Williams Mullen Mezzanine Lending Video Series - Episode 5
Unlawful Debt Collection Claims - RICO Report Podcast
Advancing Agriculture - Identifying and Addressing Distressed Debts
Pillsbury's Industry Insights - Episode #22: Real Estate Market Update
Path Forward: Borrowing Base Redeterminations In A Restructuring World
THE WONDER YEARS WEBINAR
HEAVEN CAN WAIT
COVID-19 Comeback Plan: Part III - How Banks Think About Loan Defaults: Lessons for Borrowers in Troubled Times
THE WONDER YEARS WEBINAR - LOAN REGIME METHOD OF SPLIT DOLLAR LIFE INSURANCE
THE WAY WE WERE
Williams Mullen's Comeback Plan: Part II - How Banks Think About Loan Defaults: Lessons for Borrowers in Troubled Times
Mad Dogs and Panameños!
It's (Not) Too Late, Baby!
Switch Hitter! Maximizing the Flexibility of Split Dollar Life Insurance to Create Maximum Financial and Tax Leverage
SWITCH HITTER! Maximizing the Flexibility of Split Dollar Life Insurance to Create Maximum Financial and Tax Leverage
FATHER KNOWS BEST
Podcast: Questions & Concerns About Documentation: A Conversation with Colin Adams, M-III Partners
Podcast: Credit Funds: Credit Default Swaps in the Distressed Limelight
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On October 14, 2020, Judge Alison J. Nathan of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York dismissed with prejudice a putative class action asserting claims under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934...more
Tips on Preparing to Defend Against Allegations of SBA Loan Fraud During the COVID-19 Crisis - Federal emergency relief legislation—including the Coronavirus Aid, Recovery, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”)—has...more
During an interview with Bloomberg TV on March 6th, Lawrence Summers, former Secretary of the U.S. Treasury, observed: “Economic time has stopped but financial time has not stopped.” An incisive summary as any of the current...more
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On September 19, 2017, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) announced a simultaneous complaint and proposed consent order with a loan brokerage company and two associated individuals (the “Defendants”). The...more
The U.S. Department of Education has issued a final rule that broadly addresses the ability of a student to assert a school's misconduct as a defense to repayment of a federal student loan. The final rule includes a ban on...more
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently held that a Creditor Exclusion provision in D&O insurance coverage may result in significant limitations on the coverage provided to the D&Os, when the underlying...more
There is a tendency to think of consumer fraud and misrepresentation as intentional acts that deceive consumers into engaging in transactions that they would not otherwise engage in. A recent case demonstrates that the...more
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
On October 15, Judge Donovan Frank of the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, granted in part and denied in part Greenpoint Mortgage Funding’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Residential Funding Co., an...more
In re Lehman Bros. Holdings Inc., 513 B.R. 624 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 2014) – A purchaser of residential mortgage-backed securities filed proofs of claim based on alleged misrepresentations by the debtors in offering...more