The Banking & Financial Services Industry Legal Blog, published by Jimerson Birr, covers legal issues affecting lenders, creditors, and financial institutions. Topics include judicial foreclosure processes and recovery strategies for private and hard money lenders, regulatory and compliance considerations for private student lending programs, securities fraud litigation focusing on Rule 10b-5 claims, bankruptcy disclosure requirements and their impact on creditor and debtor rights, and recent developments in judgment lien enforcement and exemptions under Florida law. The blog addresses practical legal challenges in loan recovery, student loan financing, securities regulation, bankruptcy asset disclosure, and judgment collection methods, with a focus on applicable statutes, case law, and procedural nuances relevant to financial services practitioners.
Author: Curtis Campbell
As interest grows in acquiring business data from distressed companies, bankruptcy trustees must evaluate not only whether data has value, but whether it can be transferred through a process that satisfies the Bankruptcy Code and applicable…
Every creditor who has ever chased a debtor into bankruptcy knows the feeling: you are doing everything right, the debtor is not, and then a deadline you barely saw coming quietly closes the door on your claim. When that happens,…
Miami is not just another U.S. city where deals happen. It is the financial, logistical, and cultural crossroads of the Americas, and that single fact reshapes every merger and acquisition transaction that touches South Florida. According to Global Miami Magazine’s…
For a Florida bank, credit union, broker-dealer, or other financial institution, a harassment complaint is rarely just an HR problem. It is a regulatory event, a reputational event, and increasingly, a public disclosure event. The reflexive instinct, “settle it and…
A lawsuit is not just a courtroom problem. Long before a judge ever rules, the act of being sued can ripple through your bank covenants, your credit profile, your supplier terms, and the way customers, investors, and partners perceive your…
In modern data breach class actions, the defendant sitting at counsel table is often not the entity that was hacked. It is the business that collected the data and relied on third-party technology providers to support its operations. This post…
Following up on my What’s the Difference Between a Trademark, Copyright, and Patent? blog post, I’ve been meaning to write about trade dress for a while. I even flagged it in my What Can’t Be Trademarked post as something that…
The United States Supreme Court recently addressed an issue that has surfaced repeatedly in large Chapter 11 cases involving mass tort liabilities and complex insurance programs. In Truck Insurance Exchange v. Kaiser Gypsum Co., Inc., 602 U.S. 268 (2024), the…
The United States Supreme Court recently issued a significant decision limiting a bankruptcy trustee’s ability to recover alleged fraudulent transfers from the federal government. In United States v. Miller, 145 S. Ct. 839 (2025), the Court held that a trustee…
The United States Supreme Court’s decision in Harrington v. Purdue Pharma L.P., 603 U.S. 204 (2024), represents one of the most consequential bankruptcy rulings in recent years. By holding that the Bankruptcy Code does not authorize nonconsensual third-party releases in…
