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2007 Legal Issues and Regulatory Compliance Conference


Workshop 1: Quick Guide to Alphabet Soup: RESPA, TILA, FCRA, FACTA
Michael B. O'Connor, Partner, Slaten and O'Connor, PC
Peter Microulis, Vice President, Advanced Financial Services, Inc.
Presentations:
Governing Uses of Credit Information
Introduction to TILAs Impacton Mortgage Lending


Workshop 2: Newcomer to Inside Counsel: Claims, Litigation and Other Inside Concerns
Sunny Huo, Member, Severson and Wersen
Rose Mancini, General Group Counsel, HSBC Bank USA
Phyllis Slesinger, Staff Vice President and General Counsel, Mortgage Bankers Association

Handouts:
Becoming In House Counsel
It's the People
Maxims of Corporate Success
Newcomer Workshop 2- HuoMaterials
New to In-House Practice
Over 350 GC Rules
Recruiting and Retaining In-House Staff
The Facts of In-house Life
Young Attorneys Guideto In-house Success

Legislative and Regulatory Outlook
Ken Markison, Senior Director and Regulatory Counsel, Mortgage Bankers Association
Francis Creighton, Senior Director, Mortgage Bankers Association
Grovetta M. Gardineer, Managing Director, Supervision Policy, Office of Thrift Supervision
Bryan Greene, Director, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Alfred M. Pollard, General Counsel, Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight

Handout: Residential Mortgage Market Report 2007


Point-Counterpoint Discussion - Key Mortgage Lending Issues
Stephen O'Connor, Senior Vice President for Public Policy, Mortgage Bankers Association
David Berenbaum, Executive Vice President, National Community Reinvestment Coalition
Michael D. Calhoun, President, Center for Responsible Lending
Allen Fishbein, Director of Housing, Consumer Federation of America
Donald C. Lampe, Womble, Carlisle, Sandridge & Rice, PLLC
E. Robert Levy, Executive Director and General Counsel, Mortgage Bankers Association of New Jersey
Ken Markison, Senior Director and Regulatory Counsel, Mortgage Bankers Association

Presentation: Key Mortgage Lending Issues


Nontraditional Mortgage Products
Melissa L. Richards, Shareholder, Buchalter Nemer
Michaela Albon, Senior Vice President, Senior Counsel and Team Leader, Washington Mutual
Thomas M. Hefferon, Partner, Goodwin Proctor, LLP
John V. Konyk, Senior Vice President, National City Mortgage Company

Handouts:
Multistate Reporton CSBS_AARMR Guideline Adoption 2007
New Guidance on Nontraditional Mortgage Loan Products
Proposed Interagency Subprime Lending Guidance 07-1083
Nontraditional Guidance-Federal Register 10-4-06
Proposed Illustrations of Consumer Information for Nontraditional Products
CSBS-AARMR Final Guidance
MBA Illustrations Comment Letter Dec 4

Presentation: Nontraditional Mortgages – Nontraditional Litigation?


Litigation Update
Richard E. Gottlieb, Member, Dykema Gossett PLLC
Mitchell H. Kider, Managing Partner, Weiner Brodsky Sidman Kider PC
Lois M. Jacobs, Of Counsel, Kralik & Associates
Patricia L. McClaran, Member, Severson and Werson

Presentations:
Harmonic Convergence
TILA and FCRA 2007 Litigation Update
Developments in RESPA Fair Lending and Fraud

Handouts:
Grady Complaint
Price v Landsafe Order
Litigation Panel 2007 Outline Part 1
Litigation Panel Outline Part 2


Fair Lending and HMDA
Andrew L. Sandler, Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Megher & Flom, LLP
Paul F. Hancock, Partner, Kirkpatrick & Lockhard Preston Gates Ellis LLP
John R. Thompson, Chief Compliance Officer, The Compliance Source

Presentation: Fair Lending & HMDA

Handouts:
HMDA Reporting Requirements
Fair Lending Article 0307
Mortgage Finance Commentary


