Milan “Mike’’ Miskovsky, 83; helped resolve hostage cases Oct 20, 2009
After a stint in private practice, he was general counsel to the Federal Home Loan Bank Board during the Carter administration. From 1981 until his retirement in 2003, he was in private practice, most recently at Kirkland & Ellis, where he specialized in environmental and energy law. (Boston Globe)
Economic woes spark discussion Apr 28, 2009
Previously serving as litigation director of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, SVP and general counsel of the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco, senior deputy chief counsel at the Office of Thrift Supervision and deputy director of the National Commission on Financial Institution Reform, Recovery and Enforcement, Black has received national attention recently for his opinions about the state of the economy. "The essence of what you should do through regulation is to make sure it's a market... (University News, MO)
WEST WING AIDES MADE MILLIONS FROM BAILED-OUT BANKS... Apr 5, 2009
" So much for 19th Century thinking. Consider Summers, and the real story below: doctorfixit: Apr. 3, 2009 - 9:05 PM EST My administration, the president added, is the only thing between you and the pitchforks. Anyone else think this quote is a bit of a Freudian slip by the president? Could it be that the characterization is a hint of his perception of the American people? Quite distrubing... I really laughed loudly when I read this. But I was thinking more of Grant Wood and American Gothic,... (The Drudge Report)
Forum: More than money, Americans want justice for Wall Street Mar 20, 2009
Black was the litigation director of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board and helped bag the "Keating Five" lawmakers during the savings-and-loan scandal in the late '80s and early '90s. As the bottom was falling out of its derivatives trading, AIG was reporting healthy profits, he told me. (Athens Banner-Herald)
