Lender Liability: Talk Of Recession Highlights Significance Of Recent Texas Bankruptcy Decision

LexisNexis (June 9, 2022, 8:23 AM EDT) -- A recent decision from a Texas bankruptcy court involves a short-term financing arrangement that went “terribly wrong.” The issue is whether a venerable business enterprise was “dead on arrival” or just “walking wounded” and capable of reorganization. As determined by the bankruptcy court, the bridge lender acted in “bad faith” when it assumed control over the management of the business enterprise to protect its own interests, causing the business enterprise’s demise....