On September 8, 2022, a three-judge panel in the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (the “Second Circuit”) reversed the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (the “District...more
A recent decision by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals has saved Citibank from the ramifications of an internal error that could have cost it nearly $900 million. Although the recipients of an unintended transfer of...more
In a decision rendered September 8, 2022, a three-judge panel for the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (the “Court”) vacated a February, 2021 decision by the United States District Court for the Southern...more
Citibank’s balance sheet is likely breathing a sigh of relief. A Second Circuit panel held that the bank may finally recoup nearly $500 million in funds that it inadvertently wired to lenders almost two years ago. US...more
A three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S Circuit Court of Appeals on Sept. 8, 2022, reversed a decision of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York regarding lenders who refused to return funds that were...more
On September 8, Second Circuit ruled that lenders must return $500 million to Citibank, which had mistakenly wired the funds to them. The decision vacates a 2021 Southern District of New York ruling, which held that the...more
I read this story about Citibank's mistaken transfer—which cost it about half a billion dollars—a while back, and the sheer improbability of the mistake struck me. How could a banking giant make a blunder of such staggering...more
In the context of a series of complex re-financings and roll-up transactions by Revlon in May and June, 2020, human error caused a $500 million loss for Citibank. On 16 February 2021, in the case of In re Citibank August...more
In what most will find a shocking and unjust ruling, on February 16, 2021, Judge Furman of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled in In re Citibank August 11, 2020 Wire Transfers that...more
As most in the loan market are by now aware, the United States District Court in the Southern District of New York issued a decision on February 16, 2021 In Re Citibank August 11, 2020 Wire Transfers that certain lenders were...more
On February 16, 2021, the United States District Court in the Southern District of New York (the “Court”) issued a decision In Re Citibank August 11, 2020 Wire Transfers1 that upheld the “discharge for value” doctrine and...more
On February 16, Judge Furman of the Southern District of New York handed down a ruling in In re Citibank August 11, 2020 Wire Transfers concluding that Citibank could not recover $900 million inadvertently wired to lenders. ...more
In a decision issued Feb. 16, 2021, Judge Furman of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York held that lenders who were mistakenly paid in full by Citibank (the “Agent”) could retain those funds because...more
We are closely following Revlon on behalf of several creditor interests. In the context of a series of complex re-financings and roll-up transactions by Revlon in May, 2020, human error caused a $500 million loss for...more
The opinion of Florida’s Third District Court of Appeal in Deutsche Bank Trust Co. Americas v. Beauvais, No. 3D14-575, 2014 WL 7156961 (Fla. 3d DCA Dec. 17, 2014) has been a lightning rod for criticism from federal courts in...more