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
Mezzanine lenders looking to foreclose on their collateral have the advantage of being able to pursue remedies outside of court. But the process, which is described in the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC), is often ill...more
On May 15, 2024, Alabama became the thirteenth state to adopt a version of the Uniform Law Commission’s Uniform Commercial Real Estate Receiver Act (the “Act”). The Act seeks to bring more direction and clarity to...more
In a recent case, U.S. District Judge Edgardo Ramos ruled that a foreclosure sale governed by Article 9 of the New York Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) was “commercially reasonable” when viewed as a whole, denying claims made...more
Does a lender have the right to foreclose its mortgage if a payoff of such mortgage is made by wire transfer, but the payment does not make it to the lender’s account? A recent case, heard on appeal by the New York Supreme...more
Following the turmoil of the Great Recession, the commercial real estate (CRE) industry generally benefitted from favorable financing conditions for more than a decade. An ocean of available capital and low interest rates...more
The New York State Supreme Court, County of New York (the “Court”) decided in Atlas Brookview Mezzanine LLC v. DB Brookview LLC, on November 18, 2021, that an accommodation pledge entered into in connection with a mortgage...more
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, borrowers and lenders alike have sought clarity regarding the permissibility of UCC foreclosure sales in the midst of the ongoing pandemic and the resulting economic fallout, as...more
While the world may be in a state of semi-paralysis waiting for a COVID-19 vaccine, the legal environment involving creditors’ rights has changed significantly during the past several months. In the beginning of the...more
Construction loans with companion mezzanine loans raise a host of concerns that are unique to more standard ICAs between a mortgage lender and a mezzanine lender. An intercreditor agreement (ICA) involving a construction...more
On August 3, 2020, in Shelbourne BRF LLC, Shelbourne 677 LLC v. SR 677 BWAY LLC, the Supreme Court of the State of New York (the “Court”) granted the borrower plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction and prohibited the...more
As borrowers continue to experience financial distress and loans go into default as a result of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and related issues, lenders are now becoming more focused on the need to take a closer look at...more
Over the last decade or so, many Nevada borrowers faced with foreclosure of their residences have objected to foreclosure proceedings because the lender does not hold the original promissory note. In Jones v. U.S. Bank...more
On June 23, the New York County Supreme Court issued a rare preliminary injunction temporarily halting a mezzanine lender’s UCC foreclosure sale of the Mark Hotel in New York City because the procedures for the foreclosure...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
Yesterday, in a turn of events that struck a hopeful chord for mezzanine lenders, New York County Supreme Court Judge Frank P. Nervo vacated his April 30, 2020 order which temporarily halted the sale of mezzanine loan...more
A decision yesterday by the New York Supreme Court has paved the way for mezzanine lenders to proceed with UCC foreclosure sales in New York City during the pandemic. Yesterday afternoon, Justice Frank Nervo issued an order...more
As a follow up to our OnPoint from last week, Mezzanine Foreclosures in the Time of Coronavirus, regarding a New York County Supreme Court’s halting of a mezzanine UCC foreclosure sale, here is our promised update. ...more
Remedies for defaults under loans secured by real property varies on a state-by-state basis. In the eastern part of the country, enforcement is mostly by mortgage foreclosure. In the western states, there are enforcement...more
In a foreclosure action, the Illinois Appellate Court recently held that the foreclosing lender established its standing by attaching the blank-indorsed note to its complaint, but reversed judgment and remanded for the trial...more
The UCC was supposed to make enforcing negotiable instruments a simpler, more streamlined process. It has proven anything but in Florida. Continuing a trend that now stretches back years, mortgage lenders have had an...more
Since the financial crisis, sales under Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code have provided an increasingly popular way for secured creditors of distressed businesses to recover their loans. However, despite the advantages of...more
Secured lenders often resort to non-judicial foreclosure sales of personal property upon a borrower’s default. Article 9, Part 6 of the Uniform Commercial Code requires that every aspect of such a sale must be commercially...more