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Here's a win for lawyers today. We all know that the statute of limitations on a legal malpractice claim is tolled during the attorney's representation of a client. So, for example, when Attorney X represents Client Y, the statute doesn't start running on Y's claim against X until after the representation terminates. But here's the rub: What about when Attorney X works for Firm ABC but, during the representation, leaves Firm ABC and takes Client Y with him? Is the statute of limitations on Y's ...

... "works it out." Obviously, this takes a keen eye for appraising distressed assets, and the bank has an admirable track record in this respect. As also might be expected in such a line of ... appellate court. In 2005, we recounted the critical Massachusetts Supreme Court decision in Beal Bank v. Eurich, in which the Supreme Court overturned a potentially disastrous decision by ... court, the trial court relied upon the 1990 case of Washington Mutual Savings Bank v. United States, 115 Wn.2d 52, 793 P.2d ...

... here. In 2001 and 2002, it bought thousands of subprime loans originated by the FDIC as receiver of the failed Superior Bank, which was seized by the FDIC in 2001. Following the seizure, the FDIC as receiver continued the subprime lending operations of Superior, ... internal FDIC legal assessment discussed in the earlier Wall Street Journal article predicted that the FDIC's exposure to Beal Bank could be "as much as $70 million." That guess was a tad low. In December, the FDIC settled for a reported ...

... they also make billion dollar tax deductions. Andrew Beal, the billionaire founder of Beal Bank in Plano, Texas and financier of Donald Trump's Atlantic ... Chinese debts he acquired in DAD transactions from 2002 to 2004. The judge ruled that Beal, whom he called an 'aggressive risk taker', was only entitled to a $10 million ... based on tax losses, many of which are connected to the purchases of Brazillian debt. Andrew Beal is Forbes magazines' 321st ranked out of its list of 400 richest Americans. He ...

... accounts are afforded the same presumption of tenancy by the entireties as is real property. Beal Bank, 780 So.2d at 58. Property purchased with joint funds may create a tenancy by ... parties must be married at the time the property became titled in their joint names). Beal Bank, SSB v. Almand & Assocs., 780 So.2d 45, ... 1115 (Fla. 4th DCA 1995) ("Whether the parties created a tenancy by the entireties in a bank account-whether they were each taking the whole of the account-is a question of fact ...

... accounts are afforded the same presumption of tenancy by the entireties as is real property. Beal Bank, 780 So.2d at 58. Property purchased with joint funds may create a tenancy by ... parties must be married at the time the property became titled in their joint names). Beal Bank, SSB v. Almand & Assocs., 780 So.2d 45, ... 1115 (Fla. 4th DCA 1995) ("Whether the parties created a tenancy by the entireties in a bank account-whether they were each taking the whole of the account-is a question of fact ...

... , Inc. and their affiliates. Pursuant to the order, the examiner will have the authority to investigate "the negotiating process on the selection of the Beal/Trump plan, the considerations of the Debtors in terms of the desirability of that plan over the Ad Hoc Committee's plan, how ... made therein are available here). Responses and objections were filed by the following parties: Beal Bank U.S. Bank National Association (as Indenture Trustee) The Debtors (TCI 2 Holdings, LLC and its affiliates) ...

Beal Bank v. WestPoint Int'l, Inc., et al., (Del. Ch., May 30, 2007), read opinion here, is another example, among many cases summarized on this blog, that deals with the intersection of Delaware corporate law and bankruptcy law. This case...

... period that the attorney continues to represent him (57 NY2d at 94). An attorney-client relationship would certainly be jeopardized by a client's allegation that his or her attorney committed malpractice while representing the client. Beal Bank, SSB v Arter & Hadden, LLP (42 Cal 4th 503, 167 P3d 666 [2007]), a case defendants cite, is distinguishable because it involves the interpretation of a California statute that codifies ...

... a series of interviews with Law Blog colleague George Anders, Beal railed against mainstream banking as stodgy and lethargic. "If people say I'm doing something crazy," ... March 22, New York State's highest court held that plaintiff Beal Savings Bank, which had purchased an interest in a distressed loan owed by Aladdin Casino & ... the nearly 5,000-word rant - titled "Insert A to Motion For Reargument" - in which Beal's lawyers write, "While unusual in this type motion, the following thoughts have been ...