Williams Mullen Mezzanine Lending Video Series - Episode 4
Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 146: Listen and Learn -- Mortgages and Priority
Mezzanine Lending Video Series (Episode 2)
Mezzanine Lending Video Series (Episode 1)
Credit Eco to Go Podcast - Credit Reporting: Truth be Told
Credit Eco to Go Podcast - Not a Normal Mortgage Crisis: How the Mortgage Industry Weathered the Pandemic
Credit Eco to Go Podcast: The XYZ’s of the PPP
Not a Normal Mortgage Crisis: How the Mortgage Industry Weathered the Pandemic
Applying for PPP Loan Before March 31st Deadline
Paycheck Protection Program – Common Questions and Updated Guidance
PPP Loan Recipients at Risk: Part Three
Advancing Agriculture: Security Interests and Article 9 Challenges (Part 1)
PPP Loan Recipients at Risk: Part Two
When Is Form 1099-C Required of Lenders? [More with McGlinchey, Ep. 16]
PPP Loan Recipients at Risk: Part One
Employment Law Now IV-85- Updates on the PPP Loan Process and Loan Forgiveness
What Does UCRERA Mean For Creditors? [More with McGlinchey Ep. 13]
Law Brief: Elishama Rudolph and Rich Schoenstein Talk PPP Loan Forgiveness
Path Forward: Borrowing Base Redeterminations In A Restructuring World
Williams Mullen's Comeback Plan: Part IV - How Banks Think About Loan Defaults: Lessons for Borrowers in Troubled Times
The drumbeat of the challenges facing almost every corner of the office building market should be loud and clear to owners and lenders. For some, the current situation is dire, while for others it will likely worsen in the...more
CFPB Issue Spotlight Analyzes “Artificial Intelligence” Chatbots in Banking - "Poorly deployed chatbots can impede customers from resolving problems." Why this is important: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau...more
One need look no further than the spate of half-empty office buildings, closed retail stores and rising interest rates (which have impacted even well-performing asset classes) to see that commercial real estate (CRE) owners...more
Student Loans - Supreme Court Likely to Rule that Biden Student Loan Plan is Illegal, Experts Say. Here’s What that Means for Borrowers - “Long before the president acted, Republicans had criticized student loan...more
Like most industries today, Consumer Finance Services businesses are being significantly impacted by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Troutman Pepper has developed a dedicated COVID-19 Resource Center to guide clients...more
In his recent State of the State Address, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo indicated a desire to stay mortgage foreclosures, commercial evictions and foreclosures through May 1, 2021. On March 9, 2021, the Governor’s desires...more
The new Presidential administration has set off a renewed emphasis on sustainability and climate change. While owners and other stakeholders involved in New York City real estate have been grappling with many of these issues...more
On the one-year anniversary of China’s Wuhan lockdown, COVID-19 has become a part of everyday life and as we enter the new year, real estate borrowers and lenders alike will need to understand this new normal and face the...more
On December 27, 2020, the Consolidated Appropriation Act (“CAA”) was signed into law. The CAA amends the Bankruptcy Code in several significant respects. Most of the amendments expire in either one or two years unless they...more
The increase in loan and lease defaults in the wake of COVID-19 has brought to the forefront numerous legal defenses by borrowers and tenants, such as force majeure, impossibility, and frustration of purpose. Force majeure...more
As we have previously reported, in March the Commonwealth instituted an eviction and foreclosure moratorium which, among other things, provided a financial backstop for landlords effected by their tenants’ inability to make...more
On September 1, 2020, California passed a new law titled the “COVID-19 Small Landlord and Homeowner Relief Act of 2020.” Although the majority of the new law addresses eviction issues between landlords and tenants, it imposes...more
During the eleventh hour of the 2020 legislative session, the California Legislature approved 2 significant bills in response to the COVID-19 pandemic with the potential to have far-reaching ramifications for mortgage...more
The landscape for foreclosures and evictions in New York State is constantly evolving. With the entire State of New York in Phase 4 of New York Forward, the courts have begun to reopen (at least virtually) and certain...more
A proposed piece of COVID-19 relief legislation could have major implications for California lenders and servicers, particularly in the mortgage lending industry, if passed into law. The assembly bill, entitled “COVID-19...more
As we noted previously, on April 7, 2020, the Council of the District of Columbia (the “Council”) unanimously passed the COVID-19 Response Supplemental Emergency Amendment Act of 2020 (the “COVID-19 Supplemental Act”). This...more
As income streams are interrupted due to loss of rents in the midst of business closures during the continuing pandemic, many borrowers are reaching out to their lenders to discuss debt service and other relief under their...more
As discussed in prior updates, lawmakers in New York previously introduced bills that would, if enacted, temporarily suspend rent payments for certain residential and small business commercial tenants unable to pay rent due...more
Multifamily property owners with federally backed mortgages now have an avenue of relief under the recently passed Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act). The law provides up to 90 days of forbearance...more
On Monday, April 6, 2020, in an Emergency Meeting to address issues arising from the COVID-19 Crisis, the Judicial Council enacted emergency rules that protect tenants and borrowers by temporarily preventing California courts...more
At the moment, the bankruptcy court may be an unfriendly place for impatient lenders. As the United States and much of the world reel from the coronavirus pandemic, many businesses’ revenues have been shut off (or close to...more
In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting economic downturn, housing advocates and lawmakers have called for a nationwide moratorium on foreclosures. On March 18, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development...more
Background: A REMIC that forecloses on real property might appear to have an advantage over other real estate owners when operating, leasing, and ultimately disposing of that property (referred to as “REO property” once...more
Example 1. REO property is a portion (vacant retail box plus in-line shops) of a regional shopping center. Special servicer has been approached by a national retailer to purchase the vacant box leaving the REMIC with the...more
Recently, I heard a parent express concern that her child had been encouraged by the school music teacher to switch from violin to viola because the orchestra needed more violas. For switching to viola, the child would...more