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District Court Rejects the Narrowing of § 546(e) “Safe Harbor” Provision and Applies Safe Harbor to Privately Held Securities

ABI

1] The safe harbor rule set out in Section 546(e) of Title 11 of the United States Code (the “Bankruptcy Code”) provides, in part, that a trustee may not avoid a transfer made before the commencement of the case in connection with a securities contract, as defined in Section 741(7), made by, to, or for the benefit of a financial institution. [2]

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Troutman Pepper Weekly Consumer Financial Services Newsletter

Troutman Sanders

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit held that the Military Lending Act (MLA) does not govern loans borrowed in part to finance the purchase of a car, even when the loan covers additional related costs. For more information, click here. On April 12, U.S. For more information, click here. For more information, click here.

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Troutman Pepper Weekly Consumer Financial Services Newsletter

Troutman Sanders

On August 16, the CFPB director issued a statement on the announcement regarding the cancellation of loans for ITT Tech students. On August 12, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) filed a civil enforcement action in the U.S. For more information, click here. For more information, click, here. On August 15, the U.S.

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Troutman Pepper Weekly Consumer Financial Services Newsletter

Troutman Sanders

s motion to dismiss the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) enforcement action against it for allegedly misrepresenting that consumers’ digital asset deposits maintained on Celsius’ platform were protected by insurance issued by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). On December 11, the OCC published its 2023 Annual Report.

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Avoid Wire Fraud Losses

Troutman Sanders

Even sophisticated parties and publicly traded companies are getting scammed. A Florida lawyer engaged by family members to handle the sale of a car dealership in upstate New York received payment instructions by email from a lender’s lawyer directing that the wire of funds for a loan payoff be sent to a bank account at M&T in New York.

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