EVENT: Reg Z (Session Code: 618)
This seminar will give a general overview of Regulation Z as well as offering advice as to how to keep in compliance and what traps to avoid. The types and timing of disclosures in open end and closed end lending will be discussed. The speaker will focus on common mistakes made in lending documents concerning Regulation Z as well as covering new developments such as the bankruptcy legislation that amended Truth in Lending.

What you will learn:
· The purpose of Reg Z
· What Reg Z covers and doesn’t cover
· Types of finance charges· Fees excluded from finance charges
· Open-end credit· Credit card applications and solicitations disclosures
· Home equity plan application disclosures· Historical examples
· Closed-end credit disclosures

Illinois Pricing:
Regular: $ 99.00

Out of State Pricing:
Regular: $ 119.00

Contact: Mary Jaros (Illinois Credit Union League)
Phone: 630-983-3466
Fax: 630-983-3212
Email: mary.jaros@ilcusys.org

Speaker: Robert Rutkowski
Speaker Bio:
 Robert Rutkowski is a partner in the Brooklyn Heights, Ohio office of Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., L.P.A. (WWR) and manages the firm’s Credit Union department and the Corporate & Financial Services practice group. Mr. Rutkowski obtained his B.A. from the University of Akron in 1988 and his J.D. from the Case Western Reserve University School of Law in 1991. Mr. Rutkowski served on the Board of Directors for the Lake County Educational Federal Credit Union for 4 ½ years. He is a frequent lecturer on legal issues for credit unions and has served as a speaker for the Credit Union National Association (CUNA), the National Association of Federal Credit Unions (NAFCU) and most recently, the Credit Union Executives Society (CUES), where he leads a series of informational webinars. Mr. Rutkowski has been published in Credit Union Magazine, Credit Union Management Magazine and The Cleveland Bar Journal and is the Producer and Co-host of the Current Issues in Credit Unions podcast.

The law firm was founded in 1930 and is one of the largest creditors rights firm in the country. They assist credit unions on a wide variety of legal matters and offer solutions to debt collection. Other services include comprehensive litigation and collection agency service. Clients include service banks and financial institutions, mortgage lending companies, commercial creditors, government entities, insurance companies, credit unions, service organizations and utility companies. They represent clients on retail and commercial matters involving bankruptcy, foreclosure, eviction, and probate. They are involved in litigation service for compliance, defense, collection, post-executions and complex collections. The law firm also deals with contract review, insurance subrogation, real estate closing services, corporate and financial services and collection efforts.

Location(s):

Location 1:
Telephone - August 07, 2008: 10:00 am CDT
Duration: 1 Hour

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