News & Analysis as of

Breach of Contract › Mortgages › Real Estate Market

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Further Developments in Mezzanine Foreclosures

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP on

The New York State Supreme Court, New York County Commercial Division (the “Court”) decided in U.S. Bank, N.A. v. 342 Property LLC, on February 14, 2022, that a mezzanine lender that is not a party to loan documents that...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Don’t Lend No Hand to Raise No Flag Atop No Ship of Fools: Breach of SPE Provisions by Non-Borrower Exposes Non-Borrower to...

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP on

A recent decision of New York’s highest court potentially strengthens the ability of lenders to bring suits against third parties for participation in a borrower’s breach of single purpose entity/bankruptcy remote loan...more

Carlton Fields

Real Property, Financial Services, & Title Insurance Update: Week Ending February 9, 2018

Carlton Fields on

Misrepresentation/Concealment: genuine issues of material fact remained in dispute regarding whether board-certified real estate attorney committed fraudulent or negligent misrepresentation or concealment by falsely assuring...more

Carlton Fields

Real Property & Title Insurance Update: Weeks Ending November 18 & 25, 2016

Carlton Fields on

REAL PROPERTY UPDATE - Settlement/Waiver: borrowers permitted to raise affirmative defenses and counterclaims against lender where subject Loan Modification Agreement failed to include waiver of claims, affirmative...more

Carlton Fields

Real Property & Title Insurance Update: Weeks Ending September 2 & 9, 2016

Carlton Fields on

REAL PROPERTY UPDATE: Foreclosure/Standing: where copy of note attached to foreclosure complaint contained no endorsement and original note presented at trial had endorsement in favor of plaintiff, plaintiff required to...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Appellate Court Holds HUD Regulations Don’t Provide Private Right of Action Unless Incorporated into Written Agreement

Ballard Spahr LLP on

A federal appeals court recently decided that a plaintiff could not assert a claim against the issuer of a reverse mortgage for breach of regulations issued by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), when...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Orrick's Financial Industry Week In Review

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on

Agencies Issue Proposal on Method to Adjust Threshold for Exempting Small Loans from Special Appraisal Requirements - On July 22, 2016, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Federal Reserve Board and the Office...more

Carlton Fields

Real Property & Title Insurance Update: Week Ending July 15, 2016

Carlton Fields on

REAL PROPERTY UPDATE - Foreclosure/Unclean Hands: defense of unclean hands insufficient where borrower alleges bank’s loan officer inflated borrower’s income and assets to qualify for loan where borrower signed off on...more

Orrick - Finance 20/20

Judge Cote Grants Partial Summary Judgment in RMBS Suit

Orrick - Finance 20/20 on

On July 10, 2015, Judge Denise Cote of the Southern District of New York granted partial summary judgment in favor of defendants WMC Mortgage LLC and GE Mortgage Holding LLC in an action filed by Trustee Bank of New York...more

Orrick - Finance 20/20

District Judge Reaffirms Denial of Motion to Dismiss RMBS Repurchase Suit

Orrick - Finance 20/20 on

On January 7, Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York denied WMC’s motion to reconsider the denial of its motion to dismiss in light of the intervening New York...more

10 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
Sign up Log in
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide