Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 298: Spotlight on Contracts (Part 2)
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 June 11, 2025, the New York State Senate passed a bill adopting the 2022 Amendments to the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC). The 2022 Amendments have now been passed by both houses of the New York legislature, and can be...more
Today’s ever-shifting business environment means that consumers, businesses, employers, and employees all expect to transact digitally. To remain efficient and competitive, companies must digitally transform their businesses....more
It is well established how to perfect a security interest on general intangibles under Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code: filing a financing statement. But is there a better way for a secured party who wants to stay in...more
Highlights: Stablecoins are likely to be characterized as general intangibles under the UCC of non-Article 12 states....more
It’s a new year, and state legislatures around the country are beginning new legislative sessions. We expect to see more of them enacting Article 12 of the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC), which is designed to facilitate...more
The following article is part four of our series on the 2022 Amendments to the UCC. You can find the previous articles here. Our last article explored the amendments to the main definition of “money” in Article 1 of the UCC....more
The following article is part three of our series on the 2022 Amendments to the UCC. Please read the first two articles for context. I am going to get right to the point here – the reason that the definition of money has been...more
On July 1, 2024, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania joined twenty-three other states in adopting Uniform Commercial Code Article 12 and the accompanying amendments to the Pennsylvania Uniform Commercial Code....more
At the bottom of the stack in investment fund structures, there are generally “real” assets—things like equity interests in portfolio companies, mortgage loans, commercial receivables, maybe even bricks and mortar. Fund...more
Executive Summary: In the summer and fall of 2022, electronic transactions were undergoing a sea change, but riding different tides: in the summer, the Uniform Law Commission approved a set of amendments to the Uniform...more
While some states have moved to adopt model Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) provisions to provide a clear legal framework for commercial and secured transactions involving crypto assets, Oregon has yet to take action. This is a...more
New amendments to the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) have been proposed which relate to transactions involving cryptocurrencies, digital assets, and blockchain technology. The amendments add a new Article 12 to the UCC, which...more
In 2019, the American Law Institute (“ALI”) and Uniform Law Commission (“ULC”) began developing amendments to the Uniform Commercial Code (“UCC”) to adapt to the changing landscape of transactions involving digital assets,...more
Non-fungible tokens, crypto tokens, cryptocurrencies, and other digital assets generally cannot be held in your physical hands, but they may now be legally possessed, under the Uniform Commercial Code in Delaware and other...more
Delaware recently joined nine states in approving changes to the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) involving digital assets. Another 15 states and Washington, D.C. are considering the changes. The Uniform Law Commission urged...more
Until recently, the nature of ownership of assets on deposit with a third party was not controversial. If a local bank branch goes bankrupt, the cash or other assets deposited with the bank belonged to individual...more
Notwithstanding recent turbulence in the cryptocurrency markets, digital assets of all types are seemingly here to stay. Bitcoin, stablecoins, non-fungible tokens a/k/a NFTs, and even digital currency exchanged in the...more
Lenders looking to take security interests in digital assets, including cryptocurrency and non-fungible tokens (NFTs), may gain some certainty in the near future. The Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) sponsoring...more
The market for digital assets, such as cryptocurrency and nonfungible tokens (NFTs), all of which are considered intangible personal property, continues to evolve and, as a result, digital assets are increasingly sold or...more
Court rules that Earn Account Cryptocurrency is owned by Debtors and will not be returned - In our latest Bitblog update regarding the Celsius Network LLC, et al. (the “Debtors”) bankruptcy proceeding (Case No. Number:...more
Part 1 – Celsius Bankruptcy - The Celsius Network was conceptualized as an alternative to conventional banking, offering its customers return rates of up to 20% on deposits of digital assets, and providing digital...more
Talk of bitcoin and cryptocurrency has been unavoidable in recent years. What should Louisiana businesses understand to play in this new sandbox? First, the American Law Institute (ALI) and the Uniform Law Commission (ULC)...more
Digital assets have soared in popularity, with waves of innovation outpacing legislation and regulation. To try to narrow the gap, the Uniform Law Commission has urged U.S. states to change commercial law governing the...more
Over the last few years, stakeholders in the digital asset space have questioned how digital assets should be treated for purposes of the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC), a comprehensive body of laws relating to commercial...more
Big changes are coming to the UCC, the Uniform Commercial Code, with regard to cryptocurrency and other digital assets. What will that mean to business transactions involving those digital assets going forward? In this...more