Enterprise Risk Management
Laurence E. Platt, Partner, K & L Gates
Denise L. DesRosiers, Senior Vice President, Associate General Counsel, Chase
Ann M. Kappler, Partner, WilmerHale

Presentations:
Risk Analysis 5-7-07
Enterprise Risk Management
Is It Legal

Handout: Legal Risks 5-06-07


Update on Industry Technology - Legal Developments and the Road to eMortgages
Jeremiah Buckley, Partner, Buckley Kolar
Chris Christensen, Attorney, PiersonPatterson, LLP
Heather Czermak, Vice President, CMP/Wolters Kluwers
Harry Gardner, Director, Industry Technology, Mortgage Bankers Association

Presentation: Update on Industry Technology

Handout: MISMO eMortgage Closing Guide



Meet the State Regulators
Paul Richman, Senior Director, Mortgage Bankers Association
David Bleicken, Director, Pennsylvania Department of Banking
Timothy J. Doyle, Vice President, Conference of State Bank Supervisors
David Cotney, Chief Operating Officer, Massachusetts Division of Banks

Presentations:
PA State Panel
Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System
Meet the State Regulators

Handout: Mass Mortgage Summit


Lessons Learned from Katrina and 9/11 - Legal and Compliance Challenges
Bennett S. Koren, Chairman, Consumer Financial Services Group, McGlinchey Stafford Youngblood & Bendalin, LLP
Stephen D. Morrison, CMB, Vice President Government and Industry Resources, Wells Fargo Home Mortgage
Francis Creighton, Director, Mortgage Bankers Association
David K. Greene, Associate General Counsel, Fannie Mae
Jennifer J. Ngelale, Vice President - Collections, NovaStar Mortgage Inc.

Presentations:
Fannie Mae Disaster Response and Recovery Plans
Disasters Prepared for Disaster Issues
Planning for Disaster Recovery

Handout: Impact of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita


Federal Preemption of Federally Regulated Financial Institutions
Phyllis Sleisinger, Staff Vice President and Feneral Counsel, CitiMortgage, Inc.
Donna M. Case-Rossato, Chief Counsel, Wholesale Channel, CitiMortgage, Inc.
Marsha L. Williams, Attorney, Middleberg, Riddle & Gianna
Eugene M. Katz, Legal Division, Wachovia Corporation

Presentations:
Future for Federal Financial Institutions
Federal Preemption of Federally Related Financial Institutions

Handouts:
Overview of Watters v Wachovia Bank
Brief for the Respondents
Wachovia Amicus Brief
Ocwen Amicus Brief
Watters Bench Opinion
Watters Dissenting
Watters v Wachovia


Servicing Issues Including the Special Challenges of Nontraditional Products
Penny A. Paplanus, CMB, Vice President, Compliance, New Century Financial Corporation
Bradley H. Blower, Attorney, Relman & Dane PLLC
Todd M. Boothroyd, Associate General Counsel, Wells Fargo Home Mortgage
Deborah I. Oakley, Senior Vice President, National City Mortgage Company

Presentation: Mortgage Servicing What Are the Issues

Handouts:
Loss Mitigation1
Loss Mitigation2
Servicings Tough New Challenges
On the Road


Hot Inside Counsel Topics
Phyllis Slesinger, Staff Vice President and General Counsel, Mortgage Bankers Association
Michael Lasky, Managing Partner, Altera Law Group
Andrea Lee Negroni, Of Counsel, Buckley Kolar LLP
Robert C. Varnell, Partner, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP

Presentation: India BPO & LPO

Handout: DOL Opinion


Secondary Market Issues
Ken Markison, Senior Director and Regulatory Counsel, Mortgage Bankers Association
Jeffrey P. Marston, Partner, Powell Goldstein, LLP
David Sands, Partner, Shephard Mullins, Richter & Hampton, LLP
Stephen F.J. Ornstein, Partner, Thatcher Profitt & Wood LLP

