Bank Examination Privileges

"The bank examination privilege is the privilege that applies to confidential communications between financial institutions and their federal and state regulators, such as formal bank audits. Recently, a number of significant cases involving regulated financial institutions have centered around the bank examination privilege. [This book provides] key concepts and serves as a practical, user-friendly resource to understand the intricacies of this privilege. A comprehensive treatment on the subject, this reference provides you with: an overview of the bank examination privilege, including the definition, scope, and limitations; statutes and regulations at both the federal and state levels; the principles of sovereign immunity; the nuts and bolts of bank examinations: what they are and who examines banks; and practice tips that can help you successfully defend the bank examination privilege and litigate issues related to the privilege...This...resource includes an appendix that is intended as a legal research guide for practitioners that sets forth citations to legal authorities that touch on different aspects of the privilege, including at the federal and state level."--