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The California Financing Law — Commercial and Consumer Lenders Beware

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Lenders or loan brokers based in California or lending to either commercial or consumer borrowers based in California are subject to the California Financing Law (CFL), which imposes licensing requirements on both lenders or...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

District court finds communicating digitally enough to hold defendants liable for doing business in state

On May 29, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina denied a motion to dismiss an action filed against several finance companies accused of violating North Carolina’s consumer protection laws. The...more

A&O Shearman

CJEU imposes limits on the validity of asymmetric EU jurisdiction clauses

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In a decision that may cause some concern, the CJEU has held that asymmetric EU jurisdiction clauses are only valid under EU law if they designate with sufficient precision the alternative jurisdictions in which proceedings...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Foreign Sovereign Immunity Garden Guide September 2023 - Laying the Groundwork on Foreign Sovereign Immunity

The doctrine of sovereign immunity is a foundational element of the interplay between a governmental investor’s contractual obligation to satisfy capital calls and a fund’s or lender’s ability to enforce that obligation...more

Carlton Fields

Real Property, Financial Services, & Title Insurance Update: Week Ending February 7, 2020

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Real Property Update - Fraudulent Transfer: Real property that was worth less than mortgage encumbering it was not an asset per the plain language of section 726.102(2) and, therefore, could not support fraudulent transfer...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

Litigation Funding Company Loses Effort to Recoup Proceeds from Attorney after Client Fails to Repay

Prospect Funding Holdings, LLC v. Saulter, 2018 IL App (1st) 171277 (March 13, 2018) (Court opinion corrected 3/20/18) Brief Summary - An Illinois appellate court recently ruled against a litigation funding company...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Claims Dismissed Against Successor Transfer Agent Where There Was No Showing Of A Duty Owed To The Investors

In Magna Equities II, LLC et al., v. Writ Media Group Inc., et al., No. 653808/2016, 2017 BL 115243 (N.Y. Sup. Ct March 30, 2017), Justice Peter Sherwood dismissed for lack of jurisdiction and failure to state a claim all...more

Carlton Fields

Ninth Circuit Dismisses Interlocutory Appeal Of Order Denying Motion To Stay Under Federal Arbitration Act For Lack Of...

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Western Security Bank brought an action in the United States District Court for the District of Montana against certain doctors seeking to enforce commercial loan guaranties. The doctors asserted that a non-party, Meridian...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

The Cape Town Convention in the UK: Effective 1 November 2015

Following accession to the Cape Town Convention1 by the UK on 27 July 2015, the International Interests in Aircraft Equipment (Cape Town Convention) Regulations 2015 (the “Regulations”) will enter into force on 1 November...more

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