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Lending
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New York Attorney Malpractice Blog
It’s Legal Malpractice Thrown in at the End
Nelson v. Patterson, 2010 NY Slip Op 31799 [Justice Mdden in NY County Supreme Court] is a case about loans, employment contracts, fraud and, oh yes, legal malpractice. After a discussion of…
Lending Law Report
False Financial Statements — Can You Rely on Representations from Your Borrower?
By Susan Alker
When you want to make a loan, you probably get copies of the borrower's recent financial statements, and you probably take a pretty close look at them as part of…
Crunched Credit
Live From The CREFC: Day 1
This article was published by Matthew T. Clark and Stewart McQueen. The 2010 CREFC Annual Convention has begun in earnest. Day 1 began for many attendees with a meeting of…
The Faculty Lounge
The Credit Crisis Enters The House of God
Via Reuters, just in time for the Easter holiday, Holy Bubble! According to the article, filings in the Thomson Reuters Westlaw legal database show foreclosure proceedings against U.S. churches have…
Lending Law Report
What if an Equity Sponsor is also a Lender in your Bank Group?
In today's challenging economic climate, private equity sponsors are trying to figure out how to fill funding gaps in acquisition financings -- and how to provide additional capital to their troubled portfolio companies. …
Land Use Prof Blog
The New American Home Goes Unfinished
Ngai Pindell and I have been lobbing this article back and forth, so I thought I'd go ahead and post it. A desirable in-fill community containing the "New American Home…
Land Use Prof Blog
The CRA debate
In the continuing debate over What Caused the Mortgage Crisis (was it planners?), many have blamed the 1977 Community Reinvestment Act. Don't expect the debate to die down anytime soon. …
Securities Law Prof Blog
Loan Broker Settles Fraud Charges Involving Stock-Based Loan Scheme
The SEC settled charges against HedgeLender LLC, a stock-based loan broker located in Philadelphia, and its two principals, Daniel W. Stafford and Fred R. Wahler, Jr., for their conduct in connection with…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Jim Hawkins on Fertility Clinic Doctors as Bankers
Jim Hawkins (University of Houston Law Center) has posted Doctors as Bankers: Evidence from Fertility Markets on SSRN. Here is the abstract: In a variety of medical contexts, doctors play…
Legal Profession Blog
A Loan At Last
The Illinois ARDC has filed a disciplinary complaint against an attorney who had loaned a woman he was dating $20,000 in exchange for a promissory note that provided for monthly…