Tag: debt

• Business Litigation

  Fifth Circuit Issues Warning for Lenders Seeking to Accelerate Loans in Default

  • April 4, 2016
  • By Allen & Gooch

  Recent case assesses when the statute of limitations/prescriptive period begins to run. There is an important warning for creditors hidden in dicta of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals’ recent ruling, Martin v. Federal National Mortgage Association, No. 15-41104 (5th Cir. Feb. 22, 2016) – accepting payment after accelerating a debt could waive the acceleration […]

• Taxation

  How to Preserve Predevelopment Appreciation of Real Estate

  • January 29, 2015
  • By Blaise Sonnier

  In a recent article authored by Blaise Sonnier, he reports on preservation of capital gain treatment on predevelopment appreciation of real estate and how to use the capital bailout strategy. How to Preserve Predevelopment Appreciation of Real Estate