Mezzanine Lending Video Series (Episode 2)
Mezzanine Lending Video Series (Episode 1)
Williams Mullen's Comeback Plan: Part IV - How Banks Think About Loan Defaults: Lessons for Borrowers in Troubled Times
Seth Eaton Discusses Modifications and Workouts of Commercial Real Estate Loans during the COVID-19 Pandemic
THE SPLIT DOLLARMINATOR!
Williams Mullen's COVID-19 Comeback Plan: Part I - How Banks Think About Loan Defaults: Lessons for Borrowers in Troubled Times
Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights Issues in Light of COVID-19
HVCRE: The Continuing Saga of Lenders
Recently, the governor of Texas signed HB 700 into law, amending Title 5 of the Texas Finance Code to establish new disclosure and registration requirements for certain commercial sales-based financing transactions. Under the...more
On June 20, Texas Governor Greg Abbot signed into law HB 700, adding Chapter 398 to the Texas Finance Code. Effective September 1, the statute establishes a regulatory framework for commercial sales-based financing and...more
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed House Bill (HB) 700 into law on June 20, 2025, despite significant opposition from industry with respect to one critical legislative provision. This follows the legislation's approval by the...more
The Texas House and Senate introduced House Bill 700 and Senate Bill 2677 to regulate commercial sales-based financing transactions. The proposed legislation would impose standardized disclosure requirements, require broker...more
What Happened? As we have previously apprised you, California, New York, Utah, Virginia, Georgia, Florida, Connecticut, and Kansas have enacted laws that require certain commercial financing “providers” to furnish certain...more
Missouri is the latest state to enact a disclosure requirement for commercial financing, joining the growing number of states that have done the same. California, New York, Utah, and Virginia were the first states to pass...more
On April 19, less than a month after Wisconsin’s enacted legislation, Kansas has followed suited by enacting comprehensive earned wages access legislation. Kansas’ law is set to take effect immediately upon publication....more
On April 17, the Kansas Legislature signed SB 345, to become the most recent state to enact disclosure requirements for small business lenders. The law’s requirements apply to “providers” which are defined as persons who...more
We recently reported that the Maryland Senate unanimously approved amended Senate Bill 496 – a broad measure proposed to curb perceived commercial lending abuses in Maryland. The bill has moved on to the House of Delegates...more
Providers of commercial financing that are subject to the New York State Commercial Finance Disclosure Law (CFDL) must provide disclosures to potential recipients of commercial financing at the time a specific offer of...more
The California Office of Administrative Law (OAL) has approved the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation's (DFPI) final regulations, which require providers of commercial financing, including nonbank...more
On June 9, 2022, the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (CA DFPI) issued its long awaited final regulations implementing SB 1235’s (2018) new early disclosure requirements on commercial financing...more
We reported last year on New York’s newly enacted commercial finance disclosure law and the legislature’s quick pivot thereafter, expanding the law’s reach to all loans up to $2,500,000 - a change from the previous limitation...more
In March, we reported on a new law enacted in New York at the end of last year, Senate Bill 5470-B that imposes certain Truth-in-Lending Act modeled disclosure obligations on those making or brokering certain commercial loans...more
To date, the licensing and disclosure obligations for lenders and brokers of commercial loans, (including commercial mortgage loans and non-real estate-secured commercial or business purpose loans) have not received the...more
Fintechs and other nonbanks will be required to provide consumer-style disclosures when offering to extend small business financing in New York. In late December 2020, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law...more