Michael Fielding
Kansas City
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Attorney efficiently enforcing lenders’ rights against troubled borrowers. Partner, Husch Blackwell LLP. Licensed in Missouri, Kansas and Iowa.
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NSS Report Finds UK Storm Damage Payouts Rose 32% as Roof Maintenance Records Become Critical to Insurance Claims
NSS's UK Commercial Roof Storm Report 2025/26 highlights rising storm damage payouts, seven named storms and the importance of documented commercial roof maintenance. Widnes, England Oct 13, 2026 (Issuewire.com) - UK insurers paid £244 million in storm damage claims in 2025, a 32% increase on the previous year, according to the UK Commercial Roof Storm Report 2025/26 published by Nationwide Specialist Services (NSS), a building access and roofing maintenance specialist.
Merchant Cash Advances: What Every Commercial Banker Should Know
The commercial lending landscape is changing—and not always in ways that benefit traditional banks. One of the fastest-growing threats to bank loan portfolios is the merchant cash advance (MCA), a financial product that has exploded in popularity among small and mid-sized businesses desperate for quick capital. For commercial lenders, understanding how MCAs work, how they undermine existing lending relationships, and what can be done about it is no longer a niche concern. It is essential practice.
Defamation perspectives: the ‘serious harm' element a serious hurdle for plaintiffs
Introduction Since the amendment of the model defamation provisions in 2021, it has been a requirement for defamation claimants to prove that the publication they complain of has caused, or is likely to cause, serious harm to their reputation.
Credit Risks Likely to Rise as 2024 Draws to a Close | JD Supra
What does the Red Sea have to do with credit quality in the United States? Turns out, potentially quite a bit. A strange confluence of geopolitical events, labor unrest, softening consumer demand, and supply-chain logistical issues could leave lumps of coal in the stockings of lenders this holiday season.
Defamation perspectives: separate serious harm hearings and the Federal Court
Separate 'serious harm' hearings in defamation cases In 2021, the law of defamation in most Australian states and territories was significantly amended to provide that, in a defamation action, the claimant must prove that the relevant publication caused, or is likely to cause, 'serious harm' to their reputation. The main rationale behind introducing the 'serious harm' threshold was to discourage claims where any compensation awarded would be dwarfed by the legal costs incurred.
Financial agreements and lifestyle clauses – beware the risk - Cooper Grace Ward
In this week’s video, special counsel Craig Turvey discusses financial agreements and lifestyle clauses in your family matter, and how not to put these agreements at risk of being set aside. Video transcript My name’s Craig Turvey and I’m a special counsel at the Cooper Grace Ward Family Law Team. And today, I’d like to talk about financial agreements and lifestyle clauses.
Defamation perspectives: separate 'serious harm' hearings and the Federal Court
Separate ‘serious harm’ hearings in defamation cases In 2021, the law of defamation in most Australian states and territories was significantly amended to provide that, in a defamation action, the claimant must prove that the relevant publication caused, or is likely to cause, ‘serious harm’ to their reputation. The main rationale behind introducing the ‘serious harm’ threshold was to discourage claims where any compensation awarded would be dwarfed by the legal costs incurred.
Separate ‘serious harm’ hearings in defamation cases
In 2021, the law of defamation in most Australian states and territories was significantly amended to provide that, in a defamation action, the claimant must prove that the relevant publication caused, or is likely to cause, ‘serious harm’ to their reputation. The main rationale behind introducing the ‘serious harm’ threshold was to discourage claims where any compensation awarded would be dwarfed by the legal costs incurred.
It Depends - Proposed tax on super balances over $3 million or Div 296 tax
In this edition of ‘It depends’, partners Scott Hay-Bartlem and Clinton Jackson talk about the proposed tax on super balances over $3 million, also known as the Div 296 tax. Scott and Clinton have recorded a podcast episode all about this topic – listen now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or the CGW website. Scott and Clinton will be covering this topic in more detail during their session ‘The impact of the $3 million cap (Div 296 tax)’, at our Annual Adviser Conference on 21 and 22 March.
Podcast: SMSFs with CGW - Proposed tax on super balances over $3 million or Div 296 tax
In the first episode of SMSFs with CGW, private clients partners Scott Hay-Bartlem and Clinton Jackson chat about the proposed tax on super balances over $3 million, also known as the Div 296 Tax.
Defamation perspectives: Scope of qualified privilege defence in the context of police complaints
The plaintiff (Mr Sherman) and defendant (Ms Lamb) worked for the same organisation and commenced a relationship in about August 2019. Their relationship ended in early 2020. At that time, Mr Sherman was engaged in Family Court proceedings against his former wife, including in relation to custody and access arrangements for their children.
