Olsen v. Heaver (In re Heaver), 473 B.R. 734 (Bankr. N.D. Ill. 2012) –

The short story is that when a deed and mortgage are executed at the same time, but the mortgage is recorded before the deed, the recorded mortgage does not provide constructive notice and can be avoided in a bankruptcy – at least under Illinois law as interpreted by the Heaver bankruptcy court.

The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois ordered the “equitable subordination” of insider secured claims against a Chapter 11 debtor on Nov.

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 Wheatland Bank, headquartered in Naperville, Illinois, and the FDIC was appointed receiver.

On Friday, the Illinois Department of Financial Professional Regulation – Division of Banking closed Bank of Illinois, headquartered in Normal, Illinois, and the FDIC was named receiver.

On Friday, the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation – Division of Banking closed George Washington Savings Bank, headquartered in Orland Park, Illinois, and the FDIC was named receiver.

On Friday, the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation – Division of Banking closed Independent Bankers’ Bank, headquartered in Springfield, Illinois, and theFDIC was named as receiver. As receiver, the FDIC created Independent Bankers’ Bank Bridge Bank, National Association to take over the operations of the failed bank.

On Friday, the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation - Division of Banking closed Benchmark Bank, headquartered in Aurora, Illinois, and the FDIC was named as receiver.

The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Division of Banking, closed InBank, headquartered in Oak Forest, Illinois, and the FDIC was named as receiver. The FDIC entered into a purchase and assumption agreement with MB Financial Bank, N.A., headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, to assume all the deposits of InBank except certain brokered deposits.

The Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois issued a noteworthy opinion for those whose work involves real estate mortgage conduit trusts (REMIC trusts) or utilization of the Bankruptcy Code’s “safe harbor” provisions. In In re MCK Millennium Ctr. Parking, LLC,¹ Bankruptcy Judge Jacqueline P.