Bloomberg Features Braden Perry in ‘Unjust Enrichment’ and Citi’s $900 Million Error Article
An employee error caused Citigroup Inc. to mistakenly pay out over $900 million of its own money to a group of lenders. So far at least one of the lenders has given the money back, but the bank is suing 11 others including Brigade Capital Management, HPS Investment Partners, and Symphony Asset management. The case raises the question of what happens when somebody comes into money by accident. How does the law treat mistaken payments and are there exceptions?
The law views a recipient that acquires money they are not entitled to as being unjustly enriched and therefore obligated to return the property. However, there are exceptions. The recipients of the money can try to argue the payments were due to them and should not be treated as a mistake.
They could also try to argue that the underlying credit agreement allows them to keep the money. Both sides will scrutinize the loan documents for language that supports their case, said Braden Perry, a partner in the Kansas City law firm of Kennyhertz Perry LLC.
To read this article in full: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-15/-unjust-enrichment-and-citi-s-900-million-error-quicktake
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