The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals’ ruling in Kirschner v. JP Morgan Chase Bank. Last August, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals held in Kirschner that syndicated term...more
The order marks the end of the Kirschner case, which had threatened to expand US securities regulation to syndicated loans. The US Supreme Court has denied a petition for certiorari review in the Kirschner case, in which...more
On August 24, 2023, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals determined in the highly anticipated case, Kirschner v. JP Morgan Chase Bank N.A., et al., that syndicated term loans are not securities. The Court upheld the district...more
On March 9, the Loan Syndications and Trading Association (“LSTA”), the association for the syndicated loan market in the United States, announced that it members are taking multiple steps to ensure business continuity and a...more