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The 2024 UAE Financial Restructuring and Bankruptcy Law: What is New?

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On 31 October 2023, Federal Law Decree No. (51) concerning Financial Restructuring and Bankruptcy (the New Law) was published in the UAE Federal Gazette. The New Law comes into force on 1 May 2024 and will repeal the 2016 Law...more

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New York Bans Reporting of Medical Debt Effective Immediately

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On December 13, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law S4907A, which prohibits hospitals, medical providers, or ambulance services from providing negative information about medical debt to consumer reporting agencies...more

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New Luxembourg Bankruptcy Law Enhances Luxembourg’s Restructuring Framework

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One of the two main objectives of the Law is to implement the 2019/1023 Directive, which itself aims to foster the proper functioning of the EU internal market and remove hindrances to the exercise of fundamental rights and...more

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Arizona Voters Modify Creditors' Remedies with Passage of Proposition 209

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On November 8th, Arizona voters approved Proposition 209, which significantly modifies the rights of creditors. Although the pre-election publicity focused mostly on medical debt, Prop. 209 changes how all types of debt can...more

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Unpacking Revlon, LATAM cleared for takeoff (sorry), $7.5 million sub V limit official, retail apocalypse redux (?), and new...

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Revlon Bankruptcy Complicated by Citi’s $900 Million Error | Financial Times - As Revlon prepares for restructuring negotiations following its bankruptcy filing last week, it faces complications with identifying its...more

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New York Enacts Consumer Credit Fairness Act, Impacting Debt Collection Actions

On November 8, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law the Consumer Credit Fairness Act (Act) (S.153/A.2382). The Act contains a series of amendments to New York’s Civil Practice Law and Rules (CPLR) that...more

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D.C. emergency and temporary legislation limiting collection activities to take effect September 23, 2021

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During D.C.’s declared State of Public Health Emergency, several financial protections have been put in place, including some that severely limit, among other things, collection activities relating to consumer contracts,...more

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Singapore’s omnibus insolvency legislation

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The Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018 (the "IRDA") came into force on 30 July 2020. The consolidation of all personal and corporate insolvency and debt restructuring legislation into a single statute, along...more

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Revisions to Bankruptcy Code Spell Good News for Creditors

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It is bad enough when a customer or borrower files for bankruptcy and you have to write off the debt, but things can get worse when you are then faced with a lawsuit to recover payments made within the 90 days prior to the...more

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Major Change for Bankruptcy Preference Defendants Tucked into New Small Business Chapter 11 Law

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On August 23, 2019, the President signed the “Small Business Reorganization Act,” which changed the Bankruptcy Code and goes into effect on February 19, 2020....more

Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP

Lenders Take Notice - A New Bankruptcy Subchapter Goes Into Effect February 19, 2020 - Increased Filings Expected

The Small Business Reorganization Act (SBRA) goes into effect on February 19, 2020. The SBRA creates a new Subchapter V to Chapter 11, expanding access to bankruptcy relief for small businesses. With a debt ceiling of...more

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A further step taken by Ukraine to simplify out of court loan workouts

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On 25 September 2019, the Ukrainian Parliament brought into force law No. 112-IX (the “Law“). The purpose of the Law is to correct deficiencies in existing legislation and further promote out-of-court financial restructurings...more

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Family Farmer Relief Act Expands Chapter 12 Bankruptcy Protections for Small and Mid-Sized Farms

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Running a family-owned farm is not easy work under the best of economic circumstances, and it can be nearly impossible when times are tough. More than 30 years ago, during the mid-1980s, John Cougar Mellencamp’s mournful song...more

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Collecting Smaller Debts Just Got Easier for Creditors Thanks to New Legislation

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Collecting smaller debts may be getting easier. On May 24, 2019, Governor DeSantis signed HB 337 which increased the jurisdictional limits of the county courts. Presently, county courts handle lawsuits for up to $15,000 while...more

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New Arizona Garnishment Legislation Signed Into Law

On March 22, 2019, Governor Doug Ducey signed Arizona House Bill (HB) 2230 into law. As described in detail in our recent article, HB 2230 allows judgment creditors to serve writs of garnishment by certified mail, return...more

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Restructuring across Europe – a new era?

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All three institutions of the European Union have now approved the EU Preventive Restructuring Framework Directive. This is the EU's first attempt to "harmonise" insolvency laws across the Member States, that have disparate...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

NY enacts new disclosure requirements for use of auto “kill switches”

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New York has enacted legislation that requires creditors to provide new disclosures when using devices to remotely disable vehicles, commonly referred to as “kill switches.”  The new law took effect immediately upon its...more

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Michigan’s Legislature Passes Significant Laws During the Last Days of 2016

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In late 2016, Michigan lawmakers passed a good deal of new legislation. One of the laws, the Qualified Dispositions in Trusts Act, enables an individual (the “settlor”) to create a trust that, in certain circumstances, can...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

The Impact of PROMESA on Creditors

On June 30, 2016, the United States Senate passed the “Puerto Rico Oversight, Management and Economic Stability Act” (“PROMESA”) and it was quickly signed into law by President Obama. PROMESA enables the Commonwealth of...more

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Missouri Commercial Receivership Act Creates a New Statutory Scheme Which Presents a More Robust Remedy

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The Missouri Commercial Receivership Act (MCRA), passed by the Missouri legislature and just signed into law by Governor Nixon, becomes effective Aug. 28, 2016. It expands, clarifies and fleshes out the existing minimal...more

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Nevada Amends Laws Regarding Homeowners’ Association Liens

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While an amended Nevada Senate bill does not change the Nevada Supreme Court’s seminal holding that an association lien is a true priority lien that, when properly foreclosed, may extinguish a first deed of trust, the new law...more

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Changes to the Civil Code of the Russian Federation (the "RCC") relating to Contract Law and the Law of Obligations

Federal Law No. 42-FZ dated 4 March 2015 (On Amendments to Part I of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation) (the "Law") was signed by the President of the Russian Federation on 8 March 2015 and is aimed at amending certain...more

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New Requirements Regarding Flood Insurance in Massachusetts

On July 23, 2014 , Governor Deval Patrick signed into law “An Act Further Regulating Flood Insurance”, effective November 20, 2014. Links to the Act and to “Frequently Asked Questions” prepared by the Massachusetts Division...more

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