Systemic Risk: The Age of SIFIs and GSIBs
The Clearing House’s First Annual Business Meeting & Conference
November 9-10, 2011, New York Palace Hotel, New York, NY | Register Now
Weil’s Heath Tarbert is scheduled to appear as a panelist at The Clearing House’s First Annual Business Meeting & Conference, to be held on November 9-10 at the New York Palace Hotel in New York, NY. The conference will examine the commercial banking regulatory and payments landscape in the post-Dodd-Frank era, as well as other related legal and tax issues. Mr. Tarbert’s panel will discuss current Dodd-Frank rulemakings pertaining to the Orderly Liquidation Authority, Title II, Early Remediation, and resolution planning, or “living wills.”
Preparing for a New Environment for Compliance & Enforcement
New York Bankers Association Financial Services Forum
November 9-11, 2011, New York, NY, Waldorf-Astoria Hotel | Register Now
Derrick Cephas will be a speaker on the panel “Preparing for a New Environment for Compliance & Enforcement,” on Wednesday, November 9, 2011 at the New York Bankers Association Financial Services Forum. The event will take place at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York, NY.
New ‘Living Will’ Requirements for Banks and Resolution Powers for Regulators
Institute of International Bankers
November 30, 2011, Harold Proshansky Auditorium, CUNY Graduate Center, New York, NY | Register Now
Weil’s Derrick Cephas will appear at the IIB conference Implementation of the Dodd-Frank Act – Key Issues for International Banks. Mr. Cephas’ panel is titled “New ‘Living Will’ Requirements for Banks and Resolution Powers for Regulators” and will commence at 1:45 p.m.

RESCHEDULED for Tuesday, October 25, 2011
12:45 – 2:00 PM ET
Speakers: Harvey Eisenberg, Derrick Cephas, and Heath Tarbert
Since its passage in July 2010, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act — and more specifically, Section 619 and its implementing rules — has worried financial industry executives and their legal advisers because of the potential impact on proprietary trading operations, merchant banking arms, and fund management teams embedded inside of large banks.
An interdisciplinary panel covering private equity fund formation, M&A, and financial institutions regulatory will address [click to continue…]
Strengthening Cultures Of Compliance And Workforce Challenges In The Wake Of Dodd-Frank
The American Employment Law Council Nineteenth Annual Conference
October 19-22, 2011, Ojai Valley Inn & Spa, Ojai, CA | Register Now
Weil’s Allan Dinkoff will moderate a panel exploring the whistleblower provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act that created unprecedented financial and other incentives for reporting alleged corporate wrongdoing to the government. The panelists will the discuss the need to re-examine internal corporate compliance programs, particularly with regard to self-policing efforts, and compound management challenges related to the employee-whistleblower. The panel will also discuss approaches to adapting compliance programs, including internal reporting and related protocols, in response to Dodd-Frank, as well as review changes in the law relating to whistleblower protections and practical measures in light of the elevated risk of retaliation claims.