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Latham & Watkins LLP

Release Me From My Bands Or Else My Project Fails Third Party Releases in Schemes

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Third-Party Releases are common in English law schemes of arrangement and restructuring plans, and US courts have so far indulged that approach in granting recognition. If Prospero’s plea to the audience at the...more

Ward and Smith, P.A.

Can a Business Owner Reorganize Guaranty Obligations Under Subchapter V?

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We have previously informed you that if you are a small business that needed to file bankruptcy to save your company, then you may be able to take advantage of Subchapter V of Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code. The new...more

White & Case LLP

Anglo-American relations: A special relationship with subtle differences

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Much has been written about the influence of US terms on European transactions and particularly the steady migration of US concepts into English law facilities agreements, resulting from the supply-demand imbalance in the...more

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Secured creditor has no absolute duty to preserve or maintain security for benefit of surety

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Although a secured creditor has an equitable duty to perfect its security, there is no “absolute” duty on a creditor to preserve or maintain the security for the benefit of a guarantor. A creditor may however be required to...more

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Creditors not obliged to protect security interest by taking step in foreign insolvency proceedings

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A borrower and a guarantor had no realistic prospect of successfully arguing that their obligations to repay a loan had been discharged due to a secured creditor’s failure to take steps to protect its security interest under...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Of ECOA and the FDCPA – A Tie in the Supreme Court and A Fourth Circuit Win for Debt Collection

It was a busy week in the fabled halls of justice last week as judges undoubtedly worked to get out a few more opinions before Easter break. Two opinions, one from the Supreme Court and one from the Fourth Circuit Court of...more

Nexsen Pruet, PLLC

Creditors Rights Suffers a Major Depression in North Carolina

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So, What can a Lender Count on from a Guarantor? - In 1933, the North Carolina legislature in reaction to the Great Depression enacted certain defenses against alleged abuses by lenders exercising remedies under...more

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Deficiency Judgment Cases In North Carolina Just Got A Lot More Complex: CentsAbility: Creditors' Rights Law Update

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A question that continually arose during the foreclosure deficiency actions that were spurred by the recent “Great Recession,” was whether or not a guarantor on a loan could raise the “defense” offered in N.C. Gen. Stat. §...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Tough News for Lenders - Major NC Supreme Court Decision on Collection of Post-Foreclosure Deficiencies

Fall is football time. And as every football fan knows, not every player on the line of scrimmage is an eligible receiver. Imagine how dramatically it would change the game if the entire offensive line were eligible to catch...more

Snell & Wilmer

Nevada Legislation Restores Rights to Note Purchasers

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The Nevada Legislature ended its 2015 session on June 1. The Nevada Legislature meets in odd numbered years for 120 days, so it will not meet again until 2017, unless the Governor calls a special session. The Legislature...more

Lathrop GPM

8th Circuit Rules ECOA Does Not Apply to Guarantors of Loans

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After argument before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit in Hawkins v. Community Bank of Raymore, Case No. 13-3065, Lathrop & Gage attorneys Tom Stahl, Greer Lang and Justin Nichols obtained a ruling that the Equal...more

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