Fifth Circuit says that Oklahoma protected that state’s oil and gas producers while Texas didn’t.

The UCC and Barnhill are in accord when it comes to ownership of funds underlying an unpaid check.

When it comes to attachment and perfection of a security interest, the devil is in the details.

The 2005 amendments to Section 546(c) departed from state law under UCC § 2-702 by creating a federal rule making reclamation claims subordinate to existing secured claims and DIP financing.

Holder in due course of consumer paper remains subject to the debtor’s claims against the originator of the paper.

Judges Stark and Carey from Delaware distinguish between prohibiting the power and the right to assign a claim.

Mississippi’s Judge Samson writes a treatise on the priorities between a secured lender and the provider of a payment and performance bond.

Perfecting a consignment is easy, but failing to do so is disastrous.

Ninth Circuit interprets UCC § 9-319(a) to permit avoidance of consignor’s interest in proceeds of an unperfected consignment.

The trustee for a bankrupt broker can ignore an individual customer’s request to transfer securities to a solvent broker and may instead transfer customer accounts in bulk.