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By J. Ellsworth Summers, Jr. and Scott St. Amand Over the Memorial Day weekend, while many around the country were …

By: Samantha Alves Orender and M. Scott Thomas When a bank assigns a mortgage to another bank, the assignor typically …

By: Armando Nozzolillo and Michael S. Waskiewicz Ordinarily, when a debtor files a chapter 13 bankruptcy petition, the automatic stay …

By: J. Ellsworth Summers and Scott St. Amand As we have discussed in previous posts, when a plaintiff or defendant …

By: Adam B. Brandon Previous posts discussed how the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act (“FIRREA”) creates a mandatory …

By: Douglas L. Waldorf, Jr. One of the threshold issues to consider in loan transactions is determining who is authorized …

By: Scott J. Kennelly and Jacy Owens In the midst of litigation, the lender and the borrower often reach a …

By: J. Ellsworth Summers and Scott St. Amand The automatic stay of § 362(a) of the Bankruptcy Code is one …

By: E. Carson Lange and Gabriel Crafton In a prior post , we discussed a grantor’s continuing liability under a …

By: Douglas L. Waldorf, Jr. The legal right to enforce, by judicial proceeding, a promissory note and mortgage is referred …