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                                                                                            By: Bradley S. Fuson
                                                                                             on  May 14, 2025
                                                                     
                     
                                        Uniform Commercial Code (“UCC”) Section 9-504 reads as follows:   
 
§ 9-504. Indication of Collateral.  A financing statement sufficiently indicates the collateral that it covers if the financing statement provides: 
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a description of the collateral pursuant to [UCC] Section 9-108; or 
	 
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an…   
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                                                                                            By: Bradley S. Fuson
                                                                                             on  December 2, 2024
                                                                     
                     
                                        In furtherance of Krieg DeVault’s continuing commitment to provide timely information and developments affecting secured lenders, set forth below are brief summaries of recently reported court cases providing guidance to secured lenders: 
	- Security Interests in Patents.  Debtor granted a security…
  
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                                                                                            By: Bradley S. Fuson and Patrick J. Fagan
                                                                                             on  September 6, 2023
                                                                     
                     
                                        OVERVIEW 
On August 24, 2023, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (the “Second Circuit Court”) ruled that syndicated term loans are not considered to be “securities” – meaning syndicated loans are not subject to federal securities regulations or state-specific securities… 
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                                                                                            By: Bradley S. Fuson and Patrick J. Fagan
                                                                                             on  May 16, 2023
                                                                     
                     
                                        With the end date for the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) less than two months away (June 30, 2023), lenders and borrowers are busily revising their loan documents in anticipation of this deadline. Although a large proportion of legacy loans in the loan market still reference LIBOR, most new… 
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                                                                                            By: Laurie A. Martin Montplaisir and Brett J. Ashton
                                                                                             on  February 13, 2023
                                                                     
                     
                                        The New York Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”) finalized the New York Commercial Finance Disclosure Law (“NYCFDL”) regulation on February 1, 2023. The NYCFDL disclosure rule (“NY Disclosure Rule”) is effective on August 1, 2023, and with few exceptions, closely tracks disclosure… 
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                                                                                            By: Bradley S. Fuson
                                                                                             on  November 8, 2022
                                                                     
                     
                                        On September 29, 2022, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a final rule (Final Rule) implementing Section 6403 of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) (which was initially enacted on January 1, 2021 as part of the Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021) that requires… 
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                                                                                            By: C. Daniel Motsinger
                                                                                             on  June 24, 2022
                                                                     
                     
                                        As noted in our prior Alerts, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”), which became law March 27, 2020, included various COVID-19 pandemic-related bankruptcy relief provisions which sunsetted on Saturday, March 27, 2021, but were extended by the “COVID-19 Bankruptcy… 
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                                                                                            By: Brett J. Ashton and Libby Yin Goodknight
                                                                                             on  June 8, 2022
                                                                     
                     
                                        While commercial businesses are typically aware of their responsibilities under the Americans with Disability Act (the “ADA” or the “Act”) relative to the maintenance of their physical office spaces and general corporate policies, some businesses have been the recipients of demand letters alleging… 
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                                                                                            By: Ann Marie Woolwine and Kyle P.  Chambers
                                                                                             on  January 28, 2022
                                                                     
                     
                                        Trillions of dollars are tied up in lending contracts that rely on the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) as their benchmark rate. On June 30, 2023, LIBOR will no longer be published in any capacity.1 Many LIBOR-based contracts contain inadequate provisions, or none at all, to deal with the… 
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                                                                                            By: C. Daniel Motsinger and Robert A. Greising
                                                                                             on  November 18, 2021
                                                                     
                     
                                        Credit risk issues permeate supply chain relationships in both directions.  Current circumstances seem to exacerbate these considerations as the supply chain and pervasive pandemic effects continue to impact all sectors at all levels.  The following outline identifies some potential problems and… 
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