Presentations:
Secondary Market Issues
Mortgage Liquidity Crisis
Congressional Proposals for Regulation of Fannie and Freddie
Changing Landscape in Sales of Residential Mortgage Loans

Handouts:
Summary of HR 1427 as Reported 4-07
Information Handling Table Sample May 2007


FCRA/FACTA, Privacy, Identity Theft, Data Security Compliance
Mary Jo Sullivan, Director, Mortgage Bankers Association
Michael J. Agoglia, Partner, Morrison & Forester LLP
Kathryn Raymer, Executive Vice President, Compliance Manager, U.S. Bank Home Mortgage

Presentation: Information Security Best Practices

Handouts:
Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003
FCAR Brief Filed
Information Handling Table Sample May 2007


Raymond J. Snytsheuvel, Vice President, Compliance, and Senior Legal Counsel, Option One Mortgage Corporation
Richard Andreano, Jr., Partner, Weiner Brodsky Sidman Kider, PC
Jeremiah Buckley, Founding Partner, Buckley Kolar LLP
Phillip Schulman, Partner, K & L Gates

Presentation: RESPA Enforcement

Handouts:
RESPA TILA Compliance Regulation
RESPA Settlements
HUD Captive Reinsurance Letter
HUD Performance Notes Letter
Sosa Case
Countrywide Complaint
Options for RESPA Reform
HUD Full Description Options for RESPA Reform
HUD GFE Form 0711
HUD 1 Form 0712
Proposed Approach to RESPA Reform



Technological and Other Approaches to Protecting Your Company Against Mortgage Fraud
James W. Brody, Senior Managing Attorney, American Mortgage Law Group, PC
Corey Carlisle, Senior Director, Mortgage Bankers Association
Rachel M. Dollar, CMB, Partner, Lanahan & Reilley, LLP
Constance Wilson, CMB, AMP, Executive Vice President, Interthinx

Presentation: Leveraging Data Analytics

Handout: Newsmaker Rachel Dollar Feb 07


New Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Tom Eck, Assistant General Counsel, Capital One Home Loans
Charlotte Bahin, Partner, Lord, Bissell & Brooks, LLP
Thomas M. Mueller, Partner, Morrison & Foerster LLP

Presentations:
New Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Overview of Capital One Information Retention Policy
Impact of the New Federal EDiscovery Rules

Handouts:
JOLT Article
Adoptinga Comprehensive Records Management Policy
Electronic Records Management
Data Data Every where
Changes in the Discovery of Electronic Communications



New Approaches to Anti-Abusive Lending Protections
Ken Markison, Senior Director and Regulatory Counsel, Mortgage Bankers Association
Mark Joseph Kenney, Managing Director, Severson & Werson
Joseph Kolar, Founding Partner, Buckley Kolar LLP
Robert S. Lotstein, Managing Partner, Lotstein Buckman, LLP

Presentation: New Approaches to Anti-Abusive Lending Protections

Handout: MBA Suitability Policy Paper


Assuring Regulatory Compliance by Mortgage Brokers and Other Third Parties
Donna M. Case-Rossato, Chief Counsel, Wholesale Channel, CitiMortgage, Inc.
Joseph E. Mayk, Attorney, Blank Rome LLP
Loretta Salzano, Partner, Franzen and Salzano, P.C.
Leonard A. Bernstein, Partner, Reed Smith LLP

Presentation: Assuring Regulatory Compliance

Handouts:
Assuring Regulatory Compliance by Mortgage Brokers
Mitigating Third Party Risk for Mortgage Lenders
Fremont Investment & Loan
Mitigating Third Party Risk for Mortgage Lenders Outline


Legal Ethics/CLE
Thomas E. Spahn, Partner, McGuireWoods, LLP

Handouts:
Litigation Ethics Part II
Litigation Ethics Part II H&A