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Survivor Funds, Jonathan Barry Forman, Michael J. Sabin

Pace Law Review

This Article explains how to create “survivor funds”—short-term investment funds that would pay more to those investors who live until the end of the fund’s term than to those who die before then. For example, instead of just investing in a ten-year bond and dividing the proceeds among the investors at the end of the bond term, a survivor fund would invest in that ten-year bond but divide the proceeds only among those who survived the full ten years. These survivor funds would be attractive investments because the survivors would get a greater return on their investments, while the decedents, …

Cinderella Sovereignty, Anna Gelpern

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

Joseph Blocher and Mitu Gulati propose an insightful and thought-provoking critique of the barriers to secession under public international law. The critique an important contribution in its own right. I wish it had not been eclipsed by the authors’ clever and provocative fix: turning sovereignty into a tradable commodity. I suspect that this fix would bring about more suffering than the status quo for two reasons. First, a market for sovereign control is unlikely to be a market in any meaningful sense. Therefore, trading sovereignty would not discipline oppressors. Second, should something like a real market materialize, it could diminish …

Payroll Tax Compliance And Blockchain, Richard Thompson Ainsworth, Ville Viitasaari

Faculty Scholarship

Bitcoin is an application that runs on blockchain technology. Blockchain is a foundational technology that is bringing in the second era of the Internet – the era where value can be transferred, rather than just information.

Blockchain is developing along a four-stage path similar to that which TCP/IP took. Both are foundational technologies. TCP/IP brought the Internet, and eventually brought significant (transformational) technological changes in business like Amazon.com and Skype. These are changes that could not have been forecast at the beginning of the Internet age.

Blockchain is an immutable distributed ledger. It replaces the inefficient use of multiple centralized …

Foreclosure Diversion And Mediation In The States, Alan M. White

Georgia State University Law Review

The recent mortgage foreclosure crisis, whose economic effects are well known, transformed state legal structures governing the mortgage foreclosure process. What had been a relatively routine system of default judgments and auction sales has evolved into a negotiation and workout practice in which homeowners contest foreclosures, demand loan modifications and short sales, and propose other alternatives to foreclosures.

A profusion of state laws and court orders were adopted between 2008 and 2014 with the aim of promoting negotiated foreclosure alternatives. These laws have produced a variety of experiments in the “laboratories of democracy.” The defaults—whether home loans are renegotiated, defaults …

The Cfpb At Five Years: Beyond The Numbers, Kelly Thompson Cochran

North Carolina Banking Institute

As the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB” or the “Bureau”) has passed its five-year anniversary, the Bureau has amassed an impressive set of numbers measuring some of its impacts on consumers and the financial services marketplace. Other accomplishments may get less attention, but have nonetheless created important infrastructure and partnerships to help leverage and magnify the agency’s effectiveness. This article briefly summarizes some of the ways in which the Bureau has evolved in its early years to better fulfill its mission and improve the functioning of consumer financial markets.

Deference Debate And The Role Of Cost-Benefit Analysis In Financial Regulation: Metlife V. Financial Stability Oversight Council, Frederick Matthew Norchi

North Carolina Banking Institute

No abstract provided.

"Fishing" For Trouble?: On The Appropriate Limits Of A Civil Investigative Demand Issues By The Cfpb, E. Sylvester Kisluk

North Carolina Banking Institute

No abstract provided.

Living Wills: How Legal Entity Rationalization Addresses The "Too Big To Fail" Problem, Monica M. Burks

North Carolina Banking Institute

No abstract provided.

A Review And Assessment Of The National Mortgage Settlement By Its Monitor, Joseph A. Smith Jr.

North Carolina Banking Institute

Since April 2012, the author has served as Monitor of the consent judgments commonly known as the National Mortgage Settlement (the “Settlement”). The obligations of the mortgage servicer parties to the first five of such judgments were satisfied in March 2016. Three consent judgments under the Settlement’s structure remain in effect. Although the mortgage servicing settlement process is ongoing, completion of the first five consent judgments is an appropriate vantage point from which to review the Settlement and assess its impact and significance. This article provides such a review and assessment based on the author's work as the Settlement’s Monitor.

Foreword, Brenna A. Sheffield, Lissa L. Broome

North Carolina Banking Institute

No abstract provided.

Is Your Cyber Liability Insurance Any Good? A Guide For Banks To Evaluate Their Cyber Liability Insurance Coverage, Thomas H. Bentz Jr.

North Carolina Banking Institute

Knowing what issues to consider when purchasing a cyber insurance policy is one of the most difficult challenges for banks. This article discuss the top five issues a bank should consider when looking for a strong cyber liability insurance policy.

Smart Contracts: Legal Agreements For The Blockchain, Reggie O'Shields

North Carolina Banking Institute

No abstract provided.

Defining And Verifying Accredited Investors: Effect Of Potential Sec Changes On North Carolina's Crowdfunding Statute, The Nc Paces Act, Harris M. Watkins

North Carolina Banking Institute

No abstract provided.

Front Matter, North Carolina Banking Institute

North Carolina Banking Institute

No abstract provided.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau At Five: A Survey Of The Bureau's Activities, Donald C. Lampe, Ryan J. Richardson

North Carolina Banking Institute

This article surveys the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's ("CFPB" or the "Bureau") activities over its first five years, with an emphasis on publicly available empirical data. Part II provides an overview of the CFPB’s creation and operations, including discussion of its structure and powers. Part III provides data and analysis on the CFPB’s activities across its three primary functional areas—rulemaking, supervision, and enforcement— for the five-year period from July 21, 2011, to July 21, 2016. Part IV summarizes major developments in the CFPB’s sixth year and the agency’s stated policy priorities through 2017. Finally, Part V concludes with a discussion …

The New York Department Of Financial Service's New Anti-Money Laundering Regulation: A Model For Improvement, Roy G. Dixon Iii

North Carolina Banking Institute

No abstract provided.

The Wells Fargo Scandal And Efforts To Reform Incentive-Based Compensation In Financial Institutions, Justin H. Mims

North Carolina Banking Institute

No abstract provided.

Table Of Contents, North Carolina Banking Institute

North Carolina Banking Institute

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The Curious Case Of Madden V. Midland Funding And The Survival Of The Valid-When-Made Doctrine, Charles M. Horn, Melissa R.H. Hall

North Carolina Banking Institute

This article explores the facts and holdings of Madden and its short-term and longer-term legal and commercial implications. The authors conclude that Madden was wrongly decided due to a misplaced primary focus by the defendants on federal bank preemption principles, causing the Second Circuit to all but ignore the valid-when-made doctrine. Although Madden is having an adverse short-term impact, the authors believe that ultimately it will be properly limited in its scope and impact, will not be embraced across the board by other state or federal courts, and will not result in significant changes to the law and principles of …

The Consequences From Issuing Invalid Municipal Debt: Examining The Voidable Debt Issues In The Detroit Bankruptcy And Puerto Rican Debt Crisis, Joshua C. Showalter

North Carolina Banking Institute

No abstract provided.