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Five Things Every Office Building Owner (and Its Lender) Should Consider

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The drumbeat of the challenges facing almost every corner of the office building market should be loud and clear to owners and lenders. For some, the current situation is dire, while for others it will likely worsen in the...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

All Consuming - Financial Litigation Insights - Issue 2, July 2023

CFPB Issue Spotlight Analyzes “Artificial Intelligence” Chatbots in Banking - "Poorly deployed chatbots can impede customers from resolving problems." Why this is important: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Why a Source of Rescue Capital May Already Be in the Deal

One need look no further than the spate of half-empty office buildings, closed retail stores and rising interest rates (which have impacted even well-performing asset classes) to see that commercial real estate (CRE) owners...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

All Consuming - Financial Litigation Insights, Volume 3, Issue 12

Student Loans - Supreme Court Likely to Rule that Biden Student Loan Plan is Illegal, Experts Say. Here’s What that Means for Borrowers - “Long before the president acted, Republicans had criticized student loan...more

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Troutman Pepper Weekly Consumer Financial Services COVID-19 Newsletter - August 2021 #4

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Like most industries today, Consumer Finance Services businesses are being significantly impacted by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Troutman Pepper has developed a dedicated COVID-19 Resource Center to guide clients...more

Harris Beach PLLC

Help or Harm? New Legislation Aimed at Helping Tenants and Borrowers Impacted by COVID Causes Concern for Landlords and Lenders

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In his recent State of the State Address, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo indicated a desire to stay mortgage foreclosures, commercial evictions and foreclosures through May 1, 2021. On March 9, 2021, the Governor’s desires...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Carbon Emissions and the Recent Climate Mobilization Act of New York City

The new Presidential administration has set off a renewed emphasis on sustainability and climate change. While owners and other stakeholders involved in New York City real estate have been grappling with many of these issues...more

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2021 Real Estate Trends: New Year, New Reality—A Day of Reckoning for Borrowers and Tenants

On the one-year anniversary of China’s Wuhan lockdown, COVID-19 has become a part of everyday life and as we enter the new year, real estate borrowers and lenders alike will need to understand this new normal and face the...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Why Almost Anyone - Borrowers, Lenders, Landlords, Tenants, Vendors and Others - Should Care About Recent Amendments to the...

On December 27, 2020, the Consolidated Appropriation Act (“CAA”) was signed into law. The CAA amends the Bankruptcy Code in several significant respects. Most of the amendments expire in either one or two years unless they...more

Moritt Hock & Hamroff LLP

No Get Out Of Jail Free Card: Courts Less Than Receptive To Force Majeure, Impossibility, and Other Defenses

The increase in loan and lease defaults in the wake of COVID-19 has brought to the forefront numerous legal defenses by borrowers and tenants, such as force majeure, impossibility, and frustration of purpose. Force majeure...more

Bowditch & Dewey

Massachusetts Commits $171MM for Programs to Help Tenants and Landlords Impacted by COVID-19

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As we have previously reported, in March the Commonwealth instituted an eviction and foreclosure moratorium which, among other things, provided a financial backstop for landlords effected by their tenants’ inability to make...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

What Does CA AB 3088 Mean for Mortgage Servicers?

On September 1, 2020, California passed a new law titled the “COVID-19 Small Landlord and Homeowner Relief Act of 2020.” Although the majority of the new law addresses eviction issues between landlords and tenants, it imposes...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Residential Eviction Protections and California Consumer Financial Protections Pass Muster During 2020 Legislative Session

During the eleventh hour of the 2020 legislative session, the California Legislature approved 2 significant bills in response to the COVID-19 pandemic with the potential to have far-reaching ramifications for mortgage...more

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Executive Orders, Administrative Court Orders, and Legislation: The Ever-Changing NY Landscape on Foreclosures, Evictions, and...

The landscape for foreclosures and evictions in New York State is constantly evolving. With the entire State of New York in Phase 4 of New York Forward, the courts have begun to reopen (at least virtually) and certain...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

AB 2501 – COVID-19 Homeowner, Tenant, and Consumer Relief Law of 2020

A proposed piece of COVID-19 relief legislation could have major implications for California lenders and servicers, particularly in the mortgage lending industry, if passed into law. The assembly bill, entitled “COVID-19...more

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DC Council Expands COVID-19 Relief for Borrowers and Tenants

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As we noted previously, on April 7, 2020, the Council of the District of Columbia (the “Council”) unanimously passed the COVID-19 Response Supplemental Emergency Amendment Act of 2020 (the “COVID-19 Supplemental Act”). This...more

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A Roadmap for CRE Loan Document Review in connection with Waiver, Forbearance and Modification Requests During the COVID-19...

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As income streams are interrupted due to loss of rents in the midst of business closures during the continuing pandemic, many borrowers are reaching out to their lenders to discuss debt service and other relief under their...more

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New Rent Reduction Laws Proposed in New York May Be Better for Landlords, But May Still Be Challenged

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As discussed in prior updates, lawmakers in New York previously introduced bills that would, if enacted, temporarily suspend rent payments for certain residential and small business commercial tenants unable to pay rent due...more

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CARES Act Assists Multifamily Borrowers and Tenants Under Fannie and Freddie Loans

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Multifamily property owners with federally backed mortgages now have an avenue of relief under the recently passed Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act). The law provides up to 90 days of forbearance...more

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Buchalter Client Alert COVID-19: Judicial Council Enacts COVID-19 Emergency Rules Preventing Unlawful Detainers and Staying...

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On Monday, April 6, 2020, in an Emergency Meeting to address issues arising from the COVID-19 Crisis, the Judicial Council enacted emergency rules that protect tenants and borrowers by temporarily preventing California courts...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

How to Use and Not Use Chapter 11 in Bad Economic Times

At the moment, the bankruptcy court may be an unfriendly place for impatient lenders. As the United States and much of the world reel from the coronavirus pandemic, many businesses’ revenues have been shut off (or close to...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Foreclosure Moratorium Policies in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting economic downturn, housing advocates and lawmakers have called for a nationwide moratorium on foreclosures. On March 18, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development...more

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The Dos and Don’ts of REO: Prohibitions on Trade or Business and New Construction

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Background: A REMIC that forecloses on real property might appear to have an advantage over other real estate owners when operating, leasing, and ultimately disposing of that property (referred to as “REO property” once...more

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This REO Advisor identifies a servicer’s concerns when selling part but not all of an REO property and examines a tool a servicer...

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Example 1. REO property is a portion (vacant retail box plus in-line shops) of a regional shopping center. Special servicer has been approached by a national retailer to purchase the vacant box leaving the REMIC with the...more

Whitman Legal Solutions, LLC

Cobras, Mortgages, and Violas: What are Your Contracts and Policies Incentivizing?

Recently, I heard a parent express concern that her child had been encouraged by the school music teacher to switch from violin to viola because the orchestra needed more violas. For switching to viola, the child would...more

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