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New York law provides LIBOR fallbacks as rate nears end
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Aaron Nicodemus2021-04-09T16:00:00
A new law in New York provides contracts that reference LIBOR with a fallback provision and safe harbor once the benchmark interest rate permanently ceases to be published at the end of the year.
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