By Porter Wright on As Ohio enjoys its latest boom in oil and gas exploration, it is important to understand how oil and gas leases are treated in bankruptcy. The importance of these issues are underscored by the frequency with which the courts confront them; hence we visit again this unsettled area and consider further the question of the … Continue Reading
By Porter Wright on We hope you enjoyed the four-part series on energy financing that has run in the Banking & Finance Law Report blog during the past few weeks. We’ve compiled those articles into a resource that’s relevant to anyone involved with lending or borrowing in the energy sector. Be sure to download the Energy Financing eBook, and … Continue Reading
By Porter Wright on On March 29, 2013, the Court of Appeals for the 10th Appellate District in Columbus issued a decision of significance for mortgage lenders that rely on contractual subordination and flow down provisions in construction contracts. In KeyBank Natl. Assn. v. Southwest Greens of Ohio, L.L.C., 10th Dist. No. 11AP-920, 2013-Ohio-1243, the 10th District Court of … Continue Reading
By Chris Baronzzi on Although Ohio lenders that finance companies in the oil and gas industry will encounter some of the same due diligence issues found in other industries, the oil and gas business is a world of its own. We advise our lending clients to conduct diligence in the oil and gas industry in the same manner as if … Continue Reading
By Porter Wright on With the recent boom in Ohio’s oil and gas industry, secured creditors in Ohio should be sensitive to special statutory requirements for perfecting security interests granted in assets of gas and pipeline companies. Although security interests in personal property and fixtures are most frequently perfected by filing financing statements under the UCC, there are several … Continue Reading
By Porter Wright on Bankers and their counsel should note that during its December lame-duck session, the Ohio General Assembly passed the Ohio Legacy Trust Act (Am. Sub. H.B. 479), which will go into effect March 27, 2013. The Act creates borrower-friendly provisions prohibiting the use of so-called “Cherryland” insolvency carve-outs in nonrecourse loan documents which will be of … Continue Reading
By Porter Wright on In mid-September, an Ohio appellate court rendered a decision in a long-pending dispute that raises an important issue for health care lenders: the impact of a contested certificate of need application. The impact of such a contest should be carefully considered by health care lenders. On September 18, 2012, the Ohio Tenth District Court of … Continue Reading
By Porter Wright on This article is Part Five in a seven-part series on how to structure sales and what to do when your customer fails to pay. You can find previous articles in this series here: Structuring Sales to Ensure Payment; Signs of Trouble Before Payment Default; Default by a Customer; Knowledge is Power and What to Consider … Continue Reading
By Porter Wright on This article is Part Four in a seven-part series on how to structure sales and what to do when your customer fails to pay. You can find previous articles in this series here: Structuring Sales to Ensure Payment; Signs of Trouble Before Payment Default and Default by a Customer: Knowledge is Power. Please subscribe to … Continue Reading
By Porter Wright on This article is Part Two in a seven-part series on how to structure sales and what to do when your customer fails to pay. You can find Part One of this series here: Structuring Sales to Ensure Payment. Please subscribe to this blog by entering your email in the box on the left, or check … Continue Reading
By Porter Wright on This article is Part One in a seven-part series on how to structure sales and what to do when your customer fails to pay you. Please subscribe to this blog by entering your email in the box on the left, or check back weekly for additional articles in the series. Know Your Customer Before entering … Continue Reading
By Porter Wright on On November 30, 2011, the Supreme Court of Ohio accepted KeyBank’s appeal from the judgment in JNT Properties, LLC v. KeyBank, Nat’l Assoc., decided by the Eighth District Court of Appeals in Cuyahoga County, Ohio on June 30, 2011. As our July 2011 blog post, available here, explained, this case hinged on whether KeyBank’s use … Continue Reading
By Porter Wright on On June 30, 2011, the Eighth District Court of Appeals in Cuyahoga County, Ohio decided the case of JNT Properties, LLC v. KeyBank, Nat’l Assoc., which dealt with the calculation of interest on a commercial loan by what is known as the “365/360 method.” The court held that KeyBank’s interest calculation method for the loan was … Continue Reading
By Porter Wright on Secured lenders must prepare to conduct more due diligence than ever before when lending to motor carriers. As a result of the March 3, 2011 Sixth Circuit decision In re: Arctic Express Inc., owner-operators (independent drivers) may have enforceable “hidden” liens on certain assets of motor carriers that would require restitution, not only from the … Continue Reading
By Porter Wright on The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) [Sections 1471-1474 of the Internal Revenue Code] was enacted to prevent U.S. taxpayers from evading U.S. tax obligations by parking funds in foreign accounts or with foreign investors. FATCA requires each U.S. entity to withhold 30% of certain payments made after 2012 to foreign investors or foreign lenders unless … Continue Reading
By Porter Wright on That is the question addressed in Amcan Holdings, Inc. v. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, 894 N.Y.S.2d 47 (N.Y. App. Div. 1st Dep’t Feb. 4, 2010). Amcan Holdings, Inc. (“Amcan”), certain of Amcan’s affiliates (together with Amcan, collectively, “Borrower”), and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (“Lender”) negotiated, executed and delivered a certain “Summary of Terms … Continue Reading
By Porter Wright on On December 3, 2009, the Supreme Court of Ohio decided the case of Mayer et al. v. Medancic et al., in an effort to clarify the calculation of interest on an obligation upon the occurrence of a default. As stated by the Court, “compound interest is not available upon a default on a written instrument absent … Continue Reading