On Friday, the Office of Thrift Supervision closed Imperial Savings and Loan Association, headquartered in Martinsville, Virginia, and appointed the FDIC as receiver.
In our e-update of 20 January 2010, we looked at a decision of the English courts from December 2009 in which it was decided that, in England, the Administrators of a tenant company are bound to account to the landlord of premises for rent due in relation to the period during which those premises are being used in connection with the administration, and that the rent is to be paid as an expense of the administration.
Friday, the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Division of Banking closed Lincoln Park Savings Bank, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, and the FDIC was appointed receiver.
Friday, the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Division of Banking closed Wheatland Bank, headquartered in Naperville, Illinois, and the FDIC was appointed receiver.
Friday, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency closed Amcore Bank, National Association, headquartered in Rockford, Illinois, and the FDIC was appointed receiver.
Friday, the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Division of Banking closed Peotone Bank and Trust Company, headquartered in Peotone, Illinois, and the FDIC was appointed receiver.
Friday, the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Division of Banking closed Broadway Bank , headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, and New Century Bank, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, and the FDIC was appointed receiver for both banks.
Friday, the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Division of Banking closed Citizens Bank&Trust Company of Chicago, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, and the FDIC was appointed receiver.
A commercial landlord should never assume that, if his tenant goes into administration or liquidation, he will not be able to obtain rent from the administrator or liquidator in respect of the period following appointment of the administrator or liquidator.
The Office of Fair Trading ("OFT") has announced that it will conduct a review of the corporate insolvency market in the UK. Its aim is to assess the level of competition in the UK market and ensure that the market itself is working well for consumers.