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COVID-19: Waiver of the Benefit of the Insolvency Filing Moratorium in Russia

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Amendments to Article 9.1 of the Insolvency Law ("Law 149-FZ") came into effect on 24 April 2020. The amendments provide that the benefit of the insolvency filing moratorium can be waived (the "moratorium waiver"). In...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Pre-Bankruptcy Automatic Stay Waivers – More Valuable Than Ever These Days?

In the very unusual period in which we find ourselves today, it seems to be common wisdom that an avalanche of commercial loan defaults is coming. As such, it is a good time to take a fresh look at the terms and provisions...more

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COVID-19: Insolvency Filing Moratorium in Russia

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The Russian Government has introduced a moratorium on the filing of insolvency claims (the "moratorium") from 6 April through 6 October 2020. This will have important legal consequences both for the persons covered by it...more

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Don't Assume What a Court Will Assume About Your Contract

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It's often difficult to predict how a court will interpret text, whether the text is part of a statute, a regulation, or a contract. Sure, courts have tools to aid their interpretations, but how a court will apply those tools...more

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A Special Purpose CDO, an Involuntary Filing and a Single Lien Structure — Can an Investor “Create” an Unsecured Claim?

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The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York recently addressed whether secured noteholders against a CDO can waive their entitlement to a portion of the collateral securing all notes issued under an...more

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Nevada Supreme Court Clarifies the Litigation Waiver of the One-Action Rule

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Nevada has a one-action rule which, with limited exceptions, requires a creditor seeking to recover a debt secured by real property to proceed against the security first prior to seeking recovery from the debtor personally....more

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Think Your Release is Ironclad? Consider California Civil Code Section 1542

Settlement agreements often include broad general releases covering claims existing from the “beginning of the world” to the settlement date – whether the claims are known or unknown to the releasing party. And in many...more

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An Opportunity for Creditors to Enforce Prospective Waivers of the Automatic Stay

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A recent ruling of the Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California endorsed a path toward enforceability of prospective waivers of the automatic stay in certain circumstances. In short, such a waiver approved in a...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

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Are You a “Payment Processor”? Washington State Appears to Significantly Expand Scope of Its Money Transmission Act

One of the defining aspects of the payments revolution of the past few years—at least from a regulatory perspective—has been the question of whether any particular payments service is subject to regulation as money...more

Troutman Pepper

Prepetition Stay Waivers: Which Way Is The Wind Blowing?

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In re Triple A & R Inv., Inc., 519 B.R. 581 (Bankr. D. P.R. 2014) – A mortgagee moved for relief from the automatic stay based on the debtor’s prepetition consent to stay relief.  The debtor argued that a prepetition waiver...more

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