We invite you to join AABD’s complimentary webinar on Monday, May 6 covering several aspects of the current whistleblower claims environment including guidance on minimizing potential whistleblower risk and strategies for ensuring that your bank’s board and officers comply with their duties under the law. Speakers: Thomas A. Sporkin, Partner, BuckleySandler LLP; Laurence Bensignor, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Eagle Bancorp, Inc. and EagleBank. Moderated by: David Baris, Partner, BuckleySandler LLP and Executive Director, AABD.

We invite you to download AABD's complimentary webinar from April 2, 2013, which informed you and your board about the FDIC's professional liability program, including: the FDIC's program to investigate potential claims against certain directors and officers of failed banks and savings institutions; strategies to avoid or defend such suits; and strategies for ensuring that your bank's board and officers comply with their duties and mitigate the potential for personal liability from FDIC suits. This program covered breaking developments and discuss evolving strategies to protect bank directors.

BuckleySandler Webinar: Date: Thursday, July 26, 2012 Time: 2:00 - 3:15 PM ET

Community Banking 2012: Capitalizing on Market Conditions

Complimentary slides and audio are now available for download for this Complimentary Webinar that covered breaking developments and evolving strategies to protect bank directors.

Learn how you and your board how bank directors can mitigate their risks of personal liability from FDIC suits. Presentations by leading financial services firm BuckleySandler LLP partners David Baris, Samuel J. Buffone, and David S. Krakoff.

Given the continued tough economic environment, traditional bank M&A activity has been relatively slow. The bank M&A transaction du jour has been the FDIC assisted deal, and these types of transactions are getting more competitive. The FDIC has been making structural changes to the bidding process, but potential buyers have adjusted their bidding methodology accordingly. Presented by Michael Perdue of Pacific Western Bank, an experienced acquirer who has completed several FDIC assisted transactions; Susan Cordonnier, an accountant from Perry-Smith LLP who can provide advice on the complicated fair market value accounting treatment; Jeffrey Wishner, an investment banker from Keefe, Bruyette & Woods who has successfully advised clients on the bidding process; and Gary Miller, an FDIC representative from the Division of Resolutions and Receiverships.

Regulatory examinations focused on commercial real estate loans are causing significant adverse migration in loan risk ratings. This has a profoundly negative impact on the bank's loan loss reserve and future provisioning. Community bank directors should not be blind-sided by this result at the exam exit interview. This webinar will show you how you can play an active role in anticipating the exam results and guiding bank management and loan personnel as they prepare for the examination. Presented by Fred Finke, Jon Salmon, Susanna Tisa and Mark Olson of Treliant Risk Advisors.

This webinar focuses on the latest developments in the new Small Business Lending Fund investment program, designed to spur small business lending by community banks through Treasury investments in bank or bank holding company preferred stock on potentially bargain terms. Is it just TARP in a new wrapper, and should it matter to you? Presented by David H. Baris, Esq., Executive Director, AABD, and Noel M. Gruber, Counsel, BuckleySandler LLP.

Traditional financial analyses and peer comparisons often can produce measures that may mislead bankers. To get an accurate picture of performance, comparisons must consider a bank's operating strategy. Tweddle will demonstrate this more precise approach and show the stark contrast from traditional peer groups. He'll examine the specific characteristics (i.e. loan pricing, strong expense control, level of staff utilization) of the region's top performers. Attendees will receive a custom report that compares their bank's performance to peers with similar operating strategies. Presented by Kevin Tweddle, COO, Bank Intelligence Solutions by Fiserv.

Learn how you and your board how bank directors can mitigate their risks of personal liability from FDIC suits. Presentations by leading financial services firm BuckleySandler LLP partners David Baris, Samuel J. Buffone, and David S. Krakoff.