PETER J. SOLOMON COMPANY, L.P., v. ONEIDA, LTD., CASE NO. 09-CIV-2229, 2010 WL 234827 (S.D.N.Y. JAN. 22, 2010)
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency approved the first use of a "shelf charter" for the acquisition of a failed bank, allowing Bond Street Bank, National Association, to acquire a Florida bank that was placed in receivership on January 22nd. The "shelf charter" is a mechanism that involves the granting of preliminary approval to investors for a national bank charter. The charter remains inactive until the investor group is in a position to acquire a troubled institution.
On January 19th, the FDIC announced that it will open a temporary satellite office in suburban Chicago to manage receiverships and to liquidate assets from failed financial institutions primarily located in Midwestern states. FDIC Press Release.
On Friday, the Missouri Division of Finance closed Bank of Leeton, headquartered in Leeton, Missouri, and the FDIC was named receiver.
On Friday, the Oregon Division of Finance and Corporate Securities closed Columbia River Bank, headquartered in Dalles, Oregon, and the FDIC was named receiver.
On Friday, the Washington Department of Financial Institutions closed Evergreen Bank, headquartered in Seattle, Washington, and the FDIC was named receiver.
On January 28th, the Ninth Circuit addressed the issue of whether a Chapter 7 bankruptcy trustee had actual notice of an unrecorded refinanced mortgage when the bankruptcy petition was electronically filed simultaneously with schedules listing the mortgage as a secured debt. The Court held that the trustee lacked actual notice. The Court found that the filing of the petition was a separate event from the filing of the schedules. The trustee was therefore a bona fide purchaser for value without notice and under state bona fide purchaser law, the trustee could avoid the unrecorded mortgage.
On Friday, the Florida Office of Financial Regulation closed Florida Community Bank , headquartered in Immokalee, Florida and the FDIC was named receiver. As receiver, the FDIC entered into a purchase and assumption agreement with Premier American Bank, National Association, headquartered in Miami, Florida, to assume all of the deposits of Florida Community Bank.
On Friday, the Washington Department of Financial Institutions closed American Marine Bank, headquartered in Bainbridge Island, Washington, and the FDIC was named receiver.
On Friday, the OCC closed First National Bank of Georgia , headquartered in Carrollton, Georgia, and the FDIC was named receiver.