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English High Court decides that a letter of comfort creates legal relations

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A version of this article first appeared in Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law in June 2025. In the case of IDBI Bank Limited v Axcel Sunshine Limited & Ors the English High Court held that,...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

The Cost of An Early Payday: Lessons from Tatis Jr.'s Advance Financing Agreement

In professional sports, financial windfalls often come after years of uncertainty and risk. Fernando Tatis Jr., the San Diego Padres right fielder, provides a striking example. Early in his minor league career, he accepted a...more

Alston & Bird

Class Action & MDL Roundup | 2025 Q1 – Our Terms Define Class

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Welcome back to the Class Action & MDL Roundup! This edition covers notable class actions from the first quarter of 2025. In this edition, two UK actions fail to clear a low bar, a movie isn’t a video, and spam isn’t...more

A&O Shearman

Fool's gold: when you have to pay for pre-contractual services

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H&P, an investment bank, provided services allegedly worth USD 18 million to Randgold, who H&P had assumed was a client. However, terms of their engagement were never formalised or even written down. After the transaction,...more

Mayer Brown

Understanding How ‘Course of Performance’ Principles Impact Financings

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - When contract language is ambiguous and the court is tasked with finding the intended meaning, interpretation principles – such as “course of performance” – may be used. But did you know this principle...more

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Subscription Credit Facilities: The Importance of an Investor’s Agreement to Fund Without “Setoff, Counterclaim or Defense”

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - Subscription credit facilities rely on the obligations of investors to a private investment fund (“Fund”) to contribute their capital commitments to the Fund when called. From a subscription credit...more

Fenwick & West LLP

The Rise (and Risks) of AI Agents in Crypto

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As artificial intelligence continues to transform multiple industries, AI agents have emerged as one of the most promising—and compelling—applications of AI in the crypto space. From automated trading bots, to token-powered...more

Carlton Fields

The Mystery Continues: IUL Proprietary Indices Challenged in RICO Suit

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Since the enactment of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act, it has been invoked in civil litigation with mixed results. Congress did not intend for RICO to become a surrogate for plaintiffs’ state...more

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Clause for celebration: the effectiveness of entire agreement provisions

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Entire agreement clauses are very common. This recent decision confirms their effectiveness: JMW Solicitors v Injury Lawyers 4U. Background – shareholder dispute - Some firms of solicitors, including JMW, set up a...more

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Breach it and weep: deemed fulfilment ain’t fictional

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The Court of Appeal has held that a party who prevents a condition precedent to their obligation to pay from being met cannot rely on the unfulfilled condition to escape their liability in debt....more

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An interest-ing question: when is a default interest rate a penalty?

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The Court of Appeal has affirmed a three-step test for penalty clauses: (1) is it a secondary obligation; (2) does the clause protect a legitimate interest; and (3) is it extortionate by reference to the legitimate interest?...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Michigan federal court shuts down class action against Flagstar Bank for so-called “surprise overdraft” fees and multiple NSF fees...

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On April 16, 2024, the U.S. District Court Judge Gershwin A. Drain in the Eastern District of Michigan granted summary judgment in favor of Flagstar Bank (the “Bank”) in a case where the plaintiff alleged breach of contract...more

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Amici Argue for Narrow Interpretation of National Bank Act Preemption

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A group of non-profit consumer advocacy organizations, the Conference of State Bank Supervisors, and the American Association of Residential Mortgage Regulators filed two separate briefs asking the U.S. Supreme Court to...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

High Court Ruled That Lender Suffered No Loss Despite Negligent Valuation of Security

On 27 September 2023, the British High Court ruled that the claimant relying on the defendant’s report suffered no actionable loss, despite the defendant’s admission of negligence. ...more

Carlton Fields

Expect Focus - Volume III, September 2023

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Regulators Hit Jackpot: Off-Channel Communications - Several years before announcing the first “off-channel” communications enforcement action, the SEC and FINRA cautioned broker-dealers and investment advisers about...more

Freiberger Haber LLP

Is it A Usurious Loan or The Sale of a Receivable?

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By: Jeffrey M. Haber In our last article (here), we examined a choice-of-law provision that, if applied, would violate New York public policy concerning usurious loans. In that case, Virginia law, which does not prohibit...more

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SDNY Finds Master Servicer and Sub-Servicer Could be Liable for Uncollected Mortgage Payments

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On March 31, 2023, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York partially dismissed a complaint against a master servicer and a sub-servicer under a Pooling and Service Agreement (“PSA”) in connection with an...more

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Michigan Supreme Court Refuses to Enforce Usury Savings Clause in a Commercial Mortgage

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In Soaring Pine Capital Real Estate & Debt Fund II, LLC v. Park Street Group Realty Services, LLC, the Michigan Supreme Court considered whether a court may enforce a usury savings clause in a mortgage agreement. A usury...more

Marshall Dennehey

Develop the Helpful Habits to Ward Off Litigation

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Reprinted with permission from the Pennsylvania CPA Journal, a publication of the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants. CPAs provide services in an environment that is susceptible to litigation, as they...more

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Gru Was Wrong About the Money: Court Concludes that Lender Owes Contractor “Contractually, Factually and Practically”

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In BCD Associates., LLC v. Crown Bank, CA No. N15c-11-062 (Super. Ct. Del, May 2, 2022), the trial court found that when a bank pays a contractor directly, it can create a legally binding relationship subject to the terms of...more

McGlinchey Stafford

Did I waive the terms of my contract? - McGlinchey Commercial Law Bulletin - July 8, 2022

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Fair Debt Collection Practices Act- In this appeal, the Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit reversed and remanded the District Court for the Northern District of Ohio’s decision, finding the debt collector violated the...more

Carlton Fields

Real Property, Financial Services, & Title Insurance Update: Week Ending April 29, 2022

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Condominium Ass’n / Receivership / Scope: Trial court erred in granting the receiver’s ex parte motion in the post-judgment proceeding supplementary to broaden the scope of her receivership of the condominium association to...more

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FDIC Requiring NSF Fee Refunds in Examinations

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Last month, the latest class action regarding bank-charged returned payment fees passed a motion to dismiss in Mawyer v. Atl. Union Bank. This comes on the heels of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)'s recent...more

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Rulings on Standing and Statute of Limitations Deliver Huge Blow to RMBS Investors

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Last week, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York dealt a major blow to mortgage investors in two parallel actions pending for the past few years. The impact proved to be fatal to one of the actions,...more

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Real Property, Financial Services, & Title Insurance Update: Week Ending April 30, 2021

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Real Property Update - Commercial Lease / Contract Interpretation: Trial court erroneously interpreted the lease as capping landlords’ damages for tenant’s breach of contract to the tenant’s security deposit – Nunez v....more

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