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ABI Journal

544

Bankruptcy Code

Abbreviating the Debtor’s Name on a UCC-1 Made the Security Interest Unperfected

Because Florida filing offices do not use ‘standard search logic,’ a financing statement must use the debtor’s precise, unabbreviated legal name.

Indiana Bankruptcy Judge Narrowly Reads the Section 546(e) Safe Harbor

Although a stock purchase and a loan payoff were only one month apart, the two transactions lacked a sufficient nexus to invoke the safe harbor, Bankruptcy Judge James Carr said.

Bankruptcy Code