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New York Bankruptcy Court Adopts "Realistic Possibility" Standard for Free and Clear Sales Under 11 U.S.C § 363(f)(5)

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Section 363(f)(5) of the Bankruptcy Code allows a bankruptcy trustee to sell estate property free and clear of any competing interest in the property (such as a lien or other security interest) if the interest holder "could...more

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Courts Continue to Analyze How COVID-19 Orders Affect Private Party Rights

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Three recent decisions demonstrate how the legal landscape continues rapidly to change and evolve in response to COVID-19. These decisions highlight certain developing uncertainties in the law, including the impact of...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

NY Court Blocks Mezzanine Lender’s UCC Foreclosure Sale in Light of COVID-19 Pandemic

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On June 23, the New York County Supreme Court issued a rare preliminary injunction temporarily halting a mezzanine lender’s UCC foreclosure sale of the Mark Hotel in New York City because the procedures for the foreclosure...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

The Mark Hotel Borrower Granted Injunction Delaying Mezzanine Lender’s Foreclosure Sale

On June 23, 2020, the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York: Commercial Division (the “Court”) issued a preliminary injunction in favor of the plaintiff D2Mark LLC (the “Borrower”) enjoining the...more

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Don't Assume What a Court Will Assume About Your Contract

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It's often difficult to predict how a court will interpret text, whether the text is part of a statute, a regulation, or a contract. Sure, courts have tools to aid their interpretations, but how a court will apply those tools...more

White and Williams LLP

Mortgage and Pledge of Equity — Clogging the Equity of Redemption?

A recent decision by the Supreme Court of New York, New York County, addressed the issue of whether the borrower's equity of redemption was being impermissibly "clogged" by a foreclosing lender. The case, HH Cincinnati...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Unclogging the Equity of Redemption Without "DRANO": Recent New York State Decision Sheds Light on Mortgage Loans Additionally...

On June 19, 2018, in HH Cincinnati Textile L.P. v. Acres Capital Servicing LLC, the Supreme Court of the State of New York refused to issue a preliminary injunction to prevent the foreclosure sale of the equity interests in...more

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