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It Depends: Scouring Precedent to Analyze National Bank Act Preemption

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The issue before the Supreme Court in Cantero v. Bank of America was straightforward: does the National Bank Act preempt a New York state law requiring all banks, including national banks, to pay interest on certain mortgage...more

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Tax Considerations for Contingent Interest and Convertible Debt in Cross-Border Lending Transactions

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The treatment of contingent interest and convertible debt in cross-border payment transactions is subject to several provisions of the Internal Revenue Code. To add confusion to the already complicated subject, the...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Lexology In-Depth - Acquisition And Leveraged Finance

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It was a muted start to the year for the acquisition and leveraged finance market due to a challenging macroeconomic climate. Interest rate hikes at one of the fastest paces on record, surging inflation (particularly in...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Supreme Court Grants Cert for Interest-on-Escrow Preemption Case

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The U.S. Supreme Court recently granted certiorari to hear the Second Circuit case of Cantero et al. v. Bank of America, N.A., involving National Bank Act (NBA) preemption of New York’s law requiring that interest be paid to...more

Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

Is a Receiver Entitled to Interest on the Receiver’s Awarded, but Unpaid, Fees?

Q: In a receivership I just wrapped up, the court approved by final account and report and awarded me final fees. Because there were insufficient funds in estate to pay my fees in full, the court ordered the defendant to pay...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

UK Tax Round Up - March 2023

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Welcome to February’s edition of our UK Tax Round Up. The month has seen interesting cases on the “entitlement” to income and the single and multiple supply tests for VAT as well as announcement of the publication date for...more

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United States Supreme Court Asked to Resolve Circuit Split Over Whether Federally Chartered Banks Must Comply With State Laws...

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In Cantero vs. Bank of America, N.A., mortgage borrowers are asking the Supreme Court of the United States to reverse a Second Circuit ruling that federally-chartered banks need not comply with state laws that require the...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Clash of the Titans: SEC Sues Genesis and Gemini for Digital Asset Offerings

Like Zeus unleashing the Kraken in Clash of the Titans, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has unleashed the Kraken (not the digital asset company) to unleash havoc on Genesis Global Capital LLC (Genesis) and...more

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Court Rules that Earn Account Assets are Property of the Debtor: Celsius Bankruptcy Case: January 13, 2023

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Court rules that Earn Account Cryptocurrency is owned by Debtors and will not be returned - In our latest Bitblog update regarding the Celsius Network LLC, et al. (the “Debtors”) bankruptcy proceeding (Case No. Number:...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Celsius Earn Depositors May Be Left Cold by Crypto Ownership Ruling

The “crypto winter” of 2022 brought a bear market and a recent wave of bankruptcies to the crypto industry, leaving some retail customers of crypto exchanges frozen out of their accounts.  As the bankruptcy filings mounted...more

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Estate Planning Techniques in a Higher Interest Rate Environment

One can hardly miss the high levels of inflation currently affecting our economy. Even for those who do not pay close attention to the news, where inflation could hardly be more covered, the price of nearly everything for...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Second Circuit Rules in Favor of Citibank in Accidental $500m Transfer in Revlon Loan Transaction

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

Dechert LLP

Collateralized Fund Obligations (CFOs): The Technicolor Dreamcoat of Fund Finance

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Over the past several years as Collateralized Loan Obligations (“CLOs”) reached new and dizzying heights in issuance volume, CFOs have been quietly, and under the radar, gaining market acceptance and momentum among asset...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

At last, a California Voluntary Compliance Program for unclaimed property

​​​​​​​The California State Legislature has passed legislation giving the Controller the green light to establish a California Voluntary Compliance Program (VCP) for holders of unclaimed property. The bill, A.B. 2280,...more

Blank Rome LLP

Interest Payment Not Required to Be Added Back as Alabama’s Subject-To-Tax Exception Applied

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On July 28, 2022, the Alabama Tax Tribunal held that a corporation is not required to add back interest paid to a related entity as the recipient was subject to tax on that income in Ireland. This was so even though the...more

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European Commission Consultation on EU-wide Withholding Tax System

The European Commission has launched a public consultation on its proposal to introduce a new common EU-wide system for withholding tax on dividend or interest payments. The consultation period will end on 26 June 2022....more

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Public Consultation on a Common EU-Wide System for Withholding Tax Claims on Dividend and Interest Payment

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The EU Commission published a public consultation based on its initiative to introduce a common EU-wide system for withholding tax on dividend or interest payments, which includes a system for tax authorities to exchange...more

Paul Hastings LLP

Thin Capitalization Tax Rules Finally Applied in Court —Tokyo District/High Courts Deny Tax Deductibility of Interest Paid to a...

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The thin capitalization tax rules (the “Thin Capital Rules” or the “Rules”) were incorporated into our tax statute in 1992. Then no cases appeared in courts for almost three decades. Recently, however, a new case appeared in...more

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Massachusetts Imposes Additional Potential Liability on Employers for Wage-and-Hour Compliance

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In a departure from earlier court decisions, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) has imposed additional potential liability on employers for wage-and-hour compliance. In Reuter v. City of Methuen, the SJC explained...more

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Massachusetts SJC Rules that Employers are Strictly Liable for Treble Damages for Delayed Wage Payments

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Overturning nearly 20 years of lower-court precedent, on April 4, 2022, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) issued a landmark decision holding that an employer is strictly liable for treble damages for any late...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Massachusetts SJC Upends Existing Law, Requires Treble Damages on Late-Paid Wages

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The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) on April 4, 2022, handed down a decision with major implications for Massachusetts employers accused of wage-and-hour law violations or late payment of wages. In Reuter v. City...more

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Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Abrogates Employers’ Sole Defense to Automatic Treble Damages Liability for Late Final Wage...

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On April 4, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court handed employees there yet another victory in Reuter v. City of Methuen, holding that they are automatically entitled to triple damages for any late payment of final wages...more

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Massachusetts SJC: Employers Are Strictly Liable for Treble Damages for Late, Pre-Suit Wage Payments

On April 4, 2022, in Reuter v. City of Methuen, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) held that employers are strictly liable for treble damages for making late wage payments, even when an employee has not yet filed...more

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Hertz Bankruptcy Court Weighs In on Make-Whole Premiums, Solvent-Debtor Exception, and Pendency Interest

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Perhaps surprisingly given the rarity of such cases, a handful of high-profile court rulings recently have addressed whether a solvent chapter 11 debtor is obligated to pay postpetition, pre-effective date interest ("pendency...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Facing Erroneous Payments July 2021 | Issue No. 135 - Revlon: It’s Worth a Double Take (Part I: Syndicate Lender Considerations)

Summary of Case - On August 11, 2020, the administrative agent in a loan to Revlon intended to make an interest payment to the lender syndicate and instead mistakenly wired almost $900 million of its own money to the...more

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