The Small Business Administration (“SBA”) created the Development Company Loan Program (504 Loan Program) to foster economic development and create or retain job opportunities by providing long-term financing for small…
A large number of business owners who seek financing under the SBA 7(a) Loan Program operate from leased locations, be it stand-alone buildings, shopping centers or commercial office parks. In…
Most state statutes require that any lender who receives full payment of all sums due on a mortgage must satisfy said mortgage following a formal request from the borrower. Recently,…
Once a loan has closed, it moves into the lender’s portfolio to be serviced in accordance with that lender’s policies. That servicing continues until the loan is paid in full…
Pursuant to the First Amendment, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. . .” (U.S. Const. Amend I). The First Amendment…
In the American criminal justice system, defendants are afforded a presumption of innocence which is derived from the fifth and fourteenth amendments to the Constitution. This standard, which has been…