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    What are the likely consequences of COVID-19 for financial institutions in 2021?
    2021-03-02

    While the world wrestles with the day-to-day realities of the pandemic, 2021 will bring further challenges. With the memory of the litigious and regulatory aftermath of the global financial crisis still fresh, what should be on your radar?

    1. Disputed margin calls and close-outs

    Filed under:
    United Kingdom, Banking, Competition & Antitrust, Compliance Management, Employment & Labor, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Insolvency & Restructuring, Insurance, IT & Data Protection, Tax, White Collar Crime, BCLP, Force majeure, Coronavirus, HM Revenue and Customs (UK)
    Location:
    United Kingdom
    Firm:
    BCLP
    2020 Consumer Financial Services Year in Review & A Look Ahead
    2021-03-02

    2020 was a transformative year for the consumer financial services world. As we navigated an unprecedented volume of industry regulation, Troutman Pepper leveraged our decades of experience and legal know how to help clients find successful resolutions and stay ahead of the compliance curve.

    Filed under:
    USA, Arbitration & ADR, Banking, Company & Commercial, Employment & Labor, Insolvency & Restructuring, IT & Data Protection, Litigation, Telecoms, Troutman Pepper, Cybersecurity
    Location:
    USA
    Firm:
    Troutman Pepper
    U.S. Senators Unveil Bill Proposing Clear Path to Discharge Student Loan and Medical Debt in Bankruptcy
    2021-03-01

    A bill introduced by Democratic U.S. senators looks to make it easier for Americans to discharge student loans and medical debt. If passed as currently written, the Medical Bankruptcy Fairness Act of 2021 would drastically change the U.S. bankruptcy system by removing certain procedural hurdles that make the bankruptcy process complex and by creating a clearer path to discharging debts that impact millions of Americans.

    Filed under:
    USA, Banking, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Troutman Pepper, Coronavirus
    Authors:
    Timothy J. “Tim” Bado , Ethan G. Ostroff
    Location:
    USA
    Firm:
    Troutman Pepper
    Supreme Court Rules That A Creditor's Mere Retention Of A Debtor's Property After A Bankruptcy Filing Is Not A Violation Of The Automatic Stay
    2021-02-23

    As we previously discussed in our Bankruptcy Bytes video series, the filing of a bankruptcy petition generally gives rise to an “automatic stay” against any attempt to exercise control over the debtor’s property, or property of the bankruptcy “estate” which comes into existence when a bankruptcy case is filed.

    Filed under:
    USA, Banking, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Hopkins & Carley, Bankruptcy
    Authors:
    Ross G. Adler , Andrew Ditlevsen , Erika J. Gasaway , Sepi Ghiasvand , Marie K. Gribble , Monique Jewett-Brewster , Breck E. Milde , Liam J. O'Connor , Chuck Reed , Jay M. Ross
    Location:
    USA
    Firm:
    Hopkins & Carley
    Greenspoon Marder LLP Financial Services Client Alert: State of New York - Statute of Limitations Case Law Update
    2021-02-18

    State of New York: New York Court of Appeals Rules Voluntary Discontinuance Revokes Prior Acceleration

    Filed under:
    USA, New York, Banking, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Greenspoon Marder LLP
    Location:
    USA
    Firm:
    Greenspoon Marder LLP
    Lenders Must Watch Nursing Home COVID-19 Litigation
    2021-02-19

    While long-term care facilities have generally been kept afloat over the last year through various stimulus packages and lenders willing to work through defaults given the pandemic, some may face financial trouble in the near future due to litigation arising from deaths related to COVID-19.

    Filed under:
    USA, Banking, Insolvency & Restructuring, Blank Rome LLP, Coronavirus
    Authors:
    Paige Barr Tinkham , Kenneth J. Ottaviano
    Location:
    USA
    Firm:
    Blank Rome LLP
    Summary of BK Changes Under the CAA of 2020 and How This Will Impact Bankruptcy Processing for Chapter(s) 7,11,12, or 13
    2021-02-15

     

    There are nine changes in the Bankruptcy code under the CAA, which extends additional support from the federal government both individual and business debts due to the COVID pandemic. Of these nine bankruptcy changes only three directly affect the residential mortgage industry. These are:

    1. Chapter 13 only – Order of discharge entered albeit mortgage debt still in default. Even when the debtor has not cured the mortgage debt under chapter 13, a discharge order may be entered where 2 requirements are satisfied:

    Filed under:
    USA, Banking, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Real Estate, Greenspoon Marder LLP, Coronavirus, CARES Act 2020 (USA)
    Location:
    USA
    Firm:
    Greenspoon Marder LLP
    Does a failure to give notice to a prior QFCH invalidate UK administrator appointments?
    2021-02-16

    The case of Re NMUL Realisations Limited (in administration) [2021] EWHC 94 (Ch) follows in the footsteps of the case of Re Tokenhouse VB Limited [2020] EWHC 3171 (Ch),where the Court considered whether a charge-holder’s failure to give notice of their intention to appoint administrators invalidates the appointment (see our previous blog here).

    Filed under:
    United Kingdom, Banking, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Squire Patton Boggs, Due diligence
    Authors:
    Jon Chesman
    Location:
    United Kingdom
    Firm:
    Squire Patton Boggs
    Financial Restructuring - Status Amid the Pandemic
    2021-02-15

    In response to the economic crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, lawmakers very quickly started working on improving the legal framework to enhance existing and develop new restructuring instruments. Contrary to expectations, not that many restructurings actually took place in 2020, likely because of support made available to businesses.

    Filed under:
    Ukraine, Banking, Insolvency & Restructuring, Tax, CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP, Coronavirus
    Authors:
    Ihor Olekhov , Kateryna Chechulina
    Location:
    Ukraine
    Firm:
    CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP
    Vernehmlassungseingabe zum Entwurf der Verordnung zur Anpassung des Bundesrechts an Entwicklungen der Technik verteilter elektronischer Register
    2021-02-12

    Wir beziehen uns auf das Schreiben vom 19. Oktober 2020 betreffend die Eröffnung der Vernehmlassung zum Entwurf der Verordnung zur Anpassung des Bundesrechts an Entwicklungen der Technik verteilter elektronischer Register und bedanken uns bestens für die Gelegenheit zur Stellungna

    Wir beziehen uns auf das Schreiben vom 19. Oktober 2020 betreffend die Erffnung der Vernehmlassung zum Entwurf der Verordnung zur Anpassung des Bundesrechts an Entwicklungen der Technik verteilter elektronischer Register und bedanken uns bestens fr die Gelegenheit zur Stellungnahme.

    Filed under:
    European Union, Switzerland, Banking, Company & Commercial, Insolvency & Restructuring, IT & Data Protection, MLL Legal Ltd
    Location:
    European Union, Switzerland
    Firm:
    MLL Legal Ltd

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