Hunton & Williams LLP

About this office:

Hunton & Williams LLP provides legal services to corporations, financial institutions, governments and individuals, as well as to a broad array of other entities. Since our establishment more than a century ago, Hunton & Williams has grown to nearly 1,000 lawyers serving clients in 100 countries from 18 offices around the world. While our practice has a strong industry focus on energy, financial services and life sciences, the depth and breadth of our experience extends to more than 100 separate practice areas, including bankruptcy and creditors rights, commercial litigation, corporate transactions and securities law, intellectual property, international and government relations, regulatory law, products liability, and privacy and information management.

General Civil Trial Practice in all State and Federal Courts. Corporation, Securities, Probate, Real Estate, Intellectual Property, Environmental, Labor, Employee Benefits, Antitrust, Probate, Estate Planning, Public Utility and Oil and Gas Law.

Business Tax Provisions of the Worker, Homeownership, and Business Assistance Act of 2009
Jeffry Blair, Alexander G. McGeoch, Peter G. Weinstock, November 25, 2009
On November 6, 2009, President Barack Obama signed into law the Worker, Homeownership, and Business Assistance Act of 2009 (the "Act"). The significant tax changes applicable to businesses under the Act are summarized below.

Federal Reserve Requires Banks to Implement New Overdraft Procedures and Related Disclosures
Stephanie E. Kalahurka, Peter G. Weinstock, November 20, 2009
The Federal Reserve emphasized its newly donned role of the consumer protector on November 12, 2009 when it issued final revisions to Regulation E (the "Final Rule") that will require many banks to revise their existing procedures for paying and disclosing consumer overdrafts that result...

New CRE Loan Workout Rules Provide Relief and Pitfalls
Peter G. Weinstock, November 5, 2009
On October 30, 2009, all of the federal regulatory agencies issued a new policy statement on commercial real estate ("CRE") loan workouts. The policy statement does offer opportunities for financial institutions ("FI") to reduce the amount of charge-offs on CRE loans, return...

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