The notion that U.S. employers would engage in broad-scale temperature screening of employees and visitors would have once been unthinkable. But the realities of COVID-19 are changing the workplace, as least for the time-being. With the encouragement of the CDC and certain state and local governments, and a green light from the EEOC, many employers…

Increased discussion of reopening the U.S. economy has raised numerous questions as employers prepare to return their employees to the workplace. In just the last week, President Trump's White House issued its Opening Up America Again three-phased approach for re-opening the economy, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued guidance about…

As part of our continuing series of 19-minute teleconferences on the impacts of COVID-19, learn how you can help your employees during the coronavirus pandemic. New legislation makes important changes to group health and retirement plans. Some changes are mandatory, including changes designed to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. Other changes ar…

As part of our continuing series of 19-minute teleconferences on the impacts of COVID-19, our Employment and Labor team is hosting weekly teleconferences. In this first session, we discussed how new legislation makes important changes to group health and retirement plans. Some changes are mandatory, including changes designed to help prevent the sp…

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP Partners Robert Klingler, Karen Fries and Mike Royle discuss the basics of the Paycheck Protection Program, the SBA's small business forgivable loan program under the CARES Act.By Robert Klingler

Continuing in our series of concise COVID-19 teleconferences, BCLP's Susan Brice and Zeke Katz discuss the evolving impact of price gouging laws at the state and federal level in the United States, and what businesses can do in order to best protect themselves from price gouging claims, investigations and penalties.…

As part of our continuing series of 19-minute teleconferences on the impacts of COVID-19, lawyers with BCLP will address the CARES Act's forgivable loan program for small businesses. Topics addressed will include terms of the program, eligibility requirements, and how small businesses can have their loan forgiven.…

Continuing our series of brief COVID-19 teleconferences, BCLP's Mark Srere, Ben Saul andJennifer Mammen discuss the importance of compliance for any company planning to apply for funds under the new relief legislation. In particular, clients should note that the legislation creates several new oversight bodies, each with investigative authority and…

As part of our continuing series of 19-minute teleconferences on the impact of COVID-19, Mark Srere, Jennifer Mammen, Mukul Chawla QC, David Père, and Cécile Terret offered a global perspective - from Washington, DC, London and Paris - on the importance of companies affirming their commitment to anti-corruption standards during a period of decrease…

Next in our continuing series of 19-minute teleconferences on the impacts of COVID-19, leaders of our COVID-19 Task Force and Environmental Practice Group discuss how to mitigate premises liability and product liability risks in the wake of COVID-19.By Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

In this COVID-19 in 19 teleconference, BCLP's attorneys in M&A and Corporate Finance cover considerations in U.S. M&A Transactions.By Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Part of our continuing series of 19-minute teleconferences on the impacts of COVID-19, Hope Goldstein (Employment and Labor) and Tom Lee (Environmental) discussed Shutdown and Shelter in Place orders, the definition of 'Essential Businesses' allowed to operate under such orders, and what businesses can do to reduce the impact of these new orders on…

In the first of our series of 19-minute teleconferences on the impacts of COVID-19, leaders of our COVID-19 Task Force discussed force majeure provisions and the doctrine of impracticability as they apply to commercial contracts in the United States. Key Takeaways from the Teleconference Include: Consider establishing a process for assessing how fo…

Host Rob Klingler is joined by Jim McAlpin and Ken Achenbach discuss how many community bank boards are directly involved in the approval of loans to customers, and why that remains so despite many reasons to stop that practice.By Robert Klingler

On today's episode host Rob Klingler is joined by Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner attorney Kevin Strachan to discuss various ways that a private company can use its stock as merger consideration. For your convenience, below are the shows that Rob mentioned in our intro: https://bankbclp.com/2017/09/putting-success-succession/ https://bankbclp.com/2016/…

On this episode, hosts Jonathan Hightower and Rob Klingler discuss what it might be like to serve as a Chief Strategy Officer and delve into current banking news.By Robert Klingler

