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FDIC Tests Funding Mechanisms under Legacy Loans Program
Alyson Bagley Bragg, Lawrence D. Bragg, Mark V. Nuccio, Patricia Teixeira, November 18, 2009
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has started to sell assets out of receivership to test funding mechanisms that may be used in future sales of troubled assets under the Legacy Loans Program (LLP) that was first announced in July. The LLP is part of the Public-Private Investment...

Massachusetts Consumer Protection Authority Finalizes Data Security Regulations
David M. McIntosh, Lisa M. Ropple, Christine Santariga, November 18, 2009
The Massachusetts Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation (OCABR) recently announced that it had filed the "final" version of the "Standards for the Protection of Personal Information of Residents of the Commonwealth" (201 C.M.R. 17.00) with the Secretary of State's...

Mass. AG's Office Increases Oversight of Executive Compensation at the Commonwealth's Charities
Peter C. Erichsen, Kendi E. Ozmon, Adelbert L. Spitzer, October 28, 2009
The Massachusetts Attorney General's office recently announced that it is "increasing its oversight of executive and director/trustee compensation practices" at the Commonwealth's "larger and more significant public charities." While "[i]nitially, the focus will be on a...

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