking law than it is with using regulatory to shape policy guidelines for the coming process of deposit insurance reform.


Regulatory Theory And Deposit Insurance Reform, R. Mark Williamson Jan 1994

Regulatory Theory And Deposit Insurance Reform, R. Mark Williamson

Cleveland State Law Review

The purpose of this article, however, is not to summarize the maze of federal and state banking regulation. Instead, recognizing that deposit insurance is a centerpiece of the overall regulatory scheme to which any financial institution in the United States is subject, this article is primarily concerned with subjecting this form of bank regulation to analysis based upon general principles of regulatory theory. This article is less concerned with the details of banking law than it is with using regulatory to shape policy guidelines for the coming process of deposit insurance reform.


Bank Powers To Sell Annuities, Tamar Frankel Jan 1993

Bank Powers To Sell Annuities, Tamar Frankel

Faculty Scholarship

The conflict over turf between the banking industry and the insurance agents has heated up again. In the 1993 case Variable Annuity Life Ins. Co. v. Clarke, 1 the Fifth Circuit held banks have no power to sell fixed annuities issued by insurance companies in cities with more than 5,000 inhabitants. On June 6, 1994, the Supreme Court granted certiorari to review the decision. 3 Both the Clinton Administration and members of Congress are considering steps toward resolving this issue. Concerned that the flight of high-quality borrowers from the banking system has rendered bank lending increasingly risky, the Comptroller of …


Venezuela Revisited: Foreign Investment, Technology, And Related Issues, Robert J. Radway, Franklin T. Hoet-Linares Jan 1982

Venezuela Revisited: Foreign Investment, Technology, And Related Issues, Robert J. Radway, Franklin T. Hoet-Linares

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

A brief history of foreign investment in Venezuela is necessary to understand recent changes in Venezuelan foreign investment policy. The development of selected industrial sectors, including principally petroleum and mining, but also agriculture, electric power, manufacturing, banking, and insurance, has played a significant role in shaping Venezuelan foreign investment policy. The laws, policies, and their application can then be reviewed in practical terms to provide the practitioner with an understanding of the stated objectives of the host government within the context of Third World movements toward greater control over economic activities.