Ominsky’s Terrain

In the classic children’s tale about greed, the fisherman, at the urging of his overly ambitious wife, asks the magic fish for one wish too many, and therefore loses everything. The recent Pennsylvania bankruptcy decision in In re Atrium View LLC v. Eastern Savings Bank places lenders in the same boat as the fisherman when they ask for what are seen to be punitive prepayment premiums in their loan agreements. In that case, a Pennsylvania bankruptcy court rejected a foreclosing lender’s claim for a prepayment fee of six months’ interest.

This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.

To view this content, please continue to their sites.

Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now

Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now

Why am I seeing this?

LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law are third party online distributors of the broad collection of current and archived versions of ALM's legal news publications. LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law customers are able to access and use ALM's content, including content from the National Law Journal, The American Lawyer, Legaltech News, The New York Law Journal, and Corporate Counsel, as well as other sources of legal information.

For questions call 1-877-256-2472 or contact us at [email protected]