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New York Appellate Court Refuses to Apply Criminal Usury Law to Post-Default Interest

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On February 13, 2025, a New York intermediate appellate court affirmed the grant of summary judgment against energy companies that defaulted on their loan obligations. In 2020 and 2021, an engineering firm specializing in...more

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New York Court Holds That Usury Is Determined by Total Amount of Loan, Not Amount Actually Advanced

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On February 1, 2024, a New York trial court held that the amount of a loan, and not the amount actually advanced to the borrower, is the relevant measurement to determine if New York’s criminal usury statute applies....more

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Second Circuit Finds No Waiver of Usury Defense in Breach of Loan Agreement Case

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On September 6, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit vacated and remanded a district court’s decision rejecting borrower defendants’ usury defense on grounds of waiver and collateral estoppel. The lender,...more

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New York Trial Court Holds that Strong Public Policy Commitment to Fair Lending Practices Defeats Loan Agreement’s Choice of Law...

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On September 5, 2023, a New York state court invalidated a loan agreement’s choice of law provision, ruling that the loan agreement was void and depriving the lender of both principal and interest payments. The lender, Samson...more

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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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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

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New York Court Holds that Violation of Criminal Usury Law May Render Loan Agreement Void ab initio

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On March 15, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit vacated a district court’s denial of a borrower’s motion to dismiss lender claims. Applying the New York Court of Appeals’ guidance from certified questions,...more

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Could Corporate Convertible Loans be Subject to Criminal Usury Laws in New York?

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In Adar Bays, LLC v. GeneSYS ID, Inc., the New York Court of Appeals (the “Court”) held that the conversion price in a convertible option could be classified as interest thereby potentially falling under the territory of New...more

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2019 Year in Review: Securitization Litigation and Regulation

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There were significant developments in 2019 as courts continued to issue important decisions in this space and significant legislation impacting the residential mortgage-backed securities (“RMBS”) market came into effect.  A...more

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