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:Securities Regulation
Thursday, February 18, 2010
By Roberta S. Karmel

" Roberta S. Karmel, professor of law and co-director of the Dennis J. Block Center for the Study of International Business Law at Brooklyn Law School, writes that the 1970s scenario of a financially distressed Wall Street going to Washington for financial assistance and coming away with increased regulatory responsibilities and a dismantling of monopoly power may sound eerily familiar to what has been transpiring in New York and Washington over the past year."

Domestic Banking
Thursday, February 18, 2010
By Clyde Mitchell

" Clyde Mitchell, adjunct professor of banking law at Fordham Law School, writes: I have been a Federal Reserve Board watcher for over 55 years, and it appears to be at its low point. The Fed and Chairman Ben Bernanke provided a large handy target for anyone who is unhappy with the current financial crisis, but I, along with many other commentators, believe that the Fed, together with Treasury, saved our financial system. "

OUTSIDE COJNSEL:

Does a Month-to-Month Tenancy Wither Away? Perhaps Not
Thursday, February 18, 2010
By Victor S. Faleck

" Victor S. Faleck, Deputy Chief Court Attorney at the Appellate Term, Second Department, writes that although a number of New York courts have held that a nonpayment proceeding will not lie against a month-to-month tenant who holds over without paying rent, a recent Appellate Division ruling casts doubt upon the validity of this line of cases"

CORPORATE UPDATE:

Ruling Clarifies Procedural Issues in SOX Retaliation Suits
Thursday, February 18, 2010
By Edmund M. O'Toole

" Edmund M. O'Toole, partner-in-charge of Venable's New York office, writes that, unfortunately for whistleblowers, SOX's complex whistleblower-protection procedures can be a barrier to relief for victims of retaliation."