The Second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently held that a secured creditor’s $1.5 billion security interest was invalidated due to an error in the preparation ...

Charlene Rhinehart is a CPA , CFE, chair of an Illinois CPA Society committee, and has a degree in accounting and finance from DePaul University. Jared Ecker is a researcher and fact-checker. He ...

Recently in In Re: 180 Equipment, LLC, a case of first impression, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit determined that the Illinois version of Article 9 of the Uniform ...

Rudolph J. Di Massa Jr. On Jan. 21, in Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Motors Liquidation v. JPMorgan Chase Bank (In re Motors Liquidation), No. 13-2187, (2d Cir. Jan. 21, 2015), the U.S.

Under Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code, liens on most types of personal property can be created and perfected through the combination of a security agreement and a properly filed financing ...

Proper attention to the unsexy “Uniform” Commercial Code financing statement may well be the single most consequential checklist item in a secured bond financing from the perspective of bondholder ...

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Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett is issuing a new warning to all Tennesseans about a scam involving Uniform Commercial Code documents. As part of the scam, citizens receive an official-looking ...

Problem/situation: The volume of paperwork generated by UCC filing requirements makes for long turnaround time and creates a drag on commerce. Solution: Automation of the UCC filing systems.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Tennesseans received an alert from Secretary of State Tre Hargett on Wednesday about an official-looking mailer from TN UCC Statement Service that falsely suggests businesses ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett is warning Tennesseans about a scam that involves Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) documents. The scam involves receiving an "official-looking" ...