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Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

We Can Work It Out: The Need for Pre-Negotiation Agreements

In light of the current economic climate, real estate lenders and borrowers will certainly be communicating with one another frequently concerning potential loan modifications and accommodations. It is prudent for lenders to...more

Blank Rome LLP

California’s Highest Court Confirms Lenders Owe No Duty to Borrowers to Process, Review, and Respond to Loan Modification...

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Financial institutions, lenders, and servicers should take note that the California Supreme Court affirmed a Court of Appeal decision confirming there is no duty for a lender to “process, review and respond carefully and...more

Patton Sullivan Brodehl LLP

Loan Modifications and Losing Lien Priority

Modifying a loan can sometimes cause a loss of lien priority. It all depends on the facts underlying the modification, and even the original loan....more

Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP

The Clock Is Ticking Towards the End of LIBOR; What Borrowers Can Do Now to Mitigate the Risks

Since the end of 2017, we have been talking about the discontinuation of LIBOR as a reference rate for borrowers who finance with floating rate loans.  The December 2021 end date is fast approaching, but much work remains to...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

COVID-19 Update: Revisiting Pre-Negotiation Agreements in the Era of Covid-19

While the ramifications of the Covid-19 pandemic for real estate lenders and borrowers will unfold over time, at this point we know that lenders and borrowers will be communicating frequently and extensively regarding...more

Burr & Forman

Financial Regulators Update Previous Statement on Loan Modifications and Reporting Pursuant to CARES Act

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On April 7, 2020, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the National Credit Union Administration, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and the Consumer...more

Maynard Nexsen

Need a Loan Modification? ASK! - Guidance on the CARES Act and Banking

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The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act or the “CARES Act” along with recent guidance from bank regulators have increased the flexibility banks can offer to borrowers and created new opportunities for lending....more

Patton Sullivan Brodehl LLP

Can a Loan Modification Waive the Borrower’s Right of Reinstatement?

Loans secured by a deed of trust typically provide that upon default (commonly, missed interest payments) the lender may elect to “accelerate” the loan, making the entire balance of principal and interest due....more

McGlinchey Stafford

Top 11 Tips for Lenders Navigating Commercial Loan Modifications in Response to the COVID-19 Outbreak

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Managing Borrower Expectations - In the immediate term, most Lenders are considering modifications that offer (usually on request only and subject to normal underwriting and credit review) a 60–90 day deferral of payments...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Loan Document Covenant Concerns and Operational Issues in the Age of COVID-19

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As the nation engages in social distancing and takes other steps to attempt to slow the spread of COVID-19, players in the commercial real estate space are considering what impacts the virus will have on their business and...more

Locke Lord LLP

California Court of Appeal Rejects Tort Duty in Reviewing Borrower for a Loan Modification, Highlighting Split Among Intermediate...

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On August 5, 2019, the California Court of Appeal for the Second District held that a lender owes no “tort duty of care during a loan modification negotiation.” Sheen v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., ___ Cal.Rptr.3d ___, 2019 WL...more

Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

Careful Who You Trust. A Lender Can Be Liable For The Negligence And Misrepresentations Of Its Loan Servicers, Even Absent Any...

In the recent case of Daniels v. Select Portfolio Serving, Inc., the California Court of Appeal has held that a lender may be liable for the negligence and misrepresentations of the lender’s servicer, without any contractual...more

Burr & Forman

Sixth Circuit Weighs in on TCPA “Prior Express Consent”

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit recently addressed both the timing and scope of “prior express consent” under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”). The plaintiff in Stephen M. Hill v. Homeward...more

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California Appellate Court Holds Lender Failed to Follow HAMP Procedures

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The California Court of Appeal reversed a lower’s court’s dismissal of a lawsuit by a borrower alleging that her lender breached an agreement to offer a permanent loan modification after she made all required payments under a...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

The Impact of Dual Tracking Restrictions on Foreclosure Rates in California

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Foreclosure rates are declining in California. Many tout an improving economy as a reason for this trend. The impact of new legislation that restricts lenders and mortgage servicers from foreclosing on residential mortgages...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Lenders Beware -- California decision may ignite next wave of lender liability litigation

In a recent decision from the California Court of Appeals entitled Jolley v. Chase Home Finance, LLC, the Court severely curtailed lenders’ ability to dispose of lender liability claims on summary judgment, thereby adopting a...more

Baker Donelson

"I Knew You Were Trouble": Recent Trends in Lender Liability Litigation

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Lender liability claims generally arise in one of following contexts: (i) claims seeking recovery of damage or "leverage" to accept discounted payoffs; (ii) counterclaims to foreclosure/receivership/guarantor actions; or...more

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