Title Insurance Reissue Rates Must Be Disclosed
Title agents and others involved in loan closings, e.g., mortgage brokers and lenders, must be sensitive to the need for consumers to be educated about title fee discounts to which they may be...
View ArticlePatents in the Financial Services Industry: Partake of the Fruits but Help...
“I am a securities lawyer, why should I read this article?” The answer, as discussed below, is that for too long, drafting patents has been left to the patent-geeks. The best...
View ArticleLessee Remains Liable to Lessor Following Failed Mitigation
In Giant Eagle, Inc. v. Phar-Mor, Inc., 2008 WL 2078787 (6th Cir. 2008) the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held that the lower courts erred in their determination that once a...
View ArticleSummary and Analysis of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008
"To provide authority for the Federal Government to purchase and insure certain types of troubled assets for the purposes of providing stability to and preventing disruption in the economy and...
View ArticleBlank Rome LLP Advises and Closed 73 Reportable Transactions with Over $1.6...
Mergers & Acquisitions $75 Million and Up
View ArticleContributing Author: Chapter 8 of Business Workouts Manual, 2d
Mark Rabinowitz authored a chapter in the book entitled Business Workouts Manual, 2d. The chapter is entitled "Problems Resulting From Improper Lender Conduct During the Workout."The book...
View ArticleBlank Rome LLP Advises and Closed 76 Reportable Transactions with Over $4.1...
Mergers & Acquisitions
View ArticleCollateralized Loan Obligation Management Contracts
Grant Buerstetta, partner in Blank Rome’s financial services practice group, discussed key issues for hedge fund managers when purchasing collateralized loan obligation (CLO) management...
View ArticlePotential Impact of Dodd-Frank Act on CDO-CLO Transactions
While the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the “Dodd-Frank Act”) has been widely identified as having a broad and sweeping impact on the financial markets...
View ArticleInternal Revenue Service Announces Second Amnesty Program for Foreign Bank...
On February 8, 2011, the Internal Revenue Service unveiled its 2011 Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Initiative, a long-awaited second amnesty program designed to encourage taxpayers with undisclosed...
View ArticleBlank Rome LLP Closed Over 70 Reportable Transactions in 2010
Mergers & Acquisitions
View ArticleSo You Thought You Had a Priority Lien: Unauthorized UCC Terminations May...
The due diligence is complete, the loan documents are signed and the UCC financing statement has been filed and recorded in the proper jurisdiction. A lender should therefore reasonably anticipate that...
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