Commercial Lending Update
Bob Lewis, Finance Attorney and Partner at Sidley Austin LLP
Join us for insights into the latest cases, statutory developments and documentation challenges affecting commercial transactions! We will cover a broad array of engaging and important court decisions — on contract interpretation, lien creation and perfection, priorities, enforcement, and more. We will highlight drafting and documentation trends and review some common regulatory provisions in loan documentation!
Consumer Finance Update
Marc P. Franson, Banking Attorney and Partner at Chapman and Cutler LLP
The roller coaster continues. Drops in federal regulation and lifts in state responses create a helix of impacts on consumer financial products and services. Hold on to your grab bars as we ride the rails of legislation and litigation related to preemption, fair lending, third party risk management, innovative products, fraud and more!
The Revolution in Banking Supervision
John Geiringer, Banking Attorney and partner at Barack Ferrazzano
Every administration brings new perspectives, but it’s hard to overstate the ongoing revolution in banking supervision, and how it continues to impact the industry. Couple those changes with economic uncertainty and global instability, and banking lawyers are constantly challenged to stay current and evaluate how these developments could impact their guidance. This session features an overview of current legal and regulatory issues affecting Illinois banks. The focus will be on practical suggestions and best practices taken from long-time experience in representing a large and diverse banking practice. At the end of this session, participants should understand the key legal and compliance challenges that banks are likely to face in the coming year.
Illinois Update
Carolyn Settanni, IBA General Counsel and EVP
Get up to speed on significant legal shifts affecting your clients — major new state taxes, the latest on the Interchange Fee Prohibition Act, mandated reporting on financial exploitation, junk fees, banking hemp companies, increased disparate impact liability, and non-probate accounts with charitable beneficiaries. We’ll also cover recent court rulings (including a surprising decision on banks’ duties to noncustomers), regulatory updates, and the constant flow of change for the Illinois financial industry.
Conducting Your Own Internal Audit
Jennifer Dunitz-Geiringer, JD, LCSW, Owner and Lead Psychotherapist at Found Therapy and Life Path Counseling, LLC
Legal and compliance work is hyper technical, time-sensitive, and unforgiving of error, and the toll it takes is a professional competency issue as much as a personal one. In this session, Jennifer Dunitz-Geiringer, JD, LCSW, a licensed clinical social worker and former federal court litigator, applies a familiar audit framework to your own well-being. Participants will learn to identify stressors and early warning signs, evaluate their current coping tools against their personal values, monitor their mental state on a regular basis, and build a practical remediation plan using evidence-based techniques. Attendees will leave with a simple, repeatable approach to managing emotional well-being as a form of preventable risk management.