Small Business Lender's Guide
Small Business Administration
This guide provides information to lenders about small business loans.
Guaranties: How Certain is Your Security?
Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC
Some of our small ticket clients have said that the rule, rather than the exception, in their practice was to obtai.
Commercially Reasonable Sale
Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC
PACCAR Financial Corporation v. Mackey, 122 F.3d 1134 (8th Cir. 9/4/97). COMMERCIALLY REASONABLE SALEÃÂAfter a le.
Words to the Wary: 10 Rules to Remember When Borrowing Money From a Bank
Cappello & Noel, LLP
1. Don't rely on what your banker tells you; get it in writing. Don't make side deals that aren't documented .
Real Property Transfer and Recordation
Tydings & Rosenberg LLP
Maryland economic development agencies offer incentives to encourage and retain business, yet the real property tra.
Security Interests in Georgia
Steven Macklin Mills of Steven M. Mills, P.C.
A material component of the wholesale marketing of petroleum products is the advancement of credit to cus.
Brownfield's Grants Are Available
Saul Ewing LLP
”We should restore contaminated urban land and buildings to productive use.” With these words President Clinton ini.
Guarantor Rights in Surprising Places
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
It is worth remembering that a "guarantor" includes someone who grants a lien on his or her property to secure th.
The Conditions of "Unconditional" Guarantees
Alyssa M. Campbell of Williams Montgomery & John Ltd.
In the case of AAR, the Seventh Circuit, predicting Illinois law, decided that a guarantor of a secured debt may not waive the right to a commercially reasonable disposition of collateral upon the debtor's default. Any "absolute, unconditional" guaranty of payment that could be interpreted as a waiver of commercial reasonableness is unenforceable.
Third-Party Guarantors And Waiver of Defenses Based on Impairment of Collateral
Richard M. Jordan of White and Williams LLP
Financial institutions and other creditors routinely secure their debt in part by ?absolute and unconditional? third-party guarantees. In these guarantees the guarantor typically waives various defenses, including any defense based on a claimed impairment of collateral.
The OHADA Treaty: Recent Developments Will Spur African Investment and Project Financings
Sharif A Touray of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Introduction On October 17, 1993, 16 African States signed a treaty known as the Organisation pour l'Harmonisati.
No Release of Loan Guaranty Under Confirmed Plan's General Release Provision
Jacqueline B. Stuart and Zachary S. May of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
This article examines a recent 5th Circuit decision whereby the court ruled that when creditors or shareholders object to releases of a non-debtor, the court may approve the release upon special factors.
Financing Your Business: About SBA Loan Programs
Small Business Administration
This guide provides information about the loan programs available to small businesses.
CAVEAT VENDITOR = "Let The Seller Beware"
Joel Cohen of Cypen & Cypen
RULES OF SALES 1. Know your buyer. Before you make your first sale, obtain the correct legal compositio.
Sovereign Guarantees in Project Finance
Sharif A Touray of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
One of the most attractive features of project financing is that it allows the sponsors of a project to guarantee t.
Bank of Stockton v. Automobile Dealers Acceptance Corp., et al and Related Cross Action
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
On May 17, 1999 the Sacramento Superior Court granted two motions for summary judgment in the same case. The Sa.