On 1 August 2022, the English High Court granted the administrators of Petropavlovsk PLC (the “Company”) permission to enter into a sale of its Russian assets to Russian entity UMMC-Invest (the “Proposed Sale”) amidst sanctions concerns.
Russia, United Kingdom, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Trade & Customs, White Collar Crime, Morrison & Foerster LLP, Sanctions, Insolvency, Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (UK)
We don’t know about you, but we’ve been following the contentious litigation between the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and debt-relief services company Morgan Drexen pretty closely. The CFPB filed its lawsuit in August 2013, alleging, among other things, that the company deceived consumers into paying unlawful up-front fees for debt relief services by disguising them as fees related to “sham” bankruptcy services.
USA, Banking, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Morrison & Foerster LLP, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (USA)