The United States Supreme Court has agreed to address “[w]hether, under §365 of the Bankruptcy Code, a debtor-licensor’s ‘rejection’ of a license agreement—which ‘constitutes a breach of such contract,’ 11 U.S.C. §365(g)—terminates rights of the licensee that would survive the licensor’s breach under applicable nonbankruptcy law.” The appeal arises from a First Circuit decision, Mission Prod. Holdings, Inc. v.

On Friday, the Office of Thrift Supervision closed Security Savings Bank, F.D.B., headquartered in Olathe, Kansas, and appointed the FDIC as receiver.

On Friday, the Missouri Division of Finance closed WestBridge Bank, headquartered in Chesterfield, Missouri, and appointed the FDIC as receiver.

Yesterday, following announcements from Ally Financial and JP Morgan Chase of temporary suspensions of foreclosure efforts in certain states, Fannie Mae issued a statement yes

Yesterday, the European Commission announced that it was termporarily approving, under E.U.

Today, the European Commission announced its approval, under EU State Aid rules, of the restructuring of Latvian bank, Parex, which was partially nationalized in November 2008.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has proposed new rules to "codify the terms of conservatorship and receivership operations for Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the Federal Home Loan Banks," as required by the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008.