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                                                                                            By: C. Daniel Motsinger
                                                                                             on  December 23, 2020
                                                                     
                     Congress passed the long-awaited Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (“CAA”) December 22, 2020, which now is awaiting the President’s signature to become law. The CAA contains several COVID-19-related amendments to the United States Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. §§ 101, et seq. (“Bankruptcy Code”),… Read More  
                 
                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
                       
                                                                                            By: Brett J. Ashton, C. Daniel Motsinger,  and Maria Vladimirova Geltz
                                                                                             on  December 16, 2020
                                                                     
                     On October 30, 2020, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) issued a final rule (“Final Rule”) that amends Regulation F, 12 C.F.R. part 1006, which implements the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. 1692, et seq. (“FDCPA”). 
 The Final Rule addresses communications…
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                                                                                                                    December 7, 2020
                                                                     
                     On November 30, 2020, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the OCC, and the FDIC released a statement that details the projected timeline of the transition away from the U.S. Dollar London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”). The statement indicated that the administrator of LIBOR has… Read More  
                 
                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
                       
                                                                                            By: Alexander E. Porter
                                                                                             on  November 13, 2020
                                                                     
                     A recent decision from the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of Illinois (“Court”) is a stark reminder of the importance of paying attention to notices received from bankruptcy cases and the need for creditors to consider retaining counsel to protect their interests in such… Read More  
                 
                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
                       
                                                                                            By: C. Daniel Motsinger
                                                                                             on  November 12, 2020
                                                                     
                     As noted in prior Alerts, in its order issued April 20, 2020, the Indiana Supreme Court exercised its emergency rule-making authority to order that all Indiana trial courts “shall issue no new orders placing a hold on, attaching, or garnishing funds in a judgment-debtor’s account in a depository… Read More  
                 
                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
                       
                                                                                            By:  and Brett J. Ashton
                                                                                             on  November 11, 2020
                                                                     
                     On October 27, 2020, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”) issued the final version of its “true lender” rule (the “Final Rule”). The Final Rule resolves uncertainty regarding which entity in a lending partnership between a bank and a nonbank lender is the “true lender.” The Final… Read More  
                 
                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
                       
                                                                                            By: Kendall A. Schnurpel and Robert A. Greising
                                                                                             on  October 1, 2020
                                                                     
                     In Announcement 2020-12, released September 22, 2020, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) informed lenders that they should not report qualifying loan forgiveness amounts from covered loans made under the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) by filing Form 1099-C with the IRS. Background As described in… Read More  
                 
                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
                       
                                                                                            By: Alexander E. Porter
                                                                                             on  September 18, 2020
                                                                     
                     Dischargeability of student loans is a “hot button” issue in both the bankruptcy world and mainstream media. In fact, last September another colleague wrote about the history of student loan dischargeability, and the current obstacles borrowers face.[1] Since that article, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court… Read More  
                 
                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
                       
                                                                                            By: C. Daniel Motsinger
                                                                                             on  July 31, 2020
                                                                     
                     On July 30, 2020, pursuant to Executive Order 20-39, the Governor of Indiana extended the prohibition on filing foreclosure actions or proceedings involving residential real estate or property through August 14, 2020. The Governor’s directive does not impact the federal “Foreclosure and Eviction… Read More  
                 
                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
                       
                                                                                            By: Nicholas D. Strom
                                                                                             on  July 14, 2020
                                                                     
                     On July 6, 2020, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (which covers appeals from federal courts in Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin) handed down the third in a series of decisions related to Chicago debtors seeking chapter 13 bankruptcy protection in order to avoid or defer… Read More  
                 
                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
                       
                                                                                            By: C. Daniel Motsinger
                                                                                             on  July 14, 2020
                                                                     
                     This is a reminder that pursuant to the March 23, 2020 Order and the May 29, 2020 Order Extending Trial Courts’ Emergency Tolling Authority and Setting Expiration of Other Emergency Orders issued by the Indiana Supreme Court, the Court ordered that “no interest shall be due or charged during this… Read More  
                 
                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
                       
                                                                                            By: Nicholas D. Strom
                                                                                             on  July 5, 2020
                                                                     
                     On June 30, 2020, Indiana Governor Holcomb issued Executive Order 20-33, extending his March 6th Executive Order (Executive Order 20-02). Of special importance for lenders, Executive Order 20-33 extended the prohibition on residential property evictions and mortgage foreclosures to July 31, 2020.… Read More  
      
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