Banking Misconduct Blog


Shopping Centers Say Lender Interfering with Tenants

Shopping Centers Say Lender Interfering with Tenants

So many shopping centers are struggling to stay afloat during the pandemic. Even with a vaccine, many experts say that the face of retail shopping has changed forever. How many people will permanently shop online once things return to normal?
Since the pandemic began, mall owners have had to...

LNR Partners... Coronavirus Scrooge Award

LNR Partners... Coronavirus Scrooge Award

Yesterday Goldman Sachs predicted America’s GDP for the 2nd quarter would plunge a breathtaking 24%. Previously, the largest drop in U.S. history occurred in 1958. That was just 10%. Despite all the doom and gloom, both the government and private sector are working together to keep businesses...

Lone Star Funds – Distressed Investors or Vultures?

Distressed investing is the politically correct term these days for buyers of distressed properties. There will always be property owners that find themselves in over their heads. Sometimes their problems arise from unforeseen market events and at other times, it is just from being inexperienced or...

LLC Members Found to Owe Fiduciary Duty

Court Recognizes “Fiduciary in Fact”, Says Execs Must Face Suit Claiming They Violated Fiduciary Duty to REIT Investors
Whether there is a fiduciary duty is one of most hotly contested battles in lender liability cases. Often the answer to that question determines whether...

Special Servicer LNR Partners Sued in Shopping Center Row

[Ed. Note - If you own a commercial property and find your loan has been transferred to a special servicer, READ THIS POST.]
The owners of a Ft. Wayne shopping center have filed suit against special servicer LNR Partners and others over a mortgage covering the property where the center is...

Another CMBS Investor Deal Heads to Special Servicer LNR Partners

Back in 2006, investing in the Little Rock Regions Bank Building sounded like a great deal. That year, the real estate market nationwide was quite hot. Few knew that within two years, the bubble would burst. In September of that year, a company called NNN 400 Capitol Center and several dozen...

Tick Tock... CMBS Crisis Looms (Lender Liability Post)

Rating agencies are sounding the alarm over the looming problems facing maturing CMBS loans. A large percentage of commercial mortgage backed securities (CMBS) financed loans were underwritten in 2006 and 2007 at the height of the real estate market. Those loans are coming due just as the...

Court Okays Lawsuit Against BNY Mellon as Mortgage Trustee

Earlier this week, a federal judge in Manhattan gave a green light to a lawsuit filed by an investor against Bank of New York Mellon. The investor claims it lost over $1 billion because of BNY Mellon’s poor performance as trustee over several Residential Mortgage Backed Securities (RMBS)...