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A Dragnet Clause And A Future Advances Clause Can Reach The Collateral Of A Loan That Has Already Been Repaid, Stephanie Hung
A Dragnet Clause And A Future Advances Clause Can Reach The Collateral Of A Loan That Has Already Been Repaid, Stephanie Hung
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This memorandum will explore the secured transactions issues that arose in In re Omni Enterprises. In that case, the Bankruptcy Court in Alaska held that a bank may enforce the security interest of a prior loan that has already been repaid to cure a new loan that was in default. The prior loan was secured by the debtor’s deposit accounts, and contained a cross-collateralization clause and future advances clause; however, the new loan did not mention the deposit accounts at all. When the debtor defaulted on the new loan, the bank argued, among other things, that it continued …