by Courtney Bloedorn | Mar 27, 2020 | 2020, Banking, COVID-19, Creditors’ Rights & Bankruptcy, Financial Services, Lawyers, News
By Erich Paetsch, Creditors’ Rights & Bankruptcy and Litigation Attorney Summary The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, or “CARES Act” is the third emergency bill from the United States Government in response to the Coronavirus (COVID 19)...
by Courtney Bloedorn | Mar 27, 2020 | 2020, Banking, COVID-19, Creditors’ Rights & Bankruptcy, Financial Services, Lawyers, News
By Litigation Practice Group On March 20, 2020, the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services (“DCBS”) published Bulletin No. DFR 2020-07 (the “Bulletin”) to provide guidance to Oregon-regulated lenders and loan servicers in extending help to borrowers...
by Courtney Bloedorn | Mar 25, 2020 | 2020, Banking, COVID-19, Creditors’ Rights & Bankruptcy, Financial Services, Litigation, News
By Litigation Practice Group On March 22, 2020, and in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Oregon Governor Kate Brown issued Executive Order No. 20-11 (the “Order”), which temporarily stops all residential evictions in the state based on the nonpayment of rent. Given...
by Courtney Bloedorn | Dec 2, 2019 | Agri-Business, Creditors’ Rights & Bankruptcy, Financial Services
This article was originally published in the Oregon State Bar Debtor Creditor Newsletter in the Fall of 2019. By Erich Paetsch, Creditors’ Rights & Bankruptcy and Litigation Attorney and Elayna Matthews As national farm debt and chapter 12 filings increase...
by Jeremy Rickson | Oct 31, 2019 | Banking, Creditors’ Rights & Bankruptcy, Financial Services, Litigation
By: Creditor’s Rights & Bankruptcy & Litigation Practice Groups In early September 2019, after about six hours of deliberation, a federal jury awarded a Portland, Oregon man $101,000 in non-economic damages against Wells Fargo Bank for violation of the...
by Jeremy Rickson | Sep 5, 2019 | Creditors’ Rights & Bankruptcy, Financial Services, News
By Creditors’ Rights & Bankruptcy and Litigation Practice Groups The American Bankruptcy Institute (“ABI”) reported today that commercial Chapter 11 business bankruptcy case filings are up 19% from the filings last year for the month of August. The ABI...