Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 274: Listen and Learn -- UCC Expectation Damages (Contracts)
JONES DAY TALKS®: UCC Proposed Amendments Address Crypto and Other Digital Assets
Podcast: DeFi and Digital Assets: What do the UCC Amendments Mean for Business Transactions? [More with McGlinchey, Ep. 46]
Tokenization of IP Rights and NFTs in Commercial Finance [More with McGlinchey, Ep. 32]
Advancing Agriculture: Security Interests and Article 9 Challenges (Part 1)
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 267: Listen and Learn -- UCC 2-207 ("The Battle of the Forms")
Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 98: Listen and Learn -- The "Battle of the Forms" under UCC 2-207
Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 71: Tackling an MEE Contracts Essay Question
Making Cents of Your Cash Management Agreements
On April 28, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the N.D. of Oklahoma in Kirtley v. Mabrey Bank (In re Rudick) held that an entity other than the debtor may grant a lien on the debtor’s property, affirming the legal standard that...more
From time to time, we review loan files for clients to confirm they have the collateral they think they do. Assume a lender has a properly perfected $1,000,000 mortgage loan and a $500,000 line of credit secured by all of the...more
In Rhode Island, a “bogus” lien on your business’s assets is always just a few clicks away. Indeed, without consent, warning, or any factual basis, any individual with internet access can allege a secured interest in any...more
In a win for lenders, on September 11, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit reversed the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of Illinois, holding that the collateral description in the UCC-1 financing...more
In In re MPM Silicones, LLC, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York recently affirmed a 2014 opinion by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York in an intercreditor dispute that...more
Tolstoy warned that “if you look for perfection, you’ll never be content”, but Tolstoy wasn’t a bankruptcy lawyer. In the world of secured lending, perfection is paramount. A secured lender that has not properly perfected its...more
On May 8, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Missouri in In re 8760 Service Group held that a creditor had a first-priority interest in certain collateral of a debtor, before a subsequent creditor, despite...more
The Bankruptcy Code contains an array of provisions designed to encourage lenders to provide debtor-in-possession ("DIP") financing in chapter 11 cases, including authorization of "superpriority" administrative expense claims...more
UCC Financing Statements Must Contain the Debtor’s Correct Name - “[A] financing statement is sufficient only if it [among other things] . . . provides the name of the debtor. “ N.C. Gen. Stat. § 25-9-502(a)(1) (emphasis...more
Last week, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York held that a UCC-3 termination statement is effective to terminate a financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code only if the filing...more