Our Past Issues: (Available in .pdf)

Volume 3, Issue 3 (December 2007) Cases of Interest, Local Filing Issues- "Pandora's Box" by Jennifer Klemp-Liptan, A UCCArticle of Interest- "The California Usury Law and the Non-Exempt Lender" by George A. Hisert, and an article titled "Surety Defenses in Mezzanine Lending" by Bradley Gibson Esq.

Volume 3, Issue 2- (August 2007) Cases of interests- Personal Property Secured Transactions, Security Agreement and attachment of Security Interests, Perfection Preparation of Financing Statement,Real Property Secured Transactions, Financial Institutions, Sales and Personal Property Leasing. Local Filing Issues- "Is it still Breathing?, A look at Best Practices When Determining the Effectiveness of a UCC-3 Termination" an article by Jennifer Klemp. A UCC Article of Interest-"Secured Real Estate Mezzanine Lending" written by James D. Prendergast, General Counsel.

Volume 3, Issue 1- (March 2007) Cases of Interest, Personal Property Secured Transactions, General, Leasing, Sales, Possession, Control and other Perfection Methods, Preparation of Financing Statement, Filing of Financing Statement, Priority, etc. Local Filing Issues - "What's in a Name?", A UCC Article of Interest - "Sufficiency of Debtor's Name for Valid UCC Filings Under Revised Article 9" by John C. Murray and an Article by Carl Ernst.

Volume 2, Issue 4 - (November 27, 2006) Cases of Interest, Personal Property Secured Transactions, General, Leasing, Sales, Possession, Control and other Perfection Methods, Preparation of Financing Statement, Filing of Financing Statement, Priority, etc. Local Filing Issues - "The Public Record, Equally accessible platform for public examination, or lobbyist bargaining tool and government cash cow?", A UCC Article of Interest - "Mezzanine Loans to Developers and Owners or Real Estate Projects: Part One: 10 Ways to Improve the Quality of the Equity Pledge" by Grant Puleo and co author Michael Lyon. Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP.

Volume 2, Issue 3 - (June 22, 2006) Celebrating the end of the Transition Period!-Cases of Interest - Personal Property Secured Transactions, Fraudulent Transfers, Letters of Credit, Investment Securities, and Documents of Title, Contracts, Bankruptcy Code, Local Filing Issues - "The Transition - June 30th Isn't All It's Cracked up to Be", A UCC Article of Interest - "The Ninth Circuit Allows Trustee to Pursue Letters of Credit Proceeds in Action Against Landlord When Tenant Retained an Interest in the Letter of Credit Proceeds", Craig Averch and Jason Schauer, White and Case LLP

Volume 2, Issue 2 - (April 10, 2006) Cases of Interest - Personal Property, Secured Transactions, Guaranties, Financial institutions, UCC Sales and Personal Property Leasing, Letters of Credit, Investment Securities and Documents of Title, Contracts, Bankruptcy Code, Local Filing Issues- A Crossword Puzzle, A UCC Article of Interest - " Report Of" Steven N. Kurtz, Levinson Arshonsky & Kurtz, LLP

Volume 2, Issue 1- (January 10, 2006) Cases of Interest - Personal Property Secured Transactions, UCC Sales and Personal Property Leasing, Contracts, Local Filing Issues - "Standard Search Logic- The Myth", A UCC Article of Interest - "Third Circuit Protects Lender Expectations Regarding Corporate Separateness in Lending to a Group of Affiliated Companies" Patrick J. Potter, Rick B. Antonoff and Andrew J. Love, Pillsbury Wintrhorp Shaw Pittman LLP

Volume 1, Issue 5 - (September 23, 2005) Cases of Interest - Grafton, Vantage Point Venture Partners 1196 v. Examen, Inc., Personal Property Secured Transaction, Financial Institutions, Contracts, Other Laws Affecting Commercial Transaction, Real Property, Local Filing Issues- Spearing Tool impact, UCC Article of Interest - "Transition Issue Looms in Revised UCC Article 9"

Volume 1, Issue 4 - (July 1, 2005) Review of Significant 2004/2005 Bankruptcy Cases, Local Filing Issues-Discussion of Spearing Tool, A UCC Article of Interest - "Mezzanine Endorsement vs. Mezzanine Endorsement" by Keith Pearson, Senior Underwriting Counsel, UCC Division

Volume 1, Issue 3 - (May 20, 2005) Cases of Interest - Real Property Secured Transactions, Guaranties, Financial Institutions, UCC Sales and Personal Property Leasing, Letter of Credit, Contracts, Other Laws Affecting Commercial Transaction, Local Filing Issues - "Uniform" Commercial Code (and I Use The Term Loosely)", Summary of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005

Volume 1, Issue 2 - (April 4, 2005) Cases of Interest - Personal Property Secured Transaction, Financial Institutions, Sales and Personal Property Leasing, Contracts, Other laws Affecting Commercial Transactions, Real Estate, Delaware Law, A UCC Article of Interest - "And Why a UCC Buyer's Policy?" by James D. Prendergast, General Counsel

Volume 1, Issue 1 - (January 11, 2005) Welcome to our first Issue! Cases of Interest - Waiver of Jury Trial, Lawyers Liability, UCC, Real Property, Contracts, Bankruptcy and Creditors Rights, lender liability, A UCC Article of Interest - "What you should know about Those Creditors of the Shipyard" by James D. Prendergast, General Counsel