Wild Times for the Community Reinvestment Act
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Explore the Impact of Point-of-Sale Finance in Our Upcoming Series — The Consumer Finance Podcast
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Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Everything You Want to Know About the CFPB as Things Stand Today, and Lots More - Part 1
Dialing In: The TCPA and Auto Finance — Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast
Williams Mullen Mezzanine Lending Video Series - Episode 5
Unlawful Debt Collection Claims - RICO Report Podcast
Advancing Agriculture - Identifying and Addressing Distressed Debts
Pillsbury's Industry Insights - Episode #22: Real Estate Market Update
Path Forward: Borrowing Base Redeterminations In A Restructuring World
THE WONDER YEARS WEBINAR
HEAVEN CAN WAIT
COVID-19 Comeback Plan: Part III - How Banks Think About Loan Defaults: Lessons for Borrowers in Troubled Times
THE WONDER YEARS WEBINAR - LOAN REGIME METHOD OF SPLIT DOLLAR LIFE INSURANCE
THE WAY WE WERE
Williams Mullen's Comeback Plan: Part II - How Banks Think About Loan Defaults: Lessons for Borrowers in Troubled Times
This article is the first in a multi-part series based on the Lowndes white paper, “Selling & Acquiring Distressed Real Estate in Florida.” Each installment will examine key legal and strategic considerations for acquiring...more
The commercial real estate (CRE) market in Florida, like much of the nation, is navigating significant challenges. Rising vacancy rates, increasing loan delinquencies, and tightening credit conditions have created a more...more
Florida recently enacted H1347, revising the state’s criteria for what constitutes usurious consumer loans. The Florida Consumer Finance Act prohibits charging an interest rate of more than 18% per year on a loan of...more
A recent opinion out of the Florida Fifth District Court of Appeal makes clear that the failure of a lender or its successor in interest to introduce and authenticate original promissory notes at trial may result in the...more
On October 9, Florida introduced SB 146, which amends the Florida Consumer Finance Act (CFA), and joins other states that have passed laws characterizing certain nonbanks as the “true lender” of loans made through a bank...more
On October 9, a Florida state senator introduced SB 146, which would add a new section to the Florida Consumer Finance Act (CFA), attempting to curb evasion of the CFA. SB 146 would treat all payments incident to the loan as...more
On November 21, 2022, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida sustained the debtors’ objection to mortgage lender Benworth Capital Partners, LLC’s proof of claim and held that the state’s statutory...more
This month, a Florida appellate court held that a merchant cash advance (MCA) purchase and sale agreement was not a “disguised loan” and, therefore, was not subject to Florida’s criminal usury statute. MCA purchase and sale...more
Remedies for defaults under loans secured by real property varies on a state-by-state basis. In the eastern part of the country, enforcement is mostly by mortgage foreclosure. In the western states, there are enforcement...more
There’s no doubt about it, the U.S. real estate market is strong. With low interest rates and low unemployment rates, it is not surprising that the National Association of Realtors included parts of Florida among the top 10...more
Action Item: If a prior foreclosure action has been dismissed with prejudice, mortgagees may bring new actions to foreclose on mortgages based upon post-dismissal payment default, so long as the new action is brought within...more
On July 29, 2015, Florida’s Second District Court of Appeal held that substantial compliance, rather than strict compliance, is the legal standard for evaluating a foreclosing plaintiff’s compliance with contractual...more
The opinion of Florida’s Third District Court of Appeal in Deutsche Bank Trust Co. Americas v. Beauvais, No. 3D14-575, 2014 WL 7156961 (Fla. 3d DCA Dec. 17, 2014) has been a lightning rod for criticism from federal courts in...more