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Shipman & Goodwin LLP

A Borrower Defaulted: Now What? Your Critical First Steps

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When a borrower defaults under a loan agreement, you face a dual challenge: time pressure demands swift action, while legal complexities require precision. Whether confronting missed payments, breached financial covenants, or...more

Akerman LLP

Your Collateral Can Disappear in Chapter 11

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Suppose you have made a loan and your collateral includes a lien on receivables or inventory. If your borrower files Chapter 11, you are in danger of your collateral disappearing during the Chapter 11 case. Here's how....more

Ward and Smith, P.A.

Can I Hold a Debtor’s Bank Account Hostage?

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For creditors dealing with debtors in the shadow of bankruptcy, a common scenario repeats itself.  The creditor repossesses collateral, attaches an account, or sets off a bank account, and then the debtor files a...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

Private Credit Lenders – Navigating Successor Liability Issues

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The primary investment thesis of a private credit lender is simple — get the loan repaid at maturity. Private credit lenders do not make loans as a means to acquire their borrower’s business. There are circumstances, however,...more

Hudson Cook, LLP

Servicing Customers Affected by Natural Disasters: Tips for Unsecured and Personal Property Secured Creditors to Prepare for the...

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Over the past six months or so, creditors, servicers, and debt collectors alike have been forced to revisit disaster management policies in light of the unique and far-reaching impact of COVID-19: it is at once a nationwide...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Third Circuit: The Repossession of Your Car as Collateral on a Usurious Loan is Not an FDCPA Violation

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit recently held that a repossession company did not violate the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“FDCPA”) when it repossessed the defaulting debtor’s car, even though the loan...more

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