Jun 25, 2018 | Banking, Creditors’ Rights & Bankruptcy, News
By Creditors’ Rights & Bankruptcy and Litigation Practice Groups In 2017, the Oregon Legislature adopted Senate Bill 254 at the request of the Oregon Department of Revenue (“DOR”). The purpose of the new law is to allow the DOR to more easily collect from...
Jun 13, 2018 | Banking, Creditors’ Rights & Bankruptcy, Financial Services, News
By: Erich Paetsch, Creditors’ Rights & Bankruptcy and Litigation Lawyer On June 4th, the Supreme Court clarified when discharge of debts may occur if the debt arises out of fraudulent statements about assets. As a result, banks cannot assume that all...
Jun 6, 2018 | Creditors’ Rights & Bankruptcy, Financial Services
By: Litigation and Creditors’ Rights & Bankruptcy Practice Groups Since the last election, President Trump and the Republican-controlled Congress have worked to undo many of the laws and regulations aimed at consumer protection passed under the Obama...
Apr 26, 2018 | Banking, Creditors’ Rights & Bankruptcy, Litigation
By: Creditor’s Rights & Bankruptcy Practice Group The Ninth Circuit recently held that when a creditor attempts to collect from a debtor after the debtor has received a discharge from a U.S. Bankruptcy Court case, the creditor is not liable for civil...
Mar 8, 2017 | Creditors’ Rights & Bankruptcy, Financial Services, Litigation, News
By: Creditor’s Rights & Bankruptcy Practice Group Last month, the Oregon Court of Appeals held in Nationstar Mortgage, LLC v. Niday that when one party “is in possession of [a] promissory note indorsed in blank and [the other party] is in default of [its]...
Nov 11, 2016 | Banking, Creditors’ Rights & Bankruptcy, Financial Services, Litigation, News
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]By: Erich Paetsch Saalfeld Griggs Litigation, Creditors’ Rights & Bankruptcy Practice Groups Oregon Business Lawyers In an important decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled that Congress fundamentally...
