Bank Director Standards of Care and Protections: A Fifty-State Survey, edited by David Baris, published 9/4/13 FDIC Director Suits - Lessons Learned, David Baris and Jared ... Read More »

AABD is publishing a survey on Bank Director Standards of Care and Protection Statutes that will be available for sale within two weeks.  AABD members ... Read More »

Last week, I attended the Bank Director Workshop sponsored by the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) and the American Association of Bank Directors (AABD) ... Read More »

According to David Baris, AABD Executive Director, “Best Practices” don’t always prevent corporate calamities. What does it take? In the April 2013 issue of ABA Bank ... Read More »

The following article by David Baris appeared in American Banker on June 14, 2011. Read More »

Westlaw Journal Corporate Officers & Directors Liability September 13, 2010 by David Baris and Anastasia Davis The federal banking regulatory agencies have acknowledged that incentive compensation practices in ... Read More »

After doubling and redoubling its professional liability division staff over the past several years, the FDIC is now actively pursuing directors of failed banks that ... Read More »

There is a sleeper provision in section 612 of the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act currently being worked on by a House-Senate Conference ... Read More »

Agencies like idea, but some see chilling effect on start-ups by Luke Mullins American Banker Thursday, May 18, 2006 WASHINGTON: A provision in regulatory-relief legislation could hold directors responsible ... Read More »

It has been almost fifteen years since the S&L debacle passed into history. But one of the more frightening pieces of that history may be ... Read More »