News & Analysis as of

Fraud Guarantors

Fraud is the making of false representations or engaging in deceptive behavior in order to unlawfully secure financial or personal gain. 
ArentFox Schiff

Non-Recourse Carve-Outs: Borrower and Guarantor Considerations

ArentFox Schiff on

The Federal Reserve's most recent Financial Stability Report addressed what many industry watchers had been convinced of for some time: the commercial real estate sector is in a precarious state. The Federal Reserve Bank...more

Patton Sullivan Brodehl LLP

A Lease and a Lease Guaranty Involve Different Rights and Remedies

Sister blog The LLC Jungle recently posted about an opinion from California’s Sixth District Court of Appeal — Orozco v. WPV San Jose, LLC — describing the legal difference between an LLC tenant, and the LLC’s owner who...more

Patton Sullivan Brodehl LLP

Loan Guaranties: Statutory and Legal Defenses Can Be Waived, But What About Equitable Defenses?

Guarantors of loans occupy a vulnerable position under California law. While direct borrowers often benefit from California’s robust statutory anti-deficiency framework, those protections are often unavailable for...more

Miller Starr Regalia

California Court Rejects “Sham Guaranty” Defense; Enforces Guaranty

Miller Starr Regalia on

The “sham guaranty” defense may absolve a guarantor of liability when no deficiency is available against the borrower, and the guarantor is really the borrower with a different name. In California Bank and Trust v. Lawler...more

4 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:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide