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Perfection of security interests when assets move jurisdictions

When a financing statement is registered to perfect a security interest in collateral, it is the responsibility of the secured party to monitor the registration to ensure that a new financing statement is filed if the goods move jurisdictions. A recent decision by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice1 emphasizes this point.

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Canada, Ontario, Banking, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, DLA Piper, Bankruptcy, Debtor, Collateral (finance), Secured creditor, Personal Property Security Act 1990 (Canada), Ontario Superior Court of Justice
Supreme Tax Court Abolishes German Restructuring Privilege

Cancellation of debt a key element of most restructurings generally triggers taxable income. The German tax authorities had issued an administrative decree (the "Tax Restructuring Decree" - Sanierungserlass), however, declaring that, upon the satisfaction of certain requirements and conditioned on forfeiture of any loss carry forwards, the cancellation of debt income ("CODI") would not be taxed.

Germany, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Tax, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
When a secured loan turns into unsecured debt: the irreversibility of discharged registrations

A discharge is effective whether or not the secured party intended to discharge that particular registration.  That was the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit,1 which left JP Morgan unsecured for $1.5 billion as a result of a paperwork mix-up. Case law in Ontario and elsewhere in Canada suggests that the decision here would be the same.  Conseq

Canada, USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, DLA Piper, Unsecured debt, Secured loan
Remotely terminating equipment use as enforcement remedy against default: understanding the legal requirements

In recent years, manufacturers and lessors of heavy industrial equipment have installed sophisticated systems into their units which require a computer code be entered in order for the equipment to operate. This computer code may need to be updated or changed periodically. If the purchaser or lessee is in arrears in making payment to the manufacturer or lessor, the manufacturer or lessor may refuse to supply the debtor with the new access code. In effect, the manufacturer or lessor has the ability to remotely render the equipment unusable.

Canada, Insolvency & Restructuring, DLA Piper, Debtor, Accounts receivable, Common law, Default (finance)
Limitations in use of purchase-money security interest in cross-collateralization

A recent decision of the Alberta Queen’s Bench1 has raised some questions about purchase-money security interest (“PMSI”) proceeds and cross-collateralization of assets secured by these types of security interests. It has been suggested that this decision is unique and establishes that using a PMSI as collateral for other indebtedness of the debtor is dangerous. But is this decision really so radical?

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Canada, Alberta, Asset Finance, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, DLA Piper, Debtor, Collateral (finance), Waiver, Debt, Secured creditor, Royal Bank of Canada, KPMG, Personal Property Security Act 1990 (Canada), Trustee