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The Promise and Potential of Blockchain and New UCC Article 12

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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

Mintz - Bankruptcy & Restructuring Viewpoints

Securing the Digital Bag: Newly Promulgated UCC Article 12 and Amendments to UCC Article 9 Provide Guidance on Ownership of and...

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

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The UCC Amendments and Their Impact on Negotiable Instruments in Trade Finance

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In its current form, the Uniform Commercial Code (“UCC”) does little to accommodate emerging technologies such as cryptocurrencies and non-fungible tokens.  In efforts to modernize and adapt the Uniform Commercial Code to...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Promissory Notes - Banking & Finance Insights, Volume 2, Issue 10

Virtually All PPP Loans have been Forgiven with Limited Scrutiny - "More than two years later, the overwhelming majority of these loans have transformed into government grants, as 91% have been either fully or partially...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Amendments to Uniform Commercial Code Aim To Provide Clarity on the Transfer of Digital Assets

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

UB Greensfelder LLP

New UCC Amendments to Establish Ground Rules for Blockchain Transactions and Crypto-Backed Secured Financings

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Just as cryptocurrency markets are attempting to thaw out from a “crypto winter,” a joint committee of the Uniform Law Commission (ULC) and the American Law Institute (ALI) has finalized a significant and wide-ranging...more

Dechert LLP

The UCC and Emerging Technologies: Proposed Amendments

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Emerging technologies, such as bitcoin, blockchain and non-fungible tokens (“NFTs”), have led to the creation of massive alternative investment vehicles, additional portfolio diversification as well as expansion of the...more

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The Uniform Personal Data Protection Act Is Here

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In July 2021, the Uniform Law Commission (“ULC”) voted to approve the Uniform Personal Data Protection Act (“UPDPA”). The UPDPA is a model data privacy bill designed to provide a template for states to introduce to their own...more

Proskauer - Blockchain and the Law

A Proposed Statutory Framework for State Regulation of Virtual Currency Businesses: The Uniform Law Commission’s “Uniform...

Last July, the Uniform Law Commission completed a uniform model state law, known as the Uniform Regulation of Virtual-Currency Businesses Act (“URVCBA” or the “Act”) (Steve Weise participated in the preparation of the Act)....more

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