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Patton Sullivan Brodehl LLP

Ninth Circuit Weighs in on “Preemptive” Challenges to Lender’s Authority to Foreclose

Can a California real property owner challenge a lender’s authority to foreclose before a foreclosure sale has occurred?  It’s looking less likely with each new appellate opinion....more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Pre-Bankruptcy Seizure: Recent Third Circuit Decision Widens Circuit Split Regarding Obligations of Secured Creditors in Respect...

In July 2016, Joy Denby-Peterson purchased a Chevrolet Corvette. When she defaulted on one of her car payments a few months later, the Corvette was repossessed by her lender. Denby-Peterson then filed a voluntary petition...more

Patton Sullivan Brodehl LLP

When the Same Lender Has Both a Senior and Junior Deed of Trust (Revisited)

Almost two years ago, Money and Dirt covered a Fourth District California Court of Appeal opinion addressing an apparent split of authority regarding how a lender can enforce senior and junior deeds of trust on the same...more

Jones Day

Fifth Circuit Suggests Claims for Make-Whole Amounts Should Be Disallowed

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The Situation On January 17, 2019, the Fifth Circuit strongly suggested that claims for make-whole damages be characterized as "unmatured interest" and that claims for postpetition interest on unsecured debt be limited in...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Supreme Court To Hear Dispute Over Debt Recharacterization

One critical issue affecting complex restructuring cases are efforts by the estate or creditors to recharacterize debt into equity. This can happen in a variety of factual contexts, including where an existing equity...more

Mintz - Bankruptcy & Restructuring Viewpoints

SCOTUS to Settle Circuit Split on Rule Applicable to Recharacterization of Debt to Equity Disputes

The Supreme Court has granted certiorari to decide the question of whether bankruptcy courts should apply state law or a federal rule of decision when determining whether to recharacterize a debt claim as a capital...more

Proskauer - Corporate Defense and Disputes

In Conflict With Other Circuits, Seventh Circuit Rules That Certain Transfers Involving Financial Institution Intermediaries Not...

Section 546(e) of the bankruptcy code prohibits a bankruptcy trustee from avoiding “settlement payment[s]”, or payments “made in connection with a securities contract,” that are “made by or to (or for the benefit of)”...more

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