On Friday, the Washington Department of Financial Institutions closed American Marine Bank, headquartered in Bainbridge Island, Washington, and the FDIC was named receiver.
Yesterday, Treasury released its most recent completed transactions report for the period ending December 10, 2009.
CIT Group Inc.
On Friday, the OTS closed Bradford Bank, headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland, and named the FDIC as receiver.
On Friday, the new General Motors (GM) began operations with a new corporate structure, and is now primarily owned by the governments of the U.S., Canada and Ontario, along with the UAW Retiree Medical Benefits Trust. The result of an asset sale approved by the bankruptcy court on July 5, the new GM will narrow its focus to four core brands (Chevrolet, Cadillac, Buick and GMC). Also, the number of U.S.
Today, the House Financial Services Committee, chaired by Representative Barney Frank (D-MA), held a hearing on the effects of the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy on state and local governments and other publicly-funded entities.
Testifying at the hearing were the following witnesses:
Panel One:
Yesterday, the Big Three U.S. auto chief executives submitted restructuring plans to the Senate Banking Committee and the House Financial Services Committee, in response to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s November 21st request calling on the auto executives to “submit a credible restructuring plan that results in a viable industry, with quality jobs, and economic opportunity for the 21st century while protecting taxpayer investments” by December 2nd.
Recent case law reminds practitioners and lenders to pay careful attention when drafting prepayment premium provisions in debt instruments or risk having the premiums disallowed in a borrower’s bankruptcy case.
A recent New York court decision has cleared the way for lenders to seek recovery against non-recourse carve-out, or “bad boy,” guarantors during a pending mortgage foreclosure action if a borrower files for bankruptcy. In so doing, the court answered a question that, surprisingly, was thus far apparently unanswered in a reported decision in New York: whether New York’s “one action rule” under RPAPL § 1301 bars a lender from obtaining a money judgment against a “bad boy” guarantor for the debt if a mortgage borrower files for bankruptcy while a foreclosure action is underway.
The two most recent decisions of the Supreme Court involving federal taxes illustrate how a conservative approach to statutory interpretation tends to prevail, but only with great effort, and changing constituencies.
Hall v. United States