Publications

• Bank Recapitalization Refresher
  May 21, 2012
  
• The BankAtlantic Bancorp Decision — Roadblock or Detour to Open Bank Sale of Distressed Banks?
  April 2, 2012
  
• Process Improvement Can Drive Shareholder Returns: Is Your Institution Ready for Process Improvement?
  March 12, 2012
  
• Nearing the End of the Bank Failure Cycle or New Stage? Trends in Bank Receiverships
  January 9, 2012
  
• The Credit Mark Predicament: A Bank Recapitalization Hurdle
  December 14, 2011
  
• The Honeymoon Is Over: Managing the Board and CEO Relationship During Times of Stress
  January 2012
  Christopher J. Zinski
• Community Banks' Achilles' Heel: Strategies for Raising Capital in a Capital Poor Environment
  October 18, 2011
  
• Bank Board Directorships in the Era of Bank Failures
  October 3, 2011
  
• Current Trends in Non-Performing Asset Dispositions
  August 16, 2011
  
• Is TARP Burning Off? TARP/CPP Repayment Patterns
  July 11, 2011
  
• Trust Businesses in FDIC-Assisted Acquisitions: Windfalls‚ Opportunities or Icebergs?
  June 2011
  Lorraine M. Buerger
• Treasury's Small Business Lending Fund Announces Process for S-Corps and Mutuals
  May 16, 2011
  
• The New Reality of Bank Examinations
  May 2, 2011
  
• Private Equity Bank Investments: Strategically Managing the Regulatory Process
  April 18, 2011
  
• Private Equity Bank Investments: Strategically Managing the Regulatory Process
  April 2011
  Christopher J. Zinski
• Small Business Lending Fund Application Deadline
  April 6, 2011
  
• Planning for Open Bank Branch Transactions
  March 21, 2011
  
• FDIC Adviser
  March 2011
  
• FDIC-Assisted Transactions: Target Sizes Shrink but Opportunities Remain Large
  March 2011
  Lorraine M. Buerger
• Treasury Department Rolls Out Small Business Lending Fund
  February 1, 2011
  
• Bank Recapitalizations: The 10 Life and Death Lessons From 2010
  February 2011
  Christopher J. Zinski
• Bank Recapitalizations: The 10 Life-and-Death Lessons from 2010
  January 20, 2011
  
• FDIC Adviser
  January 2011
  
• Bankruptcy Sales to Facilitate Open-Bank Recapitalizations
  January 2011
  J. Mark Fisher
• Plugging the Dam — Maintaining D&O Insurance Coverage In a Distressed Environment
  January 10, 2011
  
• AmericanWest Bancorp: The Use of Section 363 Sale Process to Maximize Value and Stave Off Regulatory Seizure
  December 17, 2010
  
• Bankruptcy Sales to Facilitate Recapitalizations
  November 22, 2010
  
• D & O Insurance: Shield or Sieve?
  November 8, 2010
  
• Strategic Purchasing: Assessing Open Bank Versus Failed Bank Buying Opportunities
  October 2010
  Lorraine M. Buerger
• The Dodd-Frank Act: What Community Bankers Need to Know
  October 11, 2010
  
• FDIC-Assisted Acquisitions: Seizing Strategic Opportunities In the Midst of the "New Normal"
  October 2010
  
• Anatomy of a Bank Recapitalization Summary of Key Points - Part Three
  September 27, 2010
  
• Anatomy of a Bank Recapitalization Summary of Key Points - Part Two
  September 20, 2010
  
• Anatomy of a Bank Recapitalization - Part One
  September 10, 2010
  
• Anatomy of a Bank Recapitalization
  September 2010
  Christopher J. Zinski
• Strategic Purchasing: Assessing Open Bank vs. Failed Bank Buying Opportunities
  August 24, 2010
  
• Death Knell for Trust Preferred — But A Reprieve for Some
  July 30, 2010
  
• Change Creates New Opportunity: The Latest Developments in FDIC-Assisted Acquisitions
  July 2010
  
• FDIC Open Bank Assistance: DOA or Ready for Revival
  July 2010
  Lorraine M. Buerger
• Open Bank Assistance: DOA or Ready for Revival?
  June 2010
  
• Title Insurers to End Creditors' Rights Coverage Nationwide
  May 2010
  Paul G. Mackey
• Banks Need to Use the Classic Turnaround Methodology
  Summer 2010
  Christopher J. Zinski
• The Changing Rules for FDIC-Assisted Acquisitions: Strategies for Minimizing Execution Risk in Failed Bank Transactions.
  April 2010
  
• How Do You Learn to Read Financial Statements
  March 17, 2010
  Christopher J. Zinski
• Reading Financial Statements Gives a Competitive Advantage
  March 16, 2010
  Christopher J. Zinski
• Bank M & A: Predicting the Future
  March 2010
  
• Meeting the Challenges of 2010...
  January 13, 2010
  
• Financial Institutions Update
  September 2009
  
• Obama Administration Proposes Financial Regulatory Reform
  June 24, 2009
  
• Treasury Issues Capital Purchase Program Term Sheet for Privately Held Financial Institutions
  November 26, 2008
  
• Financial Institutions Update
  November 2008
  
• Regulation FD: A Refresher and Update
  April/May 2007
  Peter L. Rossiter
• The Audit Committee As Sleuth: Conducting an Internal Investigation
  February 2006
  Peter L. Rossiter
• Financial Institutions Update
  December 2005
  
• Financial Institutions Update
  July 2005
  
• Ninth Circuit Defines "Extraordinary" for Sarbanes-Oxley Escrow Provisions
  May 2005
  Michael K. Wolensky
• Audit Committee Self-Assessments: Why and How
  January 2005
  Peter L. Rossiter
• Supporting the Audit Committee after Sarbanes-Oxley: A Practical Guide
  August 2004
  Peter L. Rossiter
• Financial Institutions Update
  April 1, 2004