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Welcome to the latest edition of the Spectrum, covering hot-topic issues in the structured finance markets in the U.S. and UK. This edition features smooth sailing through safe harbors, the English Court doing the cross-class...more
On January 6, 2021, the Small Business Administration (the “SBA”) and the Department of Treasury released an Interim Final Rule called “Business Loan Program Temporary Changes; Paycheck Protection Second Draw Loans” (“Second...more
Throughout the United States, periodic and ongoing businesses closures and disruptions continue to occur in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The resulting economic distress has affected borrowers, including...more
Moving on from 2020 and building up for 2021. Read our Structured Finance Spectrum, covering safe harbors & remedies, CLOs & QMs, and passive & ESG investing, among other hot-topic issues in the structured finance markets in...more
On December 8 and 10, Katten’s Structured Finance and Securitization Department presented the “Year in Review and Outlook for 2021” webinar series. Topics covered by Katten attorneys and guest speakers include the impact of...more
On June 19, 2020, the IRS issued Notice 2020-50 (the “Notice”), which provides additional guidance regarding coronavirus distributions and loans from qualified retirement plans under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic...more
The Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act of 2020 (the “PPP Flexibility Act”) was signed into law on June 5, 2020 (the “Enactment Date”). As summarized below, the PPP Flexibility Act makes certain Paycheck Protection...more
Section 1102 of the CARES Act creates the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), which is intended to provide funds for small businesses affected by COVID-19 to maintain their workforce. ...more
As of June 4, 2020 - On March 27, 2020, Congress passed and the President signed into law the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”), which is an approximately $2 trillion stimulus and economic...more
On Wednesday, June 3, 2020 the U.S. Senate passed House bill 7010, the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Flexibility Act of 2020. The bill, which would provide greater flexibility to PPP loan recipients, is next headed to the...more
A key part of the federal government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and its associated economic fallout is the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) loan program administered by the Small Business Administration (“SBA”)....more
The Small Business Administration has issued new guidance regarding the certification of necessity under the Paycheck Protection Program. Now, borrowers who received loans for less than $2 million -- roughly 98% of PPP loans...more
In an update to the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) post on the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) website on May 13, 2020, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and Treasury announced new safe harbor...more
On May 5, 2020, the Small Business Administration (SBA) and the Treasury Department extended by one week the “safe harbor” for CARES Act Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) applicants to return their loans in the event that the...more
COVID-19 has rightfully dominated the news over the last several weeks, leaving municipalities, nonprofit organizations and businesses scrambling to determine the impact of this pandemic on, among other things, their...more
On August 26, 2016, the Department of Defense (“DOD”) issued an interpretive rule (the “Interpretive Rule”) providing guidance on the DOD’s regulations implementing the Military Lending Act (“MLA”). That same day, we...more
The CFPB has published a final rule regarding various annual adjustments it is required to make under provisions of Regulation Z (TILA) that implement the CARD Act, HOEPA, and the ability to repay/qualified mortgage...more
Grab a flotation device – the final decision recently issued by Director Richard Cordray of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) in the administrative enforcement proceedings against PHH Corp....more
The CFPB has released a final list of “rural” or “underserved” counties for use in 2014. The CFPB has indicated that creditors may rely on this list as a safe harbor to determine whether a county is “rural” or “underserved”...more
In This Presentation: - The Qualified Mortgage (QM) Rule - Small Creditor QM Proposal - The Ability-to-Repay (ATR) Rule: What It Says and What It Means - Liability for Failure to Comply with the ATR and QM...more
Few would dispute that the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act or Act) has fundamentally altered the residential mortgage industry. Although the Act was passed just over three years ago,...more
Congress in the Dodd-Frank Act responded to concerns about the quality of mortgage loans by establishing incentives for lenders to seek to ensure that borrowers had the ability to repay mortgage loans made to them. In...more
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank) amended the Truth in Lending Act (TILA) to provide for an expanded ability-to-repay requirement for the mortgage lending industry. The Consumer...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued its final ability to repay rule (Rule) on January 10, 2013. The Rule implements ability-to-repay provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act, which imposed strict underwriting...more