On July 13, 2023, a New York intermediate appellate court held that Iberdrola could continue pursuing all but one of its claims against a bevy of lenders in connection with a construction contract for a power plant in...more
On March 31, 2023, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York partially dismissed a complaint against a master servicer and a sub-servicer under a Pooling and Service Agreement (“PSA”) in connection with an...more
On March 23, 2023, a year after dismissing all claims against a lender in an 18-count complaint alleging a multi-year “loan-to-own” scheme in a Texas real estate development, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District...more
On August 3, 2022, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware partially dismissed fraudulent transfer claims asserted by the chapter 7 trustee for Bayou Steel against Black Diamond Capital Management (and...more
On April 14, 2022, in an unpublished, divided opinion affirming lower-court orders disallowing a creditor’s claim and declaring the creditor’s mortgage invalid and unenforceable, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth...more
On April 1, 2022, the Superior Court of Rhode Island, Providence County, granted partial summary judgment in favor of receivership plaintiffs for statutory damages related to usurious loans in an amount equal to all payments...more
On March 4, 2022, Judge Lewis Liman of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York dismissed an 18-count complaint alleging a multi-year “loan-to-own” conspiracy—including claims of fraud, RICO and money...more
In a much-anticipated decision issued on October 26, the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas awarded make-whole premiums and post-petition interest (i.e., interest accruing after the bankruptcy filing) to...more
Over the Horizon: The rise and fall of nuclear new build in the United Kingdom -
September 2016 was supposed to herald the dawn of a new era for the nuclear power industry in the United Kingdom. The UK Government had...more
On January 17, 2019, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit delivered a much-awaited opinion with respect to whether Ultra Petroleum Corporation (“UPC”) was required to pay its noteholders contractual make-whole...more