Tony Moch and Amber Kraemer will be speaking at ICBA Live, March 11-14, 2025 on “Cybersecurity & Data Privacy: Director Crisis Management and Data Breach Response.” If a catastrophic data breach happened today, would your bank be prepared to handle it? Bank management must have an action plan in place to comply with legal obligations ...
March 11, 2025
While larger financial institutions may be familiar with overdraft/NSF litigation, community banks have only recently become a target. Tony Moch, shareholder in Winthrop’s Community Banking practice, shared his thoughts with BankBeat in its publication: “Community Banks Targeted with Overdraft/NSF Lawsuits.” In his conversation with Sam Wilmes, Tony discussed the targeted social media advertising campaigns used ...
Many banks and credit unions are well-aware that they are the targets of an industry of plaintiff’s law firms. For over a decade, plaintiff’s class action law firms have been targeting financial institutions that impose multiple non-sufficient funds (“NSF”) charges on a single “item” and/or that assess overdraft (“OD”) fees on certain debit card transactions. ...
Tony Moch will be presenting at the Wisconsin Banking Association’s (WBA) Directors Summit on October 17, 2024. The Directors Summit will discuss key issues regarding leadership and management of community banks from the director’s perspective. The Summit is recommended for bank management teams, beginning or experienced inside and outside directors, bank CEOs, executive officers, and bank ...
October 17, 2024
Tony Moch will be participating in an “Ask the Expert” panel at the Bank Holding Company Association Marketplace of Ideas on October 7, 2024. Featuring some of the most informed and invested people in the community banking M&A arena, Marketplace of Ideas features more opportunities for audience interaction than ever before. Tony’s panel will summarize industry conditions ...
October 7, 2024
The 2024 legislative session saw the Minnesota Legislature make a number of sweeping changes and clarifications to the State’s one-year-old cannabis statute. And in recent days, the Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) added some additional details and clarity every aspiring cannabis entrepreneur should note. In May, the Legislature defined the process applicants will need to ...
Tony Moch and Amber Kraemer will be speaking at Minnesota CLE’s 2024 Banking Law Institute on May 8, 2024. Their presentation is titled, “Credit Union Acquisitions of Banks and Bank Branches.” Bank M & A deal volume around the country has been driven recently by credit union acquisitions of banks, with four new deals announced ...
May 8, 2024
Tony Moch and Amber Kraemer will be speaking at ICBA Live on March 14-17, 2024. On March 14, they will present, “Navigating Difficult Board and Officer Strategy Decisions.” Discover strategies for decision making both in difficult situations as well as strategic decisions in organizational planning. We’ll provide an overview of existing roles and responsibilities of directors ...
March 13, 2024
Tony Moch and Amber Kraemer will be speaking at the WBA Bank Executives Conference, which will be held February 7 through February 9 at the Kalahari Convention Center in Wisconsin Dells. The title of their presentation is, “Capital Strategies to Keep Your Bank Independent.” This conference is ideal for community banking executives to come together ...
February 7-9, 2024
Tony Moch, an attorney in the Community Banking practice at Winthrop & Weinstine was recently quoted in a BankBeat article, “Banker of the Year 2024: Bryan Bruns.” Suing your regulator is a bold step many bankers would hesitate to take. It certainly wasn’t a flippant choice for Bryan Bruns, president and CEO of Lake Central ...
Tony Moch, Amber Kraemer, Tom Walker and Trina Sjoberg will be presenting at the Bank Holding Company Association (BHCA) Fall Seminar on October 2, 2023. They will be presenting, “Significant Legal Issues in Bank M&A Deals: Case Studies.” Banks spend significant time on employment, compensation, benefits and staffing matters that arise in any M&A transaction; ...
October 2, 2023
Winthrop & Weinstine attorneys Tony Moch and Amber Kraemer will be speaking at the BankIn Minnesota Convention, July 31 – August 2, 2023. Their presentation is titled, “Navigating Difficult Board and Officer Strategy Decisions.” This presentation will provide directors and officers with a reminder of the key legal principles which should underly their decision making ...
July 31, 2023