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What is a bank?

By Vipal Monga and Michael Rudnick

And other arcane questions about restructuring the financial system.

	Regulatory Pay for say By Kenneth J. Berman and Gregory T. Larkin
The proposed SEC rule banning certain political contributions could have a big impact on advisers' activities.

	Industry Insight Two steps back By Cindy Fornelli
Weakening the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

	Judgment Call Extra credit By Jason Kyrwood
Acquisition financing in 2010: Trends from 2009

	Editor's Note Transactions: Feb. 8, 2010 By Robert Teitelman
Washington has succeeded in demonizing the financial markets.

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	Regulatory Congress and banking meet the Volcker Rule By Bill McConnell
Congress and the banking industry, Meet the Volcker Rule, an eleventh-hour addition to financial reform.

	Analysis Just one more question By Kenneth Bredemeier
Article One Partners enlists any and all sleuths to probe for weaknesses in patents.

	Dealmakers Dealing from strength By Kenneth Bredemeier
An interview with Ken Hitchner, the co-head of global healthcare investment banking at Goldman Sachs.

Dealmakers

Healthcare bankers

By Ken Bredemeier

A sampling of top financial advisers to healthcare and some of their signature deals.

	Cover Story Filling the pipes By Chris Nolter
For Comcast's corporate dealmaker Bob Pick, the complex NBC Universal deal with GE was business as usual. Don't call it transformational.

	Bankruptcy The bankruptcy routine By Anthony Baldo
If 2009 was one of the biggest years for bankruptcies in U.S. history, it may have also showed just how interwoven it's become with other deal disciplines.

	Bankruptcy Bust and buy By John Blakeley
Despite a straitened market for financing, bankruptcy M&A has boomed. Behind the surge, a confluence of factors.

	Bankruptcy The new DIPs By John Blakeley
Debtors were able to secure a lot more financing than expected in 2009, but not without consenting to some highly unusual catches.

	Bankruptcy This way out By Ben Fidler
Exit financing was hard to come by at the beginning of 2009, but one year later, the market seems much improved.

	Bankruptcy Top billing By Kevin Fung
In New York and Delaware, fees continue to rise as bankruptcy booms. Why? Lots of cases and lots of complexity.

	Cover Story The sounds of silence By Bill McConnell
Financial reform legislation addresses some problems well, some not so well, and some not at all. How it will all work will only be apparent around the time of the next meltdown.