This article was sourced from JD Supra Business Advisor. Article by Kevin Brodehl. Defaulting on a loan typically triggers a higher interest rate — “default interest” — as one of many consequences for the borrower. (Other consequences include acceleration of the maturity, late fees and penalties, and foreclosure.) Can a defaulted borrower avoid paying default interest […]
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Court Rejects Lender’s Objection to Payment of Debtor’s Counsel’s Fees and Expenses from Pre-Petition Retainer
This article was sourced from JD Supra Business Advisor. Article by Rachel Cocciolo. In a decision rendered on December 30, 2016, the bankruptcy court for the Southern District of Florida (the “Court”) addressed the debtor’s counsel’s interim application for an award of fees and expenses for services rendered to the debtor and its bankruptcy estate, as […]
Massachusetts Bankruptcy Court Sends a Reminder on Avoiding the Substantive Consolidation Trap
This article was sourced from Mintez Levin. Article by Charles W. Azano. There are numerous reasons why a company might use more than one entity for its operations or organization: to silo liabilities, for tax advantages, to accommodate a lender, or for general organizational purposes. Simply forming a separate entity, however, is not enough. Corporate formalities […]
What 2017 May Bring for the Restructuring Community
This article was sourced from JD Supra Business Advisor. Article by John Melissinos. We asked some of our financial advisor colleagues to give us brief read outs on what they felt 2017 has in store for us now that we have gotten beyond the inauguration and into the first weeks of the Trump administration. Their thoughts […]
28-year-old cofounder of liquor delivery platform shares his advice for aspiring entrepreneurs
This article was sourced from Business Insider. Article by Frank Chapparo. Maxim Razmakhin has always been an entrepreneurial spirit. When he was in college, he sold milkshakes out of his dorm room. “It was sort of like a substitute for coffee,” Razmakhin said. “It stimulated brain power and helped people cram for those big exams.” He ended up […]
A financial psychologist explains why humans are ‘naturally wired’ to be bad with money
This article was sourced from Business Insider Australia. Article by Tanza Loudenback. You may have figured out by now that your money problems are the result of your upbringing. In fact, the attitudes and beliefs your parents held about money while you were young has a profound effect on your relationship with money as an adult, […]
SoftBank to Buy Fortress Investment Group for $3.3 Billion
This article was sourced from Bloomberg Technology. Article by Devin Banerjee and Pavel Alpeyev. SoftBank Group Corp. is buying alternative-asset manager Fortress Investment Group LLC for $3.3 billion in cash to operate alongside the Japanese company’s soon-to-be-established technology investment fund. Japan’s SoftBank will pay $8.08 a share for New York-based Fortress, a 39 percent premium […]