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On March 12, 2025, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware denied four banks’ motion for summary judgment in an action seeking to claw back $35 million in fees associated with a $1.8 billion loan that allegedly...more
This is the first of three articles focused on a key question: as bank-fintech partnerships continue to play a vital role in driving financial services, how does the industry make this system safer and better?...more
Survey Finds Small-Business Lending Fraud on Rise - “Lending fraud with small and midsize businesses has increased significantly over the last 12 months, and many financial institutions expect it to get worse, according to...more
As many parties expected, on March 17, 2023 SVB Financial Group (“SVB Financial” or the “Debtor”) the holding company for Silicon Valley Bank, commenced a case under chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code (the...more
Early Friday morning, March 17, 2023, SVB Financial, the former holding company of SVB, filed a voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, citing the...more
Borrowers should not be surprised when their lender requests a “checkup,” financial review, or audit. Lenders are nervous. Despite long-term institutional relationships with customers, many banks are seeking to reduce...more
The global economy has been greatly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and a significant drop in oil prices. The combination of these two factors coupled with the uncertainty surrounding the length of time COVID-19 will hold a...more
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) expands a new law that streamlines the Chapter 11 bankruptcy process for small businesses to include a larger group of small businesses. The Small Business...more
On April 5 and June 8, 2017, the U.S. House of Representatives passed bills (the Financial Institution Bankruptcy Act of 2017 ("FIBA") and the Financial CHOICE Act of 2017) that would allow financial institutions to seek...more
US financial regulators dropped some much-anticipated rules yesterday that aim to restrict how “big financial institutions can pay their top executives.” In particular, the rules would make banker wait “at least four years...more
US regulators are reportedly preparing a handful of the US’s biggest banks for news that their living wills (their plans for winding down without a taxpayer bailout in the case of a potential bankruptcy) aren’t going to cut...more
While there are many factors that can lead a business or individual to file a chapter 11 bankruptcy petition seeking to reorganize a business, often times, particularly in a single-asset real estate case, the primary impetus...more