Debt and Lending Markets: Current Trends Impacting Private Equity Sponsors — PE Pathways Podcast
FTC and CFPB Focus on Medical, Rental Debt Collection Practices
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Should Medical Debt Be Included in Creditworthiness Measures?
Private Equity Perspectives: Episode Three – Interest Rates and PE Deals
Private Equity Perspectives: Episode Two – The Shifting Market for Buyers
Credit Eco to Go Podcast: Demystifying the Debt Collection Rule
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 294: Money Talk (w/Carrie Friedberg)
Podcast: Questions & Concerns About Documentation: A Conversation with Colin Adams, M-III Partners
Podcast - Credit Funds: How PE Funds Can Address and Minimize Conflict When Expanding Into Credit
Underwriters, Universities and Government Debt Issuers Face a Critical Deadline
Maximizing Outcomes in Upcoming Asia Restructurings - Executive Summary
Bar President: 3Ls Should Get Paid for Internships
Bill on Bankruptcy: Kodak Plan Bumps the Debt, Craters Stock
Consultant: More Big Law Firms Will "Implode"
Law School Applications Crater
Will The Debt Ceiling Standoff End Up In Court?
Bill on Bankruptcy: MF Global Creditors Undeterred by Low Value
Symptoms of Student Loan Crisis Reveal Bubble About to Burst
Dean: There's No Oversupply of Lawyers
Bill on Bankruptcy: Will 2013 Be Kind To The Bankruptcy Bar?
The Ad Hoc Group of Senior Secured Noteholders and DIP Lenders (the “Ad Hoc Group”) obtained a unanimous judgment in their favor in an appeal following Sanchez Energy Company’s long-running, hard-fought bankruptcy case. Once...more
The court reassures lenders on the effect of a termination notice, the meaning of a continuing Event of Default and the effectiveness of reservation of rights letters: Re Pocket Renting. Appointment of administrator...more
The Fifth Circuit struck down Serta Simmons’ 2020 uptier transaction, while the New York Appellate Division upheld a similar transaction in a case involving Mitel Networks, exposing key differences in how courts interpret...more
Section 1124(2) of the Bankruptcy Code gives chapter 11 debtors a valuable tool for use in situations where long-term prepetition debt carries a significantly lower interest rate than the rates available at the time of...more
On March 16, 2023, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a bulletin cautioning loan servicers about their responsibility to stop any illegal activity related to private student loans that have been discharged...more
On November 17, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (the “Court”) made clear its stance on the question of enforceability of make-whole provisions in bankruptcy. Bucking the recent trend seen in cases such as In...more
Debt indentures often contain what is known as a “make-whole” provision, which requires the borrower, upon an early repayment of the debt, to make an additional payment to the lender to compensate the lender for its...more
The additional “default interest” owed when a borrower defaults under a loan agreement is a technical but highly critical part of any lending arrangement. This important “default interest” was the subject of a recent Ninth...more