By Porter Wright on Determining whether a security interest is properly perfected by using a state’s online lien search may be leading you astray. Perfecting a security interest in collateral establishes the priority of the secured party’s claim to such collateral, providing the perfected secured party with an interest in such collateral superior to the rights held by most … Continue Reading
By Porter Wright on We hope you enjoyed the four-part series on energy financing that has run in the Banking & Finance Law Report blog during the past few weeks. We’ve compiled those articles into a resource that’s relevant to anyone involved with lending or borrowing in the energy sector. Be sure to download the Energy Financing eBook, and … Continue Reading
By Porter Wright on With the recent boom in Ohio’s oil and gas industry, secured creditors in Ohio should be sensitive to special statutory requirements for perfecting security interests granted in assets of gas and pipeline companies. Although security interests in personal property and fixtures are most frequently perfected by filing financing statements under the UCC, there are several … Continue Reading
By Porter Wright on Last year (October 23, 2009) we posted on the topic of UCC search logic in light of the bankruptcy case of In re EDM Corporation 2009 Westlaw 367773 (Bankr.D.Neb.). In the bankruptcy court, the first-filing lender lost its priority because it had filed a UCC-1 financing statement with the debtor name listed as “EDM Corporation … Continue Reading
