On September 10, the FDIC and the OCC jointly submitted an amicus brief to the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado in support of the appellee debt buyer in In re Rent-Rite Super Kegs West Ltd. ...more
In Bibby Factors Northwest Limited v HFD Limited and MCD Group Limited the Court of Appeal held that a company whose debt has been purchased (the “Debtor”) is under no obligation to inform the purchasing party (the “Funder”)...more
A national bank can charge an interest rate that exceeds state law maximums, but the bank’s assignee cannot, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled recently, in a decision that could impact the ability of debt...more
On May 22, 2015, in Madden v. Midland Funding, LLC (“Madden”), the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held that the application of state usury laws to third-party assignees is not preempted by the National...more