A holding subjecting Term Loan Bs to securities regulation would have a profound effect on the $1.4 trillion market for syndicated term loans and on financial institutions at a time of limited liquidity. …
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On March 10, 2023, the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation closed Silicon Valley Bank, Santa Clara, CA (SVB) and appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) receiver of SVB. To protect depositors, the FDIC transferred all the deposits and substantially all assets of SVB to Silicon Valley Bridge Bank, National Association (SVBB), a…

On March 10, 2023, the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation closed Silicon Valley Bank, Santa Clara, California (SVB) and appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) as receiver of SVB. On March 12, 2023, Signature Bank, New York, NY (SigBank) was closed by the New York State Department of Financial Services, which also…

After the Nevada Supreme Court issued a 5-2 decision in Sandpointe Apartments v. Eighth Judicial Dist. Ct., which found that 2011 amendments modifying Nevada’s anti-deficiency protections created limitations on the amount a note-purchaser could recover as part of a deficiency judgment, several constitutional issues remained undetermined regarding loans acquired from the FDIC-as-receiver for failed banks.…