On today's episode hosts Jonathan Hightower and Rob Klingler discuss a variety of banking news and updates from the last part of 2018. We hope you enjoy the episode and have a very happy new year!By Robert Klingler

On this episode, hosts Jonathan Hightower and Rob Klingler discuss recent regulatory reform.By Robert Klingler

Following a 3-month summer hiatus, hosts Jonathan Hightower and Rob Klingler were joined in The Bank Account studio today by Terry Ammons, a partner with PKM and the host of PKM’s recently launched podcast GroundBanking, which features both banking and fintech experts as they discuss the challenges and opportunities in today’s financial services in…

On this, our 50th episode, hosts Jonathan Hightower and Rob Klingler discuss recent M&A activity and the overall banking landscape in the metro-Atlanta market.By Robert Klingler

Hosts Jonathan Hightower and Rob Klingler discuss their experience running a Ragnar Trail Relay last week with some good clients and friends in the banking industry and touch on an article written by Hilary Burns in The American Banker this week on multiple bank charters.By Robert Klingler

On this week's episode of The Bank Account, hosts Jonathan Hightower and Rob Klingler are joined by Barry Hester to discuss some new developments at the firm - our recent merger with London-based firm, Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP, forming Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP, as well as Barry's return to the team.…

On today's episode, hosts Jonathan Hightower and Rob Klingler discuss deal protections and considerations - from the initial emotions of deciding to sell through signing.By Robert Klingler

On today's episode hosts Jonathan Hightower and Rob Klingler get back into the swing of podcasting in our studio after a brief hiatus and the Acquire or Be Acquired conference. Their primary topic of conversation is the effort many in the industry are making at putting their tax savings to good use.By Robert Klingler

In our fourth and final podcast recorded onsite at Bank Director's Acquire or Be Acquired (AOBA) conference, hosts Jonathan Hightower and Rob Klingler were joined by Jay Wilson with Mercer Capital who wrote the book on bank-fintech partnerships.By Robert Klingler

On this episode, our third of four episodes recorded at the Acquire or Be Acquired conference, hosts Jonathan Hightower and Rob Klingler were joined by Bill Wagner and Matt Paramore from Raymond James to discuss their outlook for 2018 in bank M&A.By Robert Klingler

Our hosts, Jonathan Hightower and Rob Klingler, were joined for this installment of The Bank Account by their co-presenters from the M&A Simulation at the 2018 Acquire or Be Acquired conference, Matt Veneri and Dan Flaherty from FIG Partners. Their discussion highlighted themes from this highly interactive, banker-only session at the conference.…

While at Bank Director's Acquire or Be Acquired conference in Phoenix, AZ this weekend, hosts Jonathan Hightower and Rob Klingler sat down with Rory McKinney from D.A. Davidson to discuss his outlook for bank M&A in 2018. Jonathan and Rob also took a few moments at the outset to give their highlights and primary takeaways from Day One of the confer…

On today's episode of The Bank Account, hosts Jonathan Hightower and Rob Klingler discuss the recent tax policy changes and conduct a brief analysis of 2017 bank M&A.By Robert Klingler

Suzanne Donner and Bill Walton from DHG Financial Services join host Rob Klingler to discuss DHG's new community banking report on today's podcast.By Robert Klingler

On today's episode, hosts Jonathan Hightower and Rob Klingler are joined by Bryan Cave partner Jena Valdetero to discuss cybersecurity and data breaches.By Robert Klingler

On this episode hosts Jonathan Hightower and Rob Klingler discuss the current status of both regulatory reform and tax reform in Congress and what's potentially in store for banks. Towards the end of their conversation, they delve into particular concerns for S corporations.By Robert Klingler

Hosts Jonathan Hightower and Rob Klingler discuss the challenges faced by banks that cannot find traditional buyers and some possible alternatives for those banks.By Robert Klingler

