Commercial Real Estate – May 23, 2012

by Poyner Spruill LLP on 5/14/2012

Even in good economic times, lien claims asserted by subcontractors and material suppliers abound and lead to costly disputes. As in many states, North Carolina’s materialmen’s lien statutes create a system where “hidden” or...more

by Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP on 4/9/2012

On February 24, 2012, Judge Kevin Gross of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware held that the debtor-lessee’s rejection of a lease cannot become effective so long as a non-debtor sublessee maintained...more

by Dechert LLP on 3/16/2012

Recently, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals brought smiles to the faces of many lenders (especially Bank of America, the appellee and secured lender) when it refused to combine the assets of related debtors without a...more

by Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP on 3/8/2012

On January 19, 2012, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in an opinion penned by Judge Richard Posner affirmed a bankruptcy court’s dismissal of In re River East Plaza, LLC, a single asset real estate...more

by Dechert LLP on 2/8/2012

In its recent decision in Meruelo Maddux Properties, Inc., the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that an entity that meets the definition of a “single real estate” debtor under the Bankruptcy Code...more

by Cole Schotz on 1/25/2012

In an opinion that has wide-ranging implications for the structured finance industry, the Delaware bankruptcy court recently dismissed a mezzanine borrower’s chapter 11 case as a bad faith filing pursuant to section 1112(b)...more

by Javier Gomez Taboada on 1/8/2012

Una reciente reforma legal facilita a la AEAT el cobro de las cuotas de IVA devengadas con motivo de operaciones inmobiliarias hechas por sociedades en concurso....more

by Dechert LLP on 11/25/2011

With Thanksgiving approaching and the holiday season in full swing, we here at Crunched Credit would like to present our annual “Golden Turkeys”. The Golden Turkey for the Most Confounding Regulation: The Premium Capture...more