Civil Remedies, Finance & Banking, Commercial Real Estate

Real World - Spring 2013: Damages include fall in market

by Sophie Ogilvie | Dechert LLP on 5/14/2013

Two recent cases have highlighted circumstances in which damages for breach of contract may include loss caused by a fall in market values....more

Lien Rights of Lenders and Landlords - Part I

by John Kelly | Bean, Kinney & Korman, PC on 1/30/2013

Commercial real estate landlords and the lenders for their tenants have competing interests with respect to the tenant's personal property located at the demised premises. The landlord is looking to secure the tenant's rental...more

Does Non-Recourse Liability Still Exist?

by Jennifer C. Johnson | Carr, McClellan, Ingersoll, Thompson & Horn -... on 11/28/2012

About a year ago to the day, the real estate financing market took an unexpected turn. Year after year for many years prior, we all witnessed the real estate market take a huge beating. However, never could we have expected...more

Nevada Supreme Court Clarifies Lender v. Mechanics' Lien Priority Disputes

by Laura Ellen Browning, Leon F. Mead II, Alison Tashima | Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. on 11/13/2012

On October 25, 2012, the Nevada Supreme Court, in a case of first impression, held that equitable subrogation cannot be used as a method to repair broken priority over mechanics' liens, but left the door open to the potential...more

Rogers Towers: Appraisal Dates and Deficiency Judgments: Is Close Good Enough?

by Rogers Towers on 10/30/2012

In Florida, the legal standard for a mortgagee to obtain a deficiency judgment following foreclosure is to establish the difference between the amount of the indebtedness and the fair market value of the foreclosure property...more

Supreme Court Upholds the Right to “Credit bid” in RadLAX Gateway Hotel, LLC, et al. v. Amalgamated Bank

by Mintz Levin - Bankruptcy, Restructuring &... on 6/26/2012

The secured lender industry experienced a collective sigh of relief on May 29 after the Supreme Court ruled in RadLAX Gateway Hotel, LLC, et al. v. Amalgamated Bank that credit bidding remains a viable option to protect...more

It’s Indubitable: Supreme Court Upholds Secured Creditors’ Unequivocal Right to Credit Bid at Plan Sales

by K&L Gates LLP on 6/14/2012

Much to the anticipation of the bankruptcy community, on May 29, 2012 the Supreme Court of the United States issued a decision in RadLAX Gateway Hotel, LLC v. Amalgamated Bank and put an end to the split among the Circuit...more

Canonized Credit-Bidding: The Supreme Court Unanimously Affirms Secured Creditor's Right to Credit-Bid at Free and Clear Sale in...

by Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 6/11/2012

On May 29, 2012, the Supreme Court ruled 8-0 that a debtor could not confirm a plan over a secured creditor’s objection if the plan provided for the sale of the secured creditor’s collateral free and clear of liens, but did...more

Supreme Court Upholds Right to Credit-Bid in 363 Sales Embedded in Reorganization Plans

by Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 6/8/2012

In the recent case of RadLAX Gateway Hotel, LLC v. Amalgamated Bank, 2012 WL 1912197 (May 29, 2012), the Supreme Court in a unanimous 8-0 opinion, delivered by Justice Scalia, held that the Bankruptcy Code statutory scheme...more

Score One For Secured Lenders: U.S. Supreme Court Rules That Bankruptcy Debtors Cannot Sell Secured Lender’s Collateral Free And...

by Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A. on 6/7/2012

The U.S. Supreme Court does not often rule for secured lenders on bankruptcy issues. But on May 29, 2012, the Supreme Court did just that, resolving a split among lower courts on whether a debtor in Chapter 11 could confirm a...more

Supreme Court Decision Affirms Secured Creditors' Rights to Credit Bid

by Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP on 6/6/2012

On May 29, 2012, the Supreme Court issued its opinion in the RadLAX Gateway Hotel, LLC v. Amalgamated Bank case. The Court resolved the question of whether a debtor may confirm a plan of reorganization that prohibits a...more

Supreme Court Confirms Credit Bid Rights of Secured Creditors

by Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 6/6/2012

The United States Supreme Court, in the case of Radlax Gateway Hotel, LLC v. Amalgamated Bank (“Radlax”), ruled that secured creditors have the same right to credit bid in collateral sales under a plan of reorganization as...more

