News & Analysis as of

Loans › Commercial Loans › Contract Terms

Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP

Ohio Supreme Court Ruling Clarifies Whether Banks Owe a Duty to Loan Guarantors

Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP on

The Ohio Supreme Court overturned the First Appellate District’s ruling in Huntington National Bank v. Schneider (Case No. 2024-0208), clarifying when banks must disclose material information to loan guarantors. In a case...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Texas Supreme Court answers Fifth Circuit’s question on loans in ruling

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on

On May 23, the Supreme Court of Texas ruled that the maximum permissible interest on a loan must be calculated using the declining principal balance rather than the initial total principal amount. This decision was in...more

Allen Matkins

Court Finds Failure To Obtain Finance Lenders' License Does Not Render Commercial Loan Unenforceable, Illegal Contracts

Allen Matkins on

The California Financing Law provides that “[n]o person shall engage in the business of a finance lender or broker without obtaining a license from the commissioner.”   Cal. Fin. Code § 22100(a).  The CFL further provides...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Small business borrowers bring lawsuit alleging lender engaged in “rent-a-charter” scheme to make usurious loans

Ballard Spahr LLP on

A group of small businesses and their individual owners have filed a putative class action lawsuit in a New York federal district court against online lender Kabbage, Inc. that alleges Kabbage engaged in a “rent-a-charter”...more

4 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
Sign up Log in
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide