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secured transactions
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Southern California Bankruptcy Law Blog
Lien Avoidance in Individual Cases – Part 3: Other Issues Associated with Liens
This post assumes familiarity with my last two posts (Part 1 and Part 2) of this multi-part series. Thus, while you can certainly read this post without reading those previous…
Ogden Glazer + Schaefer Blog
How to Protect a Trademark as Collateral on a Loan (Part 2)
Welcome back to the world of Secured Transactions and IP! A quick refresher from last week (link last week’s post?): lenders engage in “secured transactions” with a borrower who has…
FinTalk
UCC Financing Statements and Debtor Name Errors: The Litigation Continues
By Scott Lessne
Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code, adopted in all fifty states plus the District of Columbia with relatively few variations, sets out, among other things, the rules to be…
Shepperson's First Law
NOTARIAL BONDS – Can they save your business?
Does your business sell goods/services on Credit?Does your business buy goods/services on Credit?How do you secure that Risk?In these COVID times, the security that a creditor will hold will be…
Financial Services Perspectives
Bradley’s Bankruptcy Basics: Secured vs. Unsecured Claims
By Alexandra Dugan, Erin Malone-Smolla
Bankruptcy is primarily about “claims.” The debtor seeks to discharge personal liability on claims, while creditors seek payment on their claims. In basic terms, a bankruptcy “claim” is a right…
In Solvency
Secured Creditors’ State Court Rights Affected By Proof of Claim Choices
Secured creditors have many choices when it comes to how to file a proof of claim in bankruptcies. Those choices should be weighed carefully, however, because certain choices can have…
Real Bankruptcy Intel
Opinion of Interest – Matter of First River Energy: Some State-Specific Liens May be no More than “Amazing Disappearing Security Interests”
By Alexander F. Berk, Sean T. Scott, Aaron Gavant
In its recent decision in Matter of First River Energy, LLC,1 the Fifth Circuit resolved a priority dispute between lienholders regarding their competing claims to cash held by the debtor,…
A Lawyer's Blog
EXPIRING MECHANIC’S LIEN
EMERALD SERVS. CORP. v. EMPIRE CORE GROUP LLC, 2021 NY Slip Op 30394 - NY: Supreme Court February 9, 2021:"As discussed in Aztec Window & Door Mfg., Inc. v. 71…
Herrick Restructuring Review
Recent Supreme Court Ruling Provides Important Protection for Secured Creditors
By Stephen Selbst, Gabrielle Fromer
On January 15, 2021, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled in City of Chicago v. Fulton that a secured party in possession of a debtor’s collateral does not violate the automatic…
Indochine Counsel Blog
How to Secure Loans in Vietnam
Most people are familiar with secured transactions, though they may not know them by that name. When a person buys a house, or a car using a loan--whether through the…