On today's episode hosts Jonathan Hightower and Rob Klingler discuss an assortment of recent regulatory news for banks.By Robert Klingler

Hosts Jonathan Hightower and Rob Klingler are joined by colleague Jerry Blanchard to discuss Wednesday's announcement by regulators of a proposal to simplify the capital rules. Related Articles: Basel III Treatment of DTAs and MSAs - http://bankbryancave.com/2017/10/basel-iii-proposed-simplification-dta-msa-treatment/ HVCRE Gets a Reboot - http://b…

On today's podcast, hosts Jonathan Hightower and Rob Klingler draw on their personal experience at Bryan Cave and the experiences of their bank clients for a discussion about succession planning.By Robert Klingler

Hosts Jonathan Hightower and Rob Klingler are joined on this episode by colleagues Sean Christy and Ken Achenbach to discuss the opportunity for banks to join forces to purchase outsourced services and invest in technology platforms together. By working together, banks can leverage buying power and share the burden associated with evaluating their …

On today's podcast, hosts Jonathan Hightower and Rob Klingler discuss the kickoff to the college football season and delve further into Jonathan's article on BankBryanCave.com this week responding to a WSJ Op-Ed by fellow lawyer Thomas Vartanian on the impact the regulatory environment has on bank board members. Links: http://bankbryancave.com/2017…

Bryan Cave attorney Jerry Blanchard joins hosts Jonathan Hightower and Rob Klingler in the studio today to discuss High Volatility Commercial Real Estate (HVCRE) loans.By Robert Klingler

Host Jonathan Hightower is joined by Ken Achenbach to discuss this week's proposed guidance from the Federal Reserve on the effectiveness of bank boards. In addition, at the outset of the episode Jonathan and Ken reviewed this week's CFPB report on frequent overdrafters.By Robert Klingler

On today's episode Jonathan Hightower and Rob Klingler discuss how to handle unsolicited offers for your bank.By Robert Klingler

In today's episode Jonathan Hightower and Rob Klingler look back at their predictions for bank M&A in 2017 and discuss the first half of the year for the industry.By Robert Klingler

Hosts Jonathan Hightower and Rob Klingler are joined for today's episode by Kevin Strachan, an attorney in Bryan Cave's Financial Services Corporate and Regulatory practice, to discuss proxy advisors ISS and Glass Lewis as well as corporate governance issues generally.By Robert Klingler

Jim McAlpin joins host Jonathan Hightower to discuss the steps that banks should take to ensure effective strategic planning sessions, along with common mistakes that banks make in approaching the planning process.By Robert Klingler

Ken Achenbach and Sean Christy, attorneys in Bryan Cave's Atlanta office, discuss how regulatory supervision of third party service providers will impact banks on today's episode.By Robert Klingler

Bryan Cave’s Ken Achenbach joins hosts Jonathan Hightower and Rob Klingler to discuss the data-driven marketing of credit products by financial services companies.By Robert Klingler

Hosts Jonathan Hightower and Rob Klingler discuss recent capital raises and techniques used to preserve deferred tax assets.By Robert Klingler

On today's episode hosts Jonathan Hightower and Rob Klingler discuss Jonathan's visit to Washington, D.C. with a delegation of bankers earlier this week. They also take a close look at the CFPB's small business lending initiative and the related RFI that was issued last week. Click on the link below to access the RFI. Jonathan and Rob encourage all…

Hosts Jonathan Hightower and Rob Klingler are joined on today's episode by Bryan Cave partner Steve Schaffer to discuss the advantages to banks considering implementing an ESOP. Steve describes how ESOPs can not only be used to provide an employee benefit, but also to allow for smooth transitions of ownership for independent banks.…

Being in the season for shareholder meetings, hosts Jonathan Hightower and Rob Klingler take the opportunity to discuss tips for how to approach challenging shareholders or circumstances at your annual meetings.By Robert Klingler