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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
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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
Section 363(f)(5) of the Bankruptcy Code allows a bankruptcy trustee to sell estate property free and clear of any competing interest in the property (such as a lien or other security interest) if the interest holder "could...more
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
Breaking news out of the New York legislature that they have passed the 2022 Amendments to the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC). The amendments would now go to the governor....more
Our new insightful and informative series, “Protecting Lenders: Strategic Responses to Borrower Default," is designed to provide comprehensive guidance on managing borrower defaults effectively. This four-part series covers...more
The New York Court of Appeals Requires an Examination of Venezuelan Law to Assess the Validity of a Note Exchange under Section 8-110 of the New York UCC. The continuing litigation and dispute over the 2016 exchange (the...more
In recent years, the claim that an accommodation pledge attached to a mortgage loan effectively “clogs” a borrower’s right of redemption has been the basis of numerous civil actions in New York courts. With the case of Atlas...more
On January 4, 2023, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York granted in part and denied in part JPMorgan’s motion to dismiss claims by Essilor International SAS and Essilor Manufacturing (Thailand) Co.,...more
In the January 2023 legislative session, New York State Senators Salazar, Brisport, Hoylman, Jackson, Myrie, and Rivera submitted a bill, S-318 which seeks to impose a mortgage tax on mezzanine debt on, and preferred equity...more
New York State lawmakers have reintroduced proposals to impose a tax on the creation of mezzanine debt and preferred equity. Both the New York Senate and Assembly have put forward similar bills that would require both...more
New York’s Appellate Division, First Department recently issued favorable dismissals to a sporting goods retailer and manufacturer in a case alleging issues with an elastic exercise band that injured a person’s right eye in a...more
Earlier this month, the New York State Senate (S318) and Assembly (A407) reintroduced proposed legislation seeking to extend the New York State mortgage recording tax to mezzanine debt and preferred equity financings. This...more
What if your company was forced to pay twice for all of its purchases from a particular supplier during the last month? What if that double payment obligation instead covered the last three months, six months, or even longer?...more
Over the last year, since the onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have continued to report on how the courts have handled efforts by lenders to address pandemic-related defaults, including by means of Uniform Commercial...more
A New York State bill that seeks to charge a recording tax on mezzanine debt financings has been revised to extend the recording tax to preferred equity investments. In January 2020, Senator Julia Salazar and Assembly...more
A recent court order found that a mezzanine lender may conduct a UCC foreclosure sale despite a temporary suspension of judicial foreclosures in New York State. A recent court order interpreting the scope of New York...more