Supreme Court Upholds Secured Creditors’ Right to Credit-Bid

by Morgan Lewis on 6/6/2012

The Court's unanimous decision in RadLAX Gateway Hotel LLC v. Amalgamated Bank settles dispute over the credit-bid right, retaining this important creditor protection. In a significant victory for secured creditors, on...more

U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Right of Secured Creditors to Credit Bid Under Chapter 11 Plan

by Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 6/6/2012

On May 29, 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision, resolved a high-profile circuit split regarding the right of secured creditors to credit bid in an asset sale under a chapter 11 plan. In RadLAX Gateway Hotel,...more

Supreme Court Upholds Secured Creditor’s Right to Credit Bid in a Bankruptcy Case

by Reed Smith on 6/6/2012

The United States Supreme Court emphatically upheld a secured creditor’s right to credit bid in bankruptcy cases. In RadLAX Gateway Hotel, et al. v. Amalgamated Bank, 566 U.S.___ (May 29, 2012), the Court found the case an...more

"Supreme Court Rules On Credit Bidding"

by Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 6/5/2012

In a highly anticipated opinion decided on May 29, 2012, the United States Supreme Court held that Chapter 11 debtors could not sell collateral free and clear of secured lenders’ liens under a “cramdown” plan of...more

Supreme Court Protects Credit Bid in Hotel Bankruptcy

by Proskauer Rose LLP on 6/4/2012

How Does RadLAX Impact Conventional Chapter 11 Plan Structures? On May 29, 2012, the United States Supreme Court held in RadLAX Gateway Hotel LLC v. Amalgamated Bank ("RadLAX"), that a debtor-owner of a hotel encumbered...more

U.S. Supreme Court Enforces Secured Creditor’s Right to Credit Bid

by McDermott Will & Emery on 6/1/2012

Recently, the Supreme Court of the United States held that a debtor cannot confirm a Chapter 11 “cramdown” plan that provides for the sale of collateral free and clear of a secured creditor’s lien when it denies the secured...more

Secured Creditor’s Right To Credit Bid Protected

by Buchalter Nemer on 5/30/2012

I. Introduction - In a big win for creditors, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled on May 29, 2012 that a secured creditor must be granted the right to credit bid up to the full amount of its claim where the debtor...more

Supreme Court Confirms that Credit Bidding is Alive and Well

by Bracewell & Giuliani LLP on 5/30/2012

Today, the Supreme Court of the United States issued its much awaited decision in RadLAX Gateway Hotel, LLC v. Amalgamated Bank, 566 U.S. ______ (2012). The noteworthy decision resolves any uncertainty surrounding a secured...more

Supreme Court Resolves Conflict in Circuit Courts Regarding Credit Bidding

by Morrison & Foerster LLP on 5/30/2012

On May 29, 2012, the United States Supreme Court resolved a split among the federal courts of appeals on an important bankruptcy issue, agreeing with arguments Morrison & Foerster advanced on behalf of Amalgamated Bank. In a...more

RadLAX Review – Supreme Court Requires Debtor to Permit Credit Bidding

by Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP on 5/29/2012

The Supreme Court held 8-0 that section 1129(b)(2) of the bankruptcy code requires that if a debtor proposes to sell property under a plan of reorganization it must permit secured lenders to submit credit bids in the sale...more

Rogers Towers: Minimizing Delay in Owner Occupied Commercial Real Estate Foreclosures

by Rogers Towers on 5/29/2012

On average, a Florida foreclosure can take nearly two years from service of process to final judgment. Lenders have little option but to suffer the costs of this delay in the form of depreciating value of the property,...more

Commercial Real Estate Sales Commission Lien Act

by Schecter Law on 4/26/2012

Part 3 of Florida Statutes Chapter 475 codifies the Commercial Real Estate Sales Commission Lien Act (hereinafter sometimes referred to as the “Act”). The Act provides that when a broker has earned a commission by performing...more

A New Case Interpreting Limited Recourse Guarantees; This Time With a Different Result

by Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 4/12/2012

Facts: Lender made a $44,000,000 loan to Borrower. Borrower purchased two commercial properties and leased them to Washington Mutual Savings and Loan (“Tenant”). The loan was a non-recourse loan, secured only by the real...more

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