Assignments for the Benefit of Creditors: What You Need to Know About ABC's
This OnDemand Webinar will give you an overview of the basics to general assignments for the benefit of creditors, a state law alternative for the liquidation of a distressed business that while long available under state laws, has had little use outside of states such as California, Illinois, Florida...
Bankruptcy Retention and Disclosures: Knowing When and What to Say
Bankruptcy is a specialized practice quite different than typical litigation. In general litigation, secrecy and limited disclosures are the norm. However, the filing of a bankruptcy and one’s involvement in it, either as a debtor, professional or even creditor, requires specific and often extensive...
Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Procedures: What You Need to Know
Bankruptcies are a fact of life and with the new bankruptcy amendments, Chapter 13s are taking a bigger slice of the consumer bankruptcy pie. This OnDemand Webinar will discuss the Chapter 13 process and how it differs from Chapter 7 bankruptcies. It details the structure of the typical Chapter 13 case...
Commercial Foreclosure Due Diligence Checklist: What to Do Before, During and After Foreclosure
When a commercial mortgage loan becomes troubled, even before it goes into default, the parties must quickly confront a number of issues. For the lender, it is imperative that it conduct a due diligence review of its file, the loan and the collateral as soon as possible. Should the default not be cured...
Cracking Nuts: Locating Hidden and Transferred Assets
Debtors who utilize corporate shells are the bane of commercial collectors, attorneys and creditors. Too often debts and collateral are not recovered from cunning debtors. Most of us are familiar with the shell game in which someone puts a ball under one of several shells and then mixes up the shells...
Curing Title Exceptions
Titles are often subject to outstanding interests and claims, some genuine but others unsubstantial or baseless. What types of defects, liens and encumbrances impair the title to real estate? When, as the result of tangible matters revealed by a search and examination of the title, is the title unmarketable?...
Curing Title Exceptions
Titles are often subject to outstanding interests and claims, some genuine but others unsubstantial or baseless. What types of defects, liens and encumbrances impair the title to real estate? When, as the result of tangible matters revealed by a search and examination of the title, is the title unmarketable?...
Current Issues in Real Estate Title and Title Insurance
This OnDemand Webinar is a nuts-and-bolts program designed to give you real life practical information to facilitate the closing of commercial and residential real estate transactions. You’ll gain insight into the workings of the title industry to better prepare you to anticipate problems and assist...
Document Retention and Destruction Policies for Financial Institutions
Financial institutions too often rely on recommended document retention guidelines without understanding the risks of inconsistent or antiquated practices. While Sarbanes-Oxley has clarified the responsibilities of certain financial institutions, Sarbanes-Oxley is only a portion of the document universe....
Due Diligence Considerations for Participation Loans
An increasing number of commercial loans are syndicated or participated, and an increasing number of lenders sell interests in loans they originate or acquire interests in loans originated by other lenders. This OnDemand Webinar will explore loan assignment and participation transactions from the perspective...