Hannah's Law- Qld criminalises coersice control
Video transcript Hello. I’m Leeann Murphy. I’m a special counsel in the family law team at Cooper Grace Ward Lawyers. Today, I’m going to share some news about Hannah’s Law, the criminalisation of coercive control in Queensland. Coercive control Coercive control is a form of abuse that extends beyond physical violence. It involves patterns of behaviour intended to control and dominate an intimate partner.
Defamation perspectives: scope of qualified privilege defence in the context of police complaints
Facts The plaintiff (Mr Sherman) and defendant (Ms Lamb) worked for the same organisation and commenced a relationship in about August 2019. Their relationship ended in early 2020. At that time, Mr Sherman was engaged in Family Court proceedings against his former wife, including in relation to custody and access arrangements for their children.
Finding an upside to your commercial borrower's bankruptcy
The COVID-19 crisis is causing many lenders—particularly community banks—to be hit with an increasing number of small business bankruptcy filings. Recent statistics from the American Bankruptcy Institute show that, nationwide, small business bankruptcy filings increased approximately 106% from April to August, and these filings may continue to grow in the coming months. These small business bankruptcy filings are the product of a perfect storm.
Coming soon: A wave of distressed loans
COVID-19 is a major shock to the American economy. Perhaps even more surprising is the speed by which this crisis has occurred. In this unprecedented time there are several things that lenders can do to with withstand the tsunami of distressed loans that will soon be hitting them. To begin, it is imperative that lenders keep good, open lines of communication with their borrowers to understand what they are facing.
Radical Education and the Common School
Description What is education, what is it for and what are its fundamental values? How do we understand knowledge and learning? What is our image of the child and the school? How does the ever more pressing need to develop a more just, creative and sustainable democratic society affect our responses to these questions?
Exclusive tour of an Illinois prison's meat plant
Plant Tour By Michael Fielding on 3/4/2013 VANDALIA, ILL. – There are “no lifers, no murderers,” the warden says. “Just run-of-the-mill crimes.” Battery. Drug offenses. Victor Dozier, the warden here at Vandalia Correctional Center in this little town 85 miles south of the state capital, says it so matter-of-factly that one would think he’s used to it. His relaxed manner, though, belies the simple reality that this isn’t a regular occurrence.
CDC: Live poultry-related salmonella outbreak sickens 300
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has raised its tally of salmonella-related illnesses to include 300 people infected with strains of Salmonella Infantis, Salmonella Newport or Salmonella Hadar in 42 states and Puerto Rico. Epidemiologic, laboratory and traceback findings have linked the outbreak to contact with chicks, ducklings and other live poultry from Mt. Healthy Hatcheries in Ohio.
Whole muscle processed market poised for growth
As consumer and foodservice operations demand easy-to-prepare, consistent, higher-quality, flavorful meat products, the room for growth in whole muscle products continues to widen. Industry analysts agree that processors have an opportunity to meet these needs with a variety of products including restructured, chunked-and-formed products. To help processors capitalize on this and other growing meat categories, Meatingplace has partnered with Handtmann, Inc.
New research links diet high in carbs — not fat — to diabetes, heart disease risks
Doubling or even nearly tripling saturated fat in the diet does not drive up total levels of saturated fat in the blood, according to a controlled diet study. However, increasing levels of carbohydrates in the diet during the study promoted a steady increase in the blood of a fatty acid linked to an elevated risk for diabetes and heart disease.
Meatingplace.com
Food researchers at the University of Alberta have found that cooking beef at 160°F — the level of heat treatment recommended by Health Canada and the USDA — does not always eliminate E. coli strains. They're also reporting that salt increases the heat resistance and that some strains survive pressure up to 87,000 pounds per square inch — the long-held standard used in high pressure processing. “There are heat-resistant E.
As Retailers Falter, Manufacturers and Suppliers Need to Plan Ahead
Anyone who has been in private business long enough has likely observed a key vendor or customer suffer some form of financial distress or, even worse, file for bankruptcy. Upon learning that a key customer is on shaky financial ground, while perhaps sympathetic to their customer’s situation, many businesses respond by taking ad hoc actions that are intended to limit the short-term damage to their own enterprises.
15 Millionaire Criminals You Won't Believe Bought Their Freedom
The rich and powerful can buy almost anything they want, including their freedom. A huge amount of money can make a difference between spending a certain amount of time behind bars or walking as a free man/woman. There are many cases in which the well-off should have been locked up for years to come, and instead walked free or got reduced sentences. For everybody else, those same rules seem to not apply. A large amount of millionaire criminals are businessmen and celebrities.
Meatingplace.com
Among its myriad benefits, from better feed conversion to improved meat quality, immunocastration in male pigs as an alternative to physical castration has become the clarion call in Europe with consumers calling for changes to animal welfare. In the United States it was approved for commercial use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration just four years ago.
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