March 26, 2009

2009 Community Bank Director’s Conference

March 26 – 27, 2009 Marriott Vanderbilt Hotel, Nashville, Tennessee Uptight? Confused? Not sure which way to turn? Award winning economist Brian Wesbury, former OCC Ombudsman Sam ... Read More »

November 6, 2008

2008 Annual Directors Conference

November 6 – 8, 2008 Hyatt Regency San Francisco Sponsored by Western Independent Bankers and the AABD. To view presentations from the conference, click here. Read More »

October 15, 2008

2008 Louisiana Bankers Association Annual Conference

David Baris, AABD Executive Director, and Charles Thayer, AABD Chairman were invited to present a program on mergers and acquisitions. Read More »

April 8, 2008

2008 AABD-NACD Bank Directors Workshop

April 8, 2008 • 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM Sheraton Fort Lauderdale Airport Hotel, Fort Lauderdale, Florida Experts from various organizations will help your bank's board members ... Read More »

August 27, 2007

The Pending Student Loan Sunshine Act Bars Bank Directors’ Service on College Boards

The American Association of Bank Directors ('AABD') today announced its opposition to certain provisions in The Student Loan Sunshine Act (H.R. 890) that may jeopardize ... Read More »

May 2, 2007

Amicus Brief: Cardinal Bankshares Whistleblower Litigation

From its inception, AABD has striven to help assure that bank directors are given reasonable protections against personal liability and the tools with which to ... Read More »

October 13, 2006

AABD Opposes Provision in Regulatory “Relief” Legislation

Financial Services Regulatory Relief Act is Enacted with Bank Directors' Financial Guarantee Provision On October 13, 2006, the Financial Services Regulatory Relief Act was signed into ... Read More »

June 1, 2006

Relying Reasonably on Management May No Longer Be Good Enough

A fundamental legal principle underlying the development of the modern American corporation has been the ability of the directors to reasonably delegate duties to subordinate ... Read More »

May 18, 2006

Article: Reg-Relief Bill to Put Boards on Capital Hook

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 »

May 1, 2006

Article: A Voice From The Past

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 »