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Foreclosure is a legal process whereby a lender seeks to force the sale of a mortgaged property in order to recover the balance of a delinquent loan. Recently, the foreclosure process has been the subject of... more +
Foreclosure is a legal process whereby a lender seeks to force the sale of a mortgaged property in order to recover the balance of a delinquent loan. Recently, the foreclosure process has been the subject of greater legislative and judicial scrutiny after systemic abuses were uncovered during the widespread foreclosure crisis resulting from the Great Recession. less -
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Alabama Enacts Uniform Commercial Receivership Act

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On May 15, 2024, Alabama became the thirteenth state to adopt a version of the Uniform Law Commission’s Uniform Commercial Real Estate Receiver Act (the “Act”). The Act seeks to bring more direction and clarity to...more

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New York Appellate Division Dismisses Junior Mezz Lender’s Claims for Fraudulent Inducement and Fraudulent Concealment, Allows...

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On January 18, 2024, New York’s Appellate Division rejected a junior mezzanine lender’s contention that it was fraudulently induced to amend the parties’ intercreditor agreement, because it failed to identify specific...more

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UCC Foreclosure Commercially Reasonable

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In a recent case, U.S. District Judge Edgardo Ramos ruled that a foreclosure sale governed by Article 9 of the New York Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) was “commercially reasonable” when viewed as a whole, denying claims made...more

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Wire You Foreclosing?

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Does a lender have the right to foreclose its mortgage if a payoff of such mortgage is made by wire transfer, but the payment does not make it to the lender’s account? A recent case, heard on appeal by the New York Supreme...more

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New York County Supreme Court Upholds Accommodation Pledges

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In recent years, the claim that an accommodation pledge attached to a mortgage loan effectively “clogs” a borrower’s right of redemption has been the basis of numerous civil actions in New York courts. With the case of Atlas...more

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When the Levee Breaks: Understanding Key Variations in CRE Collateral and Foreclosure Processes

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Following the turmoil of the Great Recession, the commercial real estate (CRE) industry generally benefitted from favorable financing conditions for more than a decade. An ocean of available capital and low interest rates...more

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Alternatives to Bankruptcy for Cannabis Companies (Part 1)

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The problems facing the cannabis industry arising from its ongoing status as a federally illegal enterprise are numerous and well documented: 280E tax burdens, limited access to banking, exclusion from capital markets, uneven...more

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Paperclips and Staples: “Affixing” Allonges under the UCC

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In the age of digital transactions and DocuSign, the importance of lenders storing and maintaining original loan documents has waned. But exceptions persist. In a recent decision, the Washington Court of Appeals (Division I)...more

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Going Green - February 2022 - Further Developments in Mezzanine Foreclosures

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The New York State Supreme Court, County of New York (the “Court”) decided in Atlas Brookview Mezzanine LLC v. DB Brookview LLC, on November 18, 2021, that an accommodation pledge entered into in connection with a mortgage...more

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Something Special, April 2021 | Issue No. 23 - Don’t Be Cruel: Appellate Division Upholds Waiver of Fiduciary Duties But Denies...

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Can contracting parties waive all common law fiduciary duties? That was one of the questions presented to the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department (the “Court”) in 111 West 57th Investment LLC, on...more

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Courts: A Foreclosure Pandemic Pause? (Part 3)

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Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, borrowers and lenders alike have sought clarity regarding the permissibility of UCC foreclosure sales in the midst of the ongoing pandemic and the resulting economic fallout, as...more

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New York Commercial Reasonability Standards in UCC Mezzanine Foreclosure Sales During COVID-19

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The COVID-19 pandemic has brought with it a host of novel legal issues, and just as nature abhors a vacuum, the legal profession abhors a lack of precedent. A case in point relates to mezzanine loan foreclosure sales under...more

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COVID-19 Update: Can’t Lose What You Never Had: New York State Court Rejects Argument that a Pledge of the Equity Interests in an...

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During the COVID-19 pandemic, New York State courts have granted a number of preliminary injunctions enjoining UCC foreclosures for a period of time.  For example, in D2 Mark LLC vs. Orei VI Investments LLC and Shelbourne BRF...more

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The Courts’ View of UCC Article 9 Sales In The COVID-19 Environment Is Clearly Changing

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While the world may be in a state of semi-paralysis waiting for a COVID-19 vaccine, the legal environment involving creditors’ rights has changed significantly during the past several months. In the beginning of the...more

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New York Court of Appeals Ruling Could Shift Negotiating Leverage to Holdout Noteholders in Out-of-Court Restructurings

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The New York Court of Appeals’ recent 4-3 opinion in CNH Diversified Opportunities Master Account, L.P. v. Cleveland Unlimited, Inc., 2020 WL 6163305 (NY Oct. 22, 2020), could provide minority noteholders with additional...more

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Distressed Real Estate During COVID-19: Mezzanine Loans Behind Construction Loans—Special Considerations and Intercreditor...

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Construction loans with companion mezzanine loans raise a host of concerns that are unique to more standard ICAs between a mortgage lender and a mezzanine lender. An intercreditor agreement (ICA) involving a construction...more

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Distressed Real Estate During COVID-19: Court Finds UCC Foreclosure “Commercially Unreasonable” Because of Coronavirus-Related...

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A recent court decision in New York found that current market conditions in the real estate market justify delaying noticing mezzanine real estate foreclosures until October 15, 2020. A recent New York Supreme Court Order...more

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New York State Supreme Court Temporarily Halts UCC Foreclosure of Mezzanine Loan

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On August 3, 2020, in Shelbourne BRF LLC, Shelbourne 677 LLC v. SR 677 BWAY LLC, the Supreme Court of the State of New York (the “Court”) granted the borrower plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction and prohibited the...more

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Courts: A Foreclosure Pandemic Pause? (Part 2)

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As borrowers continue to experience financial distress and loans go into default as a result of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and related issues, lenders are now becoming more focused on the need to take a closer look at...more

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Will Courts Allow Lease Cancellation In The Wake Of Covid-19?

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Moritt Hock & Hamroff has been following the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on creditors’ rights. On May 21, 2020, we reported on the pandemic’s impact on Uniform Commercial Code (“UCC”) Article 9 sales — specifically,...more

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New York Court Temporarily Enjoins UCC Foreclosure Sale

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New York courts have become a battleground for challenges to foreclosure sales under the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Another trial court of the New York State Supreme Court (New York County)...more

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Nevada Supreme Court Approves the Use of Lost Note Affidavits in Foreclosure Proceedings

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Over the last decade or so, many Nevada borrowers faced with foreclosure of their residences have objected to foreclosure proceedings because the lender does not hold the original promissory note. In Jones v. U.S. Bank...more

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NY Court Blocks Mezzanine Lender’s UCC Foreclosure Sale in Light of COVID-19 Pandemic

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On June 23, the New York County Supreme Court issued a rare preliminary injunction temporarily halting a mezzanine lender’s UCC foreclosure sale of the Mark Hotel in New York City because the procedures for the foreclosure...more

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Distressed Real Estate During COVID-19: New York State Court Order Finds UCC Foreclosures Are Not Suspended by New York E.O....

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A recent court order found that a mezzanine lender may conduct a UCC foreclosure sale despite a temporary suspension of judicial foreclosures in New York State. A recent court order interpreting the scope of New York...more

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UCC Sales Held Not Subject To Cuomo Executive Order Barring Mortgage Foreclosures

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A recent New York State Supreme Court judge has answered the question of whether Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Executive Order 202.8 precluding mortgage foreclosures for ninety (90) days, applies to Uniform Commercial Code (“UCC”)...more

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