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Could an interest rate reduction reduce government expenditure?

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A 1% reduction in the Bank Rate would reduce the UK government's annual interest charges on the national debt, but the exact amount of the reduction depends on the proportion of the debt that is sensitive to changes in...more

A&O Shearman

An interest-ing question: when is a default interest rate a penalty?

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The Court of Appeal has affirmed a three-step test for penalty clauses: (1) is it a secondary obligation; (2) does the clause protect a legitimate interest; and (3) is it extortionate by reference to the legitimate interest?...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

UK Tax Round Up - June 2024

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Welcome to the June edition of the UK Tax Round Up. This month features the latest Court of Appeal decision in a trilogy of recent cases regarding the loan relationship “unallowable purpose” test, an Upper Tribunal decision...more

J.S. Held

Lending Climate in America – 1st Quarter 2024 Survey

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With inflation continuing to impact the US economy, lenders are focused on the economic impact of the presidential election in November. Lenders’ expectations for the US economy’s performance in the longer term – beyond the...more

Troutman Pepper

Third Circuit Finds Pennsylvania’s Consumer Discount Company Act Does Not Apply to Debt Collectors

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In representing fintech companies and other lenders, we increasingly confront claims against debt buyers or entities with bank partner relationships brought under Pennsylvania’s Consumer Discount Company Act (CDCA) and the...more

White & Case LLP

European leveraged finance: A whole new world

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European leveraged finance in 2023 was saddled with the negative effects of elevated interest rates. But as the market adjusts to the “new normal”, rate and price stability offer hope for a brighter 2024. -Rising interest...more

J.S. Held

Lending Climate in America – 4th Quarter 2023 Survey

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Interest rates and inflation have been the big drivers of the US economy as of late, but lenders are increasingly optimistic for 2024, despite some challenges. Lenders foresee interest rate declines beginning in 2024 – with...more

Jones Day

Cure and Reinstatement of Defaulted Loan Under Chapter 11 Plan Requires Payment of Default-Rate Interest

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Section 1124(2) of the Bankruptcy Code gives chapter 11 debtors a valuable tool for use in situations where long-term prepetition debt carries a significantly lower interest rate than the rates available at the time of...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

Shared Appreciation Interest: Debtor-Creditor or Partners?

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When is a loan not a loan? When it’s something else – for example, equity. This is one of those pesky facts and circumstances issues that plague courts, taxpayers, and tax advisers to no end. Debt- On one end of the...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

2019 Year in Review: Securitization Litigation and Regulation

There were significant developments in 2019 as courts continued to issue important decisions in this space and significant legislation impacting the residential mortgage-backed securities (“RMBS”) market came into effect.  A...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Financial Daily Dose 1.24.2020 | Top Story: OCC Hits Former Wells Fargo Execs With Enforcement Actions Over Sham-account Scandal

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The OCC announced yesterday that it’s bringing enforcement actions against five former Wells Fargo bank executives as part of their alleged roles in the bank’s sales practices scandal. The agency further revealed that it’s...more

Troutman Pepper

Summary Of HUD’s LEAN 232 Program E-Mail Blast: Office Of Residential Care Facilities (ORCF), April 29, 2013

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In an effort to summarize the highlights of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) LEAN E-mail Blasts that we receive, and rarely have time to review in a timely fashion, we at Pepper are providing this...more

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